Team Vance members compete in OKC Memorial Marathon

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  • By Ensign Rex Miller
  • 71st Flying Training Wing Public Affairs
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --  Several Team Vance members participated in the 10th annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon Sunday, April 25. More than 10,000 runners took part in the event which started and finished in the Bricktown district of downtown Oklahoma City. Individual racers competed in full and half marathon distances and relay teams of five ran the marathon distance with teammates taking five, 10 or 12 kilometer legs. There was also a non-competitive five kilometer Memorial Walk for families and a 1.2 mile Kid's Marathon for competitors 11 years old and younger.

The Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon was founded in 2000 by Thomas Hill and Chet Collier. The two were training for their first marathon when they decided not only to start a marathon for Oklahoma runners but to run the race in support of the Oklahoma City National Memorial dedicated to the victims of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

Team Vance finishers:

5th Flying Training Squadron:

Relay team "Spitten Kitten Blue": Lt. Col. Scott Hughes - 10 kilometer leg, Lt. Col. Matt Holthoff - 5k leg, Lt. Col. Bruce Shelton - 12k leg, Maj. David Bullock - 5k leg, Lt. Col. Curt Castillo - 10k leg, finish time: 3 hours 50 minutes 41 seconds, 9th finisher in division
Maj. Ian Bass, half marathon, 2:03:25, 190th finisher in division

71st Medical Group, Aerospace Physiology Training Unit:

Master Sgt. Lori Shackleford, marathon, 4:36:03, 14th finisher in division
Capt. Michael Akins, half marathon, 1:47:38, 38th finisher in division
1st Lt. Ashley Thomas, half marathon, 1:50:23, 29th finisher in division
Tech. Sgt. Adam Lohn, half marathon, 2:13:21, 268th finisher in division
Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn Eaton, half marathon, 1:45:52, 19th finisher in division

71st Operations Group:

Lt. Col. George Truman, half marathon, 2:34:46, 257th finisher in division
Barbra Truman, half marathon, 1:54:52, 32nd finisher in division

71st Flying Training Wing Staff:

Capt. Dave Kirkendall, half marathon, 2:10:39, 246th finisher in division
Tech. Sgt. Laura Puza, marathon, 4:39
Maj. Danielle Willis, relay with 3rd Fighter Training Squadron

71st Comptroller-Contracting Squadron:

Master Sgt. John Ward, marathon, 4:44:33, 14th finisher in division
Staff Sgt. Brad Suggs, half marathon, 2:07:01, 218th finisher in division
Lance Holmes, half marathon, 1:35:07, 9th finisher in division

32nd Flying Training Squadron:

Capt. Matthew Gjertsen, half marathon, 1:24:59, 7th finisher in division
Capt. Tara Erlandson, half marathon, 2:01:20, 104th finisher in division

33rd Flying Training Squadron

Navy Lt. Erik Price, marathon, 4:39:14, 82nd finisher in division. Lieutenant Price also raised a $1,000 for the Team Fisher House.
1st Lt. Kevin Bunten, half-marathon, 2:03:02, 125th finisher in division

3rd Fighter Training Squadron:

Spouses relay team "Warchicks": Maj. Danielle Willis, Lisa Bozeman, Katherine Hollo, Adrienne Schmedthorst, Susan Fischer, Sarah Markowski, 4:44:54, 64th finisher in division
Kelsey Bozeman, kid's marathon finisher
Clay Bozeman, kid's marathon finisher
Brett Bozeman, kid's marathon finisher

8th Flying Training Squadron:

Maj. Vernie Pendley, marathon, 4:40:26, 110th finisher in division
Capt. Joel Gorham, marathon, 5:10:58, 109th finisher in division
Cmdr. Scott Wathen, half marathon, 1:59:57, 108th finisher in division
Maj. Steve Rau, half marathon, 2:56:16, 302nd finisher in division
Capt. Brent Cox, half marathon, 1:48:27, 75th finisher in division
Capt. Zach Tinnin, half marathon, 2:32:52, 361st finisher in division
Sarah Tinnin, half marathon, 2:32:52, 541st finisher in division
Capt. Jon Holland, half marathon, 1:58:49, 150th finisher in division