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Location: Spring, Texas, United States

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.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Aramco Houston Half Marathon Field Per USATF

I earlier today officially requested from the Chevron Houston Marathon the lists of seeded and/or invited runners.

With Edwin Quarles burning up the Internet search engines, he discovered that the following list of runners was on the USA Track and Field website:

Women

Samia Akbar, Herndon, VA
Ann Alyanak, Bellbrook, OH
Linda Barnhart, Omaha, NE
Alvina Begay, Ganado, AZ
Annie Bersagel, Minneapolis, MN
Kate Brun, Marietta, GA
Desiree Budd, Mankato, MN
Stephanie Bylander, Alamosa, CO
Melisa Christian, Dallas, TX
Christine Clifton, Long Branch, NJ
Jenny Crain, Milwaukee, WI
Colleen De Reuck, Boulder, CO -- Monday's Chronicle reports she has pulled out due to an injury
Elva Dryer, Gunnison, CO
Sopagna Eap, Eugene, OR
Brett Ely, Cambridge, MA
Kasie Enman, Huntington, VT
Kristin Fryburg, Boulder, CO
Ann Gaffigan, Lincoln, NE
Erika Holroyd, St. Louis, MO
Kelsey Jones, Meridian, ID
Emily LeVan, Wiscasset, ME
Michelle Lilienthal, Philadelphia, PA
Heather May, West Lafayette, IN
Sara Mitchell, Flagstaff, AZ
Kate O'Neill, Milton, MA
Casey Owens, Des Moines, IA
Michelle Paxton, Lincoln, NE
Kristin Price, Raleigh, NC
Melissa Rittenhouse, Wadsworth, OH
Kara Roy, Fort Collins, CO
Joy Smith, Sugar Land, TX
Tara Storage, Beavercreek, OH
Suzanne Weeder-Einspahr, Seward, NE

Men

Fasil Bizuneh, Bristol, VA
Dan Browne, Portland, OR
Trent Briney, Rochester Hills, MI
Tim Callinan, Audubon, NJ
Ed Callinan, Haddonfield, NJ
Andrew Carlson, White Bear Lake, MN
Joe Driscoll, Blowing Rock, NC
Josh Eberly, Rochester Hills, MI
Dave Ernsberger, Rochester Hills, MI
Jeff Gaudette, Rochester Hills, MI
David Gramlich, Boardman, OH
Adberrazek Haki, Albuquerque, NM
Ryan Hall, Big Bear Lake, CA
Jason Holroyd, St. Louis, MO
Luke Humphrey, Rochester Hills, MI
Chad Johnson, Rochester Hills, MI
Dan Kahn, Durham, NC
Max King, Bend, OR
Travis Laird, Rochester Hills, MI
Jason Lehmkuhle, Minneapolis, MN
Matt Levassiur, Alamosa, CO
Dylan Mason, Bend, OR
James McGown, Omaha, NE
Teddy Mitchell, Albuquerque, NM
Josh Moen, Rochester Hills, MI
Mike Morgan, Rochester Hills, MI
Kyle O'Brien, Rochester Hills, MI
Sergio Reyes, Los Osos, CA
Pat Rizzo, Rochester Hills, MI
Martin Rosendahl, Rochester Hills, MI
Brian Sell, Rochester Hills, MI
Ryan Sheenan, Rochester Hills, MI
Nicholas Stanko, Haslett, MI
Clint Verran, Rochester Hills, MI
Paul Wilson, Keizer, OR

The seeded list for the USATF Men's National Half Marathon championship is 55 runners deep (35 runners listed here.)

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why are 15 of the men from Rochester Hills, MI? Is that a hot bed for half marathon training?

Ken

10:19 PM  
Blogger WalkSports.com said...

Rochester Hills, MI is the home of runners from the Hanson-Brooks Distance Project.

10:20 PM  

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