Tsiamchyk wins Grandma's Marathon

<p>Vladzimir Tsiamchyk, of Belarus, took the lead from Luke Metto with one mile to go to win the 28th Annual Grandma's Marathon Saturday.</p><p>Tsiamchyk finished in 2 hours, 17 minutes, 59 seconds. Metto, a Kenya native living in Peoria, Ill., pulled away from the start and led for nearly the entire race, but faded to finish second at 2:18:38.</p><p>Fira Sultanova-Zhdanova, from Russia, won the women's title for the second straight year, at 2:35:08, but didn't break the course record she set last year of 2:27:05. She was nearly two minutes ahead of Elzbieta Jarosz, of Poland, who finished second at 2:37:02.</p><p>The wheelchair title went to Scot Hollonbeck, of Atlanta, in 1:46:40.</p><p>Ryan Meissen, of River Falls, Wis., won the 14th Annual Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in 1:05:51. The open women's half marathon was won by Kate Davis, of Woodbury, in 1:21:43.</p><p>For the second straight year, Grandma's hosted the USA Women's Half Marathon Championship. Deena Kastor, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., easily won the event in 1:10:30. Susannah Beck, of Yarmouth, Maine, was second in 1:15:03, and Cori Mooney of Boise, Idaho, was third in 1:15:17. The three automatically qualify for the World Half Marathon Championship Oct. 3, 2004 in New Delhi, India.</p>

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