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Janet Robertz Wins Avon Running 10K in Minneapolis
$5,100 presented to Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation to help fight
women's heart disease
MINNEAPOLIS - (Aug. 11, 2001) - Masters runner Janet Robertz, of
Shorewood, Minn., captured the overall Avon Running-Twin Cities 10K title
today with a winning time of 34:56. Robertz, 41, who made her racing debut at
last year's Avon 10K in the Twin Cities by placing third overall and first
masters, was one of 22 women to run under 40 minutes in the 6.2 mile race.
Second place went to Kris Ihle, 32 of Racine, Wis., in 35:21 and third
was posted by JoAnna Deeter, 23, Minneapolis in 36:15. The masters winner and
fourth place overall was Debbie Leyden, 40, St. Paul with a time of 36:29.
Robertz won $500 in prize money and an expense-paid trip to Phoenix,
Ariz., for the 2001 Avon Running National Championship on Dec. 9. Leyden also
receives an expense-paid trip to the National Championship as the first
masters runner since Robertz won the open division.
Diana Ostrander, 42, Andover, Minn., was the winner of the Avon
representative division and will travel to Phoenix for the championship race
as well.
Some 1,300 women and children registered for the Avon Walking and Running
event, which included a 10K run, a 5K walk/run and a kids' fun run at Lake
Nokomis in Minneapolis. The Twin Cities site is part of the Avon Running
circuit, which includes events in eight U.S. cities and 14 countries.
The top three finishers in the 5K, all from Minnesota, were Michelle
Oman, 27 of New Ulm in 18:18; Carla Shuck, 28 of Anoka in 19:40; and Rachel
Cameron, 14 of Grand Rapids in 19:44.
The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, the charitable beneficiary
for Avon Running-Twin Cities, received a check for $2,500 from the Avon
Products Foundation. The heart foundation, which is an independent,
not-for-profit, community-based research and education organization founded
in 1982 by the physicians of the Minneapolis Heart Institute, also received
$2,600 from race proceeds.
Avon is the world's leading direct seller of beauty and related products,
with $5.7 billion in annual revenues. For more than a century, Avon has
provided women with economic opportunity and financial independence, and the
company currently markets to women in 189 countries through 3.4 million
independent sales representatives. More information about Avon and its
products and programs can be found on the company's web site www.avon.com.
Avon Running-Twin Cities 10K
Saturday, August 11, 2001
1. Janet Robertz, 41, Shorewood, Minn., 34:56
2. Kris Ihle, 32, Racine, Wis., 35:21
3. JoAnna Deeter, 23, Minneapolis, 36:15
4. Debbie Leyden, 40, St. Paul, 36:29
5. Staci Bennett, 32, White Bear Lake, Minn., 36:38
6. Bonnie Sons, 36, Shorewood, Minn., 37:11
7. Jenna Boren, 24, Minnetonka, Minn., 37:20
8. Deb Gormley, 35, St. Paul, 37:33
9. Cynthia Durocher, 20, Parry Sound, Ontario, 37:35
10. Kristine Miller, 33, St. Louis Park, Minn., 37:59
