Sam Settelmeyer and Amanda Phillips set records at the 19th annual Big Island International Marathon, and that’s not all they have in common.
They’re both Roseburg High School teachers in Oregon and share the same passion for running and their students, but they’re fundamentally different as marathoners.
Settelmeyer finished in 2 hours, 37 minutes and 13 seconds on a rain-soaked, overcast Sunday at Hilo Bayfront, shattering the old mark of 2:51:12 by Japan’s Harumitsu Yoshinaga in 2014.
Phillips placed third overall in 2:53:22, crushing the old record of 3:05:53 established last year by Australia’s Leah Fitzgerald, who has two names that sound local but speaks in a Crocodile Dundee accent.