Nearly 70 UA Little Rock faculty, staff, and students spent a rainy weekend staying active and healthy while competing in the Little Rock Marathon March 2-3. 

The top UA Little Rock runners included Karl Lenser, campus wellness coordinator, who came in 40th out of 3,200 racers in the Half Marathon with an average of 6:56 per mile.

“Overall, I was pleased that I finished, which is always my No. 1 goal, and that my time was pretty good for an old guy,” Lenser said. “The race attracted runners from almost every state plus 17 countries. It was a competitive field of runners.”

Simon Hawkins, director of the Donaghey Scholars Program, finished 63rd in the Marathon with a time of 3:32:29 and an average of 8:07 per mile.

Rebecca Nugent, student activities coordinator at William H. Bowen School of Law, was also a top UA Little Rock competitor after finishing 110th in the Half Marathon with a time of 1:41:21 and an average time of 7:44 per mile.

UA Little Rock sponsored participants in the Little Rock Marathon with a discounted entry fee, training sessions, and T-shirts.

A UA Little Rock team of volunteers also braved the weather to host a hydration station between the sixth and seventh mile marker of the Little Rock Marathon course near the Dassault Falcon jet facility.

“The group braved cold temperatures for hours, a continuous drizzle, and some flurries with the trademark Trojan spirit and big smiles,” said Dr. Abhijit Bhattacharyya, dean of the Graduate School.

UA Little Rock participants and their times include:

5K

Adam Clements, 1:02:47

Jeremy Clements, 1:03:22

Sarah Clemonts, 1:02:52

Serhan Dagtas, 28:15

Natalie DeHart, 52:30

Tierra Isbell, 39:38

Elizabeth Jarrott, 40:08

Moyosooreoluwa Kemi-Rotimi, 38:21

Andrea Lambert, 39:29

Christopher McKenney, 28;14

Joshua Millner, 27:46

Zhu Qing Nim, 35:37

Ashley Pearson, 38:14

Russ Riegel, 35:21

Sabrenna Rodgers-Lee, 56:35

Carson Runnells, 39:45

Allison Smith, 1:02:59

Donna Smith, 1:03:21

Kalyca Spinler, 42:12

Brenda Thomas, 1:09:44

Connie Wordlaw, 1:04:01

10K

Abbas Al-Wahhamy, 1:20:43

Mark Baillie, 1:06:53

Ahmad Bajwa, 1:18:41

Kassandra Castrillo, 1:17:43

Chia-Chu Chiang, 1:27:47

Aaron David, 59:10

Jonas David, 1:24:29

Samantha Devilbiss, 1:17:42

Kishma Francis, 1:49:20

William Harbison, 49:31

Jennifer Ivory, 1:49:20

Lakeshia Jones, 1:06:53

Bronwyn MacFarlane, 1:43:55

Londie Martin, 1:10:42

Erin Mason, 1:21:16

Elvis Mull, 1:19:20

Shakarie Murphy, 1:57:11

Don O’Donnell, 1:27

Rachel Pelissier, 1:38:33

Kyle Pierson, 44:29

Elizabeth Rivera, 1:00:44

Half Marathon

Matthew Erwin, 2:07:09

Kristina Farmer, 2:41:56

Bailey Fohr, 2:35:02

Shannon Gwinn, 3:17:09

Ryan Miller, 1:50:05

Joshua Millner, 2:14:39

Josuanne Nduku, 3:12:26

Rebecca Nugent, 1:41:21

Don O’Donnell, 3:28:10

Kyle Pierson, 2:59:59

Wintersage Red Horse, 2:26:51

Sabrenna Rodgers-Lee, 3:57:12

Jessica Scott, 2:34:34

Gregory Sorenson, 2:02:30

Full Marathon

Simon Hawkins, 3:32:29

Billy Spann, 5:50:53

Christy Spann, 4:24:40

Nathan Street, 3:34:06

David Trower, 6:20:16

Austin Yockey, 4:22:02

In the upper right photo, Dr. Simon Hawkins and Dr. Jessica Scott of the Donaghey Scholars Program proudly show off their Little Rock Marathon medals.