Virginia Western 5,000 Meter Run
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Virginia Western 5,000 Meter Run
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21st annual run - May 4, 2002 Total Entrants: 3606 Unduplicated Total Entrants: 1865 Average Number of Entrants per Year: 180
Number who have run all 20 Years: 3 Number who have run 15 Years or more: 10 Number who have run 10 Years or more: 26
Total Number of T-Shirts distributed: 4401 Total Number of Hats distributed: 137 Average Number of T-Shirts distributed per Year: 220 Number
of times T-Shirt has been pictured in USA Today: 1
(October 25, 1996 - page 16
C) Past entrants who have qualified for and participated in the Olympic Trials: 5 · Travis Walter - 10K trials 1996 (finished 6th) (VW, 1st overall in '88 - 16:11, and in '94 - 14:52 *course record; 2nd overall in '92 - 15:38; and 1st in 14 to 17 age group in '86 - 17:04) · Beth Howell - marathon trials 1984 and 1988 (VW, 1st female overall in '87 - 18:34, in '88 - 18:25 *course record, in '91 - 18:42, and in '96- 20:25 *masters course record) · Michelle Petrus Simonaitis marathon trials 1996 and 2000 (VW, 1st female overall in '82 - 20:41) · Roxann Polo Reasor - marathon trials 1984 (VW, 1st female overall in '00 - 19:54) · Tony Williams marathon trials ~1992 (VW, 1st overall in '86 - 16:09)
Current course record: 14 minutes and 52 seconds set by Travis Walter in 1994 Pace
for course record: 4 minutes and 47 seconds per mile (on a hilly course!) Past entrants who were national age-group record holders: 2 · John Hosner · Bob Jenkins
Past entrants who were state age-group record holders: 1
Past entrants who were collegiate All Americans: 2 · Steve Hetherington - VA Tech ~ 1984 · Lori Taylor - VA Tech ~ 1990’s
Past entrants who have been Virginia Western students and have set records in the race: 2 · Jenny Sheets (AS General Studies, 1992. First female overall in '97 - 19:19.) · Wayne Howell (Business Administration, 1980 - 1982. Holds current masters course record set in '96 - 17:20. Also, 2nd overall in '85 - 16:02; 3rd overall in '87 - 17:11, '88 - 16:16, '96 - 17:20, and '97 - 17:33.)
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