Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from the Nike Fleet Feet Racing Team! No racing this weekend with the holidays, but the team bounces back next weekend with Recover from the Holidays 50km! There is still time to register by following this link - http://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=13892

Weekend Results

David O'Keefe lead the Fleet Feet Racing Team on Saturday with a sub 17 minute performance at the Rudolph Run 5km, placing 4th overall amongst a fast field.  Marty Clarke was the first men's master in 18:14 and Kathy Youngren took yet another top female overall podium in 19:26.

4 DAVID O'KEEFE - 16:53
5 ROBERT YOUNGREN - 17:40
9 MARTY CLARKE - 18:14
10 JON ELMORE - 18:23
14 KATHY YOUNGREN - 19:26
58 CHRISTY SCOTT - 22:26




Official Results

Rocket City Marathon

It was a great weekend for the Nike Fleet Feet Racing Team from Huntsville at Rocket City Marathon.  Brad Schroeder was the top male (in his marathon debut) from the team in 14th place and Candace Jacobs was top female from the team in 4th place overall.  Many team members who did not run where heavily involved in volunteering as well.  10 members served roles as official pacers for the marathon as well.  Fleet Feet Huntsville store owners Dink and Suzanne Taylor were the race directors.

Overall Place / Chip Time / Age Group Place / Name
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14 2:47:25 4 Brad Schroeder
15 2:47:31 1 Tim Vinson
16 2:49:33 5 Erik Debolt
21 2:55:09 1 Blake Thompson
26 2:57:16 2 Candace Jacobs
28 2:57:31 3 Kevin Betts
36 3:02:09 6 Brett Wilks
40 3:04:29 2 Dewayne Satterfield // pacer
45 3:05:35 8 Timothy Pitt
56 3:09:29 5 Eric Charette // pacer
71 3:14:45 7 David O'Keefe // pacer
159 3:29:58 8 Randy McFarland
261 3:43:26 37 Jon Elmore
275 3:44:53 56 David Rawlings // pacer
356 3:54:39 72 Eric Fritz // pacer
369 3:55:50 23 Katie Maehlmann // pacer
408 3:57:35 12 Christy Scott // pacer
697 4:24:51 28 Linda Scavarda // pacer
1125 5:58:55 55 Kathy Youngren // sweep
1126 5:58:55 88 Rob Youngren // sweep

Top Seeds for 2011 Rocket City Marathon

With Rocket City Marathon coming up this Saturday, the Huntsville Track Club has announced the top seeds for Men and Women.  Among them are quite a few runners from the Fleet Feet Racing Team and Fleet Feet employees who are either racing or have volunteered to be Nike Pacers as noted.

Seed / Recent Marathon Time / Marathon PR / Name / Age
17 2:41:20 2:41:20 Tim Vinson
19 2:43:40 2:43:40 Eric Charette (3:10 pacer)
20 2:44:00 2:44:00 Brandon Mader  (3:00 pacer)
22 2:48:00 2:46:00 Zachary Koch
26 2:52:00 2:42:30 Dewayne Satterfield  (3:05 pacer)
27 2:53:04 2:53:04 Blake Thompson
29 2:54:52 2:54:52 Kevin Betts
32 2:58:00 2:58:00 David O'Keefe  (3:15 pacer)

Seed / Recent Marathon Time / Marathon PR / Name / Age
1103 2:54:21 2:54:21 Candace Jacobs
1114 3:15:00 3:15:00 Katie Maehlmann  (3:55 pacer)
1126 3:28:18 3:28:18 Jillian Koch

Also serving as pacers from the Racing Team are Eric Patterson (3:30), David Rawlings (3:45), Christy Scott (4:00), Linda Scavarda (4:25), Kathy Youngren (6:00) and Rob Youngren (6:00).