Deena Kastor Wins Olympic Marathon Trials (Read 886 times)

Unofficial Time is 2:29:34 after trailing most of the race..... Awesome~

Yay!!! I can't wait to see her at the games! BTW, where are the full results listed? I am not finding them anywhere. I want to see how my HS classmate fared...she didn't make it the last time she was in the trials.

It was pretty awesome. I was on Boylston Street for the beginning of the last lap and Magdalena Lewy Boulet still had a pretty big gap on Deena, who looked really comfortable when she went by in 2nd at that point. I talked to a friend who was at mile 24 as Deena was catching her and then when she came down the home stretch she was all alone, looking back to make sure there was nobody coming before she began her celebration. Lewey-Boulet was 2nd, Blake Russell was a comfortable 3rd. CLICK. Great atmosphere in town today. Getting psyched for tomorrow...

Yay!!! I can't wait to see her at the games! BTW, where are the full results listed? I am not finding them anywhere. I want to see how my HS classmate fared...she didn't make it the last time she was in the trials.

Zoomy, I know Wendi Ray (Zak). Actually competed in races with her several times. Did you go to Gibraltar High School up in Door County? This is where I am from. My folks live just a few miles from where Wendi grew up. My dad is a retired farmer and actually drove school bus for Gibraltar HS several years ago. I have been following Wendi also. The Green Bay Press Gazette had another article on her today. Did you see she was in this past months RUNNER'S WORLD magazine? Picture of her and hubby and little article. She qualified for trials with a 2:41 and change and her goal is/was to break 2:39. She felt she was trained to give it a shot today so obviously it wasn't her race today. But her plans are to go for it again in 2012. Small world!

Bib Name Time at FINISH 1. 1 Deena Kastor 2:29:35 2. 43 Magdalena Lewy Boulet 2:30:19 3. 17 Blake Russell 2:32:40 4. 7 Zoila Gomez 2:33:53 5. 152 Tera Moody 2:33:54 6. 11 Turena Johnson Lane 2:34:17 7. 15 Ann Alyanak 2:34:46 8. 54 Dot McMahan 2:35:02 9. 18 Robyn Friedman 2:35:02 10. 23 Erin Moeller 2:36:51 11. 68 Kasie Enman 2:37:14 12. 97 Megan Hepp 2:37:29 13. 87 Desiree Davila 2:37:50 14. 19 Melissa White 2:37:53 15. 32 Veena Reddy 2:38:08 16. 116 Sheri Piers 2:38:46 17. 28 Linda Somers Smith 2:38:49 18. 6 Samia Akbar 2:39:19 19. 5 Mary Akor 2:39:34 20. 46 Sally Meyerhoff 2:39:39 21. 51 Caroline Cretti 2:40:12 22. 76 Sopagna Eap 2:40:19 23. 56 Caitlin Tormey 2:40:29 24. 91 Casey Smith 2:40:53 25. 27 Rachel Kinsman 2:41:07 26. 65 Heidi Westerling 2:41:09 27. 38 Melisa Christian 2:41:18 28. 66 Heidi Wolfsberger 2:41:21 29. 102 Abby Dean 2:41:25 30. 13 Dana Coons 2:41:31 31. 20 Emily Mortensen 2:41:44 32. 50 Cheryl Anderson 2:41:45 33. 14 Cheryl Smith 2:41:45 34. 137 Brett Ely 2:41:54 35. 108 Caroline Bjune 2:42:02 36. 107 Kathleen Castles 2:42:34 37. 39 Shannon McHale 2:42:40 38. 60 Yolanda Flamino 2:42:53 39. 90 Chris Kimbrough 2:42:54 40. 33 Susan Loken 2:42:55 41. 55 Kelly Stewart 2:42:58 42. 75 Carre Joyce 2:43:01 43. 42 Brooke Wells 2:43:07 44. 112 Nicole Hagobian 2:43:19 45. 45 Alvina Begay 2:43:30 46. 69 Johanna Olson 2:43:39 47. 145 Lori Stich Zimmerman 2:43:56 48. 34 Cynthia Fowler 2:43:59 49. 148 Laurie Knowles 2:44:03 50. 96 Melissa Gacek 2:44:10 51. 98 Gwen Greiner 2:44:25 52. 93 Jennifer Modliszewski 2:44:38 53. 126 Brianna Torres 2:44:44 54. 158 Megan Daly 2:44:51 55. 37 Nicole Cueno 2:44:54 56. 81 Kathleen Jobes 2:44:57 57. 31 Janelle Kraus 2:45:02 58. 85 Jenny DeWeese 2:45:03 59. 49 Stephanie Herbst-Lucke 2:45:14 60. 135 Michele Suszek 2:45:16 61. 146 Phebe Ko 2:45:20 62. 149 Kara Roy 2:45:25 63. 129 Nikole Johns 2:45:27 64. 94 Emily Brzozowski 2:45:30 65. 123 Heather May 2:45:41 66. 106 Caroline Annis 2:45:41 67. 12 Emily Levan 2:45:45 68. 64 Paige Miller 2:46:13 69. 62 Sara Donahue 2:46:17 70. 47 Heather Killeen-Frisone 2:46:20 71. 72 Caryn Heffernan 2:46:25 72. 26 Wendi Ray 2:46:41 73. 117 Kristin Barry 2:46:58 74. 74 Maureen Ackerly 2:47:04 75. 120 Camille Herron 2:47:14 76. 157 Jeanne Hennessy 2:47:50 77. 92 Katie Blackett 2:47:51 78. 78 Lisbet Sunshine 2:47:57 79. 25 Desiree Ficker 2:48:11 80. 80 Meredith Lambert 2:48:21 81. 109 Renee High 2:48:26 82. 99 Carol Cabanillas 2:48:28 83. 150 Doreen McCoubrie 2:48:29 84. 134 Betsy Keever 2:48:41 85. 8 Michelle Lilienthal 2:48:46 86. 127 Erin Ward 2:48:51 87. 86 Cassandra Henkiel 2:48:54 88. 133 Shaluinn Fullove 2:49:00 89. 125 Midori Sperandeo 2:49:05 90. 144 Joan Samuelson 2:49:08 91. 111 Patty Rogers 2:49:18 92. 154 Penny McDermott 2:49:32 93. 140 Briana Whaley 2:49:32 94. 44 Jenna Boren 2:49:34 95. 48 Heather Hunt 2:49:38 96. 100 Kristen Henehan 2:49:42 97. 104 Paula Morrison 2:49:43 98. 84 Claudia Becque 2:49:44 99. 138 Lisa Thomas 2:50:15 100. 101 Melissa Rittenhouse 2:50:17 101. 159 Mary Cote 2:51:04 102. 161 Heidi Schuette 2:52:20 103. 35 Megan Lund 2:52:32 104. 147 Mary Coordt 2:52:56 105. 155 Marlene Farrell 2:52:58 106. 160 Sarah Hinkley 2:53:15 107. 61 Rebecca Michael 2:53:38 108. 136 Suzy Schumacher 2:55:00 109. 77 Wendy Terris 2:55:28 110. 151 Holly Fleming 2:55:59 111. 118 Kristine Spence 2:56:47 112. 128 Brenda Gray 2:57:13 113. 70 Michelle Lafleur 2:57:35 114. 89 Megan Holden 2:57:44 115. 110 Susan Graham-Gray 2:58:08 116. 130 Marie Sample 2:59:01 117. 122 Meghan Arbogast 2:59:51 118. 142 Colleen Casey 3:01:36 119. 119 Lisa Paxton 3:02:17 120. 139 Gretchen Grindle 3:04:05 121. 121 Dawn Stone-Epperson 3:05:33 122. 141 Jennifer Pfeifer 3:06:57 123. 58 Kim Pawelek 3:07:27 124. 115 Jackie Dikos 3:07:40

My first two years of school were at Gibraltar and Sevastopol. My folks separated and I moved to Green Bay and graduated from Preble. They reconciled when I graduated HS. Nice! I worked at Greenwood many years through college and a bit after in mid/late 80s into 90s. My Dad's name is Eugene Charnetski and nicknamed Rooster when driving school bus (this was before your time). Live on corner of Hwy A and EE. BTW, my 1st cousin is Dennis Krishka who I am sure you know from him coaching BB. Curious of your maiden name. Do you get back home often? I do several races up there each year including a 10K in Jacksonport over Memorial Day.

Sure, I remember Mr. Krishka...for some reason I think he may have been a PE teacher when I was pretty little. Yes, PE teacher and men's BB coach. My maiden name was Anderson...my dad is Bruce and my grandpa was Winfield. Just about everyone up that way seems to know where I fit in when I mention my grandpa. Doesn't ring a bell but I know some Andersons. I know John Anderson well and Debbie a bit when I was younger. I also worked with Tom Anderson (he is probably close to your age and graduated from Gibraltar) at Greenwood and played softball against him. I don't get home as often as I'd like--last was in DC last Summer with my son. Had considered doing the newish half-marathon in Pen. State Park in May, but since I'm doing the marathon in Milwaukee in Oct. that will be our trip to Cheeseland for '08. We're doing a road-trip to NC in Aug., so our travel budget is blown for much else. Yeh, I am doing GB Half Marathon May 18 but did think about the Pen. State Park half. Might do the 5K. I run through the park regularly. We (my wifes family) own Larson Cottages in Ephraim so I am up there every weekend in summers helping out cleaning,yard work and the like. Takes away from my golf time. It really is a small world...I had seen that you were in GB from your profile and earlier posts, but never imagined that you were even more local than that. Speaking of, that new divided highway that's going all the way to Sturg. from GB is excellent--definitely makes that trip a bit speedier! Yes, it is awesome!

I headed into Boston to watch the trials. The following is my recollection (which I think is accurate but feel free to correct it). I saw the field go by at about the one mile mark near the common. Magdalena had about a 20 - 30 second lead over the pack of about 100 runners, which was led by Okur at the time. I then drove to the Cambridge side at about the 4/5.5, 10/11.5, 16/17.5, and 22/23.5 mile mark and saw that Magdalena had extended the lead to about 2 minutes over the pack which was starting to break up at 4 and 5.5. Next time around at 10, magdalena still way out front but Deena had broken from the pack and Okur and Blake trying to stay with her, Okur was struggling. At 11.5, Blake holding 3rd, Okur fading and Zoile making a push. Next time around, no change in the front Zoile in 4th and Okur way back. (I work right near the Pru and I had briefly chatted with Coonts Friday morning while heading to work, so I was rooting for her but she didn't have it today.) Last time around, at 22, Deena is closing fast on Magdalena, someone had taken over 4th, Zoile in 5th. At 23.5, I watched Deena pass Magdalena who settled in behind her, Zoile still in 5th but she apparently she pushed on at the end and finished 4th. Besides the leaders, Joan Benoit received the most support. It was cool to watch.