U.S. Men’s Olympic Trial Marathon Fast Facts

FAST FACTS U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon Houston, TX, Saturday, January 14, 2012 Downtown 8 mile loop course – 3 laps with 2.2 mile loop before main course Weather: sunny, clear Temperature: 39F (start); 54F (finish) Wind: WSW 9-12 mph Qualifiers = 158 Declared = 113 Starters = 111 Finishers = 85 Prize purse = $250,000, which includes $20,000 bonus per runner for Olympic Marathon participation, with $50,000 for the Olympic Trials champion Half-Marathon split = 1:03:25 (Hall, Abdirahman, Ritzenhein, Keflezighi and Trafeh) First time four men under 2:10 at the Olympic Marathon Trials This race produced the #2-5 and #9 all-time Olympic Trials performances: 2:09:02   1       Ryan Hall (2008) 2:09:08   1       Meb Keflezighi (2012) 2:09:30   2       Ryan Hall (2012) 2:09:47   3       Abdi Abidrahman (2012) 2:09:55   4       Dathan Ritzenhein (2012) 2:10:19   1       Tony Sandoval (1980) 2:10:41   2      Benji Durden(1980) 2:10:55   3       Kyle Heffner (1980) 2:11:06   5       Brett Gotcher (2012) 2:11:07   2       Dathan Ritzenhein (2008) The deepest men’s Trials ever with best times for place (#2-15): Best Time for Place at U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials 1^st        2:09:02            Ryan Hall (2008) 2^nd        2:09:30            Ryan Hall (2012) 3^rd        2:09:47            Abdi Abidrahman (2012) 4^th        2:09:55            Dathan Ritzenhein (2012) 5^th        2:11:06            Brett Gotcher (2012) 6^th        2:11:24            Andrew Carlson (2012) 7^th        2:11:53            Fernando Cabada (2012) 8^th        2:11:56            Nick Arciniaga (2012) 9^th        2:12:23            James Carney (2012) 10^th      2:12:29            Jimmy Grabow (2012) 11^th      2:12:43            Ryan Vail (2012) 12^th      2:13:41            Ricky Flynn (2012) 13^th      2:13:42            Patrick Rizzo (2012) 14^th      2:13:50            Josh Cox (2012) 15^th      2:14:04            Ian Burrell (2012) At age 36, Meb Keflezighi is the oldest U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials men’s champion (previous oldest, Rod DeHaven, 33, in 2000). Keflezighi’s time – 2:09:08 – was a personal record by 5 seconds. This is the oldest U.S.men’s Olympic Marathon team with an average age of just under 33-years-old. Abdi Abdirahman earned his fourth U.S.Olympic team berth; Keflezighi his third and Hall his second. The second most sub-2:20 performances (50) at the Trials (record 56 in 1980) 21 personal records set by: Meb Keflezighi, 2:09:08 Dathan Ritzenhein, 2:09:55 Fernando Cabada, 2:11:53 James Carney, 2:12:23 Patrick Rizzo, 2:13:42 Josh Cox, 2:13:50 Mike Morgan, 2:14:22 Max King, 2:14:36 Michael Reneau, 2:14:37 Drew Polley, 2:14:58 Daniel Tapia, 2:15:28 Craig Leon, 2:15:42 Keith Bechtol, 2:16:02 Zachary Hine, 2:16:40 Allen Wagner, 2:17:16 Adam MacDowell, 2:17:27 Donovan Fellow, 2:17:30 Chris Erichsen, 2:17:52 Jeff Jonaitis, 2:17:56 Robert Scribner, 2:18:18 Josh Eberly, 2:18:35 ###