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WOLFF PUSHES TEELS HALF MARK TO LIMIT; SAUMS BREAKS IT

WEBSTER WINS BOTH WOMENS HALVES THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
SEABROOK, TX (March 18, 2017) Having announced two weeks earlier that he had
retired from competitive racing, former four-time UIL 4A state champion from Friendswood
and Texas A&M Aggie Ryan Teel had no sights on his own course record as he toed the line
for Saturdays Seabrook Lucky Trail Half Marathon.
However, others did.
Namely, fellow Friendswood native Steven Wolff, who had won one of the weekend
half marathons each of the last two years, and a newcomer to racing on Seabrooks trails,
Jeremy Saums of League City.
Teel ran the same time for the first loop of Saturdays half marathon that he had three
years earlier, but then he was chasing Todd Bennett and had former East Carolina Pirate and
future USA 100-Mile Trail Champion Ronnie Delzer in hot pursuit.
On Saturday, Wolff, 31, who was sixth three years ago behind Teel, posted a first loop
of the course in 39:18, the fastest any runner in an individual event had since splits were first
recorded in 2007.
While his second loop of 40:33 still netted him a half marathon win in his third
consecutive year, his winning time of 1:19:51.5 was four-tenths of a second off of Teels
course record.
Teel was second in 1:25:20 while two-time half marathon winner Steve Maliszewski,
44, of Houston was third in 1:27:05.
The following day, in the Sunday half marathon, Saums, 37, did what only the two
fastest marathoners Matt McCurdy in2008 and Calum Neff the day before had ever done:
record two sub 40-minute loops.
And he did so without being significantly pushed, breaking the tape for an 8-second,
course record win of 1:19:43.
Maliszewski was second in an almost mirror-like time of 1:27:08 good for his fourth
straight Pelican Challenge win, while Katys Tim Barnett was a spot behind in 1:29:57.
 Meanwhile, Houstons Victoria Webster continued her domination of the womens
half marathon races by posting times of 1:30:42 and 1:31:55 on Saturday and Sunday,
respectively, to record her eighth and ninth overall half marathon wins during the Seabrook
Lucky Trail Marathon Weekend.
Saturdays winning time was the sixth best womens time in race history, but also
Websters best time ever on the trails. Her combined time of 3:02:37 netted a third straight
Pelican Challenge win and the third best womens Pelican Challenge time ever behind
Kaytlynn Welsch (3:00:12, 2014) and Brenna Abbitt (3:01:24, 2009).
Houstons Wendy Kilburn, 45, and The Woodlands Anne Brown-Alexander, 29,
followed Webster in second and third on Saturday in 1:42:53 and 1:43:29, respectively.
Giving chase on Sunday was Houstons Erin Aufderheide, 37, in 1:38:13 and League
Citys Jessica Roeschel, 37, in 1:39:11.
It was Kilburns seventh career half marathon and her fourth top three finish, while
Roeschel, who had the best combined Pelican Challenge for all women in 2011, was
completing her ninth career half marathon here for her best showing since a runner-up
showing in the Sunday half marathon.
Saturdays third annual road 5K also produced a pair of course busters.
League City 14-year-old Jonathan Robbins outsprinted Taylor Lake Villages David
Tate, 19, to the finish line by two-tenths of a second to post a 17:48.6 winning time that beat
Mike Kuhlmeiers mark from a year ago by more than a minute. Kuhlmeier, from Seabrook,
returned this year to take third, less than five seconds back in 17:53.
Houstons Michele Vertechio, 36, led all women in 20:51, bettering Paula Becks time
of 22:57 two years ago. Dr. Natalie Bodziony and Daytons Debra Barker rounded out the
top three in 24:03 and 24:52, respectively.
Runners High Clubs Tim Nolan, 49, of Houston and Friendswoods Dale Kohn, 60,
finished behind Maliszewskis 2:54:14 in the top three combined times in the Pelican
Challenge with showings of 3:07:46 and 3:16:19. A pair of Houstonians Lisa Michela, 37,
and Christina Fernandez, 43 trailed Websters 3:02:35 with totals of 3:35:26 and 3:37:57,
respectively, for the two half marathons.
Results from all races this past weekend can be found at
http://www.seabrookmarathon.org/results.
Registration for the 15th annual Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon and its companion
races, to be held Friday-Sunday, March 16-18, 2018 will open soon.
For more information about the Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon, please visit
http://www.seabrookmarathon.org/.