2002 Features Archives Index

Women's Distance Festival, By David YonIt is a special sight watching 124 women take off on their own 5k quest - many with a goal to make sure that none of the men starting 10 minutes behind them catch up. Most succeeded in that goal as they all joined the...

Pine Run 2002, By David YonA warm day reinforced one of the harsh lessons of Pine Run. If you fail to respect this beautiful course, you will pay a heavy price. International Paper, Oak City Runners Club and GWTC celebrated the 25th anniversary of the...

David Yon Bonnie Wright knew she had some big shoes to fill when she agreed to take over the very successful GWTC social activities program from Sarah Docter-Williams. However instead of shrinking from the challenge, she put together an outstanding run of...

Prefontaine 5K,David Yon You of course have heard that old expression - "sell your soul to the devil for…"? Well, I count the gremlins as much better allies. Race director Jeff Nielsen was investigating a report that Jim Phillips was paid a six pack of...

By David Yon Running and music can mix quite superbly as the 2002 edition of Fall Fest demonstrated. Jim McSoley (30:48) and Carrie Weyant (35:37) brought the crowd to its feet with winning performances in the Five mile run, while Crooked Shooz and Pam...

By Bob Braman The Lady Seminoles accomplished their goal at last weekend's Great American Classic cross country race by beating several nationally ranked teams. Enroute to a 13th place finish (out of 26 teams) the ladies also knocked off three key NCAA...

By Coach Bob Braman After a low-key opening meet at Appalachian State University where both the men and women's cross country teams finished third, the Seminoles returned home for their annual showdown with the Gators. Unlike the first meet, where the...

By Jeff Bryan Yesterday in Brooksville, Florida, the RRCA held the Southeastern Regional 50K Championship. It was a day when most sane people were inside enjoying the benefits of their air conditioning units and sucking down large quantities of Ben &...

Click for complete results. Tim Unger and Jane Johnson lead the pack Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Music Mania 8K.

David Yon Friday night in Zurich at one of the years hottest meets world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj ran the 1500 in 3:26.89, the fifth-fastest time in history for the metric mile distance. I will argue that this is the toughest event in track or...

Bill McGuire Lightning lit up the nearly black skies, and winds gusted at 20-30 mph as approximately 200 runners gathered Saturday evening to warm up for the 2002 version of the Critter Run in Dothan. But somehow, the storm held off and the roads were dry...

By David Yon The heavens opened up for the Fifth Annual Great Pot Luck Bash and Open Mike Social and the skies let go a deluge of rain, laughter and good will. As the race starter yelled, "on your mark, get set, go" the falling rain intensified assuring...

BLUE SPRINGS TRIATHLON RESULTSreturn to race results OA PLACENAMECAT.AGETIME     1Kiko CintronM3052:152Craig Bruner Mixed RelayMXR 53:253Glen CottrellM3954:004Jeff BowmanM4055:515Ronnie GodwinM3856:246Tom FugateM3556:297Kevin PorterM2756:378Paul Ahnberg...

MalesRonald Christen 3:44.04FemalesCynthia Christen 5:51.18Cathy McCarty 6:25.00Lydia Burns 7:06.42Yvonne Cook 7:27.24Florence Dewiest 7:51.49WheelchairPhillip Yon 2:01.25Overall Winner and new course record

By Jeff BryanFace to face with the devil that you've been dreadin'Eye to eye finally has arrivedBut bad as it was, well now brother wasn't it betterDealin' with him face to face- Garth Brooks Editor's Note: On June 1, 2002 , Jeff Bryan ran a controlled...

By Bonnie Wright & David Yon Imagine the sight: Drizzly, rainy and cold and one slightly past middle-aged-almost-adult-race-director screaming at a bunch of kids standing in the rain on a dock about to jump in the water on a very cold day - "Are you...

By David Yon Race volunteers grabbed hold of papers and race equipment as a strong wind brought a line of showers the fort just before the 2002 HuManatee run began. Ryan Deak dominated the 5K running 16:26 without breaking a sweat. Tim Bolton was the first...

David Yon For many of us motoring past the age of forty means the end of things like personal bests. Well the author of that story forgot to share the plot with Donna Whitworth. Donna skipped past those chapters to win women's race in the 2002 version of...

Women take second spot By David Yon The Florida State men's track and field team won a convincing victory in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend scoring 201.50 points to beat runner up Clemson who had 158 points by a wide margin and capture their first...

Boston, MassachusettsBy David YonFor me, Hopkinton to Boylston Street is a pilgrimage to the high temple of running - the finish of The Boston Marathon. There are plenty of people who think otherwise, so I won't proclaim it to be the only place to attend...