Navy wins Armed Forces Marathon

2008-11-14 / Sports

Tim Hipps FMWRC Public Affairs

Photos by Tim Hipps Navy Lt. Abagail Stiles of Naval Station San Diego wins the women's division of the 2008 Armed Forces Marathon Championships run in conjunction with the 33rd Marine Corps Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 54 minutes, 47 seconds on Oct. 26 in Arlington, Va. Photos by Tim Hipps Navy Lt. Abagail Stiles of Naval Station San Diego wins the women's division of the 2008 Armed Forces Marathon Championships run in conjunction with the 33rd Marine Corps Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 54 minutes, 47 seconds on Oct. 26 in Arlington, Va. ARLINGTON, Va. - Seaman Corey Duquette and Lt. Abagail Stiles led the All-Navy teams to victories in the 2008 Armed Forces Marathon Championships, run in conjunction with the 33rd Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 26.

Duquette, 26, stationed at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., won the Armed Forces men's division with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 40 seconds.

He finished third overall among 18,302 finishers in "The People's Marathon," which started and ended at the Marine Corps War Memorial and wound around several of the most famous monuments in Washington.

Stiles, 28, stationed at Naval Station San Diego, won the Armed Forces women's division with a time of 2:54:47. She was fourth overall among 7,160 female finishers in the Marine Corps Marathon.

Seaman Corey Duquette of Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., wins the men's division of the 2008 Armed Forces Marathon Championships run Oct. 26. Seaman Corey Duquette of Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., wins the men's division of the 2008 Armed Forces Marathon Championships run Oct. 26. Air Force Maj. Jaymee Marty of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., won the silver medal in the Armed Forces women's competition with a time of 2:57:04. Navy Lt. j.g. Aiden Van Cleef of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, Va., claimed the bronze in 2:59:02.

Navy won the Armed Forces women's team crown with a two-runner cumulative time of 5:53:49, and was followed by Air Force (5:58:15), Marine Corps (6:12:45) and Army (6:27:49). The times of the top two finishers from each service branch counted in the women's team standings.

Capt. Elissa Ballas (3:01:11) of Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, Calif., helped the All-Air Force women finish second. Capt. Jenny Ledford (3:01:03) of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.; and 2nd Lt. Erin Demchko (3:11:37) of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., led the Marines. Capt. Mickey Kelly (3:05:31) of Fort Carson, Colo.; and Sgt. 1st Class Angella Jackson (3:22:18) of Fort Bragg, N.C., led the Army women.

On the men's side, Air Force 2nd Lt. Brian Dumm, 25, of Royal Air Force Base Molesworth, United Kingdom, finished second in the Armed Forces division and fifth overall with a time of 2:26:00. His younger brother, civilian Andrew Dumm, 23, of Washington, D.C., won the open division of the Marine Corps Marathon in 2:22:42.

Navy Lt. William Christian of USS Fort McHenry won the Armed Forces men's bronze medal with a time of 2:27:56.

The times of the top four finishers from each service branch counted in the Armed Forces men's team standings. Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Fahey (2:30:12) of Naval Air Facility, Washington, D.C.; and Lt. Steve Slaby (2:34:16) of Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 303 completed the champion All-Navy team, which had a cumulative time of 9:57:04.

Second Lt. Ian McFarland (2:30:30) of Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.; Capt. Jason Schlarb (2:31:49) of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.; and Lt. Col. Mark Cucuzzella (2:34:48) of Andrews Air Force Base, Md., rounded out the second-place All-Air Force squad (10:03:07).

Army 2nd Lt. Kenneth Foster of Fort Bliss, Texas, set the Marine Corps Marathon pace for a lead pack of five runners through the first 11 miles. He finished 10th overall in 2:29:59 and was the first Soldier to cross the finish line for the fourth-place All-Army team.

"I just started running for the All-Army marathon team and this is my first Marine Corps Marathon," said Foster, 22, who ran four seasons of cross country for Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., where he holds the 10-kilometer school record of 33 minutes, 25 seconds. "I'm also trying to qualify for the Army World Class Athlete Program."

Foster ran the 2006 Philadelphia Marathon in 2:43:41 and completed the 2007 chase around the City of Brotherly Love in 2:32:50. At Marine Corps, he knocked almost three more minutes off his personal-best time.

"I was on the lead pack for the first 12 miles - then my pace started to drift off, but I was really happy with the way I performed today," said Foster, whose sights are set on qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials. "That's been my goal ever since I was a freshman in college."

Cpl. Tommy Kunish (2:30:12) of Camp Butler, Okinawa, Japan; Staff Sgt. Jeremy Brown (2:33:49) of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; Sgt. Billy Van Vianen (2:34:24) of Camp Lejeune, N.C.; and Capt. Rick Jennings (2:38:19) of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.; represented the third-place Marines (10:16:44).

Sgt. 1st Class Geraldo Avila (2:31:17) of Fort Monmouth, N.J.; Maj. Joshua Keena (2:37:43) of the U.S. Army Student Detachment, and Capt. Shawn Dodge (2:41:54) of Fort Shafter, Hawaii, completed the scoring for All-Army (10:20:55).

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