All photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
Deb Studniarz, of Champaign, is all smiles as she makes her way along the course after finishing the fourth mile of her 26.2K race. Taking 6:16:36 to finish the course, she placed sixth in the women’s 60-64 age group and 886th overall.
URBANA - The 2025 Illinois Marathon brought another lively weekend to Champaign-Urbana, mixing serious competition with a relaxed, community feel. Part of the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend, the event drew runners from 45 states, Washington, D.C., and a dozen countries, with more than 1,000 marathoners and nearly 2,800 half-marathon participants hitting the course. This year's race is just around the corner, coming to the twin cities and Savoy on April 25. From neighborhood streets to campus stretches, runners made their way toward the finish inside Memorial Stadium, where they crossed the 50-yard line to cap off their race. Along the way, there was no shortage of personality - from first-timers and weekend warriors to experienced runners chasing personal bests. Here are a few of the smiles the Sentinel captured along the course last year.
LEFT: Patrick Crawford, from West Lafayette, IN, waves at the camera while running down Washington Street in Urbana. Crawford finished 14th out of 75 runners in his age group and 98th out of 625 men who completed the course. He was 108th overall, finishing in 3:12:32. MIDDLE: Starting out on the fifth mile of the race, Chicagoan Seyo Oh mugs for the camera while running down Washington Street in Urbana on his way to a 3:27:34 finish. Out of 75 runners in the 35-39 age group, he finished 27th and 195th overall. RIGHT: With half the course behind her, Carmel, IN, native Sarah Gangadhar runs uphill after passing the overpass on Logan Street. The 40-year-old finished 15th out of 37 runners in the women’s 40-44 age group. Clocking in at 4:10:29, she was 494th out of a field of 895 finishers at this year’s marathon.
All photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
Trey Ronk, of Champaign, flexes while running his first four miles. He finished 253rd in the men’s division out of 625 runners and 311th overall with a time of 3:46:19. Want to see more photos from 2025 Illinois Marathon? Fill out our photo request form.
