ROAD RUNNING

Colby grad Vassallo wins the Philadelphia Marathon

American runner Daniel Vassallo and the Netherlands’ Mariska Kramer outpaced a record field of about 11,000 runners to win Sunday’s Philadelphia Marathon.

Twenty-five-year-old Vassallo, of Wilmington, Mass., completed the 26.2-mile course in two hours, 21 minutes, 28 seconds. He finished comfortably ahead of runner-up David Bedoya of Somerville, Mass., who had a time of 2:23.37.

Vassallo, a Colby College graduate, won the 2007 Maine Marathon in a record time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, 54 seconds.

Thirty-six-year-old Kramer, of Drachten, the Netherlands, clocked in at 2:38.55.

Vassallo had sports hernia surgery July 8 and planned to run only the half-marathon but said his recovery and training went so well that he decided to run the full marathon after all.

HOCKEY

QMJHL: The Quebec Remparts scored four straight goals to erase the Lewiston Maineiacs’ 1-0 lead and went on to a 4-2 victory at Quebec City, Quebec, ending Lewiston’s win streak at 10 games.
Stefan Fournier and Sam Carrier scored for Lewiston. Goalie Tyler Piercy made 25 saves in his first start of the season.


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