Hicks PRs at Albany

Marist alum and current medical school student Steve Hicks had a strong, personal-best run at the Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon in Albany on Sunday.

Steve placed fifth overall in 2:33:45, an average of 5:53 per mile. He placed fifth overall in perhaps one of the most competitive marathon fields there in recent history. Last year, Steve was second overall in 2:37:13. So Steve PRed by about 3.5 minutes! That's great. He was hoping for a sub-2:30, but I'm still proud of this strong new PR time.

According to the race results, Steve went through the first 13.1 miles in 1:14:20. That's quite peppy, but again he was in a race with some fast runners and he was aiming for sub-2:30. He slowed in the second half of the race to 1:19:26 -- still a strong effort.

Steve is now a teammate of Mike Melfi (class of 99) with the Syracuse Track Club, and they will be running fall cross country races together. Pretty cool: Two Marist running alums from different eras now joining forces on the same team.

Nice job, Steve. Recover quickly and keep running strong.