Salaño, Magtubo rule Philippine Half Marathon Manila leg

Elite runners Richard Salaño and Edna Magtubo ruled the Manila leg of the Philippine Half Marathon Series, held last Sunday at the Mall of Asia Complex.

Salaño clocked one hour, eight minutes, and 23 seconds to rule the men’s 21K race, finishing nine seconds ahead of Kenya’s Gilbert Muge, who clocked 1:08:32. Ricky Organiza finished third in 1:10:04.

Magtubo, meanwhile, topped the women’s 21K race in 1:26:05, followed by Purity Serem (1:29:06) and Maricar Camacho (1:33:08).

In the men’s 10K race, Jeck Labrador ruled the field with a time of 31:31, while Jessa Mae Roda topped the women’s division in 36:43.

Dhem AJ Monton led the men’s 5K race in 15:35, while Nicole Diloy topped the women’s race in 19:15.

Around 13,000 runners joined the Manila leg of the PUMA Philippine Half Marathon Series.

—JKC, GMA News