USD runners take men's marathon
By Steven Allspach | Posted: Sunday, October 19, 2008
It was cold, gray and fogbound at the start, but two former University of South Dakota distance runners brightened the festivities by turning Saturday's 2008 Siouxland Lewis & Clark Marathon into the Day of the Coyotes.
Men's marathon winner Matt Hoyt and half marathon champ Matt Dewald ate up the opposition, what there was of it, with dominating performances in the sixth running of event, once again directed smoothly by Steve Uhl.
Hoyt and Dewald didn't have to stalk the field, which was left in their wake.
The 31-year-old Hoyt, who holds virtually all of USD's school records in long distance races (track and cross country), including the steeplechase, turned in one of his better performances in the 26.2-mile endurance test.
He was clocked in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 42 seconds, beating Dr. Greg DeSautel, who finished second for the second straight year.
"I've had a tendency to break down in these events around mile 20 in the recent past, but things went well in this one,'' said Hoyt. "I tried to run a smart race and not take it out too hard.
"On the hills, I just kind of plodded along and resisted the temptation to push it.''
In his last six marathons Hoyt had dropped out of three.
Last year's winner, Dan Duehs, was kind of a glutton for running punishment.
Deuhs, from St. Paul, Minn., finished 87th out of 4,788 runners in the Twin Cities Marathon just two weeks ago, clocking a 2:45.30.
Kenyan Larry Mboga, who now resides in Eau Claire, Wis., finished third in 2:45.42. Moboga has finished second and third here in previous Lewis & Clark events.
DeSautel, a eye, ear, nose and throat specialists in Sioux Falls, ran 2:43.29.
"Kind of a bridesmaid here in Sioux City,'' cracked DeSautel, who earlier this summer competed in the Crazy Horse Memorial 100-mile event in the Black Hills, going 76 miles in 24 hours.
Dewald, a former North Central Conference steeplechase champ, couldn't resist a chance to show his hurdling form while fnishing the half in 1:13.21.
The Yankton, S.D., native tried to hurdle the finish-line sign.
"Just something I thought about coming down the line,'' said Dewald, like Hoyt a physical therapist at Sanford Hospital in Vermillion.
Hoyt's time was well off the event record of 2:30.20 set by Kenyan Vince Temu in 2004.
Men's marathon winner Matt Hoyt and half marathon champ Matt Dewald ate up the opposition, what there was of it, with dominating performances in the sixth running of event, once again directed smoothly by Steve Uhl.
Hoyt and Dewald didn't have to stalk the field, which was left in their wake.
The 31-year-old Hoyt, who holds virtually all of USD's school records in long distance races (track and cross country), including the steeplechase, turned in one of his better performances in the 26.2-mile endurance test.
He was clocked in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 42 seconds, beating Dr. Greg DeSautel, who finished second for the second straight year.
"I've had a tendency to break down in these events around mile 20 in the recent past, but things went well in this one,'' said Hoyt. "I tried to run a smart race and not take it out too hard.
"On the hills, I just kind of plodded along and resisted the temptation to push it.''
In his last six marathons Hoyt had dropped out of three.
Last year's winner, Dan Duehs, was kind of a glutton for running punishment.
Deuhs, from St. Paul, Minn., finished 87th out of 4,788 runners in the Twin Cities Marathon just two weeks ago, clocking a 2:45.30.
Kenyan Larry Mboga, who now resides in Eau Claire, Wis., finished third in 2:45.42. Moboga has finished second and third here in previous Lewis & Clark events.
DeSautel, a eye, ear, nose and throat specialists in Sioux Falls, ran 2:43.29.
"Kind of a bridesmaid here in Sioux City,'' cracked DeSautel, who earlier this summer competed in the Crazy Horse Memorial 100-mile event in the Black Hills, going 76 miles in 24 hours.
Dewald, a former North Central Conference steeplechase champ, couldn't resist a chance to show his hurdling form while fnishing the half in 1:13.21.
The Yankton, S.D., native tried to hurdle the finish-line sign.
"Just something I thought about coming down the line,'' said Dewald, like Hoyt a physical therapist at Sanford Hospital in Vermillion.
Hoyt's time was well off the event record of 2:30.20 set by Kenyan Vince Temu in 2004.
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