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Camden-Clark Parkersburg Half-Marathon: USA Championship
Parkersburg, WV
August 22, 1998
DeHaven, Hickman Win USA Half-Marathon Titles
Rod DeHaven and Libbie Hickman captured USA Half-Marathon crowns at the
Parkersburg Half-Marathon on Saturday, August 22. Under warm, humid
conditions, DeHaven, 31, from Madison, Wisconsin, who won the 1994 title, ran
1:03:42 to produce a convincing win. Peter DeLaCerda finished second over a
minute back (1:04:48) with John Sence third (1:05:06).
In a close women's race, Hickman, 33, from Ft. Collins, Colorado, the 1997
Bolder Boulder winner, won her first USA road title with a four second victory
over 1992 Olympian, Shelly Steely, 1:13:29 to 1:13:33. Trina Painter, the 1992
Parkersburg winner, returned to form with a solid third place showing
(1:14:00).
Both champions earned $6000, while the top five men and top two women earned
automatic berths on the USA team for the IAAF World Half-Marathon
Championships in Zurich, Switzerland on September 27.
As national runner-up, Steely, the 1998 USA 25m champion, picked up 12 more
Circuit points to secure the women's USARC Grand Prix title and the
accompanying $6000. With two USARC races remaining, no one can pass Steely who
has 58 points.
In the men's USARC, Sence, the 1997 Grand Prix champion, holds a two-point
lead over DeHaven, 31 points to 29. The next USARC races are on Labor Day,
September 7, the New Haven Labor Day 20km (men) and Park Forest Scenic 10 Mile
(women).
Men:
1) Rod DeHaven, 31, Madison, WI 1:03:42 $6000
2) Peter DeLaCerda, 26, Alamosa, CO 1:04:48 $4000
3) John Sence, 28, Cincinnati, OH 1:05:06 $3000
4) Todd Reeser, 24, Macedon, NY 1:05:21 $1500
5) Jonathan Hume, 30, Lakewood, CO 1:05:40 $1200
6) Gavin Gaynor, 32, State College, PA 1:05:50 $850
7) Jimmy Hearld, 30, Bowling Green, KY 1:06:10 $700
8) Eric Morrison, 28, Lakewood, CO 1:06:27 $500
9) Darrell General, 32, Mitchellville, MD 1:06:46 $400
10) Jeff Campbell, 27, Alamosa, CO 1:06:59 $325
Women:
1) Libbie Hickman, 33, Ft. Collins, CO 1:13:29 $6000
2) Shelly Steely, 35, Albuquerque, NM 1:13:33 $4000
3) Trina Painter, 32, Flagstaff, AZ 1:14:00 $3000
4) Kim Pawelek, 24, Jacksonville, FL 1:15:08 $1500
5) Jody Hawkins, 31, Blooming Grove, TX 1:15:36 $1200
6) Kristin Schwartz, 26, CO Springs, CO 1:15:40 $850
7) Julia Kirtland, 33, S Harpswell, ME 1:15:47 $700
8) Chris McNamara, 32, Boulder, CO 1:16:17 $500
9) Lynn Nelson, 36, Eugene, OR 1:16:41 $400
10) Cindy James, 38, Homewood, IL 1:18:01 $325
Women's USARC Standings after six races:
1) Shelly Steely, 35, Albuquerque, NM 58
2) Libbie Hickman, 33, Ft. Collins, CO 25
3) Jennifer Rhines, 23, Ardmore, PA 22
4) Cindy James, 38, Homewood, IL 17
5) Amy Rudolph, 24, Kane, PA 15
5) Susannah Beck, 29, Eugene, OR 15
5) Lynn Jennings, 38, Newmarket, NH 15
5) Christine McNamara, 32, Boulder, CO 15
9) Joan Nesbit, 36, Chapel Hill, NC 14
10) Kim Pawelek, 24, Jacksonville, FL 13
Men's USARC Standings after five races:
1) John Sence, 28, Cincinnati, OH 31
2) Rod DeHaven, 31, Madison, WI 29
3) Jimmy Hearld, 30, Bowling Green, KY 23
4) Peter DeLaCerda, 26, Alamosa, CO 18
5) Jonathan Hume, 30, Lakewood, CO 16
6) Todd Williams, 29, Knoxville, TN 15
6) Keith Brantly, 36, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 15
6) Todd Reeser, 24, Macedon, NY 15
9) Keith Dowling, 28, Boulder, CO 12
9) Alfredo Vigueras, 35, Woodland, CA 12
9) Jeff Jacobs, 33, Roscoe, IL 12
9) Mark Coogan, 32, Boulder, CO 12
