Eighty Carlsbad Residents Run Rock 'n' Roll Marathon

Almost 25,000 people ran, walked or wheeled the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Sunday on the 26-mile course that weaved its way throughout San Diego. About 7,000 people competed in the marathon. 

Eighty people from Carlsbad ran in the marathon, with 272 people competing in the half marathon. 

Among Carlsbad residents Eric Schafer, 43, was the highest male finisher, running the marathon in 2:56:20, good for 40th overall. The highest female finisher was Karen Ulrich, 45. She finished with a time of 3:25:45.

In the half marathon, the fastest male finisher from Carlsbad was Matt Lechowicz. The fastest female finisher was Heather Noonan, 40. 

Erica Davis, 31, was the only Carlsbad resident to compete in the Wheelchair Marthon. She finished 7th overall in the Wheelchair Division. 

The youngest Carlsbad resident to run the marathon was Sarah Lewis, 22. The oldest was Kie Hoe, 73. 

The top overall finisher in the marathon was Simon Njoroge, 32, from Kenya. He ran the race in 2:15:00 and had a blistering pace of 5:09. The top female marathon runner was Natalia Sergeeva, 28, from Russia, who ran in 2:35:05 with a 5:55 pace. 

History was made in the half marathon, as Bernard Koech, a 25-year-old Kenyan, finished the race in 58 minutes, 41 seconds. His pace of 4:29 per mile is the fastest half marathon ever run in the United States.