Nick Godsell and Jordyn Catterson lead area runners over the finish line

Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks
Aniket Ravan, from Urbana, IL, runs through along Washington Street at the 2023 Christie Clinic Illinois Half Marathon. He finished 43 out of 154 runners in his age group with a time of 1:40:24. Ravan was one of 217 Sentinel area runners to finish the 13.1 mile course through Urbana. Find more of our photos race here.

URBANA - It was a perfect day to run the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon on Saturday. The weather was just what Urbana's Will Gravelle and former Unity Rocket long distance runner Nick Godsell needed to finish in the top 20 of this year's half marathon event.

Without breaking his stride, Nick Godsell grabs a quick drink as he passes a hydration station on East Washington in Urbana. Photo: PhotoNewsMedia/Clark Brooks
Godsell finished 12th overall and finished in the same spot in the men's division. His time of one hour and 15.02 minutes was good for a third place out of 141 men between the ages of 25-29. Gravelle crossed the finish line eight runners later at 1:16:40 in 20th place overall and fifth in the same age group.

The Sentinel area's top female finisher Jordyn Catterson, from Urbana, clocked in at 1:29:34. She finished 104th overall and came in third in the women's 25-29 age group.

Catterson, with Godsell and Gravelle were members of the 217 area runners from the 2-1-7, who laced-up and finished the 13.1 mile course out of 2,178 competitors.

Saturday's overall champion title was Johnny Crain, from Lansing, MI, who finished the course in one hour and 5.05 minutes. Ten seconds behind Crain, Charleston's Jaime Marcos crossed over at 1:05:15 in second place. Devin Allbaugh, from Bettendorf, IA, finished third at 1:06:07.

28-year-old Jane Bareikis won the women's title with a time of 1:16:13. The Crestwood, IL, runner finished 18th overall.

Coming in second place, Pasca Myers averaged six-minute splits to finish her race at 1:18:37. Elizabeth Flatley, from Chicago, took third, stopping her race clock at 1:19:17.

Area 2023 Illinois Half Marathon Finishers

    (Place - Name (City) Finish Time)    
12 - Nick Godsell (Philo) 1:15:02
20 - Will Gravelle (Urbana) 1:16:40
25 - Armando Torres (Urbana) 1:18:17
33 - Leyang Zhang (Urbana) 1:19:10
43 - Justice Carter (Urbana) 1:20:18
45 - Tom Gelsthorpe (Urbana) 1:20:28
46 - Norb Nieves (Urbana) 1:20:37
47 - Justin Jones (St. Joseph) 1:20:57
52 - Spencer Nelson (Urbana) 1:22:14
57 - Arash Firouzbakht (Urbana) 1:23:12
72 - Ben Williams (Urbana) 1:25:16
79 - Yongjae Lee (Urbana) 1:26:01
89 - RAMSES ARMENDARIZ (Urbana) 1:28:28
91 - Keith Campbell (Urbana) 1:28:32
98 - Andrew Dou (Urbana) 1:28:55
100 - Tristan Taylor (Urbana) 1:29:13
104 - Jordyn Catterson (Urbana) 1:29:34
108 - Park Mitchell (urbana) 1:30:04
114 - Alexander Gomez (Urbana) 1:30:37
134 - Veronika Adamczyk (Urbana) 1:32:27
143 - Rebecca Frederick (Urbana) 1:32:58
150 - Antoni Okinczyc (Urbana) 1:33:43
155 - Jonathan Tomkin (Urbana) 1:34:05
163 - Duncan Nall (Urbana) 1:34:54
169 - Maddy Feehan (Urbana) 1:35:43
171 - Nick Paulson (Urbana) 1:36:07
181 - Yipu Wang (Urbana) 1:36:30
189 - Eric Woodard (Philo) 1:37:10
188 - Seth Carper (Urbana) 1:37:10
190 - Alex Lipka (Urbana) 1:37:11
197 - Cram Soss (Urbana) 1:37:25
211 - Chenghao Zhang (Urbana) 1:38:14
229 - Kieran Loehr (Urbana) 1:38:55
240 - Solomon Michalak (Urbana) 1:39:29
248 - Luke Morrison (Urbana) 1:39:39
255 - Aniket Ravan (Urbana) 1:40:24
281 - Matthew Mabry (St. Joseph) 1:42:04
295 - Aaron Pearlman (Urbana) 1:42:44
296 - Jared Chenoweth (Urbana) 1:43:00
313 - Michael Tankersley (St. Joseph) 1:43:31
327 - Timothy Tan (Urbana) 1:44:05
342 - Zois Gerasimos Tasoulas (Urbana) 1:44:23
346 - Dane Grounds (Urbana) 1:44:34
350 - John Lundstrom (Urbana) 1:44:45
354 - Rob Kowalski (Urbana) 1:45:03
372 - Minjoo Larry Lee (URBANA) 1:45:57
380 - Ben Kaap (Urbana) 1:46:22
392 - Haley Bickelhaupt (Urbana) 1:47:07
400 - Javier Gomez (Urbana) 1:47:31
401 - Lexie Kesler (St. Joseph) 1:47:37
404 - Corey Richier (Urbana) 1:47:39
417 - Daniel Mueller (URBANA) 1:48:06
418 - Brenda Huang (Urbana) 1:48:10
428 - Philip Amortila (Urbana) 1:48:40
452 - Hannah Gibes (Urbana) 1:49:36
459 - Jon Ek (Urbana) 1:49:54
465 - Paul O'Neil (Urbana) 1:50:03
477 - Erik McDuffie (Urbana) 1:50:21
483 - Lauren Brunk (Urbana) 1:50:40
497 - Maggie Hettel (Urbana) 1:50:54
500 - Akhil Marayikkottu (Urbana) 1:51:04
509 - Mika J (Urbana) 1:51:17
526 - Claire Meyer (Urbana) 1:51:38
537 - Ricky Spindler (Urbana) 1:51:49
545 - Toyofumi Yamauchi (Urbana) 1:51:55
549 - MICHAEL SAVAGE (Sidney) 1:52:00
565 - John Floyd (Urbana) 1:52:43
576 - Bethany Blakely (Urbana) 1:53:12
583 - Dongjing Wen (Urbana) 1:53:29
620 - Ryan Harlan Anderson (St. Joseph) 1:54:32
630 - Geoff Ower (Urbana) 1:54:42
634 - Sydney Lazarus (Urbana) 1:54:52
637 - Jessica Snyder (Urbana) 1:54:59
647 - Chinmay Soman (Urbana) 1:55:10
679 - Lawrence Angrave (Urbana) 1:56:03
686 - Eric Metcalf (Urbana) 1:56:15
697 - BICHENG WANG (Urbana) 1:56:32
702 - Brock Immke (St. Joseph) 1:56:45
716 - Molly Paquette (Urbana) 1:57:10
736 - Scott Tess (Urbana) 1:57:48
761 - Samuel Schoenberg (Urbana) 1:58:27
774 - Joanne Woodard (Philo) 1:58:44
776 - Cole Wall (Urbana) 1:58:50
785 - Mark Shoviak (St. Joseph) 1:59:07
791 - Kaden Rawson (Urbana) 1:59:15
862 - David Justice (Urbana) 2:01:40
869 - Alex Green (Urbana) 2:02:10
887 - Melissa Alves (Urbana) 2:02:52
898 - Gregory Jahiel (Urbana) 2:03:14
917 - Josie Suter (Urbana) 2:03:52
918 - Immanuel Stern (Urbana) 2:03:56
937 - Amber Cluver (St. Joseph) 2:04:29
949 - Javier J Garcia Mainieri (Urbana) 2:04:57
956 - Ganesh Ananthakrishnan (Urbana) 2:05:15
969 - Nicole Ream-Sotomayor (Urbana) 2:05:45
997 - Leo Marquez (Urbana) 2:06:35
1009 - Nicole Haglund (Urbana) 2:06:58
1024 - Matthew Rivas-Koehl (Urbana) 2:07:17
1025 - Noah Larsen (Urbana) 2:07:18
1026 - Dane Rivas-Koehl (Urbana) 2:07:19
1028 - Ashley Gilbert (Urbana) 2:07:23
1045 - Darrin Moore (Urbana) 2:07:49
1046 - Sanjay Patel (Urbana) 2:07:50
1061 - Kiley Reed Black (Urbana) 2:08:14
1066 - Christopher Berger (Philo) 2:08:25
1088 - Gabby Wszalek (Urbana) 2:09:25
1090 - Athol Kemball (Urbana) 2:09:27
1121 - Hugh Bowman (Urbana) 2:10:17
1119 - Olga Makarova (Urbana) 2:10:17
1125 - Jean Lin (Urbana) 2:10:20
1134 - Srijan Shukla (Urbana) 2:10:37
1140 - Amy Bailey (St. Joseph) 2:10:43
1152 - Benjamin Hayek (Urbana) 2:10:54
1179 - Baylee Prestin (Urbana) 2:11:43
1185 - Rachel Duerden (Urbana) 2:11:53
1187 - Michael Lard (Urbana) 2:11:55
1190 - Spencer Radina (Urbana) 2:11:58
1202 - Randy Owen (Urbana) 2:12:18
1204 - Mallory Jarot (Urbana) 2:12:19
1205 - Alexander Klec (Urbana) 2:12:24
1206 - Mara Thacker (Urbana) 2:12:24
1225 - Jacob Dilger (Urbana) 2:12:59
1228 - Mia Renna (Urbana) 2:13:02
1244 - Michelle Salfelder (Urbana) 2:13:23
1246 - Jeff Rohde (Royal) 2:13:24
1247 - Elizabeth Chominski (Urbana) 2:13:28
1249 - Brenda Straka (Urbana) 2:13:33
1288 - Joshua Yuan (Urbana) 2:14:49
1289 - Yingying Han (Urbana) 2:14:49
1318 - Eli Bennett (Urbana) 2:16:04
1321 - Hannah Dignan (St. Joseph) 2:16:15
1345 - Seth Herrmann (Urbana) 2:17:07
1358 - Rebecca Mills (Urbana) 2:17:34
1377 - Summer Park (Urbana) 2:18:14
1383 - Kaustubh Panse (Urbana) 2:18:27
1394 - Erin Minor (Urbana) 2:19:00
1408 - Nishant Rodrigues (Urbana) 2:19:20
1413 - Patrick Grenda (Urbana) 2:19:33
1425 - Jay Hoeflinger (Urbana) 2:19:55
1439 - Yolanda Islas (Urbana) 2:20:29
1440 - Matthew Herriott (Philo) 2:20:33
1441 - Christopher Korose (urbana) 2:20:35
1455 - Nancy Roth (St. Joseph) 2:21:01
1493 - David Gallardo (Urbana) 2:22:45
1496 - Margaret Vaessen (Urbana) 2:22:53
1499 - Theresa Heater (Urbana) 2:22:54
1501 - Fia Svendsen (Urbana) 2:22:57
1506 - Shraddha Shirguppe (Urbana) 2:23:12
1518 - Tim Borbely (Urbana) 2:23:33
1520 - Xiongjie Dai (Urbana) 2:23:41
1521 - Anne Sickles (Urbana) 2:23:42
1554 - Scott Hendren (St. Joseph) 2:25:25
1577 - Amanda Rodriguez (Urbana) 2:26:22
1580 - DEAN ROSE (Urbana) 2:26:33
1591 - Fernando Rigal (Urbana) 2:26:50
1592 - Brad Giffel (URBANA) 2:26:51
1599 - Tawn Espinoza (St. Joseph) 2:27:11
1606 - Annie Adams (Urbana) 2:27:19
1632 - Mickey Harbin (Urbana) 2:28:22
1639 - Taojun Wang (Urbana) 2:28:36
1656 - Jessica Wong (Urbana) 2:29:21
1660 - Bonnie Sankey (Urbana) 2:29:28
1682 - Steve OConnell (Urbana) 2:30:04
1686 - Bonnie McElwee (Urbana) 2:30:22
1687 - Tracy Kleparski (Tolono) 2:30:23
1704 - Ryan Medina (Urbana) 2:31:28
1717 - Mitzy Maldonado (Urbana) 2:32:14
1720 - Katie Callahan (Urbana) 2:32:20
1740 - Leslie Hammersmith (Sadorus) 2:33:27
1741 - Stephen Johnson (Sadorus) 2:33:27
1750 - Conlan Pierce (Urbana) 2:34:12
1767 - Adriana Ochoa (Urbana) 2:35:12
1772 - Natalie Hart (Urbana) 2:35:24
1776 - Kelsy A Clark (St. Joseph) 2:35:30
1788 - Cale Reeves (Urbana) 2:36:23
1789 - Michaela Barker (Urbana) 2:36:24
1801 - Rebecca Reck (Urbana) 2:37:36
1814 - Brenda Hixson (Urbana) 2:39:14
1829 - Rucha Kulkarni (Urbana) 2:40:15
1834 - Phyllis Baker (Urbana) 2:40:33
1891 - Annalisa Fama (Urbana) 2:45:06
1892 - Karen Mayfield-Jones (Urbana) 2:45:10
1907 - joshua ragle (St. Joseph) 2:46:20
1910 - Anwesa Choudhuri (Urbana) 2:46:39
1917 - Leslie Landreth (St. Joseph) 2:47:45
1925 - Kathy Vance (Urbana) 2:48:18
1932 - Gerardo Serrano Rangel (Urbana) 2:48:46
1939 - Stephanie McDaniel (Urbana) 2:49:18
1943 - Irene Macedo (Urbana) 2:49:40
1947 - Erin Bedolla (Urbana) 2:49:58
1969 - Terry Hill (St. Joseph) 2:51:25
1977 - Kelly Boeger (Urbana) 2:52:36
1978 - David Perkins-Pride (Urbana) 2:52:36
1984 - Mike Yuchuan Shen (Urbana) 2:53:39
1985 - Sophie McClain (Urbana) 2:53:47
1995 - Tuan Lai (Urbana) 2:54:49
2034 - Thomas Trzupek (Urbana) 2:59:58
2039 - Xuguang Wang (Urbana) 3:00:19
2043 - Erin Smith (St. Joseph) 3:01:11
2052 - Lisa Curtiss (Urbana) 3:02:04
2065 - Amanda Taylor (Urbana) 3:05:03
2069 - Lindsey Block (Tolono) 3:05:47
2070 - Evan Ripperger (Urbana) 3:06:34
2071 - Elizabeth Knipp (Urbana) 3:06:35
2073 - Sebastian Rodriguez (Urbana) 3:06:45
2089 - Ruth Floyd (Urbana) 3:12:44
2108 - Megan Bunfill (Urbana) 3:23:12
2122 - Ronna Benoit (Urbana) 3:25:35
2123 - Maria Wilson (St. Joseph) 3:25:45
2126 - Terri Burdick (Urbana) 3:26:29
2128 - sandeep murthy (Urbana) 3:27:07
2129 - Larissa Metz (Urbana) 3:27:20
2158 - LYNN WILEY (Urbana) 3:42:05
2159 - Jennifer Greene (Urbana) 3:42:05
2162 - Patrick Weiler (Urbana) 3:52:17
2168 - Pat Webb (Urbana) 3:54:57
2169 - Percy Focazio-Moran (Urbana) 3:55:20

Location: Urbana, IL, USA