Marathon: Foster too fast for field in Run for the Lakes

Marathon: Foster too fast for field in Run for the Lakes

NISSWA — Former Pequot Lakes cross-country standout Clayton Foster ran a 2:40:58 to win the Run for the Lakes marathon Saturday, May 3. The 33-year-old beat out Tim Maguire of Minneapolis by almost seven minutes for the title. Duluth’s Louie St. George III finished third. Shane Crowley, a 19-year-old from Nisswa, placed fourth in 3:05:58. Rounding out the top five was Blaine’s Thomas Nelson. Sophia Sowada of Moorhead ran a 3:27:05 to win the wo…

Clayton Foster finishes first in Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes marathon

NISSWA — Local runners placed within the top four spots of the Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K races Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, in Nisswa. Clayton Foster, a 2009 Pequot Lakes High School graduate and cross-country standout in high school, won the marathon May 3 in 2:40:58, beating Tim Maguire, of Minneapolis, by almost seven minutes. Foster, 33, is a Pequot Lakes teacher, as well as assistant coach for t…