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Emily Kearney has broken the Merseyside and South Carolina records for a half marathon A Wirral athlete is blazing a trail in endurance running after winning a half-marathon in America with a record-breaking time. Emily Kearney, from Prenton, triumphed at the Mortgage Network Half Marathon in Hardeeville, South Carolina on Sunday (December 6) in a remarkable new personal best time of 72.21. In doing so, the 25-year-old Wirral Athletics Club runner not only set a new South Carolina record but also a new Merseyside record. Underlining her credentials as the most exciting talent in Merseyside endurance running in a generation, her performance was the fastest time by a Merseyside athlete for almost 40 years.