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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

13 Texans Ready for Western States 100

The "Boston" of the 100-Mile world, the Western States 100, which goes from Squaw Valley to Auburn, California, is set for this weekend, Saturday-Sunday, June 24-25, 2006.

Thirteen (13) Texans will test themselves against the elements! They are as follows:

Botto, Robert I., M, 57, Baytown (Terlingua Track Club)
Collazos, German, M, 48, Houston (Houston Masters)
Emerson, David B., M, 47, Coppell
Freeman, Jay, M, 59, Farmers Branch
Harrison, Davey, M, 54, San Antonio
Hendricks, Marla K., F, 51, Waco
Meyer, Drew, M, 59, Fort Worth
Opalko, John, M, 44, The Woodlands
Rieger, Keith, M, 38, Lubbock
Ryan, Doug, M, 49, Grapevine
Sexton, Deborah, F, 48, Richardson
Shuler, Sarah, F, 27, Austin
Terranova, Meredith, F, 31, Austin
Wrinkle, E. Allen, M, 41, Magnolia

Only three (3) of this weekend's Texans have registered a Western States 100 finish. Collazos and Freeman have both finished three (3) times. Collazos has a three-year streak going while Freeman finished in 2000, 2002 and 2005. Rieger finished the event in 2004.

Source (on # of finishes): http://www.realendurance.com/WS100byNames.html

posted by WalkSports.com | 7:00 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Hey Zeus said...

as of 9:11am, only 5 out of 14 Texans are still in the race and as of right now, no one is showing a finish according to the webcast. Only Shuler did not start.

7:17 AM  

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