Fleet-footed campus

A good handful of people with ties to the UW-Green Bay campus ran the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon Sunday morning. The temperature was perfect and some of the times were outstanding, including several qualifiers for the Boston Marathon and a winning men’s marathon relay team. Here’s a breakdown of the campus connections who we know ran it, and if we’ve missed someone, let us know.

Full Marathon
• Kelly Franz, Controller, 3 hours, 24 minutes and 56 seconds, good enough to qualify him for the Boston Marathon. He finished seventh in the men’s 50-54 age group and 165th overall in the men’s division.

• Kendelle Krause, former women’s cross country team member, 3:22:38, third in the women’s 20-24 age group, 25th overall in the women’s race, qualified for the Boston Marathon.

• Callie Bartel, former women’s cross country team member, 3:25:04, fifth in the women’s 20-24 age group, 29th overall in the women’s race, qualified for the Boston Marathon.

• Alison Furton, former women’s cross country team member, 4:07: 16, 21st in the women’s 20-24 age group, 217th overall in the women’s race.

• Prof. Bill Lepley, Business Administration (Finance), 3:57:56, good enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon, ninth in the men’s 60-64 age group, 535th overall in the men’s race. His wife, Josephine, finished in 4:03:21, also qualified for the Boston Marathon, was good enough for fourth in the women’s 55-59 age group and 192nd overall in the women’s race.

• Prof. Patricia Terry, Natural and Applied Sciences, 3:44:03, good enough to qualify for the Boston Marathon, 13th in the women’s 40-44 age group, 80th overall in the women’s race.

• Katie Gilson, former intern in the Registrar’s Office, 4:49:20, 37th in the women’s 20-24 age group and 464th overall.

• Rochelle Meulemans, former women’s volleyball player, 6:21:07, 46th in the women’s 20-24 age group and 571st overall.

Half Marathon
• Corey Bins, men’s cross country team member, 1:23:59, 12th in the men’s 20-24 age group, 39th overall.

• Prof. Kevin Fermanich, Natural and Applied Sciences, 1:34:35, 15th in the men’s 45-49 age group, 120th overall in the men’s race.

• Prof. Amanda Nelson, Human Biology, 1:47:12, 37th in the women’s 30-34 age group, 151st overall.

• Barb Tomashek-Ditter, MIS Project Administrator (CIT), 1:53:31, 37th in the women’s 40-44 age group, 297th overall.

• Brent Blahnik, Director of the Office of International Education, 1:56:34, 89th in the men’s 30-34 age group, 686th overall.

• Dan McIver, Associate Athletics Director, 2:01;32, 137th in the men’s 35-39 age group, 860th overall.

• Bob Blihar, Applications Developer (CIT), 2:02:12, 123rd in the men’s 45-49 age group, 873rd overall.

• Richard Anderson, Bursar, 2:05:02, 85th in the men’s 50-54 age group, 938th overall.

• Chelsea Lyga, former women’s volleyball player, 2:15:18, 138th in the women’s 20-24 age group, 1,236th overall.

• Jan Snyder, University Services Program Associate in the Provost’s Office, 2:31:45, 58th in the women’s 50-54 age group, 1,670th overall.

• Carmen Leuthner, Education Outreach Director, 3:00:53, 353rd in the 35-39 age group, 2,046th overall.

Relay teams
Members of the UW-Green Bay men’s and women’s cross country teams also ran the marathon as members of relay teams. A team of former Phoenix men’s team runners also competed.

• The current UW-Green Bay men’s team of Bradley Endres, Erik Blomsness, Josh Clark, Michael Borglin and Abe Clark won the men’s relay event with a time of 2:36:23 (a pace of 5:58 per mile).

• The UW-Green Bay alumni men’s team of Nate Vandervest, Josh Bayer, Casey Bins, Seth Bodden and Chris Hendricks finished second in the team event with a time of 2:42:33 (a pace of 6:11 per mile).

• The current UW-Green Bay women’s team of Jolene Sell, Josey Bellin, Anna Yakesh, Emily Farrell and Danielle Pozolinski “could have used a mulligan,” Phoenix Coach Mike Kline said. With more than 10,000 people in the marathon, there was a connection missed so the team didn’t end up having its runners run the proper distances. Knowing there were connection issues early on, one team member ran the proper distance, one ran 21 miles, two ran 14 and one runner didn’t compete at all, Kline said. The team’s timing chip finally came across the line at 4:06:57. Kline figures the team, had it not missed connections, could have finished in about 3:15:00. We think this team showed more effort than the other relay teams by running more combined miles than anybody.

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