| Air Force Marathon
Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
15 September 2007
Athletes from USAFE and the Belgian Air Component captured top placings in both the overall and age group competitions.
USAFE athlete, Capt Jan Shirley from RAF Upwood, raced into the top five of 415 women in the Air Force Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 19 minutes and 27 seconds. Her finish also captured her a first place in the women's age 30-34 category. Estelle Tirez of the Belgian Air Component finished overall tenth in the women's race. She also captured an age group first place in the women's 45-49 category.
On the men's side, Harry Van Loon of the Belgian Air Component finished in 2 hours, 34 minutes and 35 seconds for an overall 7th place out of 1225 male finishers. This also put him in second place out of 198 finishers in the 40-44 age category. USAFE athlete Lt Col James Johnson from RAF Mildenhall finished in 2:58:44 to capture 31st place in the men's race. This effort put him in 7th place out of 197 in the men's 35-39 age group! SSgt Donnie Gray, Ramstein, finished in 3:09:49 for 74th place in the men's race and 20th of 197 in the 35-39 age group.
Winning Times:
Male - 2:19:29
Female - 3:06:39
Results for USAFE and Belgian Air Component Athletes:
Women:
Capt Jan Shirley, USAFE, RAF Upwood, female, age 30
Time: 3:19:27 (pace 7:37)
Overall 122/1640 -- All Women 5/415; Women Age 30-34 1/61
Estelle Tirez, Belgian Air Component, female, age 46
Time: 3:22:31 (pace 7:44)
Overall 152/1640 -- All Women 10/415; Women Age 1/47
Men:
Harry Van Loon, Belgian Air Component, male, age 42
Time: 2:34:35 (pace 5:54)
Overall 7/1640 -- All Men 7/1225; Men Age 40-44 2/198
Lt Col James Johnson, USAFE, RAF Mildenhall, male, age 39
Time: 2:58:44 (pace 6:50)
Overall 31/1640 -- All Men 31/1225; Men Age 35-39 7/197
SSgt Donnie Gray, USAFE, Ramstein AB, male, age 38
Time: 3:09:49 (pace 7:15)
Overall 77/1640 -- All Men 74/1225; Men Age 35-39 20/197
5K Fun Run:
Ivan Verjans, Belgian Air Component - Belgian Coach
Second place in the 5K fun run -- 19 minutes, 12 seconds
Bill Gurr, USAFE Team Leader
337th place in the 5K fun run -- 32 minutes, 29 seconds
WEB SITE WITH COMPLETE RESULTS: WWW.USAFMARATHON.COM
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