Chesnutt wins third straight half-marathon

Published in The Chronicle Herald

Dartmouth's Stacy Chesnutt won her third straight women's half marathon in as many weeks Sunday.

Chesnutt completed her Maratime hat trick this morning in Moncton, winning the Legs for Literacy event in the personal-best 1:26:17. She was ninth overall.

She started her hot October stretch with a 1:27:24 at the Valley Harvest Marathon. She followed up with a 1:29:51 in P.E.I.

Chesnutt recently returned from Spain, where she ranked seventh in the world for her age group in the world duathlon championships. She will run in the New York Marathon in two weeks.