Noah Serem wins 39th White Rock Lake Marathon

December 15, 2008  
Written by kenyanobserver, in SPORTS

The 39th edition of  White Rock Marathon in Dallas today took place in beautiful, unusually warm (though very windy) weather. Noah Serem of Kenya won the Mens’ marathon in 2:22:07, the slowest time since 2002.

Noah Cheserem photo: dasgogo

Kenyan elite runners at the White Rock Marathon 2008

photo: Dallas Morning News

The event was, however, marked by tragedy when a runner from Austin, TX, Erin Lahr, 29, collapsed and died at the 21 mile marker. She was pronounced dead at the Baylor Medical Center just a few blocks away. The cause of death has not yet been established pending an autopsy.

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