2010 BLOOMSDAY WHEELCHAIR DIVISION
OPEN MEN
201 AARON GORDIAN—age 45—Mexico City, Mexico—Overall winner here in 2008 (26:35), 2nd last year and 3rd here in 2007 (27:32)—Took 4th in the Beijing Paralympic Marathon (1:23:20)—Won the 2009 Los Angeles Marathon in 1:31:20—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).
202 JOSHUA GEORGE—age 26—Mclean, VA—Finished 4th here last year, 3rd in 2008 (28:40) and 4th in 2007 (29:31)—Won the 2009 Gasparilla 15 Km in 31:57 and finished 6th there in 2010—Was 3rd at the 2008 LA Marathon (1:33:29) and 7th at the 2008 Chicago Marathon (1:38:59)—Took 17th place in the Beijing Paralympic Marathon in 1:30:29.
203 JORDAN BIRD—age 21—Tucson, AZ—Member of the University of Arizona racing team—Finished 8th here in 2009 (31:05)—Won the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km in 33:00—In 2007 won the Junior Division here in 33:42—Took gold medals in the 2008 U. S. Trials in 400 meters, 800 meters and 1500 meters.
204 TYLER BYERS—age 27—Alice Springs, Australia—Native of Spokane, he now lives down under—His first Bloomsday was at age 8 and he was on crutches—Last Bloomsday was in 2008 when he crashed spectacularly two times, yet finished and got his shirt.
205 GONZALO VALDOVINOS—age 31—Lazaro Cadenas, Mexico—Took 6th place here in 2009 (30:1)—Finished 2nd in 2009 at Bolder Boulder, the US 10 Km Classic and the San Antonio Marathon.
206 AARON PIKE—age 23—Champaign, IL—Member of the U. of Illinois racing team—Posted 30:52 for 7th place here in 2009 and took 4th place here in 2008 in 29:40—Also in 2009 finished 6th at Peachtree and 3rd in the Grandma’s Marathon.
207 SCOTT PARSON—age 50—San Jose, CA—Raced in Bloomsday’s Open class here in 2009 and finished 5th (28:18)—Won the Masters division here in 2007 in 34:17—Also won in 2003 (32:40) and 2002 (31:24) and 2001 (32:53).
208 RAPHAEL BOSTYO NKEGBE—age 30—Sunyani, Ghana—Finished 7th here in 2008 (32:01); his first U. S. road race—Medaled in the 100 meter (silver), 200 Meter (bronze) and 400 meter (bronze) events at the 2007 All Africa Games.
209 ADAM BLEAKNEY—age 34—Champaign, IL—Coach of the highly successful University of Illinois racing team—Finished 6th here in 2008 in 30:18 and 8th in 2007 in 31:05—Took 4th in the 2009 Grandma’s Marathon and 4th at the 2009 Gasparilla 15 Km.
210 EDWIN FIGUEROA—age 39—Commerce, CA—Posted 46:17 for 19th place here in 2009 and 43:42 for 15th place in 2008— In 2010 finished 4th in the 3M ½ Marathon in 1:01—In 2009 posted 2:25 for 10th place at the LA Marathon.
211 BRIAN SIEMANN—age 20—Champaign, IL—Member of the University of Illinois team—Took 12th here in 2009 (34:50)—Finished 11th at the 2009 Gasparilla 15Km in 40:07 and 9th at the 2008 Chicago Marathon in 1:54:59.
212 ALFONSO ZARAGOZA—age 33—Mexico City, Mexico—Finished 5th here in 2008 (29:51) and 6th in 2007 (29:37)—Finished 4th at the 2010 Guadalajara ½ Marathon.
213 RYAN CHALMERS—age 21—Champaign, IL—Member of Team U. of Illinois—Finished 10th here in 2009 (31:45) and 8th here in 2008 in 33:46—In the 2009 Peachtree 10 Km finished 17th and was 9th at the 2009 Grandma’s Marathon.
214 BOB HUNT—age 20—Spokane, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Posted 42:39 for 16th here in 2009 and took 2nd Junior here in 2008 in 42:07 and 4th Junior here in 2007 (51:05) —In South Africa in 2007 at the World Junior Championships scored 3rd in the 100, 200, and 800 meters.
215 STEVEN KLORER—age 22—Tucson, AZ—U. of Arizona team member—Finished 17th here in 2009 (43:23) and 12th here in 2008 (37:06) and 9th here in 2007 (33:52) —Posted 51 minutes for 3rd place at the Oro Valley ½ Marathon.
216 TROY DAVIS—age 35—Queen Creek, AZ—Took 13th place here in 2009 (35:05)—Took 3rd at the 2010 P F Chang Marathon in 1:59 and 2nd (2:00:43) in 2009—Finished 2nd (1:03) in the Disneyland ½ Marathon.
217 ERIK HIGHTOWER—age 24—Glendale, AZ—Bloomsday rookie—Won the 2010 Arizona Disabled Sports 10Km—Finished 3rd in the 2010 Arizona ½ Marathon and 5th in the 2010 Boston Scientific 10 Km.
218 LUIS BETTS—age 38—Medical Lake, WA—Finished 20th here last year in 46:56 and 14th in 2008 (40:34)—Won the 2008 Fools Run (15:52), the 2009 Rapid Rabbit (15:00) and the 2009 Race For The Cure (14:00).
219 WATARU HORIE—age 30—Bloomsday rookie—Member of the University of Illinois team—Posted 2:31:35 for 20th place at the 2009 Chicago Marathon.
220 LAMAR RYBERG—age 26—Queen Creek, AZ—In 2009 posted 49:59 for 22nd place at Bloomsday—At the 2010 P F Chang Marathon finished 6th in 2:39—Took 2nd place (33:46) at the Arizona Disabled Sports 10Km.
221 ARTURO TORRES—age 21—Tucson, AZ—Bloomsday rookie—A member of the University of Arizona team—In 2009 finished the Arizona Distance Classic ½ Marathon in 1:15 and the Desert Challenge 800 meter in 16:45 for 3rd place.
222 MATTHEW PORTERFIELD—age 29—Knoxville, TN—Posted 37:03 last year at Bloomsday for 14th place and 34:45 in 2008 for 9th place—Finished 12th (42:02) in the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km.
223 CODY MACE—age 21—Spokane, WA—Member of the University of Arizona team—Finished 7th in 2009 at the Jim Click 8 Km—Finished in 40:22 in the Junior division here in 2007 for 3rd place.
224 RYAN BARNETT—age 39—Duluth, GA—Bloomsday rookie—In 2010 finished 2nd (31:50) at the Copper River 10 Km, 4th (2:10) at the ING Miami Marathon and 5th (1:13) at the ING ½ Marathon.
225 GAVIN WARREN—age 32—Tempe, AZ—Bloomsday rookie—So far in 2010 has finished 7th at the Arizona Disabled Sports 10 Km and 8th at the Boston Scientific 10 Km.
226 MATTHEW HOWARD—age 19—Eugene, OR—Bloomsday rookie—Training with Craig Blanchette—No recent road racing data.
227 PETER PARK—age 32—Lake Elsinore, CA—Bloomsday rookie—Posted 42:12 for 14th place at the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km.
JUNIOR MEN
231 STEPHEN BINNING—age 15—Phoenix, AZ—Bloomsday rookie—No race data.
MASTERS
241 JUAN RIOS—age 45—Richmond, TX—Won the Master’s Division here in 2009 in 34:29—In 2010 won the Conoco Rodeo 10 Km, Finished 2nd in the Houston ½ Marathon and 2nd in the Bayou City 10 Km.
242 MATTHEW DAVIS—age 43—Bowling Green, KY—Finished 2nd in the Master’s here in 2009 (34:41) and 6th Masters here in 2008 in 35:17—Won the West Palm Beach Marathon in both 2009 (2:06:41) and 2008 (2:01:38)—Posted 40:28 to finish 3rd at the 2009 Gasparilla 15 Km.
243 RAMIRO BERMUDEZ—age 50—Houston, TX—Won the Master’s here in 2005 in 36:33—Took 2nd in both 2006 and 2007—Most recent Bloomsday finish was 3rd place in 2008 (32:43)—Posted 2nd place at the 2010 Houston Marathon.
244 GRANT BERTHIAUME—age 48—Tucson, AZ—Took 3rd here in 2009 (36:25)—Finished 2nd (1:50:41) at the 2010 P F Chang Marathon and 2nd at the 2010 Arizona Distance Classic ½ Marathon (56:21)—Won the Master’s at Gasparilla 15 Km in 2008 (40:36).
245 ERIC KAISER—age 45—Santa Barbara, CA—Last raced here is 2005 when he finished 3rd Master’s in 39:45.
246 JIM HUDEC—age 54—Salmo, British Columbia—Finished 4th here in 2009 (42:38) and 7th in 2008 (39:42)—In 2008 finished 2nd at the Kelowna Midsummer 8 Km in 21:33.
247 GEOFF ERICKSON—age 59—Wilmington, CA—Finished 6th here in 2009 (48:25) and 9th in 2008 (44:21)—Posted 2:37:12 for 17th place at the 2009 L0s Angeles Marathon.
248 CHRIS KOHLER—age 40—Oceanside, CA—Finished 18th in the Open division here in 2009 (46:14) and 16th here in 2007 (45:06)—In 2008 won the San Luis Rey 5Km in 12:59.
249 CRAIG BLANCHETTE—Age 40—Battleground, WA—Former 8 time consecutive winner of Bloomsday with a personal best and, at that time, course record of 26:46 set in 1994—In 2009 won the Portland Marathon in 1:46:00 as well as in 2008 (1:54:00).
WOMEN’S OPEN
250 AMANDA MC GRORY—age 23—Champaign, IL—Three time consecutive Bloomsday winner: 33:04 in 2009, 32:38 in 2008 and 32:43 in 2007—Member of the U. of Illinois Team—Finished 2nd in the Beijing Paralympic Marathon in 1:40:00—Won the prestigious Oita Marathon in 2008 (1:43:33)—Won the 5000 meter final (12:29) at the Beijing Paralympic Games—Finished 4th at the 2009 Boston Marathon in 2:10:44—Won the 2009 Atlanta ½ Marathon and the London Marathon.
251 SHIRLEY REILLY—age 24—Tucson, AZ—Two time previous winner here: 34:37 in 2006 and 34:52 in 2005—A member of the U. of Arizona team—Finished 2nd here in 2009 (34:38) and 2008 in 36:00 and 2nd in 2007 (35:46)—Won the Disney Marathon in both 2009 and 2010—Won the 2010 Boston Scientific 10 Km.
252 JACLYN DAYA—age 24—Tucson, AZ—Member of the U. of Arizona team—Finished 7th here in 2009 (50:23) and 5th in 2008 (47:33)—Took 2nd at the 2010 Arizona Distance Classic ½ Marathon in 1:34—Posted 24:55 for 2nd place at the 2009 Jim Click 8 Km.
253 ANJALI FORBER-PRATT—age 25—Champaign, IL—On the U. of Illinois team—Finished 5th here last year (47:46), 3rd in 2008 (46:28) and 3rd in 2007 in 42:09—Took 3rd in the 400 meter final at the Beijing Paralympic Games— Finished 4th in the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km (41:40), 4th in 2009 (42:46) and 4th in 2008 in 46:18.
254 AJARA BUSONGA MOHAMMED—age 36—Sunyani, Ghana—Bloomsday rookie—competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic 1500 meter (3:36)-Finished in 11th place at the 2009 Peachtree 10 Km Road Race.
255 TRICIA DOWNING-age 40-Denver, CO—Bloomsday rookie—Took 2nd at the 2008 Grandma’s Marathon in 2:26:16—Won the 2009 Fifth Third River Bank 25 Km Run in 1:50:16.
256 SANDRA RUSH—age 49—Oceanside, CA—Finished 6th here in 2009 in 49:48—Won the Austin 3M ½ Marathon in 1:08:58—Took 2nd in the 2009 Los Angeles Marathon in 2:35:47—Won the 2008 Carlsbad 5000 Meter in 29:06—Won the 2008 Silver Strand ½ Marathon in 1:22:38.
JUNIOR WOMEN
270 SUSANNAH SCARONI—age 18—Tekoa, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Finished 2nd Junior here in 2009 in 40:11 and 2nd in 2007 (44:32)—In 2006 posted 41:26 to win Bloomsday’s Junior division.
271 JILL MOORE—age 17—Concord, NC—Finished 4th here in 2009 (51:1)—Won the 2010 Kick Butts 5 Km in 16:05—Won the Greek Yaisou 5 Km in 17:26.
272 MIKILA SALAZAR—age 13—Spokane Valley, WA—Posted 1:07:09 here last year for 5th in class—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Finished the 2009 St. Luke’s 5 Km in 26:00 for 6th place.
273 CHELSEA MC CLAMMER—age 16—Benton, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Won the Women’s Junior Division here in 2009 in 38:00—Won here previously in 2008 in 39:13.
T-1 QUAD
281 SCOTT STOKES—age 32—Atlanta, GA—Won Bloomsday’s T-1 Division in 2009 in 1:15:21—Won here in 2008 in 1:11:21—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 Quad.
282 JEREMY FINTON—age 20—Vandalia, OH—Bloomsday rookie—Finished 2nd at the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km in 1:15:10 and at the 2009 running as well (1:10:28).
283 JIMBO BOYD—age 51—Alpharetta, GA—The first T-1 Quad to ever race here (1984)—Posted 1:19:59 for 3rd place at the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km—Has pioneered high-level quad road racing all over the world and is a great spokesman in school outreach programs.
T-2 QUAD
291 SANTIAGO SANZ-QUINTO—age 29—Albatera, Spain—Won Bloomsday 2009 in 32:46—Won here in 2008 in a time of 32:44, his 4th consecutive Course Record for this class—Finished 4th (1:42:05) in the Beijing Paralympic Marathon—Won the 2009 Oita Marathon in 1:47—Won the 2009 Portugal ½ Marathon in 54 minutes—Won the 2010 Oz Day 10 Km in 27:08—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).
292 DUANE MORROW—age 42—Hoschton, GA—Finished 3rd here in 2009 (42:34) and 4th in 2008 (43:51)—Won the Quad Division at the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km in 46:18 and also in 2009 in 42:41—Won the Quad division at the 2008 Cooper River 10 Km in 34:51—Also in 2008 finished 2nd at the Gasparilla 15 Km (45:13) and 3rd at the Peachtree 10 Km in 32:57.
293 PAUL NITZ—age 41—Bloomfield, CT—A former winner of the T-2 Quad Division here in 2001 (40:01)—Finished 5th here in 2009 in 59:06.
294 KRISTEN MESSER—age 23—Austin, TX—Finished 6th here in 2009 (1:02:08) and 5th in 2008 (1:09:15)—In 2010 finished 2nd in the 3M ½ Marathon in 1:36:50—Finished 2nd in the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km in 1:05:32—Finished 2nd at the 2007 Oita ½ Marathon in 1:39:13.
295 SHAWN VOGELGESANG—age 32—Fairborn, OH—Bloomsday rookie—Finished 2nd at the 2010 Gasparilla 15 Km in 58:19 and 2nd at the 2009 Indianapolis ½ Marathon in 1:24:30.
296 JORDAN CLYBURN—age 20—Spokane, WA—Member of Team St. Luke’s—Finished 7th here in 2009 (1:15:19).
