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I'm a mid-to-the back of the pack runner who probably enjoys promoting runners more than I do running myself ... I've completed 21 marathons (with a 4:47:32 PR! in Austin) and 52 half marathons (with a 2:09:58 PR! in Oregon) since November 2003 ... I've done a marathon in 12 states, half marathon in 23 and an event in 30 states and one Canadian province ... I have a 13-year-old daughter, Waverly Nicole, who completed her first half marathon in January 2006, made only two B's each of the last two years, was the only sixth grader to sing a solo (Carrie Underwood's Don't Forget To Remember Me) in their choir program (adding Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw in '08) and scored a 19 on the ACT in December 2007 as a seventh grader ... Waverly and I are members of the following clubs -- the Seven Hills Running Club, HARRA and The Woodlands Running Club ... I'm Marathon Maniac #308 ... I edit HARRA's Footprints in Inside Texas Running and write a column for Runner Triathlete News called, "Talking the Talk" ... I'm also the running columnist for the Courier of Montgomery County ... I'm a three-time winner of TAPPS' Sportswriter of the Year Award as well as TABC's Golden Hoops Award.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

32 Runners Now Have Houston Marathon Invited Runner Status

Eight (8) additional runners had their Chevron Houston Marathon ticket punched today at the Koala's Health and Wellness Centers/Luke's Locker 20K Championship in downtown Houston.
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Rudy Rocha, Steven King, Miguel Lopez, Kenneth Ruane and Jim Braden each grabbed one of the available five men's spots being awarded in today's race.
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Caroline Chamness, Eva Luckey and Nancy Prejean garnered three of the five women's spots available. No woman over the age of 70 ran the 20K this morning while the only qualifying time in the Women's Open category was run by winner Laura Bennett, who already qualified. Melissa Henderson missed the 1:25:10 standard by just 31.5 seconds.

The original post of qualifiers was made earlier this week on Tuesday, October 11th. Since that time, HARRA, with the help of president Tom Stilwell and the assistance of invited runner coordinator Camille Yarbrough, has update the press release posted on their site confirming the information that WalkSports.com first reported here.
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Two corrections on earlier estimates on who was receiving "invited runner" status. I surmised that Desiree Skinner of Bryan/College Station got the Women's Open spot at the USA 10-Miler; however, Skinner lives in Brazos County, which is not one of the qualifying counties. Therefore, the spot fell to Laura Bennett as the top local female open runner who met the qualifying time.
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Additionally, I indicated that Pearland's Lesa R. Jackson was the top local female finisher in the Houston Half Marathon; however, the HARRA web site reports that Christie Lammers gets the bid. That change allowed Caroline Chamness a spot today as Lammers was the top Masters finisher in the 20K earlier today.

These are the local elite runners who have earned "invited runner" status at the 2006 Chevron Houston Marathon:
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2005 Houston Marathon Men's Open (Sub 2:35:00)
Gabriel Rodriguez, Webster, 2:31:18
Vaughn Gibbs, Houston, 2:32:01
Michael DeFee, Vidor, 2:32:54
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2005 Houston Marathon Men's Masters (Sub 2:50:00)
Joe Flores, Houston, 2:35:03
Simon Alvarado, Houston, 2:45:52
Joe Melanson, Orange, 2:47:31
David Washburn, Houston, 2:47:45
Richard Peoples, Jr., Houston, 2:48:47
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2005 Houston Marathon Women's Open (Sub 3:00:00)
Kelly Keane, The Woodlands, 2:32:27
Caroline Burum, Houston, 2:58:09
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2005 Houston Marathon Women's Masters (Sub 3:16:00)
Allison Le Compte, Houston, 3:00:13
Barbara Stoll, Houston, 3:06:26
Suzanne Day, Houston, 3:11:26
Marla Burum, Houston, 3:11:39
Susan Walters, Wallis, 3:15:49
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2005 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Top Open Male
Sean Wade, Houston, 1:07:03
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2005 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Top Masters Male
Bart Rainey, Houston, 1:17:23
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2005 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Top Open Female
Maureen Sweeney, Houston, 1:21:47
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2005 Aramco Houston Half Marathon Top Masters Female
Christie Lammers, Houston, 1:27:14
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United Space Alliance 10-Miler
Laura Bennett, League City, 1:05:54.5
(Top Female Open under 1:07:39)
Luis Armenteros, Houston, 55:07.5
(Top Male Open under 58:46; Wade, Rodriguez had already qualified)
Bonnie Jo Barron, Houston, 1:09:56.8
(Top Female 40-49 under 1:10:15; Day had already qualified)
Francisco Perez, Houston, 59:52.4
(Top Male 40-49 under 1:00:28)
Ino Cantu, Houston, 1:16:54.0
(Top Male 70-79 under 1:18:59)
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Koala's Health and Wellness Centers/Luke's Locker 20K Championship
Rudy Rocha, Houston, 1:07:10.6
(Top Male Open under 1:07:39; Armenteros had already qualified)
Steven King, Houston, 1:12:28.5
(Top Male 40-49 under 1:16:03)
Miguel Lopez, Houston, 1:18:35.1
(Top Male 50-59 under 1:21:57)
Kenneth Ruane, Orange, 1:27:18.2
(Top Male 60-69 under 1:29:19)
Jim Braden, The Woodlands, 1:37:46.7
(Top Male 70-79 under 1:39:19; Cantu had already qualified)
Caroline Chamness, Kingwood, 1:24:24.3
(Top 40-49 under 1:28:15; Stull, Burum and Walters had already qualified)
Eva Luckey, Houston, 1:34:16.3
(Top 50-59 under 1:36:10)
Nancy Prejean, The Woodlands, 1:32:57.5
(Top 60-69 under 1:46:14)

posted by WalkSports.com | 3:48 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Gabriel Rodriguez said...

Laura Bennett of League City (Open Female) was invited based on her USA 10-Mile performance. Am not sure if Skinner qualifies as a "local", but Bennett has already received her invitation.

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