First-timer from NC wins Twin Cities Marathon
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A first-time marathoner from North Carolina won the 33rd annual Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.
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Tyler Pennel crossed the finish line Sunday in two hours, 13 minutes, 33 seconds. The 26-year-old is from Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Jared Ward of Provo, Utah, finished second in 2:14:01. Smith was third in 2:14:40.
Twenty-eight-year-old Esther Erb of Richmond, Virginia, won the women's division in 2:34:01.
Pennel and Erb also claimed USA Marathon Championship titles in Sunday's race.
The temperature in Minneapolis was 37 degrees at the start of the race.
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