Hugo Beamish 2nd at Christchurch Half-Marathon in 1:06:10

Beamish in his Villanova days

Former Big East 5000 meter champion Hugo Beamish came second yesterday at the Christchurch Airport Half-Marathon in New Zealand. Beamish, who is the reigning 2013 New Zealand national champion over 5000 meters, ran the half on a shallow base for that distance and trailed race winner Hamish Carson by only 5 seconds.

Half Marathon (top 15 finishers)

1.  Hamish Carson     New Zealand       1:06:05
2.  Hugo Beamish      Wellington, NZ    1:06:10
3.  Aaron Pulford     Hamilton, NZ      1:06:11
4.  Nathan Hartigan   Australia         1:06:15
5.  Brady Threlfall   Australia         1:06:28
6.  Tim  Hodge        Wellington, NZ    1:07:32
7.  Ben Toomey        Australia         1:07:44
8.  Stephen Lett      Auckland, NZ      1:08:33
9.  Rowan Hooper      Wellington, NZ    1:08:42
10. Nathan Baxter     Dunedin, NZ       1:08:45
11. Dougal Thorburn   Wellington, NZ    1:09:02
12. Callan Moody      New Zealand       1:09:11
13. Ying Ren Mok      Singapore         1:09:24
14. Nick Pannett      Auckland, NZ      1:09:27
15. Tony Payne        Auckland, NZ      1:10:02

Full results are available HERE.