Vega, Brown Win Big at Twin Cities 5K

Team USA Minnesota's Antonio Vega and Emily Brown swept the top spots in the Twin Cities Marathon TC 5K this morning, kicking off a sticky weekend of distance running in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The two recent University of Minnesota alums won big: Vega ran 14:58 to out-pace runner-up Sean Olson by 40 seconds; Brown clocked a PR 16:19 to out-distance former Wisconsin Badger star Bethany Brewster by 59 seconds.

"It was good to get a race in finally," Vega said in a Team USA Minnesota press release. "I hoped someone would go out with me in the first mile, but no one did. At a mile-and-a-half I had 15 seconds on the field."

Vega made his professional debut with the race.

"Everything was pretty even with my splits in the first two miles," Brown, who posted a first mile of 5:25 and passed mile two in 10:48, according to Team USA Minnesota's Pat Goodwin, said. "I was running with a group of guys from the Macalester College cross country team which was nice because I wasn't out there alone."

Complete results can be found HERE.

Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Startlists can be found below ...

THIS list, in bib number order, does include some athletes who have withdrawn from the the race.

THIS list, not in bib number order, notes the marathon withdrawals at the bottom of the ducument. TCM Elite Committee Chair Ryan Steines informs DtB that there have been very few withdrawals in the 10 Mile, and none involving top contenders.