Texas Runners at Out-of-State Marathons
The first weekend of the new year featured three (3) U.S. marathons and Texans participated in each of them.
The Texas Marathon in Kingwood was held on New Year's Day and saw 95 of the 114 overall finishers hailing from the Lone Star State. 8 of the 19 out-of-staters to Texas were members of the 50 States Marathon Club. Houston Strider John Yoder, who was second last summer in the Mount Rushmore Marathon, scored a win in 3:01:11 edging out Houston's Gary Zimmerman by just a minute and 29 seconds. The top two female finishers from Texas were Suzy Seeley and Kelly Vowles, who finished second and third, respectively, with times of 3:35:12 and 3:40:18. Houston Strider Yong Collins was fourth with a time of 3:44:27.
The following HARRA members were finalists at the Texas Marathon:
John Yoder, 33, Houston, 3:01:11 (1 male, 1 overall)
Victor Aguirre, 53, Houston, 3:20:52 (5, 5)
Mark Fraser, 48, Houston, 3:31:24 (10, 10)
Peter Birckhead, 50, Houston, 3:39:41 (14, 16)
Patrick Snyder, 56, Houston, 4:21:41 (31, 41)
Grant Hodges, 48, Sugarland, 4:31:51 (34, 45)
Morgan Lusby, 55, Houston, 4:32:36 (35, 47)
Harry Sokolow, 48, Houston, 5:21:26 (49, 71)
Steve Boone, 55, Humble, 5:31:42 (54, 80)
William Ervin, 40, Houston, 5:40:30 (58, 86)
Travis Green, 41, Houston, 5:52:14 (61, 90)
Evan Groutage, 55, Houston, 7:46:53 (73, 112)
Suzy Seeley, 45, Spring, 3:35:12 (2 female, 13 overall)
Yong Collins, 50, Houston, 3:44:27 (4, 20)
Je'anna Abbott, 42, Houston, 3:45:45 (5, 21)
Elsa Kuehl, 31, Humble, 4:32:10 (12, 46)
Rebecca Watkins, 28, Kingwood, 4:36:39 (15, 52)
Michelle Wolpert, 42, Houston, 4:43:44 (16, 55)
Dena Sokolow, 48, Houston, 5:21:27 (23, 72)
Rebecca VandeBunt, 43, Houston, 5:21:28 (24, 73)
Meg Oswald, 44, Kingwood, 5:24:50 (25, 75)
Vickie Hildebrandt, 48, Houston, 6:10:33 (34, 101)
Penny Derkowski, 44, Houston, 6:41:42 (36, 104)
The only Texas finisher (of 66 overall) in the 4th annual Redding (California) Marathon, also run on New Year's Day, was Del Rio's Lisa Good, who turned in a performance of 4:24:56. (Last November, Good was 15th in her 40-44 age group at the San Antonio Marathon with a time of 4:15:15.4 and this past February in Austin, she posted a 4:05:50.7 effort.)
On January 2nd, in Mobile, Alabama, at the Legg Mason Funds First Light Marathon, six (6) Texans -- all males -- were among the 206 finishers who made the jaunt over from the Lone Star State. They were as follows:
Glenn Herzog, 62, Fredericksburg, 4:11:07, 9:36 pace (3rd in age group, 89th overall)
Brian Pearson, 41, Beaumont, 4:11:25, 9:36 (15th, 91st)
J.D. Davis, 41, Houston, 4:14:37, 9:44 (16th, 96th)
Phillip Hamilton, Jr., 25, Houston, 4:26:33, 10:11 (3rd, 111th)
Gary Van Kuiken, 46, The Woodlands, 4:27:00, 10:12 (12th, 113th)
Frederick Shepard, 45, Houston, 4:40:09, 10:42 (16th, 130th)
Special mention goes to Van Kuiken, a member of Boone's 50 States Marathon Club, as he ran the Texas Marathon on January 1st in 4:07:29 the day before. According to marathonguide.com, Van Kuiken ran six (6) marathons in 2004, including Mardi Gras, Desert Morning News, New Mexico, Wichita, Midsouth and Oklahoma.
The Texas Marathon in Kingwood was held on New Year's Day and saw 95 of the 114 overall finishers hailing from the Lone Star State. 8 of the 19 out-of-staters to Texas were members of the 50 States Marathon Club. Houston Strider John Yoder, who was second last summer in the Mount Rushmore Marathon, scored a win in 3:01:11 edging out Houston's Gary Zimmerman by just a minute and 29 seconds. The top two female finishers from Texas were Suzy Seeley and Kelly Vowles, who finished second and third, respectively, with times of 3:35:12 and 3:40:18. Houston Strider Yong Collins was fourth with a time of 3:44:27.
The following HARRA members were finalists at the Texas Marathon:
John Yoder, 33, Houston, 3:01:11 (1 male, 1 overall)
Victor Aguirre, 53, Houston, 3:20:52 (5, 5)
Mark Fraser, 48, Houston, 3:31:24 (10, 10)
Peter Birckhead, 50, Houston, 3:39:41 (14, 16)
Patrick Snyder, 56, Houston, 4:21:41 (31, 41)
Grant Hodges, 48, Sugarland, 4:31:51 (34, 45)
Morgan Lusby, 55, Houston, 4:32:36 (35, 47)
Harry Sokolow, 48, Houston, 5:21:26 (49, 71)
Steve Boone, 55, Humble, 5:31:42 (54, 80)
William Ervin, 40, Houston, 5:40:30 (58, 86)
Travis Green, 41, Houston, 5:52:14 (61, 90)
Evan Groutage, 55, Houston, 7:46:53 (73, 112)
Suzy Seeley, 45, Spring, 3:35:12 (2 female, 13 overall)
Yong Collins, 50, Houston, 3:44:27 (4, 20)
Je'anna Abbott, 42, Houston, 3:45:45 (5, 21)
Elsa Kuehl, 31, Humble, 4:32:10 (12, 46)
Rebecca Watkins, 28, Kingwood, 4:36:39 (15, 52)
Michelle Wolpert, 42, Houston, 4:43:44 (16, 55)
Dena Sokolow, 48, Houston, 5:21:27 (23, 72)
Rebecca VandeBunt, 43, Houston, 5:21:28 (24, 73)
Meg Oswald, 44, Kingwood, 5:24:50 (25, 75)
Vickie Hildebrandt, 48, Houston, 6:10:33 (34, 101)
Penny Derkowski, 44, Houston, 6:41:42 (36, 104)
The only Texas finisher (of 66 overall) in the 4th annual Redding (California) Marathon, also run on New Year's Day, was Del Rio's Lisa Good, who turned in a performance of 4:24:56. (Last November, Good was 15th in her 40-44 age group at the San Antonio Marathon with a time of 4:15:15.4 and this past February in Austin, she posted a 4:05:50.7 effort.)
On January 2nd, in Mobile, Alabama, at the Legg Mason Funds First Light Marathon, six (6) Texans -- all males -- were among the 206 finishers who made the jaunt over from the Lone Star State. They were as follows:
Glenn Herzog, 62, Fredericksburg, 4:11:07, 9:36 pace (3rd in age group, 89th overall)
Brian Pearson, 41, Beaumont, 4:11:25, 9:36 (15th, 91st)
J.D. Davis, 41, Houston, 4:14:37, 9:44 (16th, 96th)
Phillip Hamilton, Jr., 25, Houston, 4:26:33, 10:11 (3rd, 111th)
Gary Van Kuiken, 46, The Woodlands, 4:27:00, 10:12 (12th, 113th)
Frederick Shepard, 45, Houston, 4:40:09, 10:42 (16th, 130th)
Special mention goes to Van Kuiken, a member of Boone's 50 States Marathon Club, as he ran the Texas Marathon on January 1st in 4:07:29 the day before. According to marathonguide.com, Van Kuiken ran six (6) marathons in 2004, including Mardi Gras, Desert Morning News, New Mexico, Wichita, Midsouth and Oklahoma.
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