Hall, Kastor Top 2007 Runner Rankings powered by The Active Network and Running USA
Top 15 includes wide spectrum of athletes from coast-to-coast

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Posted Friday, 11 January, 2008

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - (January 10, 2008) - Ryan Hall and Deena Kastor were the top point scorers in the 2007 Runner Rankings powered by The Active Network and Running USA with 3,286 and 3,857 points respectively. The Mammoth Lakes, Calif. residents ran fast, set 3 U.S. records and won 5 national road titles. Jason Lehmkuhle and Elva Dryer finished second in the road rankings with 2,287 and 3,000 points each.

Hall, 25, had a memorable year with his U.S. half-marathon record (59:43) at Houston, his U.S. marathon debut record (2:08:24) at London and his stunning Olympic Trials victory (2:09:02), while Kastor, 34, who topped the rankings for the third straight year, won three USA road crowns (10K, 15K and marathon) and ran a sub-1:10 half-marathon at the World Championships. The Team Running USA teammates also produced the highest average points per race, 657 and 964 respectively.

The top 15 - see the rankings below - featured a wide spectrum of runners who ranged in age from 25 to 77 years old and were from California to New York and points in-between. There were Olympians (Hall, Dryer, Abdi Abdirahman, Brian Sell and Kate O'Neill), Olympic medalists (Joan Benoit Samuelson, Meb Keflezighi and Kastor), top masters stalwarts (Dennis Simonaitis, Jim Howe, Paul Aufdemberge, Lois Gilmore, Nancy Rollins, Imme Dyson, Gloria Jansen and Barbara Miller) and new faces (Hall, Lehmkuhle, Beth Moras and Chris Hicks).

Rankings points were based on time, course difficulty (USATF or IAAF certified course required), gender and age (using the updated WMA, formerly WAVA, age-graded factors) and special environmental factors such as high altitude. A maximum of 12 performances (highest 12) per athlete were scored.

2007 Top Runner Rankings
powered by The Active Network and Running USA
	MEN	# of Races	Points	Ave Pts/Race
1)	Ryan Hall, 25, Mammoth Lakes, CA	5	3,286	657
2)	Jason Lehmkuhle, 30, St. Paul, MN	11	2,287	208
3)	Dennis Simonaitis, 45, Draper, UT	12	2,187	182
4)	Meb Keflezighi, 32, San Diego, CA	6	2,107	351
5)	Chris Lundstrom, 31, Minneapolis, MN	12	1,851	154
6)	Mike Houar, 52, Forest Ranch, CA	12	1,721	143
7)	Jim Howe, 61, San Jose, CA	12	1,720	143
8)	Abdi Abdirahman, 30, Tucson, AZ	4	1,684	421
9)	Dennis Wallach, 50, Chanhassen, MN	12	1,607	134
10)	Paul Aufdemberge, 43, Redford, MI	10	1,603	160
11)	Paul Brown, 50, Waconia, MN	11	1,550	141
12)	Fernando Cabada, 25, Bristol, VA	10	1,531	153
13)	Brian Sell, 29, Rochester Hills, MI	5	1,447	290
14)	Russell Boore, 45, Hampton, IL	10	1,444	144
15)	Chris Hicks, 42, Florence, SC	12	1,425	119
	WOMEN
1)	Deena Kastor, 34, Mammoth Lakes, CA	4	3,857	964
2)	Elva Dryer, 36, Gunnison, CO	10	3,000	300
3)	Kate O'Neill, 27, Mammoth Lakes, CA	7	2,293	328
3)	Lois Gilmore, 77, Janesville, WI	12	2,293	191
5)	Nancy Rollins, 61, Evanston, IL	12	2,205	184
6)	Imme Dyson, 71, Princeton, NJ	12	1,947	162
7)	Katie McGregor, 30, St. Louis Park, MN	6	1,933	322
8)	Joan Benoit Samuelson, 50, Freeport, ME	11	1,892	172
9)	Toni Cruz, 56, Concord, NC	12	1,694	141
10)	Jody Hawkins, 41, Frisco, TX	11	1,650	150
11)	Kim Pawelek, 33, Jacksonville, FL	12	1,647	137
12)	Gloria Jansen, 60, White Bear Lake, MN	11	1,561	142
12)	Beth Moras, 49, Ridgewood, NJ	12	1,561	130
14)	Barbara Miller, 68, Modesto, CA	8	1,534	192
15)	Ginette Bedard, 74, Howard Beach, NY	8	1,511	189

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