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Press Release - Twin Cities Marathon - 1/23/03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                           Contact:  Scott Keenan
                                                Executive Director
                                                               
                                                Laura Wright
                                                Public Relations Director
                                                (218) 727-0947

                   USA WOMEN’S HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP
                       ATTRACTS TOP AMERICAN ATHLETES
      
Duluth, MN: Colleen De Reuck, Christine Clifton, Milena Glusac, Jody 
Hawkins, Jennifer Rhines, Kim Pawelek, Sara Wells and Jeanne Hennessy are 
just a few of the top entries who will compete in the 2003 USA Women’s Half 
Marathon Championship in Duluth, Minnesota on Saturday, June 21. The race 
starts at 6:15 a.m. and will follow the same 13.1-mile course as the Garry 
Bjorklund Half Marathon, which is run on the last half of the Grandma's 
Marathon course. 

The participants in the championship will compete for a prize purse that 
goes ten deep in the open division and three deep in the masters division 
totaling $28,000, with $6,000 going to the champion and time incentive 
bonuses starting at sub-1:16:00 (see attached prize money breakdown). In 
addition, the top three finishers in the competition will automatically 
qualify for the World Half Marathon Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal on 
October 4, 2003.

The national half marathon championship is being hosted in conjunction with 
the 27th annual Grandma’s Marathon weekend. According to race officials a 
new record on the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon course is a strong 
possibility during the championship race. "The top thirteen women in the 
competition have run personal record times that are faster than the current 
course record of 1:14:11 in the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon," explains 
Scott Keenan, executive director of Grandma's Marathon. 

"The field is very strong and we are expecting to see some of the best 
performances in long distance running yet this year."

Colleen De Reuck of Boulder, Colorado leads the championship field of 73 
women, coming into the race with a personal record time of 1:08:38. Her 
recent national runner-up performances at the USA Women’s Marathon 
Championship (2:37:41) in April and at the Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K 
(15:41) in May, make De Reuck one of the top ranking female runners in the 
nation. In 2002, she won the USA Running Circuit (USARC) Grand Prix and 
this year, she currently leads the USARC with 46 points

The USA Women’s Half Marathon Championship is the fifth stop on the 2003 
Women’s USARC, a USA Track & Field road series featuring USA Championship 
races ranging in distance from 5K to the marathon. At each national 
championship, the top 10 U.S. athletes score Circuit points. The 2003 USARC 
offers more than $340,000 in USA Championship prize money plus a $25,000 
grand prix purse for the top three scorers per gender.

A list of the top participants in the 2003 USA Women’s Half Marathon 
Championship is below. For more information visit www.grandmasmarathon.com 
or call (218) 727-0947. 

TOP TEN PARTICIPANTS - OPEN DIVISION (according to personal record time)

1. Colleen DeReuck Boulder, CO 1:08:38
2. Christine Clifton Kirkland, WA 1:10:37
3. Milena Glusac Fallbrook, CA 1:11:33
4. Jody Hawkins Bloomington, TX 1:11:47
5. Jennifer Rhines Ardmore, PA 1:11:55
6. Kim Pawelek Jacksonville, FL 1:12:48
7. Sara Wells Edina, MN 1:12:50
8. Tania Fischer Santa Monica, CA 1:13:00
9. Kelly Keane Manchester, NH 1:13:06
10. Rosa Gutierrez Glendale, OR 1:13:17
TOP FIVE PARTICIPANTS – MASTERS DIVISION (according to personal record 
time) 

1. Kelly Keeler Bloomington, MN 1:13:20
2. Jeanne Lasee-Johnson Chula Vista, CA 1:14:00
3. Julie Peterson Beverly, MA 1:14:21
4. Carmen Ayala-Troncoso Austin, TX 1:14:48
5. Kathleen Aragon Billings, MT 1:16:00 


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