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