BAA’s Harvey, Ashe Qualify for Trials at Twin City

From Race Results Weekly (Used with permission)

Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon (33rd) & 10 Mile (16th)

(USA Marathon Championships; USA Masters Marathon Championships)

Minneapolis to St. Paul, MN, USA; Sunday, October 5

Distances: Marathon, 42.195 km, standard certified course with slight 

elevation GAIN; 10 mi., point-to-point course with slight elevation GAIN

Prize Money: Available for Open, USA, Masters, and USA masters athletes; 

see primary details below; age-graded prize money not included here

Finishers: Marathon, 4854 men + 3994 women = 8848 total (almost the same 

as 8849 last year); 10 mile, 3177 men + 5397 women = 8574 total 

(up slightly from 8554 last year)

Course Records: Marathon, Men, 2:10:05, Phil Coppess (USA), 1985; Women, 

2:26:51, Zinaida Semenova (RUS), 2001.  10 mile - Men, 46:35, Abdi Abdirahman, 

2009; Women, 53:16, Kara Goucher, 2008

Weather: Comfortably cold



NOTE: Tyler Pennel's marathon debut was a big success as he scored a solid victory here and won his first USA title at any distance.  

In the women's contest, Esther Erb ran a smart race, coming from behind to pass leaders Brianne Nelson and Heather Lieberg.  

Erb also won her first USA title --Ed.(NER Ed. note): Whirlaway's Ruben Sanca reports he was on 2:16 pace at 16.5 miles when hamstring

woes resulted in a dnf.



Marathon (gun times):

MEN - 

1. Tyler Pennel, 26, Blowing Rock, NC      2:13:32 DB $25,000 + 1500^

2. Jared Ward, 26, Provo, UT               2:14:00 PB  15,000 +  750^

3. Scott Smith, 28, Oklahoma City, OK      2:14:40 PB  10,000 +  600^

4. Ian Burrell, 29, Colorado Springs, CO   2:15:08      7,000 +  400^

5. Tyler McCandless, 27, Boulder, CO       2:15:26 PB   5,000 +  300^

6. Nathan Martin, 24, Spring Arbor, MI     2:15:47 PB   4,000 +  200^

7. Sergio Reyes, 32, Palmdale, CA          2:16:48      3,000 +  150^

8. Brian Harvey, 27, Boston, MA            2:17:05 PB   2,000 +  100^

9. Scott MacPherson, 27, Columbia, MO      2:17:19      1,000

10. Eric Ashe, 26, Boston, MA               2:17:56 PB     500

11. Tony Migliozzi, 25, North Canton, OH    2:18:32 PB

12. Blair Teal, 28, Charlotte, NC           2:18:53 PB

13. Ryan Cosens, 25, Costa Mesa, CA         2:19:31 PB

14. Mbarak Hussein, 49, Albuquerque, NM     2:22:27      9,000m

15. Michael Wardian, 40, Arlington, VA      2:22:45      5,800m

16. Brian Shelton, 35, Cookeville, TN       2:24:16

17. Jason Ryf, 43, Oshkosh, WI              2:24:55      4,000m

Sean Quigley, 29, Boulder, CO           DNF

^Also earned open prize money

m = Earned masters prize money



WOMEN - 

1. Esther Erb, 28, Richmond, VA            2:34:01    $25,000 + 1500^

2. Heather Lieberg, 35, Helena, MT         2:34:09 PB  15,000 +  750^

3. Brianne Nelson, 33, Golden, CO          2:34:24     10,000 +  600^

4. Ariana Hilborn, 34, Tempe, AZ           2:35:21 PB   7,000 +  400^

5. Claudia Becque, 38, Denver, CO          2:39:14 PB   5,000 +  300^

6. Elizabeth Herndon, 29, St Paul, MN      2:39:21 PB   4,000 +  200^ + 500mn

7. Christine Ramsey, 31, Baltimore. MD     2:39:33 PB   3,000 +  150^

8. Allison MacSas, 30, Austin, TX          2:39:59 PB   2,000 +  100^

9. Ruth Perkins, 34, Puyallup, WA          2:40:04 PB   1,000

10. Meghan Peyton, 28, Richfield, MN        2:40:31        500 +  400mn

11. MacKenzie Howe, 25, Athens, GA          2:41:55 PB

12. Sheri Piers, 43, Falmouth, ME           2:42:46      9,000m

13. Heather Cappello, 34, Somerville, MA    2:43:10

14. Joanna Zeiger, 44, Boulder, CO          2:46:13      5,800m

15. Andrea Rediger, 25, Minneapolis, MN     2:49:46        300mn

16. Adrian Neal, 31, Colorado Springs, CO   2:50:49

17. Kimberly Hinson, 28, Seattle, WA        2:51:07

18. Rachel Gioscia-Ryan, 27, Boulder, CO    2:51:49

19. Kristin Barry, 40, Scarborough, ME      2:52:19      4,000m

20. Julie Ralston, 33, Dwight, IL           2:53:05

21. Stephanie Wilson, 24, Medford, MA       2:53:26

22. Katie McGee, 41, Duluth, MN             2:53:44      2,000m + 200mn

23. Amanda Allen, 27, Boston, MA            2:54:04

24. Missy (Buttry) Rock, 31, Prior Lake, MN 2:55:56        100mn

25. Kari-Anne Samuelson, 32, Denver, CO     2:56:15

^Also earned open prize money

mn = Also earned Minnesota resident prize money

m = Earned masters prize money