Pasta Party to Honor Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees
The Chevron Houston Marathon announced yesterday in its periodic e-mail blast that long-time Runner's World columnist Bart Yasso will help introduce an inaugural group of six inductees into the Houston Marathon Hall of Fame.
While I have been compiling and researching information for the event's media guide, writing a column in Runner Triathlete News that recapped the 1984 Houston-Tenneco Marathon (one of the closest marathon finishes in history) and presented a number of articles on the marathon in HARRA's Footprints, I do not have any idea of who these six (6) honorees will be.
I believe that these five (5) will be locks:
1.) Jack Lippincott - 32 finishes
2.) Ingrid Kristiansen - 2-time winner and the event record holder
3.) Veronique Marot - 3-time winner with 4 of the top 14 finishes in the marathon's history
4.) Stephen Ndungu - 3-time winner with 2 of the top 11 finishes in the marathon's history
5.) Tom and Mary Anne McBrayer - They were there in the beginning.
The sixth one, I believe, will include one of the following:
A.) Tatiana Pozdiakova - 3-time winner, but was forced to give up the 1996 crown after testing positive for pseudoephedrine and ephedrine.
B.) David Cheriuyot, Clent Mericle or Ron Tabb - one of the men's 2-time winners.
C.) Benji Durden or Marty Froelick - Durden finished 1st in 1982 and 2nd in 1983 while Froelick was 3rd in 1984 before winning in 1985 and finishing 6th in 1986.
Another outside shot would be the marathon's founder, Pete Teague, who lives in Austin.
If my first five are right, then I think the 6th will be another male to even things out with Kristiansen and Marot.
Your thoughts please.
While I have been compiling and researching information for the event's media guide, writing a column in Runner Triathlete News that recapped the 1984 Houston-Tenneco Marathon (one of the closest marathon finishes in history) and presented a number of articles on the marathon in HARRA's Footprints, I do not have any idea of who these six (6) honorees will be.
I believe that these five (5) will be locks:
1.) Jack Lippincott - 32 finishes
2.) Ingrid Kristiansen - 2-time winner and the event record holder
3.) Veronique Marot - 3-time winner with 4 of the top 14 finishes in the marathon's history
4.) Stephen Ndungu - 3-time winner with 2 of the top 11 finishes in the marathon's history
5.) Tom and Mary Anne McBrayer - They were there in the beginning.
The sixth one, I believe, will include one of the following:
A.) Tatiana Pozdiakova - 3-time winner, but was forced to give up the 1996 crown after testing positive for pseudoephedrine and ephedrine.
B.) David Cheriuyot, Clent Mericle or Ron Tabb - one of the men's 2-time winners.
C.) Benji Durden or Marty Froelick - Durden finished 1st in 1982 and 2nd in 1983 while Froelick was 3rd in 1984 before winning in 1985 and finishing 6th in 1986.
Another outside shot would be the marathon's founder, Pete Teague, who lives in Austin.
If my first five are right, then I think the 6th will be another male to even things out with Kristiansen and Marot.
Your thoughts please.
posted by WalkSports.com | 11:48 PM
3 Comments:
I think this is really exciting. Is there an official "induction", or is ot paper-only? Any info on when and where it will take place?
Tom & Mary Anne are two people...maybe one of them is the 6th! :)
I would think the founder of the marathon merits initial induction.
Also the station wagon for the turnarounds should be retrieved from the various Toyotas and Hondas it's now a part of for symbolic reasons.
doug
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