Houston Marathon/Half Marathon

Wow!  Sixty-eight Finish Strong Coaching athletes participated at the Houston Marathon/Half Marathon held on Sunday, January 18th.  30 runners competed in the half marathon and 38 in the full marathon.  Six of our marathon runners qualified for Boston Marathon - Kevin Baker, Gabriel Belforti, Casey Clark, Amanda Cruise, Bill Glaser, and Kristen Gohlke.  There were many personal bests and first time accomplishments, too.  Among men racing from The Woodlands, FSC claimed 3 of the top 5 spots and 4 of the top 10 spots. Well done!

Full marathon
Adnan Afzal   4:25:44
Alberto Agostini  3:46:50 - PR by over 8 minutes!
Ricardo Alvarado  5:17:13
Kevin Baker       3:09:11- BQ
Gabriel Belforti  3:13:57 - PR by 2 minutes and BQ!
Karla Brooks      5:23:36 -- 1st marathon!
Rex Campbell     4;41:51
Jesus Carias        3:35:29 - PR by 3 minutes!
Ileana Carroll      4:48:06
Sheng Chou         4:17:59
Casey Clark         3:07:30 - BQ
Kenny Copeland  3:47:44 - PR by over 8 minutes!
Troy Cromier       3:49:58
Amanda Cruise    3:29:58 - 1st marathon and BQ!
Christina Farooq  3:48:53 - PR!
Aisha Fitzgerald   5:27:50
Eduardo Garzon    3:44:37
Bill Glaser            3:10:34 - BQ
Kristen Gohlke     3:30:50 - BQ
Andreas Grossman 3:48;27- PR!
Jeanette Hagelskaer 4:16:11
Jim Harrington      3;31:33
Mark Hawley         4:53:37
Michelle Howard   4:00:15 (just 15 seconds short of BQ)
Rusty Jones           3:57:13
Jessica Knupp       4:02:47 - 1st marathon!
Mike Loudis          3:45:30
Debbie Martin       4:48:57
Roger Mercier       5:12:36
Sharon Morin        5:23:36
Chris Normyle       4:25:11
Ken Page               4:00:10
Pamela Paling        5:05:11
Cesar Patino           4:32:45           - PR!
Katerina Savelieva  4:17:46 - 1st marathon!
Gloria Shrewsbury   4:20:00 - PR by 6 minutes!
Sara Vanderford       5:28:26
James Vultaggio       4:12:58 - PR!

Half Marathon
Mo Abdalla             1:46:33 - PR!
Rebecca Aiken        1:44:00  - PR by 4 minutes!
Juan Arrieta             2:16:28 - PR
Bob Bailey              2:28:53
Amber Brock          2:30:01
Xochitl Carias         2:46:31
Judith Clark            1:54:57
Nancy Decker         1:44:54
Gaby Coates           1:54:02 - PR over 11 minutes!
Kathleen Crea         2:28:53
Phillip DePrang       1:54:57
Raz Dumitru            1:37:58 - PR!
Pia Grossman          2:45:34 - PR!
Frank Halter            2:00:10 - PR by over 4 minutes!
Gordon Irving          1:52:59
Mary Kerschbaum   2:14:23
Victor Martinez       1:41:20 - PR!
Ron McCauley         1:36:40
Zach Miller              1:21:15
Skip Moschell          1;32:17
Ryan Myers              2:00:00 - PR by 16 minutes!
Liah Olson                2:07:56
Ted Orberg               1:52:47 - PR!
Rip Reynolds           1:28:57
Taylor Riall              1:44:07
Rebecca Schanny     2:03:23
Amber Swan             1:52:59
Derya Tolukan         1:55:12
Heather Weiss         2:25:54
Geoff Zubay            1:30:55

For more on results, go to:
http://www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com/Races/Results.cfm