Isle of Capri Beat the Elite Challenge runner Mallory Asbe of Davenport crosses the finish line with help from incoming race director Michelle Juehring and Genesis medical staff volunteers during the 45th running of the Quad-City Times Bix 7 in Davenport on Saturday.
Isle of Capri Beat the Elite Challenge runner Mallory Asbe of Davenport is helped to the finish by race staff during the 45th running of the Quad-City Times Bix 7 in Davenport on Saturday.
Mallory Asbe of Davenport, is this year's Isle Casino Beat the Elite runner. She will get a 2.6-mile head start along the Quad-City Times Bix 7 course on Saturday.
Quad-City Times Bix 7 Beat the Elite runner Mallory Asbe was released from Genesis Health System East on Saturday, hospital spokesman Craig Cooper confirmed Monday.
Asbe, who was given a head start with a chance to win prize money if she made it over the finish line ahead of the elite runners, gave it her all, going neck and neck with winner Leonard Barsoton. But she needed assistance to cross the finish line, and was taken to Genesis East for treatment.
Cooper said Saturday, she was in good condition and was expected to be discharged that day. Asbe and two others were taken to the hospital by ambulance on race day, they were among 23 treated in the Genesis medical tent near the finish line.
Mallory Asbe
