MILWAUKEE, WI – Nick Szczech of Cudahy, WI was the men’s winner of Sunday’s 31st annual Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon, completing the race in 2:22:17. One of Marquette University’s cross country team stars, Szczech recently won the men’s division of the Briggs and Al’s Run in Milwaukee. Amber Druien of Woodstock, IL was the women’s winner of the marathon completing the race in 2:54:15. Druien was an NCAA Division III national track champion at Illinois' North Central College An exciting Guinness World Record was also achieved during this year’s race when 62 runners representing a wide-range of athletic abilities, experience and ages joined together (both literally and figuratively) to run the marathon, completing it in 6 hours 20 minutes. The “Jennipede” as they called themselves were tethered together by a long rope and karabiners that were attached to race belts. The team was captained by Runner’s World’s “Mayor of Running” Bart Yasso and included Wisconsin’s ultra-running legend Roy Pirrung. The team also raised over $108,000 for the rehabilitation care for Jenny Crain, a world-class runner who was severely injured on August 21, 2007 when hit by a car while training for the trials prior to the Beijing Olympics. Crain was in her wheel chair alongside the group for the last .2 mile and was at the finish line to receive a check for the money raised. Read more... For all of the race results, check out our results page for links.