Winning her first marathon might be an accomplishment on its own, but former UT basketball player Inma Zanoguera also did it in the Sahara Desert.
Zanoguera completed the Sahara Marathon with a 3:48:11 time on Monday, six seconds fast enough in the women’s division to beat Sonia Bernal from Spain. The third-place contestant, Italy’s Marina Graziani, crossed the finish line more than an hour later.
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Zanoguera was not immediately available for comment. She and documentarian Michelle-Andrea Girouard are still in Tindouf, Algeria, staying with Sahrawi refugee families.