LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Jan. 12, 2003) - Brazilian Adriano Bastos clocked the fastest Disney Marathon time in eight years while two division records fell Sunday during the 10th annual Walt Disney World Marathon and Half Marathon.

Bastos, 24, of Sao Paulo, led from start to finish in posting a 2:18:33 to lead a field of 16,000 participants in the full marathon. It was the fastest winning time since Leonid Shvetsov of Russia set the Disney standard of 2:11:50 in 1995 and the 15th-fastest Disney time ever.

While it marked Bastos's first win in eleven marathons, his performance continued the event's domination by international runners. Brazilians have won four times. Other winners have come from Colombia, England (twice), Ireland, and Russia (twice).

Bastos's victory margin was by more than five minutes over David Hinga, a Kenyan residing in Methuen, Mass., who finished in 2:23:40. Hinga was New England Runner Magazine's 2002 Athlete of the Year.

Meanwhile, Ronnie Holassie of Miramar, Fla., scorched the half-marathon field of 6,000 with that event's fastest time ever - a 1:07:45 that took nearly a minute and a half off the standard. For Holassie, it was his second Disney half marathon title: He also won in 2001.

Saul Mendoza of Wimberley, Texas, notched his seventh straight wheelchair division title - in a record time of 1:36:39, bettering the Disney mark he set in 1997 by more than three minutes. Mendoza, Mexico's athlete of the century for the 20th century, won the 1500 meter wheelchair competition at the last Olympics.

Women's division winners were Bea Marie Altieri of Clermont, Fla., in the marathon (2:53:10), Julie Peterson of Beverly, Mass., in the half marathon (1:21:05), and Katherine Hunter of Alberta Beach, Canada, for the seventh time in the wheelchair division (2:53:40). Peterson hopes to qualify for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.

The Disney Marathon is recognized for its unusual course - a route that takes participants on a tour of all four Walt Disney World theme parks. The run begins and ends at Epcot.

Complete searchable results are available online at www.disneyworldsports.com.