Knowing that little information flows out of Kona concerning
age-groupers, let me post a few details. Without printing the entire
age-group list, I'll tell the highlights and a few observations:
Men 18-24: 1. Vassilis Krommidas, 24, Greece, 8:55:02 (3:18:18 marathon,
17th overall); 2. Lance Muzslay, 23, PA, 9:14:40 (3:18:09 marathon); 3.
Todd Morton, 24, CA, 9:15:56.
Notable DNFs: Tim DeBoom, who got sick two nights before the race and
pulled out early.
Men 25-29: 1. Alexander Taubert, 25, Germany, 8:49:19 (2:58:20 marathon,
12th overall!); 2. Matthias Klump, 26, Germany, 8:49:20 (2:57:17 marathon,
13th overall); 3. Dirk Schneider, 26, Germany, 9:00:42; 4. Noel
Harrington, 25, Canada, 9:00:59; 5. Alexander Lang, 26, Germany, 9:03:45;
6. Brent Imonen, 25, HI, 9:06:34.
Notable DNFs: Tony DeBoom, who also got sick one night before the race
and pulled out a little after his brother abandoned; Troy Jacobson, on the
run.
Men 30-34: 1. Tim Mickleborough, 34, Great Britain, 8:55:38 (2:52:13
marathon, 18th overall); 2. Michael McCormack, 34, MA, 9:09:19 (3:25
marathon); 3. Kari Gerkman, 31, Finland, 9:09:54.
Men 35-39: 1. Kevin Moats, 39, GA, 9:24:03 (former pro); 2. Baden Pascoe,
36, New Zealand, 9:27:22; 3. Didier Bertrant, 36, France, 9:29:55.
Men 40-44: 1. Cliff Rigsbee, 41, HI, 9:10:22 (3:18:45 marathon, won
division for the second year in a row, broke his own age-group mark by 25
seconds); 2. Kalli Nottrodt, 42, Germany, 9:21:55; 3. Norimitsu Shiromoto,
41, Japan, 9:28:13.
Notable DNFS: Michael King, husband of Karen Smyers.
Men 45-49: 1. Duncan Thomas, 45, CA, 9:53:53; 2. Rudolf Puhe, 45, Germany,
10:10:31; 3. Hansjoerg Faessler, 48, Germany, 10:17:30.
Men 50-54: 1. Bob Telfer, 50, Australia, 9:50:30 (3:23:03 marathon, set
new age-group record, this guy also owns 45-49 record); 2. Bruce Buchanan,
54, GA, 10:29:10 (last year's age-group winner); 3. Udo Matke, 51, Japan,
10:44:50.
Notable DNFs: Tom Warren.
Men 55-59: 1. Horst Greb, 56, Germany, 11:18:16 (4:16:40 marathon); 2.
Kenneth Davico, 57, HI, 11:39:03; 3. John Cavanaugh, 47, Australia,
11:57:02.
Notable DNFS: Hans Dieben.
Men 60-64: 1. Eric Piper, 60, CA, 11:46:57 (4:08:53 marathon); 2.***
Robinson, 64, CA, 12:35:45; 3. Jim Gaughran, 62, HI, 12:47:18.
Men 65-69: 1. Bob Southwell, 65, Australia, 12:38:04 (4:38:43 marathon,
new age-group record by 7 minutes); 2. Jack Perrodin, 65, CA, 13:50:40; 3.
Ken Nash, 66, CA, 15:28:33.
Men 70-74: 1. Bill Bell, 71, CA 15:32:45 (6:33:08 marathon, his 12th
finish); 2. Charles Futrell, 74, NC, 16:49:36 (the very last finisher of
the day).
Men 75+: 1. Jim Ward, 77, FL, 16:48:04 (6:13:26 marathon, oldest finisher
ever, his 2:14:52 swim made the swim cutoff by 8 seconds!).
Notable DNFs: Norton Davey, on the bike portion.
from Katy Williams