The Trojan basketball players aren’t the only athletes on campus who are rockin’ this week.

A number of UALR faculty, staff, and students took to the streets for the Little Rock Marathon Sunday. For the non-runners out there, the full marathon is 26.2 miles and the half is 13.1 miles.

Alum Leah Thorvilson won the women’s division (third year in a row – she is also headed to the Olympic trials this year)…

…and finance student Barrett Kerth placed 10th in the Half Marathon.

If the participants did all the training runs, they ran 568 miles by the time the marathon was over.

UALR alum and KUAR Morning Edition host Malcolm Glover also completed the marathon as cameras followed his progress. He is actually able to speak running up Kavanaugh hill – no small feat.

I, on the other hand, cannot talk while running up Kavanaugh hill. You might catch a glimpse of me in this photo. Well, it’s a good shot of my arm and leg in the crowd. I asked for more pictures from UALR folks who ran, but the vast majority said “not a chance.” (I’ve heard that if your finish line picture looks good, you did it wrong.) We’ll just assume they all did it right!

Congratulations to the following folks on completing a great race!

Full Marathon:
Melissa Bandy (Bowen School of Law Student)
Amber Davis-Tanner (Bowen School of Law Student)
Malcolm Glover (KUAR Reporter)
Angela Parker (Communications – Media Relations)
Marcus Smith (Bowen School of Law Student – who is going to run a 50 mile race in April)
Brian Watson (Records and Registration Associate)

Half Marathon:
Dr. Edward Anson (History Professor)
Susan Bowling (Reading Instructor – Academic Success Center)
Christopher Clark (Biology Student)
Cynthia Gilbert (Nursing Associate Professor)
Christy Jackson (Mathematics and Statistics Instructor)
Ashley McCafferty (Collegiate Success Program Academic Advisor)
Carla Miller (Bowen School of Law Student)
Tom Marks (Bowen School of Law Student)
Dr. James Parrish (Management Assistant Professor)
Dr. Brad Patterson (Director of Testing Services)
Kathy Shapley (Audiology and Speech Pathology Assistant Professor)
Lynn Strong (Reading Instructor – Academic Success Center)
Dr. Ann Schlumberger (Nursing Department Chair)
Dr. Daniel Sweeney (Sport Management Graduate Program Assistant Professor)
Eileen Turan (Donaghey Scholars Program Administrator)
Charley Williams (Bowen School of Law Student)
Dr. Stephen Yanoviak (Biology Assistant Professor – who will also be running the Boston Marathon this year! Also no small feat – you have to qualify to enter that race.)

Relay:

Dr. David Belcher (Provost)
Susan Belcher (Music Instructor)
Paige Breech (Bowen School of Law Student)
Jayme Butts-Hall (Bowen School of Law Student)
Laura Harrington (Bowen School of Law Student)
Sarah Howard Jenkins-Hobbs (Bowen School of Law Professor)
Sherry McDowell (Bowen School of Law Student)
LaShonda Norfolk (Speech Communications Administrative Assistant III)
Nicholas Norfolk (Information Science Student)
Aaron Sites (Bowen School of Law Student – his team got 2^nd Place in the Coed Division – congratulations Aaron!)

Volunteer:
Dixie Quinn (Bowen School of Law Student)

Congratulations to all!

Photos courtesy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Little Rock Marathon.