Monday, October 15, 2012

Weekend Results

The past two weekends have seen cooler temperatures as the fall racing season is now upon us in the Tennessee Valley.

On October 6 in Winchester, TN, Eric Charette was the overall winner of the Southern Tennessee Plunge Half Marathon with a time of 1:20:36 over a small field of 200 runners.

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On Sunday October 7, David Rawlings finished with a 5:03:39 at the inagural Goosepond Island Half Distance Triathlon, placing him 47th overall and 7th in his age group.  Lisa Rawlings finished at 5:43:21 and was 5th in her age group.





Blake Thompson made the trek to Chattanooga where he ran Stump Jump 50km and finished with a time of 6:04:34. Christy Scott was close behind with a 6:17:59 placing her as 11th female overall.



Official Results



This past Saturday atop Monte Sano at the Fleet Feet 15k, both Kathy Youngren (overall female) and David Rawlings (men's masters) captured state championship titles.  Overall, Brad Schroeder finished 2nd and Eric Charette took the final podium spot with 3rd place.  Helping out to volunteer from the racing team were Rob Youngren, Randy McFarland, Dink Taylor and Lisa Rawlings pacing with her marathon training group.

2 Brad Schroeder, 28 - 55:44 5:59
3 Eric Charette, 36 - 56:29 6:04
8 David Rawlings, 41 - 1:03:36 6:50
10 Eric Patterson, 40 - 1:04:04 6:53
13 Kathy Youngren, 38F - 1:04:49 6:58
26 Dana Overton, 37F - 1:08:31 7:21
113 Lisa Rawlings, 37F 1:21:25 8:45

Photo Courtesy of We Run Huntsville


Photo Courtesy of We Run Huntsville

Photo Courtesy of We Run Huntsville

Photo Courtesy of We Run Huntsville

Official Results



In Florence at the River Bottom Burnout 1-mile, Robert Whitaker also earned Alabama State Championship honors by taking the Men's Masters overall win with a time of 5:19.





In Baltimore at the Baltimore Running Festival, Katie and Rick Maehlmann both had tremendous races in the marathon.  Katie set a new personal record with a 3:12:31 (by 3 minutes!), placing 2nd in her age group,  14th female and 108th overall.  Rick ran a season best 3:16:10 and finished 133rd overall and was less than 90 seconds off of his personal best.