UA Little Rock community competes in Little Rock Marathon

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.