Roger Schmidt was the first athlete to break 80:00 at the Hospice Half Marathon, but less than three minutes after he crossed the finish line he was no longer the Dasher race's only sub-80:00 performer. Nick Graves, a Georgia Tech computer science student, ran 1:19:52, placing second. Another Atlanta-based runner, Georgia Tech student Gautam Sowda, took third in 1:21:00. Jeremy Storey of Valdosta, Georgia was the top master in the race, placing twelfth overall in 1:33:45.
Sarah Ecker was second in the women's standings, finishing eighteenth overall in 1:43:43, while Angela Rao was third on the women's side, ninteenth overall in 1:47:23. Valdosta's Martha Mazurkiewicz was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, coming in 24th overall in 1:51:17.
56 athletes finished the 2016 Hospice Half Marathon. The race benefits the patients and families cared for by Hospice of South Georgia and the Langdale Hospice House. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia provided timing and finish line services.
Top Ten Men, 2016 Hospice Half Marathon
- 1:17:14 ~ Roger Schmidt (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
- 1:19:52 ~ Nick Graves (M, 20) Atlanta, GA
- 1:21:00 ~ Gautam Sowda (M, 19) Atlanta, GA
- 1:22:14 ~ Parker Childree (M, 26) Valdosta, GA
- 1:24:00 ~ Dan Butzin (M, 30) Valdosta, GA
- 1:24:43 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 37) Lake Park, GA
- 1:25:20 ~ Joshua Anderson (M, 23) Atlanta, GA
- 1:25:27 ~ Florian Hauer (M, 29) Atlanta, GA
- 1:27:10 ~ Christopher Tromp (M, 19) Atlanta, GA
- 1:32:54 ~ François Desjardins (M, 23) Atlanta, GA
Top Ten Women, 2016 Hospice Half Marathon
- 1:32:31 ~ Anna Busby (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
- 1:43:43 ~ Sarah Ecker (F, 22) Atlanta, GA
- 1:47:23 ~ Angela Rao (F, 19) Atlanta, GA
- 1:51:17 ~ Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
- 1:52:05 ~ Uma Rajagopalan (F, 20) Atlanta, GA
- 1:56:54 ~ Penny Bell (F, 42) Hahira, GA
- 1:58:50 ~ Kristen Goldie (F, 19) Atlanta, GA
- 1:59:25 ~ Nicole Lane (F, 24) Valdosta, GA
- 1:59:30 ~ Katie Allen (F, 22) Gainesville, FL
- 2:00:21 ~ Joanna Bryan (F, 36) Sparks, GA
Hospice Half Marathon champions, 2011 - 2016 | |||
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Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
19 February 2011 | 1:25:36, Masked Avenger | 1:43:03, Brandi Faircloth | 72 |
17 February 2012 | 1:23:09, Stan Darsh | 1:37:58, Amy Sharon | 76 |
16 February 2013 | 1:20:45, Ryan Kelly | 1:32:23, Beth Sweeny | 107 |
15 February 2014 | 1:21:44, Ryan Kelly | 1:30:28, Beth Sweeny | 84 |
27 February 2016 | 1:17:14, Roger Schmidt | 1:32:31, Anna Busby | 56 |
The race was not held in 2015. |
Links
- Complete results of the 2016 Hospice Half Marathon, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WGGyLjBy7AcfPbPud3YJptjznyZ8fJEL4CHzyW04eBM/pubhtml
- 2014 story, “Ryan and Sweeny repeat at Dasher half marathon”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/hospice-half-2014.html
- 2013 story, “Kelly and Sweeny set records in third annual Hospice Half”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/02/hospice-half-2013.html
- 2011 story, “Avenger, Faircloth dash through Dasher to Hospice Half victories”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/02/hospice-half-2011.html
- Sweeny and Sweeny's engagement race
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-palace-saloon-5k.html
- Hospice Half Marathon web site
http://www.hospicehalfanddash.com/
- If there's another new half marathon, you'll find it on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1