201 SAUL MENDOZA—age 41—Wimberley, Texas—Consecutive ten time Bloomsday winner with a Course Record time of 25:24 in 2002—Won both the 2008 LA Marathon (1:31:12) and the 2008 Paris Marathon (1:32:27)—At the 2007 PanAm games in Rio de Janeiro won Gold in the 800, 1500, and 5000 meter events—Won the Houston Marathon in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007—Set a Course Record of 18:36 to win the 2005 Peachtree Road Race—Has more than 200 road race victories including 6 LA Marathons, 5 Twin Cities Marathons and 6 Bolder Boulder 10Km—In 2000 he won the Sidney Olympic 1500M, an Olympic Record.
202 JOSHUA GEORGE—age 24—Champaign, IL—Finished 4th here in 2007 (29:31)—Member of the U. of Illinois racing team—Was 3rd at the 2008 LA Marathon (1:33:29)—Took 3rd at the 2007 Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth (1:34:21) and 6th at the 2007 New York City Marathon in 1:38:06—In 2006 won the Indianapolis ½ Marathon in 49:23 and the Chicago Marathon in 1:38:31.
203 AARON GORDIAN—age 44—Mexico City, Mexico—Finished 3rd here in 2007 (27:32)—Took 2nd in the 2007 PanAm Games 10,000 meters (11:48)—In 2007 Won the Guadalajara ½ Marathon in 52:23, was 3rd (19:26) at Peachtree 10 Km and 5th in the New York Marathon (1:33:45).
204 TYLER BYERS—age 26—Sterling, VA (Spokane native)—Was 5th here last year in 29:32 and 2nd in 2006 (29:39)—Finished 4th at the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon in 1:34:13—Set a Course Record in the 2008 Arizona Rock ‘n Roll Marathon (1:45:07)—Selected to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games in China.
205 ALFONSO ZARAGOZA—age 31—Mexico City, Mexico—Finished 6th here last year in 29:37 and 3rd in 2006 in 30:26—Posted a 1:35:09 at the 2008 LA Marathon for 6th place and 1:38:00 for 9th in 2007—Was 2nd (21:38) in the 2007 Multivision 10 Km in Mexico.
206 ADAM BLEAKNEY—age 32—Champaign, IL—Coach of the highly successful University of Illinois racing team—Finished 8th here in 2007 in 31:05—Took 6th at Boston in 2007 (1:45:51) and 3rd (54:36) at the 2007 Georgia ½ Marathon—Won the 2006 Indianapolis ½ Marathon in 49:22.
207 CHAD JOHNSON—age 32—Charlestown, IN—Bloomsday rookie—Took 2nd at the 2008 Carlsbad 5000 (13:25)—Did not race for two years, but is back now with a vengeance—Won 5 road races back in 2005-2006.
208 STEVEN KLORER—age 20—Tucson, AZ—U. of Arizona team member—Finished 9th here in 2007 (33:52) and 15th in 2006, (45:27) in spite of mechanical difficulties—Took 5th in the 2005 Detroit Marathon in 2:10:00.
209 AUSTIN SNYDER—age 30—Tucson, AZ—A member of the U. of Arizona Team—Finished 10th here in 2007 (35:53) and 5th in 2006 in 34:31—In 2007 was 3rd at the Boulder Bolder 10 Km in 26:19 and 14th in the Long Island 10 Km (26:22).
210 EDWIN FIGUEROA—age 37—Commerce, CA—In 2007 took 11th place here (37:53) and 7th in 2006 (36:33)—Won the 2007 Carlsbad 5000 in 12:47 and the San Diego Marathon in 1:55—In 2006 was 2nd in the Alaska Challenge 268 mile race.
211 AARON PIKE—age 22—Champaign, IL—Bloomsday rookie—Member of the U. of Illinois racing team—Finished 6th at the 2007 Grandma’s Marathon in 1:48:01 and 21st at Peachtree in 22:00.
212 MICHAEL MILLS—age 31—Marietta, GA—Posted 45:07 here in 2007 for 17th place—Finished 4th at the 2008 Cooper River Run in 35:17—Won the 2006 Coca Cola International 10 Km in a Course Record 28:02.
213 MATTHEW PORTERFIELD—age 27—Knoxville, TN—Ran 37:53 here in 2007 for 12th place—Won the 2007 Azalea Trail 10 Km Run (28:19)—Won the 2007 Cleveland 10 Km in 28:19—Finished 5th in the 2007 ING ½ Marathon (1:06:57).
214 RYAN CHALMERS—age 19—Champaign, IL—Bloomsday rookie—Member of Team U. of Illinois—no data.
215 CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR—age 21—Champaign, IL—Member of Team U. of Illinois—In 2007 finished 14th here in 41:05 and 12th here in 2006 (39:55)—Also in 2007 Posted 1:24:05 for 16th at the Georgia ½ Marathon, 30:00 for 37th place at Peachtree.
216 SEAN ERES—age 23—Tucson, AZ—Member of Team U. of Arizona—Finished 15th here in 2007 (41:46)—This year took 9th place (40:33) at the Gasparilla 15 Km, 14th (2:01:31) in the Los Angeles Marathon and 11th (1:16:48) in the Georgia ING ½ Marathon.
217 LUIS BETTS—age 36—Medical Lake, WA—Finished 13th here last year (39:48) and 11th in 2006 in 39:34—Best finish at Bloomsday was 4th place in 1992—Helps the Team St. Luke’s juniors with their training.
218 FIDEL AGUILAR ZEPEDA—age 30—Guadalajara, Mexico—Bloomsday rookie—Posted 1:45:01 for 8th place at the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon—Finished 4th at the 2008 Guadalajara ½ Marathon in 49:38.
219 Scratched.
220 RAPHAEL NKEGBE—age 28—Sunyani, Ghana—A product of Jean Driscoll’s efforts in Ghana, Bloomsday is his first U. S. road race—Took 3rd place at the 2006 Nairobi Marathon in 1:58:27—Medaled in the 100 meter (silver), 200 meter (bronze) and 400 meter (bronze) events at the 2007 All Africa Games.
JUNIOR MEN
230 KALEB KALLAPPA—age 17—Vancouver, WA—Took 2nd in the Junior division here in 2007 (35:56) and 2nd in 2006 (36:01)—Won the Shamrock 15 Km in Portland in 41:12—Took 3rd place Junior at the 2007 Peachtree 10 Km in 26:59.
231 BOB HUNT—age 18—Colbert, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Took 4th Junior here in 2007 (51:05) and 5th in 2006 (47:47)—In South Africa in 2007 at the World Junior Championships scored 3rd in the 100, 200, and 800 meters—5000 meter track time is 15:15.
OPEN MASTERS
240 SCOTT PARSON—age 48—San Jose, CA—Won the Masters division here in 2007 in 34:17—Also won in 2003 (32:40) and 2002 (31:24) and 2001 (32:53).
241 RAMIRO BERMUDEZ—age 48—Houston, TX—Finished 2nd Master’s here last year in 34:18 and 2nd in 2006 (38:44)—Won Bloomsday’s Master’s in 2005 (36:33)—Won overall at the 2008 Houston Marathon in 1:40:03—Took 2nd at the 2008 3M Half Marathon in 53:00.
242 JEFF MURALT—age 42—Fargo, ND—Not a Bloomsday rookie, but has not seen the course since 1996 when he finished 6th in 28:50.
243 JIM HUDEC—age 52—Salmo, British Columbia—Took 4th place last year in 38:56 and 5th place in 2006 (41:18)—In 2007 posted a time of 30:14 in the Vancouver Sun Run 10 Km and 21:50 at Kelowna Midsummer 8 Km.
244 GRANT BERTHIAUME—age 46—Tucson, AZ—Won the Master’s at Gasparilla 15 Km in 2008 (40:36)—Also in 2008 Men’s Open racing finished 3rd at the Rock ‘n Roll Marathon in 2:06:12 and at LA Marathon was 11th in 1:52:13.
245 GEOFF ERICKSON—age 57—Wilmington, CA—Finished 5th here in 2007 (40:23), 3rd in 2006 (39:12) and 4th in 2005 (40:43)—Took 19th place at the 2007 Los Angeles Marathon in 2:04:47.
246 RICHARD JENSEN—age 54—Providence, UT—Bloomsday rookie—Out of action in 2007 due to injury—Finished 3rd in 2006 at the Top of Utah Marathon in 2:20:57.
247 TOM MC CURDY—age 42—Pocatello, ID—Regional level racer—Finished 7th here last year in 45:43—Won the 2007 Pocatello Marathon in 1:47:19.
248 MATTHEW DAVIS—age 41—Bowling Green, KY—Posted 43:24 here last year for 6th in Master’s—In 2007 finished 1:57:33 at the Oita Marathon and won the Master’s at the 2007 Cooper River 10 Km in 28:57.
249 GLEN SCOTT—Age 47—Calgary, Alberta—In 2006 took 4th in Master’s here in 39:41—In 2007 posted 31:00 for 4th in the Calgary 10 Km and 2:30 for 9th at the Oita Marathon.
250 CORNELIO NUNEZ ORDAZ—age 54—Oaxaca, Mexico—Bloomsday rookie—Took 9th place in 1:45:12 at the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon—Posted 27:00 at the Puebla, Mexico 10 Km.
WOMEN’S OPEN
260 AMANDA MC GRORY—age 21—Champaign, IL—Won Bloomsday in 2007 in a time of 32:43—On the U. of Illinois Team——Also In 2007 won Grandma’s Marathon in 1:46:29, won Peachtree 10 Km in 23:11 and finished 2nd at the 2007 Boston Marathon in 1:58:01—Won the 2006 New York City Marathon in 1:54:17—Won the 2006 Grandma’s Marathon in 1:46:55—Finished 2nd in the prestigious 2006 Oita Marathon (1:43:21).
261 SHIRLEY REILLY—age 22—Tucson, AZ—A member of the U. of Arizona road racing team—Finished 2nd here in 2007 in 35:46—Won here in 2006 posting 34:37 and in 2005 (34:52)—So far this year finished 3rd at the Los Angeles Marathon in 2:09:56 and 2nd at Gaspirilla 15 Km in 42:31.
262 JACLYN DAYA—age 22—Tucson, AZ—Also racing for the U. of Arizona—Posted 45:10 for 3rd place here in 2006 and 50:33 for 5th in 2005—Finished 2nd in the 2006 Carlsbad 5000 in 15:34.
263 ANJALI FORBER-PRATT—age 23—Champaign, IL—On the U. of Illinois team—Finished 3rd here last year in 42:09—Took 4th in the 2008 Gasparilla 15 Km in 46:18—Won the 2007 Utica Boilermaker 15 Km in 49:13—Won gold in the 100 M and 200 M in the 2007 Pan Am Games.
264 DAWNA CALLAHAN—age 39—Parker, CO—Bloomsday rookie—At the Los Angeles Marathon in 2008 finished 4th in 2:25:18..
JUNIOR WOMEN
270 AMBER LYNN WEBER—age 14—Greenacres, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Won the Junior division in 2007 (44:30), finished 2nd in 2006 (47:35) and 2nd in 2005 (55:44), pretty good improvement!—Will compete in the invitation-only Olympic Track Trials in Eugene this summer—Has a 5000 meter track time of 15:15.
271 SUSANNAH SCARONI—age 16—Tekoa, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Finished 2nd Junior here in 2007 (44:32) and in 2006 posted (41:26) to win the Junior division and set the Course Record—Will compete in the invitation-only Olympic Track Trials in Eugene this summer (46:48)—Has a 5000 meter track time of 16:13.
272 CHELSEA MC CLAMMER—age 14—Benton, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Posted 47:45 for 3rd Junior here last year—Will compete in the invitation-only Olympic Track Trials in Eugene this summer—Will compete in the Junior World Games this summer—Has a 1500 meter track time of 4:34 and a 5000 meter time of 17:13.
273 CHRISTINE NEILSON—age 17—Spokane, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s and a Bloomsday rookie—Posted 25:07 at the 5 Km Women’s Celebration Road Race in Boise.
T-1 QUAD
280 SCOTT STOKES—age 30—Atlanta, GA—Bloomsday rookie—Won the T-1 Quad division at the 2007 Columbus Marathon in a time of 2:58:03—Posted 43:07 at the 2007 Peachtree 10 Km for 2nd in T-1
T-2 QUAD
290 SANTIAGO SANZ-QUINTO—age 27—Albatera, Spain—Posted 32:44 for a Course Record win here last year, a (33:04) Course Record win in 2006 and 33:52 in 2005, also a Course Record—In 2007 Santi was victorious in 13 track and road races around the world with 3 track World Records, and 9 Course Records including the Oita Marathon (1:43:46), the Old Kent River 25 Km (1:02:53) and the Peachtree 10 Km (23:27).
291 CLAYTON GEREIN—age 43—Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan—Won this division here 10 previous times including 2004 (39:28)—Posted 40:57 for 2nd place here last year—In 2006 finished 2nd in the Ottawa Marathon (2:01), the Peachtree 10 Km (26:10) and the Oita Marathon (2:07).
292 STEVEN TOYOJI—age 22—Tucson, AZ—Member of U. of Arizona Team—Finished 3rd here last year in 40:59—Won the T-2 division at the Los Angeles Marathon in 1:59:37—Finished 2nd at peachtree 10 Km in 2007 (27:59).
293 DUANE MORROW—age 40—Houston, GA—Bloomsday rookie—Won the Quad division at the 2008 Cooper River 10 Km in 34:51—Also in 2008 finished 2nd at Gasparilla 15 Km (45:13), Los Angeles Marathon (2:09) and the ING ½ Marathon (1:29).
294 DAVID WATTS—age 18—Chattaroy, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Finished Bloomsday last year in 1:13:48—Had surgery last summer and is just getting back into racing.
295 JORDAN CLYBURN—age 18—Spokane WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Raced in the Junior Women’s field last year, posting 1:15:19—Posted 57:53 in the Rapid Rabbit 5 Km.
296 KRISTEN MESSER—age 21—Austin, TX—Bloomsday rookie—Won the Quad division of the 2007 Disneyland ½ Marathon in 1:43:52—Finished 2nd at the 2007 Oita ½ Marathon in 1:39:13.
