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HELLEBUYCK BIG WINNER AT 2003 TWIN CITIES MARATHON By David Monti (c) 2003 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved Oct 5, 2003 At today's Twin Cities Marathon, which loops from downtown Minneapolis back to St. Paul, American Eddy Hellebuyck was the big winner, in more ways than one. Hellebuyck, 42, a long-time resident of Albuquerque, N.M., ran the sixth-fastest marathon of his long career in 2:12:47. It was not only fast enough to win the race by more than one minute, but also smashed the U.S. masters record for the distance by over four minutes. It was the fastest marathon the Belgian-born athlete had run since 1995. Because the race was also the U.S. masters championships, Hellebuyck earned that title, too. His payday was at least $29,500: $20,000 for being the overall winner, $2,500 for being the first American, $4,000 for being the first 40+ finisher, and $3,000 for winning the U.S. masters title. He is likely to earn an additional $1000 for having the best age-graded performance, too. Hellebuyck has run at least 77 marathons during his career which began with the Antwerp Marathon in 1983. Blake Russell, 28, of Acton, Mass., won the women's race in her debut in 2:30:41. She easily went under the 2004 Olympic Games "A" qualifying standard of 2:32:00, and earned $22,500. She turned down opportunites to run both the Chicago and New York City Marathons on the advice of her coach, Bob Sevene, who wanted her to debut in a lower pressure environment. More Race Coverage: 22nd 2003 Twin Cities Maratho Results: USA Masters Championship
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