Cedartown’s Krige Schabort fell short of capturing his third straight win in the wheelchair division of the Peachtree Road Race Sunday morning by 22 seconds.

Mexico’s Saul Mendoza edged Schabort and the rest of the competition out by setting a new record time of 18:38.06. Mendoza was in Cedartown just last week training for this annual July 4 race. He finished the Cedartown 5K race in a little over nine minutes, capturing a second place win.

Other participants of the Pre-Peachtree Training Camp were top finishers in Sunday’s race with Australia’s Kurt Fearnley coming in second, Canada’s Kelly Smith placing third and Schabort taking fourth place.

South African Ernst Van Dyk, who carved out a new record for the Cedartown 5K, took fifth place in the Peachtree.

The women’s wheelchair division sported a tight finish in Atlanta as less than a second separated the first and second places titles.

Canadian Diane Roy, who also trained in Cedartown and took a second place win in the local 5K, was the first to roll over the finish line in downtown Atlanta with a time of 23:57.56.

Switzerland’s Sandra Graf clocked in at a time of 23:57.77 The United States Cheri Blauwet took third place, and Edith Hunkeler from Switzerland finished fourth. Hunkeler was the top finisher in the Cedartown 5K.

In the Peachtree footrace, the Kenyans came out on top, as Martin Lei finished in a time of 28:04 in the men’s division and Susan Chepkemei crossed the finish line at 31:55.

Calhoun resident, Eric Putnam took an impressive eighth place win in the men’s masters division in Sunday’s 35 annual race.

The Peachtree is tradition that began in 1970 and attracts so many participants, that by the time the winner crosses the finish line, the last participant is just beginning the 6.2-mile race.

The Peachtree is the world’s most famous 10K race drawing more than 50,000 runners each year.