GLADSTONE — Tristan Sumpter was overcome with emotion right after crossing the finish line in the MISH Waterfront Marathon here Saturday.

Sumpter, who traveled to Delta County from Birmingham, Ala., covered the 26.2-mile course in record time (2:35:11.89), which was also a personal-best.

Nicholas Shaw of North Aurora, Ill. was runner-up (2:38:06.76) and Isaac Waffle of downstate Hillsdale placed third (2:42:19.27), which also qualified them for the Boston Marathon on this sunny and mild day.

“I came up here to get some good weather,” Sumpter said about two hours after completing his second marathon. “I was really feeling good today and wanted to hold a steady pace the whole way. It was really good today.”

Josh Granquist of Powers became the top area finisher, placing ninth at 3:03:49.44.

This marked the first marathon for Aria Novella of Highland, Mich., who won at 3:12:48.86. She was followed by Taylor Mills of Wolverine, Mich. (3:21:33.05) and Lily Menghini of Iron Mountain (3:30:44.26).

“I learned I could do better than I thought I could,” Novella said. “I trained for several months. I ate right, got the proper amount of rest and nutrition. This feels good. I want to do it again.”

Alex Bott of Marquette was the pacesetter in the half-marathon, covering the 13.1- course in 1:33:02.1.

“I kind of used it like a cut-down workout,” she said. “I started a little conservative and picked up the pace in the second half. This was my first time using that strategy and I felt good in the end. This is a perfect running day. We had a nice little breeze off the lake.”

She was followed by men’s champ Cody Warren of Bark River (1:33:38.37), Cole Ray, also of Bark River (1:38:46.06) and Cristian Hayen of Gladstone (1:48:42.73).

“My goal was to break 1:40,” Warren said. “In the first half I ran at a comfortable pace and at mile seven, I told myself to stay under seven minutes and average at 7:05 per mile. I gave it 100 percent. The weather was good and the bugs weren’t too bad. I work a lot in the Hiawatha National Forest and the bugs are bad out there. I really didn’t expect to do this. I started running again last winter. I did a half-marathon in Wausau last year and made a 13-minute improvement this time.”

Lori Bosanko of Littleton, Colo. was women’s runner-up (1:49:27.54) with Aspynn Anderson of Menominee third (1:49:37.62).

In the 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) race, Michigan Tech sophomore Zeb Swager won at 34:29.2, followed by women’s champion, Amanda Jasso of Escanaba in a personal-best 43:13.33, Tom Garrett of Iron Mountain (43:51.95) and Thibault Boutet of Ferndale, Mich. (44:53.45).

“The weather conditions and course were awesome,” Swagger said. “I’m not in the shape I’d like to be, but it’s still early. I used this as conditioning for cross country. I do a lot of tempo running and miles. Right now I’m averaging about 50 miles a week, but will be doing about 110 miles in late July.”

In the women’s race, Jasso was followed by Erika Eberhart of Houston, Tex. (50:28.64) and Abigail Ampe of Gwinn (55:28.61).

“I don’t really race 10-Ks, but like to maintain my conditioning for half-marathons because that’s my distance,” Jasso said. “I wanted to change things up to see what it’s like to race a shorter distance. I think it worked pretty well. This is great PR (personal record) weather.”

The races drew 286 runners.