Schlichter 29th American Finisher in USA Half Marathon Championship
Jan. 15, 2006
Houston - Charlotte 49ers Track & Field/Cross Country assistant coach Ed Schlichter was the 29th American across the finish line at the USA Half Marathon Championships in Houston on Sunday. The half marathon race featured 3,287 male competitors.
Schlichter, who finished 10th among all men and 8th among Americans in the 20-24 age group, finished 34th overall in the Half Marathon Championship race. He was the 29th American runner to cross the line overall, completing the course in a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes, 8 seconds.
Ed's goal is to compete for a spot in the marathon on the U.S. roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics, to be held in Beijing, China.
Schlichter has been training for marathons and half marathons since graduating last May, and this fall began serving as assistant coach for the 49ers cross country and track & field teams. Ed was the Conference USA Male Co-Athlete of the Year last cross country season, earning All-Southeast Region honors in his final collegiate cross country race.
With a record prize purse of $172,900, an unprecedented 17,779 runners competed in the Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon and Houston Press/Smart Financial 5K, breaking last year's record and reaching the field limit in both the marathon and half marathon races.
Kenyan Nicodemus Malakwen, 24, broke away in the second mile of the Aramco Houston Half Marathon to set a new course record with a time of 1:02:07. In second place was Brian Sell, 27, from Rochester Hills, Mich. With his personal record time of 1:02:39 and second-place finish overall, Sell won the USA Men's Half Marathon National Championship,
According to its web site, the Chevron Houston Marathon is one of the nation's premier winter marathons. It offers the only closed marathon course in Texas and is ranked among the top five in the nation by the Ultimate Guide to Marathons for fastest course, organization, and crowd support.
Full results for the race can be found online at http://www.hphoustonmarathon.com.
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