POSTED: Monday February 9th 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Aufdemberge, De Reuck take USA Masters Half Marathon titles

The championships were hosted by the inaugural State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon.

Paul Aufdemberge (Redford, Mich.) surprised pre-race favorite Sean Wade (Houston, Texas) to win the men\‘s title, and Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) easily took the women\‘s crown Sunday at the USA Masters Half-Marathon Championships.  The championships were hosted by the inaugural State Farm Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon.
           
Aufdemberge pulled away during the first five miles, but Wade made contact and the pair dueled until Aufdemberge made one last move, pulling ahead for good with four miles remaining to win the men\‘s race with a time of 1:08:05. Wade was timed in 1:08:32.
 
DeReuck continued her stranglehold on the women\‘s masters field with another impressive victory, winning in 1:13:15. Jody Hawkins (Frisco, Texas) was second in 1:20:06.
           
Aufdemberg was followed in the age-graded men\‘s USA Masters Half-Marathon Championships by Wade and Dennis Simonaitis (Draper, Utah), while De Reuck led the women\‘s division over Kathryn Martin (Northport, N.Y.) and Barbara Miller (Modesto, Calif.).
 
For more information on the 2009 USA Masters Half-Marathon Championships visit www.usatf.org.
About USA Track & Field
 
USA Track & Field (USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world\‘s oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States.
 
For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org

Contact:
Jim Estes
Associate Director of LDR/Marketing
 USA Track & Field
317-713-4661; Jim.Estes@usatf.org

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Keywords · Paul Aufdemberge · Sean Wade · Colleen De Reuck · US Track and Field · USA Masters Half-Marathon Championships · athletics

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