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Jesse Rittenhouse of Marquette top finisher in Iron Mountain runs

IRON MOUNTAIN — Jesse Rittenhouse of Marquete finished as runner-up in the five-kilometer run held in conjunction with the Iron Mountain Road & Trail Half Marathon on Saturday.

Rittenhouse, running in the 15-19-year-old division, finished the 5K male “Moochathon” — named after hometown favorite son Steve Mariucci — in 20 minutes, 24 seconds for second overall in the 29-runner field to IM’s Lucas Cavalieri, who clocked 18:09.

Another Marquette runner, Allie Erickson, was ninth in the female 5K race in 31:26 as Jessica Cecrle of Kingsford won in 28:00 out of a field of 35 entries.

And Megan Kangas of Marquette was eighth in the women’s half-marathon in 1:54:10 that had 58 entrants as Rebecca Steinbrecher of IM won in 1:41:41.

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