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New Jersey runner makes history at Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon

By Nikki DeMarco, WFTV.com
By Nikki DeMarco, WFTV.com

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — New Jersey runner Megan Curham made history on Sunday at the 2022 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend.

For the fourth straight year, Curham, of Warren, New Jersey, completed the 13.1-mile course as the first female finisher, becoming the event’s only four-time champion.

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Curham crossed the finish line with a time of 1:20:16.

“It’s just so much fun,’’ Curham said. “I think what’s been really neat is that all four of those years the course has been a little bit different. So, it’s always something a little bit unique. You never really know what you’re going to get.’’

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New Jersey runner makes history at Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon (Nov. 6, 2022) Megan Curham makes event history as the first runner to win the half marathon four straight times during the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The New Jersey runner was the overall winner in the 2021 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon and holds the course record in the women’s division. (Courtney Kiefer, photographer (Courtney Kiefer/Courtney Kiefer, photographer)

Ian Bordelon of Orlando was the race’s overall winner, crossing the finish line in 1:13:42.

“I was out there trying to run as fast as possible,’’ said Bordelon. “Even when I saw that I had a pretty decent cushion, I was still pushing, trying to run as fast as I could today and racing (against) the clock.’’

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On Sunday, Stephanie Grosso of Illinois defied the odds and after two years removed from open heart surgery, Grosso not only completed the 2022 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon on Sunday, she ran the 5K and 10K in addition to the half marathon this weekend at Disney - a total of 22.4 miles.

Grosso plans to run every runDisney race this season, which would mean 13 total races and nearly 113 miles.

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Nicholas McCoy of Boerne, Texas finished first in the wheelchair division with a time of 1:24:05.

The half marathon was the final event of the race weekend, which included a 5K and a 10K, plus a health and fitness expo. In all, more than 30,000 runners took part in the four-day event.

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Next up in the runDisney race season is the 30th anniversary of the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, which is January 4-8, 2023.

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