Martha DeGrazia runs a 3:17:07 and brings home $750.00
Huntsville Times Rocket City Marathon (25th)
Huntsvile, AL, USA; Saturday, December 8
Distance: 42.195 km, certified (AL94013JD) out-and-back, standard course
Course Records: Men, 2:12:21, Louis Kenny, 1980; Women, 2:32:22, Lisa
Martin, 1983; Masters Men, 2:17:01, Ken Judson, 1990; Masters Women, new
(see below).
Prize Money: Available for open, masters and 50+ athletes (on an age-graded
basis where male and female results were combined); masters prize money
shown separately; masters permitted to double-dip; see complete details
below; age-graded payments at bottom of race report.
NOTE: From JIM OAKS. The generouos masters prize money as compared to
the open prize money tends to attract mostly over-40 athletes. Gennady
Temnikov and Andrey Kuznetsov, who stay together in Maryland while in the
U.S., went 1-2 in the men's race. Russian Alevtina Naumova, 40, was the big
winner on the day. She broke Cindy Keeker's masters course record while
winning the race overall, and collected a total of $4500 in prize
money --Ed.
MEN -
1. Gennady Temnikov, 40, RUS 2:20:21 $2000
2. Andrey Kuznetsov, 44, RUS 2:22:01 1000
3. Kefah Keraro, 31, KEN 2:22:14 500
4. Nate Norris, 25, Westlake, OH 2:23:44 250
5. Michael Green, 25, Troy, AL 2:26:05 250
6. Jim Hage, 43, Lanham, MD 2:29:59 250
7. Steve Wilson, 42, Lafayette, IN 2:30:52 250
8. Scott Colford, 31, Logansport, IN 2:32:18 250
9. John Piggott, 36, Newport News, VA 2:32:23 250
10. Bill Baldwin, 29, Brevard, NC 2:32:32 250
11. Matt Pulle, 29, Nashville, TN 2:34:13 250
12. Greg Hill, 38, O'Fallon, MO 2:37:28 250
40+:
1. Gennady Temnikov, 40, RUS 2:20:21 $1500
2. Andrey Kuznetsov, 44, RUS 2:22:01 750
3. Jim Hage, 43, Lanham, MD 2:29:59 250
4. Steve Wilson, 42, Lafayette, IN 2:30:52 250
5. Dave Johnson, 45, Hastings, NE 2:38:55 250
6. Dave Berardi, 41, Baltimore, MD 2:40:23 250
197 James Thomas, 55, Castleton, NY 3:27:17
50+ Terry McCluskey, 53, Vienna, OH 2:47:06
60+ Ken Brewer, 60, Oxford, OH 3:06:26
70+ Jerry Johncock, 73, Grand Rapids, MI 3:42:31
80+ Ed Burnham, 82, Kansas City, MO 6:48:38
WOMEN -
1. Alevtina Naumova, 40, RUS 2:39:38* $2000
2. Elvira Kolpakova, 29, RUS 2:46:38 1000
3. Becky Lorey, 29, St. Genevieve, MO 2:53:31 500
4. Lee DiPietro, 43, Ruxton, MD 2:53:53 250
5. Wendy Hall, 32, Avondale Estates, GA 2:54:02 250
6. Jennifer Potts, 39, Indianapolis, IN 3:04:39 250
7. Catherine Cheeseman, 34, Brentwood, TN 3:10:24 250
8. Joyce Deason, 46, Shreveport, LA 3:11:16 250
9. Valerie Connaughton, 34, Mooresville, AL 3:12:51 250
10. Sue Bozgoz, 37, Fayetteville, GA 3:15:53 250
11. Martha DeGrazia, 50, Slingerlands, NY 3:17:07 250
12. Kris Whorton, 36, Huntsville, AL 3:18:18 250
334 Susan Elderbroom, 46 Schenectady NY 3:42:09
40+:
1. Alevtina Naumova, 40, RUS 2:39:38* $2500*
2. Lee DiPietro, 43, Ruxton, MD 2:53:53 750
3. Joyce Deason, 46, Shreveport, LA 3:11:16 250
4. Martha DeGrazia, 50, Slingerlands, NY 3:17:07 250
5. Carol Cobble, 43, Atlanta, GA 3:21:38 250
6. Sandy Mayfield, 45, Atlanta, GA 3:21:51 250
50+ Martha Degrazia, 50, Slingerlands, NY 3:17:07
60+ Anne Park, 62, Huntsville, AL 4:20:43
70+ (No finishers)
*Masters course record; previous 2:44:09, Cindy Keeler, 1997; masters prize
money includes $1000 bonus
Age-Graded Over-50 Athletes (Men and Women combined):
AGE S TIME AGE-GRADED
== = ====== ========
1. Terry McCluskey 53 M 2:47:06 2:28:53 $1000
2. Don Coffman 58 M 2:56:27 2:30:34 750
3. Gary Romesser 51 M 2:47:16 2:31:30 500
4. Tom Mayfield 63 M 3:07:56 2:32:55 400
5. Ken Brewer 60 M 3:06:26 2:36:14 300
6. Martha DeGrazia 50 F 3:17:07 2:38:57 250
7. Paul Jensen 58 M 3:09:10 2:41:25 200
8. Jerry Johncock 73 M 3:42:31 2:41:30 200
9. David Jones 50 M 2:56:56 2:41:32 100
10. Paul Ford 58 M 3:11:46 2:43:38 100
11. Jeff Hawkins 54 M 3:05:46 2:44:09 100
12. Bill Zehner 62 M 3:21:44 2:45:47 100