The Woodlands' Kelly Keane withdraws from U.S. Marathon Team
(USATF) -- Mary Akor of Gardena, Calif., has been named to the U.S. marathon squad for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Athletics to be held in Helsinki, Finland on August 6-14. Akor was named as a replacement for Kelly Keane, the 2005 winner of the hp Houston Marathon, who had withdrew from the team last week.
Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Akor moved to the U.S. in 1993 and became a U.S. citizen in February, 2003. After graduating from John Muir High School, she went on to complete a degree in Social Work at California State University Dominguez Hills. Akor recently finished fourth at Grandma's Marathon in a personal best of 2:37:19.
She placed 17th in the 2004 Olympic Marathon Trials and has scored marathon victories at the 2005 Big Sur International Marathon and 2004 adidas Vancouver International Marathon.
To see Peter Gambaccini of Runner's World's chat with Kelly about the withdrawal, click here.
(As a side note, Houston Running noticed that Keane's Austin-based coach Greg McMillian was part of a star-studded relay team that finished second at the July 4th Silicon Laboratories Marathon Relay in Austin. Joining McMillan in posting a 2:25:32.5 was White Rock Marathon winner Gilbert Tuhabonye, elite division runner Cassandra Henkiel, triathlete Desiree Ficker and former Abilene Christian runner Bernard Manirakiza.)
Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Akor moved to the U.S. in 1993 and became a U.S. citizen in February, 2003. After graduating from John Muir High School, she went on to complete a degree in Social Work at California State University Dominguez Hills. Akor recently finished fourth at Grandma's Marathon in a personal best of 2:37:19.
She placed 17th in the 2004 Olympic Marathon Trials and has scored marathon victories at the 2005 Big Sur International Marathon and 2004 adidas Vancouver International Marathon.
To see Peter Gambaccini of Runner's World's chat with Kelly about the withdrawal, click here.
(As a side note, Houston Running noticed that Keane's Austin-based coach Greg McMillian was part of a star-studded relay team that finished second at the July 4th Silicon Laboratories Marathon Relay in Austin. Joining McMillan in posting a 2:25:32.5 was White Rock Marathon winner Gilbert Tuhabonye, elite division runner Cassandra Henkiel, triathlete Desiree Ficker and former Abilene Christian runner Bernard Manirakiza.)
posted by WalkSports.com | 12:42 AM
2 Comments:
Do you know why Kelly withdrew?
Holden, the chat (which the link to updates daily with something new) indicated that she was withdrawing due to injury. I think it also said she was going to run NYC ... yeah, me and Kelly! lol .... I hope Akor's second place finish (2:59:23) yesterday (Monday, July 25th) in Salt Lake City's Days of '47 marathon was simply a training run for the World Championships.
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