ExMarine
wins Marine Corps Marathon
AP
28 October 2001 – Washington, USA -
Farley Simon, a retired Marine who
hadn’t run a marathon since 1995, won
the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday in a
race dedicated to victims of the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks.
The 46-year-old runner from Honolulu was timed in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 28 seconds. The women’s division was won by Lori Stich-Zimmerman in 2:48:13.
The 26th running of the race was dubbed ½The People’s Marathon» and featured 17,999 runners. The flag-waving crowds along the route were smaller, yet more emotional, than usual.
Simon charged from 3½ minutes behind Paul Zimmerman _ husband of the women’s winner _ to take the lead for the first time as they crossed the Potomac River on the 14th Street Bridge during the 38th kilometer (24th mile) of the 42-kilometer (26.2-mile) run.
Paul Zimmerman of Cedar Creek, Texas, led from the sixth kilometer until the 38th (fourth mile until the 24th) before his hamstrings tightened and he faded to finish 15th in 2:38:24. Zimmerman has run three times in the U.S. Olympic marathon trials.
Juan Samuel Lopez Escorcia of Washington was second in 2:29:31, followed by Steve Payne of England, Felipe Cabello of Chile and David Howe of Silver Spring, Md. Simon said he stopped by the damaged Pentagon a couple days ago.
“I’d seen it on TV, but it’s not the same when you see it in person. There were no words to describe it. I was all choked up just looking at it,” he said. “As a Marine, I’ve been in that building so many times,” he added. “When I went down and looked at it, I just reflected on the people that were there and the lives that were lost.” Stich-Zimmerman was followed by Tara Pointin of Raleigh, North Carolina, Lindsay Gannon of England, Missy Foy of Durham, North Carolina, and Melissa Foon of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
“We had speculated as to whether they would change the course because we knew it wrapped around the Pentagon,” she said. “I’m so glad they didn’t.”
Leading
results
Men
1.
Farley Simon, United States, 2:28:28
2. Juan Samuel Lopez Escorcia,
United States, 2:29:31.
3. Steve Payne, Britain,
2:31:27.
4. Felipe Cabello, Chile,
2:2:37.
5. David Howe, United States,
2:33:15.
6. Christopher Koehler, United
States, 2:34:50.
7. Paul Okerberg, United States,
2:36:19.
8. Whitney Miller, United
States, 2:36:39.
9. Jon Schoenberg, United
States, 2:37:04.
10. Blake Benke, United States,
2:37:35.
Women
1. Lori Stich-Zimmerman, United
States, 2:48:13
2. Tara Pointin, United States,
2:53:57.
3. Lindsay Gannon, Britain,
2:54:46.
4. Missy Foy, United States,
3:01:14
5. Melissa Foon, United States,
3:01:18.
6. Brenda Schrank, United
States, 3:02:58.
7. Jacqueline Chen, United
States, 3:04:05.
8. Mary Kate Sullivan-Bailey,
United States, 3:04:31.
9. Sherry Thompson, United
States, 3:05:57.
10. Kimberley Layman, United
States, 3:08:00.
