About the author:
Rupantar has been the race director of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team since 1985, having been asked by Sri Chinmoy to serve in that capacity. As well as working on the big races the US Marathon Team organise each year - the 3100 Mile Race and the Six and 10 Day Race - he also spends a considerable amount of time archiving the Marathon Team's 40 year history on this website."California Woman Wins USA/TAC Championship" (Press release). Toy, Atala. September 17, 1989. Retrieved 2012-02-02. Archive copy at the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team office.
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"A woman, for the first time, is the overall winner of a national distance championship. Ann Trason, 29, of Oakland, California, ran 143 miles to win the Sri Chinmoy USA/TAC 24 Hour Championship held September 16-17 in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY. She is now the 1989 USA/TAC 24 Hour Women's Champion. Trason's mileage establishes a new national record for women, bettering by 11 miles the previous record of 132 miles set by Mary Hanudel of Toledo, Ohio in 1986..." En route to her win, Ms. Trason set a women's world record for 100 miles, running 13:55:02 - over one half hour better than her own previous world record of 14:29; and the women's world 12 hour record of 88 miles.
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"Second place winner (c), and the 1989 USA/TAC Men's 24 Hour Champion, is Scott DeMaree, 38, of Colorado Springs, Colorado with 139 1/2 miles."
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Sue Ellen Trapp, Masters woman winner at the Sri Chinmoy USA/TAC 24 Hour Championship. Photo: Adarini |
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For more great photos from the historic race... |
Read Nathan Whiting on the historical significance of the race...
And the final results:
