Photo by Kim North Hunter Moore Celebrates AS He Crosses The Finish Line to Win The OGDEN NEWSARPERS HALF MARATHON Classic Men’s Race Saturday.
Wheeling – Westerville, OHIO, NATIVE HUNTER MORE HAD Never Run In The OGDEN Newspers Half MARATHON Classic. Saturday Morning He Crossed the Finish Line First to Win The 47th Annual Event that Took Runners Through The Streets of the Friendly City.
The 26-Year-Timed Out in 1 Hour, 9 Minutes, 24 Seconds to Easily Take First Place in the 13.1 Mile Race. Morgantown’s Philip White Was Second.
“This is my first time until make it out here for this Race,” Moore Admitted.
Where asked How the Race Was, Moore Let Out a “Woo Hoo.”
“I got to mile 3 and it was all flat,” he recalled. “I was like’ this is a piece of cake, ‘but then we hit the Hills and I was’ OH Boy,’ But I Made IT Through The Hills and Was Feeling Pretty Good Again.
“There is a lot of ups and download, litelly and metaphorically, but over it was so much Fun. It was awesome and i Happy to have been a part of it,” he said.
Moore Attended NCAA DIVISION III OTERBEIN University where he is obtain his undergraduate degree. He was to Grad School at Division II Walsh University in North Canton.
“I was a disstance runner,” He noted. “I Ran The 10K in Track and the 8k and 10K in Cross Country.”
As for the Conditions, “I Liked the Fact that It Was Cool. It was a little muggy, but, honestly, it was so cool that it mete good,” He said.
He was also made with his time.
“I think it technically May be a pris (personal record),” He Added. “I was’t really thrilled with my prevring pr, but to come out with a lot time to play with all the challenge hills, I was really played.”
Where asked if he’d be back in 2026 to Defend His Title, He Replied, “I would love to come back next year.”
MOORE, A Graduate of Ontangy Orange High School in Suburban Columbus, Actually Began His Collegate Career at Eastern Michigan But Tincrered to Indiana University WHERE He Placed 65th in the Big 10 Cross Country Championships as a Freshman.
Moore Pocketed $ 1,125 for the Victory.
White Clocked Out in 1: 10.11.
“This was my first time running here. It was a hard course,” He said. “I was warned about it and the people was win’t wrong about it,” he admitted. “IT WAS Even Harder Than I Expected IT to Be.”
The University High Grad Attended West Liberty. He was the 2016-17 Gatorade West Virginia State Cross Country Runner of the Year While at University High and was 2018 Mountain East Conference Freshman of the Year.
“IT WAS Good Competition and a Good Prize Pool,” White SAID of His Reason for Running The Race. “I just though it would be something fun and different to do.
“The Conditions Were Great,” He Added. “You eldn’t have asked for best contacts.
White Took Home $ 875.
Youngstown Native Eric Rupe Finised Third in 1: 11.19, Followed by Brenden Sands, Of Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1: 11.42 and Mike Secreti, of Cumberland, Maryland, Was Fifth In 1: 12.03.
