4 More Runners Punch Marathon Ticket
At Sunday's HMSA Classical 25K in downtown Houston, two (2) men and two (2) women both added their names to the list of 32 "invited runners" to the 2006 Chevron Houston Marathon.
Both of the men's winners - Ramiro Alvarado and Bernie Weber - qualified as well as both women's runners-up, Autumn Ray and Helen Grant. Autumn Ray is one of the Southwest's top female triathletes. Her 25K race report can be read here at her website, autumnray.com.
At each HARRA Fall Series race, up to ten (10) local runners could earn "invited runner" status by meeting a minimum qualifying time for their age group. On Sunday, the qualifying standard was met in eight (8) divisions: Men's Open, Men's 40-49, Men's 50-59, Men's 70-Over, Women's Open, Women's 40-49, Women's 50-59 and Women's 60-69.
However, in four of those divisions, those runners who met the qualifying standards had already earned their "invited runner" designation. Those runners included Joe Melanson (M50), Ino Cantu (M70), Eva Luckey (F50) and Nancy Prejean (F60).
One runner, 54-year-old Katy resident Steve Brammer, missed the qualifying standard by an agonizing 3.4 seconds. Brammer was second in the 50-59 group behind Orange's Joe Melanson, who qualified already because of his sub-2:50 as a Masters runner at last year's marathon. However, his 1:43:59.4 is just 3.4 seconds over the 1:43:56 qualifying standard.
Both of the men's winners - Ramiro Alvarado and Bernie Weber - qualified as well as both women's runners-up, Autumn Ray and Helen Grant. Autumn Ray is one of the Southwest's top female triathletes. Her 25K race report can be read here at her website, autumnray.com.
At each HARRA Fall Series race, up to ten (10) local runners could earn "invited runner" status by meeting a minimum qualifying time for their age group. On Sunday, the qualifying standard was met in eight (8) divisions: Men's Open, Men's 40-49, Men's 50-59, Men's 70-Over, Women's Open, Women's 40-49, Women's 50-59 and Women's 60-69.
However, in four of those divisions, those runners who met the qualifying standards had already earned their "invited runner" designation. Those runners included Joe Melanson (M50), Ino Cantu (M70), Eva Luckey (F50) and Nancy Prejean (F60).
One runner, 54-year-old Katy resident Steve Brammer, missed the qualifying standard by an agonizing 3.4 seconds. Brammer was second in the 50-59 group behind Orange's Joe Melanson, who qualified already because of his sub-2:50 as a Masters runner at last year's marathon. However, his 1:43:59.4 is just 3.4 seconds over the 1:43:56 qualifying standard.
HMSA Classical 25K
Ramiro Alvarado, 1:27:16.3
(Top Male Open under 1:34:13)
Bernie Weber, Houston, 1:35:21.6
(Top Male 40-49 under 1:36:27)
Autumn Ray, Galveston, 1:45:43.4
(Top Female Open under 1:47:59; Stull already qualified)
Helen Grant, Houston, 1:48:38.1
(Top Female 40-49 under 1:51:36; Burum already qualified)
Bernie Weber, Houston, 1:35:21.6
(Top Male 40-49 under 1:36:27)
Autumn Ray, Galveston, 1:45:43.4
(Top Female Open under 1:47:59; Stull already qualified)
Helen Grant, Houston, 1:48:38.1
(Top Female 40-49 under 1:51:36; Burum already qualified)
posted by WalkSports.com | 6:42 PM
3 Comments:
I talked to Steve after the race and he was pretty disappointed he didn't make the time cutoff. Maybe the Houston Marathon elite committee will be nice to him?? Consider the weather....I ran three minutes slower than last year, but placed higher overall.
I indeed considered the weather.
It is why I didn't run the 25K, even though I could have finished despite doing NYC the Sunday before.
We'll know for sure here shortly.
HARRA had been updating the qualifying standard page on their web site after communications from the Elite Committee coordinator.
jon
Autumn did have a great finish! Good to check out her website-lots of great info about her.
-Jessica
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