Originally published November 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified November 30, 2008 at 6:47 PM

Seattle Marathon | Thiessen triumphs again

Annie Thiessen of Tacoma kept up her winning streak this year with a top finish in the Seattle Marathon on Sunday.

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Annie Thiessen of Tacoma kept up her winning streak this year with a top finish in the Seattle Marathon on Sunday.

She finished in 3 hours, 2 minutes, 6 seconds, more than a minute ahead of the second-place women's finisher, 34-year-old Nell Stephenson of Preston (3:03:29).

Thiessen, 38, whose first marathon was the 1995 Seattle Marathon, finished first in the Yakima River Canyon and Whidbey Island marathons in April, followed by victories in the Tacoma City and Olympia's Capital City marathons in May. In the Newport, Ore., marathon on May 31, she finished first in 2:56:12.

Stuart Burton, 37, of Beaverton, Ore., finished first for the men on Sunday in 2:33:57, just ahead of former Husky Caleb Knox. Knox, 23, who ran cross country for Washington and is from Mill Creek, finished in 2:34:13.

Kristi Houk of Port Orchard finished first among women in the half marathon, in a time of 1:23:03. Ellie Greenwood, 29, of Vancouver, B.C., followed at 1:25:19.

On the men's side, former Western Washington runner Steve DeKoker, 27, finished first in 1:11:50. James Moore, 23, was second in 1:13:09.

Seattle Marathon events also included a 5K run/walk and a kids running event. Thousands participated in the events.

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