PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

March 5, 2015

NEARLY 100 RUNNERS QUALIFY FOR THE

2016 BOSTON MARATHON
THE WOODLANDS, TX (March 4, 2015) The Woodlands Marathon
Management, LLC is pleased to congratulate the 96 runners 52 men and 44 women -who recorded a time in Saturdays Fidelity Investments The Woodlands Marathon that
qualifies them for entry into the 2016 Boston Marathon.
Twelve of this years Boston qualifiers also recorded a qualifying time in last
years The Woodlands Marathon with all but one improving their time on this years
course.
Just 14 runners came from outside of Texas, including the top four mens and
top two womens finishers. Oklahoma and Illinois were represented by two runners
each.
More than half of this years qualifiers 55, to be exact -- were running The
Woodlands Marathon for the first time.
Of the remaining 41 who have run the race before, 20 of them had already
recorded a Boston Qualifying time while eight have now BQd in The Woodlands three
times.
Houstons Doan Pham, 42, is the only runner to have run a Boston qualifying
time all four years of the events return to Montgomery County.
The 21 who had not qualified before 13 did it on their second try while
another six were making their third attempt.
The Woodlands Drew George, who won the Masters division of the Galveston
Marathon a year ago in 3:03:55, and Jim Harrington, a nine-time Ironman finisher,
qualified for the first time in four years.
All but 11 runners qualified based on the standard in the age group as if they
were running this years Boston Marathon.
The remaining runners age on the day that the 2016 Boston Marathon is held
allowed for their time on Saturday to be considered against the standards of another
age group.
Aside from the increase of 25 Boston qualifiers from a year ago, this years
percentage of female qualifiers (54.1%) narrowly eclipses that of two years ago when
54 women of 115 runners qualified for the 2014 Boston Marathon.
Seabrooks Chris Robbins and League Citys Kerry Lee as well as The
Woodlands John Maloney all have multiple Boston qualifiers at The Woodlands
indicated in the list below as a result of their roles as the 3-hour and 3:30 pacers,
respectively.
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Additionally, 306 of this years 895 finishers may be able to use their time to
earn a guaranteed time qualifier during the May registration window for next
Januarys 2016 Chevron Houston Marathon.
Below is the entire list of this years qualifiers from the fourth annual Fidelity
Investments The Woodlands Marathon to the 2015:
Name, Sex, Age, Residence, Qualifying Time (Multiple BQs at TWM)
Alden Bahr, 27, M, Pearland, TX, 2:44:43
Alemayehu Bedada, 32, M, New York, NY, 2:27:35
Andrew Boone, 35, M, Houston, TX, 2:43:48
Barbara Stoll, 53, F, Houston, TX, 3:17:59
Benigno Reyna, 39, M, Houston, TX, 3:09:14
Benjamin Zywicki, 26, M, Louisville, CO, 2:20:32
Bill Burns, 58, M, Columbus, OH, 3:39:17 (2nd)
Brian Frazier, 36, M, Spring, TX, 2:56:45 (2nd)
Bridget Oldenburg, 34, F, Cypress, TX, 3:12:55
Brit Davis, 45, M, Houston, TX, 3:13:08
Bryan Gottfried, 39, M, Spring, TX, 3:13:27*
Carlos Verdin, 54, M, Austin, TX, 3:31:49*
Caroline Chamness, 49, F, Kingwood, TX, 3:55:52*
Chris Robbins, 40, M, League City, TX, 2:59:45 (3rd)
Claire Ries, 30, F, Houston, TX, 3:33:32
Courtney Fleetwood, 36, F, Brenham, TX, 3:29:06
Dane McGuffee, 46, M, Sunnyvale, TX, 3:22:21
David Dunlap, 64, M, Houston, TX, 4:08:54*
David Raines, 53, M, Houston, TX, 3:25:49
David Rodriguez, 32, M, Corpus Christi, TX, 2:27:37
David Tuwei, 36, M, Coon Rapids, MN, 2:19:27
Doan Pham, 42, F, Houston, TX, 3:26:28 (4th)
Donald Vines, 60, M, Trinity, TX, 3:49:36
Drew George, 50, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:04:16
Eliot Ephraim, 47, M, Chicago, IL, 3:22:06
Ellen Van Wart, 45, F, Miami, FL, 3:44:12
Eric Buckley, 51, M, St. Louis, MO, 2:57:51
Esau Velazquez, 43, M, Katy, TX, 3:13:52 (2nd)
Francisco Garza, 49, M, Houston, TX, 2:59:41 (2nd)
Fred Ward, 71, M, Houston, TX, 4:20:14
Frehiwot Goshu, 24, F, Silver Spring, MD, 2:43:52
Gabriel Belforti, 43, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:13:51
Greg Thomas, 59, M, Hockley, TX, 3:46:35*
Halcie Wethington, 23, F, Houston, TX, 3:30:49
Henrita Van Wyngaarden, 45, F, The Woodlands, TX, 3:22:53 (3rd)
Hudon White, 62, M, Stephenville, TX, 3:50:35
Jason Wollard, 44, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:15:43*
Jessica Forsyth, 30, F, Frisco, TX, 3:24:48
Jill Thomas, 47, F, Houston, TX, 3:54:15
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Jim Harrington, 50, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:29:36

Joanne Ripple, 56, F, Houston, TX, 3:54:17
Jocelyne Laing, 46, F, Spring, TX, 3:43:50
Joelle Mueller, 46, F, Houston, TX, 3:51:23
John Cawyer, 51, M, Plano, TX, 3:29:40
John Maloney, 52, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:30:00 (3rd)
John Robertson, 41, M, Conroe, TX, 2:50:18 (2nd)
Jonathan Corsini, 28, M, San Antonio, TX, 2:42:26
Juka Smits, 48, F, Houston, TX, 3:41:54 (2nd)
Juli Aistars, 56, F, Lake Zurich, IL, 4:00:23
Kate McCallum, 25, F, Huntsville, TX, 3:33:47
Kelly Ramey, 40, F, Houston, TX, 3:44:58
Kerry Lee, 40, M, League City, TX, 2:59:44 (3rd)
Kevin Baker, 39, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:13:15*
Kevin Evans, 44, M, Kingwood, TX, 3:14:14
Kevin Johnson, 51, M, Cibolo, TX, 3:28:03
Kim Tran, 48, F, Sugar Land, TX, 3:53:39
Kristen Gohlke, 29, F, The Woodlands, TX, 3:33:44
Leandro Morales, 44, M, Cypress, TX, 3:11:16
Lindy Graves, 34, F, Houston, TX, 3:20:51
Lisa Talley, 51, F, Atoka, OK, 3:57:13
Lisa Warechowski, 49, F, Allen, TX, 3:21:25 (3rd)
Lisset May Cervantes, 30, F, Distrito Federal, MX, 3:33:50
Lora Stickney, 43, F, McKinney, TX, 3:42:28
Louie Decarlo, 31, M, Houston, TX, 2:53:48
Lyubov Denisova, 43, F, New York, NY, 2:46:45 (2nd)
Mario Menendez, 39, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:14:18*
Mi Ae Roll, 44, F, Porter, TX, 3:44:06
Michelle Meyer, 40, F, Katy, TX, 3:41:23
Nancy Gutierrez, 36, F, Bryan, TX, 3:28:23
Pablo Dominguez, 44, M, The Woodlands, TX, 2:54:10 (3rd)
Patricia Abbott, 49, F, Katy, TX, 3:55:45*
Patrick Fumagalli, 22, M, Houston, TX, 3:04:06
Peter Lawrence, 43, M, Houston, TX, 2:37:36 (2nd)
Philip Lagat, 31, M, Bossier City, LA, 2:19:19
Raul Posada, 45, M, Houston, TX, 3:18:55
Rebecca Akin, 36, F, Spring, TX, 3:38:49
Ron McCauley, 49, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:28:34*
Ryan Taylor, 34, M, Houston, TX, 2:53:38
Samantha Terry, 18, F, The Woodlands, TX, 3:24:25
Shae Janner, 39, F, Brenham, TX, 3:30:00
Sharon Morin, 52, F, Houston, TX, 3:58:50
Sherry Scott, 46, F, Houston, TX, 3:28:55 (3rd)
Sipho Ngxongo, 31, M, Austin, TX, 2:30:41
Stephen Baumgartner, 41, M, Houston, TX, 3:14:09 (2nd)
Stephen Phillips, 36, M, Bridgeport, TX, 3:09:11
Susan Monte, 49, F, Daisy, OK, 3:57:14*
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Susan Rouse, 56, F, The Woodlands, TX, 3:48:34 (2nd)

Suzy Seeley, 55, F, Houston, TX, 3:28:13 (2nd)
Terri Stone, 43, F, Pearland, TX, 3:43:41
Tory Van Wie, 44, F, Cypress, TX, 3:43:38
Trent Blackley, 46, M, Sunnyvale, TX, 3:22:21
Troy Beserra, 46, M, The Woodlands, TX, 3:12:57 (2nd)
Veronica Hoge, 45, F, Seabrook, TX, 3:41:33
Whitney Jones, 25, F, Cypress, TX, 3:31:45
Willie James, 56, M, Nacogdoches, TX, 3:34:59
Yong Collins, 60, F, Richmond, TX, 4:20:53
* Runners whose age on the date of the 2016 Boston Marathon allowed their 2015 The
Woodlands Marathon time to qualify in a new age group.

For more information, including complete results, on the Fidelity Investments

The Woodlands Marathon, please visit www.thewoodlandsmarathon.com.
About The Woodlands Marathon Management

The Woodlands Marathon Management is an event production company that operates with a
primary goal of providing individuals the opportunity to participate in a running event that
promotes the advancement of running. The directors of The Woodlands Marathon
Management share a passion for The Woodlands community, the Houston region and the
active sport lifestyle. They have teamed up to produce this premier event that will provide
The Woodlands and surrounding communities options for living a healthy lifestyle with
purpose.

About The Woodlands

Located just 30 minutes north of Houston, Texas and minutes from George Bush
Intercontinental Airport, The Woodlands is the destination for leisure guests, individual
business travelers and groups of all sizes. Visitors to The Woodlands and residents of the
community enjoy more than eight million square feet of world-class shopping, dining and
entertainment options, more than 194 miles of hike-and-bike trails, 124 parks, the 1,700-acre
George Mitchell Nature Preserve, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, kayaking on Lake
Woodlands, and taking a cruise on The Woodlands Waterway. The Woodlands features worldclass sporting events including the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas, Insperity Golf
Championship and the Nike South Invitational. The Woodlands also is home to more than
1,650 guestrooms in upscale and boutique properties, select service, limited service,
conference and convention centers and a resort.
For more information on The Woodlands, go to www.VisitTheWoodlands.com. Also, like
The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau on Facebook at
www.Facebook.com/VisitTheWoodlands, follow them on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/TheWoodlandsCVB and view them on YouTube at
www.YouTube.com/TheWoodlandsCVB.

-TWM-

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