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Friendly faces from the Illinois Marathon

Rebecca Larmer gives two thumbs up
URBANA - Rebecca Larmer gives two thumbs up as she passes the water station near mile four of the Illinois Marathon's marathon and half marathon course. The Champaign resident finished 217th out of 305 runners in the female 20-24-year-old age group on Saturday. Larmer, who finished the half marathon 1,540th overall out of 2,156 runners, clocked in with a time of 2:27:44. Below is our collection of photos of athletes having a good time while running through the annual Champaign-Urbana race.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Oswego runner Kelly Allen

Kelly Allen lets out a roar while running in the half marathon course on Washington Ave in Urbana. Allen, hailing from Oswego, NY, finished the course at 2:33:30, good for 46th out of 75 runners in the women's 45-49 age group on Saturday.

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With a little more than two miles to the finish line, Ian Schrader displays two thumbs down while running north on Race Street in Urbana. Shrader finished his half marathon run at 2:02:40. The Waterloo, IL, runner was 779th overall and was 161st in the men's 20-24 division.

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Sun finishes 40th at Illinois Marathon

Joe's Pacer
Urbana, IL - Don Sun gives a thumbs up after passing the four mile mare while running in the 2024 Illinois Marathon on Saturday. The 55 year-old runner from Naperville finished the race 40th in his division among 349 other runners in the 55-59 age group. Stopping the clock at 3:52:12, Sun finished 81st overall out of 702 marathoners. Find more Sentinel photos from the Illinois Marathon here.

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