Romero, Spooner Win XTERRA Waco Half-Marathon Trail Run

Waco’s own Pompilio Romero and Claudia Spooner from Cedar Park, Texas won the XTERRA Half-Marathon

Romero finished the grueling 13-mile course in 1:37:51, more than six minutes ahead of the next man, Chris Chancey of Austin. Spooner, who placed second overall, had Cynthia Henges of Austin right behind her the entire race but held on with a winning time of 1:43:39 (Henges finished in 1:44:16).

More than 200 runners took part in the morning’s 5, 10, and 21km races. Dylan Johnson and Erin Dixon won the 10k race, while Luke Carlson and Silvia Chavez won the 5k.

The inaugural XTERRA South Central Championship off-road triathlons in Waco get started at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, Sunday, May 23.

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