Brock Baker of Chapel Hill and Kerri Lyons of Durham won the Male and Female Open Division at the Wells Fargo Tar Heel 10 Miler Presented by CEP on April 21st. For Baker, who finished in 52:18, the win moved him into a first place tie with David Jankowski in Endurance Magazine’s NC-USATF Long Distance Running Championship Series. Lyons gained a one point lead on Alissa McKaig with her 59:44 effort. The Masters Division saw another victory by Chad Newton of Pisgah Forest. His 56:28 finish gave him a four point lead in the Masters Division. Joan Mabe of Carrboro won in Women’s Masters with a 1:09:02, moving her into a first place tie with Alicia Parr.
More than 4,200 runners were signed up to participate in the 5th annual Wells Fargo Tar Heel 10 Miler Presented by CEP Compression Sportswear, featuring the Fleet Feet Sports 4+ Mile Run. 2012 US Marathon Olympic Trials Champion, Meb Keflezighi was the Official Starter for the landmark event.
Next up in the championship series is the May 12th Capital City Classic 10K in Raleigh and the June 2nd Running of the Bulls 8K in Durham.
NC-USATF Endurance Magazine Championship Series 2012
Wells Fargo Tar Heel 10 Miler Presented by CEP Results
Name Hometown State Age Time Points
Open
Men
1 BROCK BAKER CHAPEL HILL NC 25 52:18 3
2 DAVID ROCHE DURHAM NC 23 52:31 2
3 MARC JEULAND CHAPEL HILL NC 33 53:09 1
Open
Women
1 KERRI LYONS DURHAM NC 23 59:44 3
2 MARLEY BURNS CHAPEL HILL NC 23 1:00:17 2
3 KRISTIN SELLERS CARRBORO NC 23 1:02:47 1
Masters
Men
1 CHAD NEWTON PISGAH FOREST NC 42 56:28 3
2 SCOTT LAWS ARDEN NC 40 59:24 2
3 BILL SHIRES CHARLOTTE NC 47 1:02:13 1
Masters
Women
1 JOAN MABE CARRBORO NC 50 1:09:02 3
2 MIMI O’GRADY CARRBORO NC 46 1:13:53 2
NC-USATF Endurance Magazine 2012 Series Leaders
MEN’S OPEN POINTS
BROCK BAKER 3
DAVID JANKOWSKI 3
DAVID ROCHE 2
JESSE CHERRY 2
MARC JEULAND 1
CORY NANNI 1
WOMEN’S OPEN POINTS
KERRI LYONS 4
ALISSA MCKAIG 3
MARLEY BURNS 2
LAURA PAULSEN 2
KRISTIN SELLERS 1
MEN’S MASTERS POINTS
CHAD NEWTON 6
GORDON BYNUM 2
SCOTT LAWS 2
BILL SHIRES 2
JIM CLAUBESCH 1
WOMEN’S
MASTERS POINTS
ALICIA PARR 3
JOAN MABE 3
MIMI O’GRADY 2
JULIE WRAGGE 2
DONNA LEVY 1