Sharman finishes 4th at Western States

Published 12:00 am Sunday, June 24, 2018

Bend’s Ian Sharman, 37, took fourth at the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run on Saturday, finishing the race from Squaw Valley to Auburn, California in 16 hours, 8 minutes, 59 seconds. Sharman has finished in the top 10 at nine consecutive Western States 100 races, and this year’s performance matched his previous best finish, a fourth-place showing in 2013.

Former Bend resident Jeff Browning took fifth place in 16:45:29.

As of 10 p.m. Saturday — 17 hours into the race — four other Bend runners were still on the course.

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