Forty-five residents of Colorado, the Centennial State, have qualified for the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials to be held in Houston, TX on January 14, 2012. Only the state of California can boast of more qualifiers. The “Golden State’ has a population of 37 million ; Colorado’s population is just over 5 million according to the 2010 census.
To qualify for the trials, male athletes must run a qualifying time (sub 2:19 marathon, sub 1:05 half marathon, or sub 28:30 10k (track) during the qualifying window of January 1, 2009 – 30 until 30 days prior to the designated Olympic Trials race.
Female athletes must qualify during the same time period with a qualifying time (sub 2:46 marathon, sub 1:15 half marathon, sub 33:00 10k).
Both male and female athletes must be American citizens. Additional qualification information can be found at USATF.org.
According to the Houston Marathon site, this Olympic Trials race will be the first time ever that the men’s and women’s Olympic Trials Marathon on the same day, at the same site. This exciting and historic event will determine the three men and three women who will represent the United States in the marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Men (21):
Baillie, Austin
Briney, Trent
Cabada, Fernando
Carney, James
Chavez, Mike
Cheseret, Robert
Chirlee, Joseph
Eberly, Joshua
Hamilton, Joel
Hartmann, Jason
Houseworth, Sean
Levassiur, Matt
McCandless, Tyler
Neuman, Kenyon
Neal, Tommy
Rizzo, Patrick
Siemers, Chris
Torres, Edwardo
Torres, Jorge
Vaughn, Brent
Young, Justin
Women (24):
Ardrey, Deanna
Blackett, Katie
Calway, Kelly
Chouinard, Adrian
Cooper, Jeanne
De Reuck, Colleen
Dobson, Kim
Fryberg-Zaitz, Kristen
Gomez, Zoila
Higgins, Paige
Kennard, Nan
Lund, Megan
Metivier Baillie, Renee
Moody, Tera
Mullenbach, Lavenna
Nelson, Adriana
Nelson, Brianne
Quatrochi, Danielle
Scott, Amanda
Slade, Cassie
Suszek, Michele
Thomas, Wendy
Williams, Alisha
Zeiger, Joanna
Congratulations to all qualifiers, and good luck in Texas!
December 8, 2011 by Connilee Walter
Regional News