Forest Grove runners join hundreds in Vernonia Marathon events
According to results from Huber Timing, the half marathon, which began in Stub Stewart State Park, drew nine finishers from Forest Grove, including first-place runner Lane Inwards.
Forest Grove area runners joined more than 500 people who finished the Vernonia Marathon, Half Marathon or Marathon Relay on Sunday on a route that mostly followed the Banks-Vernonia State Trail from Vernonia to the Banks High School.
According to results from Huber Timing, the half marathon, which began in Stub Stewart State Park, drew nine finishers from Forest Grove, including first-place runner Lane Inwards.
| Name | Place | Age | Time |
| Lane Inwards | 1 | 28 | 1:10:52 |
| Joe Offer | 78 | 35 | 1:48:53 |
| Sunny Hauser | 96 | 27 | 1:52:40 |
| Leslie Mcleod | 106 | 47 | 1:54:48 |
| Lori Anderson | 124 | 47 | 1:58:21 |
| Lauren Blomgren | 144 | 42 | 2:01:59 |
| Adrienne Palmer | 248 | 32 | 2:28:15 |
| Andrew Fifield | 267 | 48 | 2:34:35 |
| Penrhynn Johnston | 274 | 44 | 2:38:26 |
The event is organized by the nonprofit Oregon Road Runners Club, a group founded in Seaside in 1970, according to the ORRC website.
"There were 510 total finishers in the event," said ORRC President Tracy Reisinger in an email to this newspaper. "327 in the half-marathon, 165 in the marathon, and 18 relay teams."
