Honolulu Marathon top 100 Big Island Finishers

PLACE	OVERALL	FNAME	LNAME	SEX	AGE	CITY	ST	RTIME
1	42	JASON	BRASWELL	M	34	KAILUA-KONA	HI	2:52:34
2	61	LYMAN	PERRY	M	45	VOLCANO	HI	2:58:15
3	67	TOMMY	VONACH	M	40	KAILUA KONA	HI	2:58:35
4	68	SAL	SALMI	M	58	KAILUA-KONA	HI	2:58:36
5	115	ALAN	RYAN	M	42	LAUPAHOEHOE	HI	3:07:21
6	164	JOE	BARCIA	M	42	KEAAU	HI	3:13:31
7	166	THOMAS	WIPP	M	47	WAIKOLOA	HI	3:13:59
8	288	JON	JOKIEL	M	47	KAILUA-KONA	HI	3:25:01
9	353	DOUG	ANDREWS	M	39	KAILUA KONA	HI	3:28:16
10	372	MARK	RAVAGLIA	M	41	KAMUELA	HI	3:29:15
11	433	BROOKE	MYERS	F	31	KAILUA KONA	HI	3:32:27
12	505	PATRICK	LEATHERMAN	M	28	KEALAKEKUA	HI	3:36:25
13	520	RIO	MICELI	M	29	KAPAAU	HI	3:36:55
14	522	JOSEPH	WEDEMANN	M	47	KEAAU	HI	3:37:02
15	579	ELLIS	ANDREWS	M	68	KAILUA KONA	HI	3:39:03
16	589	CURTIS	NECK	M	27	HILO	HI	3:39:21
17	590	MELANIE	AIONA	F	38	KAMUELA	HI	3:39:23
18	811	MELODY	NIETFELD	F	56	KAPAAU	HI	3:46:45
19	835	MELISSA	BRASWELL	F	34	KAILUA-KONA	HI	3:47:45
20	850	FERDINAND	BABAS	M	40	HILO	HI	3:48:05
21	854	TRAVIS	LUND	M	44	HILO	HI	3:48:07
22	913	JEREMY	WITHROW	M	34	KAILUA-KONA	HI	3:49:49
23	930	ALEXANDRA	HERD	F	23	KAILUA KONA	HI	3:50:12
24	991	MICHAEL	BROWN	M	34	PEPEEKEO	HI	3:51:42
25	1019	MONICA M	PRICE	F	40	KAILUA KONA	HI	3:52:12
26	1029	IAN	SMITH	M	38	HILO	HI	3:52:28
27	1036	NIKKA	TAKANE	F	22	HILO	HI	3:52:39
28	1075	JERRY	MITCHELL	M	58	KONA	HI	3:53:24
29	1104	TAI	SCARBROUGH	M	35	HONAUNAU	HI	3:54:08
30	1108	LYLE	BALINGIT	M	40	PEPEEKEO	HI	3:54:11
31	1198	JIMMY	PARK	M	59	HILO	HI	3:55:38
32	1202	SYLVIA	RAVAGLIA	F	35	KAMUELA	HI	3:55:43
33	1237	CANDONINO	AGUSEN	M	17	KAILUA KONA	HI	3:56:28
34	1239	CHRISTOPHER	SMITH	M	50	HOLUALOA	HI	3:56:28
35	1243	KRISTIN	DROST	F	32	KAILUA-KONA	HI	3:56:33
36	1430	VERONICA	WEDEMANN	F	37	KEAAU	HI	3:59:37
37	1464	KENTARO	KIMOTO	M	22	HILO	HI	4:00:16
38	1571	AINOA A	NANIOLE	M	33	HILO	HI	4:02:51
39	1594	CHITWIN	SAN TUN	M	44	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:03:31
40	1603	KAWIKA	SINGSON	M	49	KONA	HI	4:03:46
41	1685	DANIEL	JESSER	M	60	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:05:22
42	1704	NAKANA	RIVERA	M	33	MOUNTAIN VIEW	HI	4:05:43
43	1727	SALLY	MARRACK	F	42	HILO	HI	4:06:03
44	1810	JOHN	FERDICO	M	46	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:07:46
45	1902	ANDREA	MCTAMANEY	F	39	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:09:10
46	1911	MELYN	VIGILLA	M	47	KEAAU	HI	4:09:20
47	1913	FROILAN	RIVERA	F	61	MOUNTAIN VIEW	HI	4:09:21
48	1914	BILLY	TOLLETT	M	30	KEAAU	HI	4:09:21
49	1937	VICTOR	EISEN	M	49	PAHOA	HI	4:09:48
50	1956	NICOLAUS	HOGGAN	M	27	HILO	HI	4:10:10
51	1960	SUSAN	CORDELL	F	50	HILO	HI	4:10:18
52	1962	KURT	KRISMAN	M	47	HILO	HI	4:10:20
53	1971	KERSTIN	BUSSE	F	43	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:10:31
54	2074	WINONA	CHEN	F	22	HILO	HI	4:12:25
55	2080	FLORIAN	NUSSBERGER	M	40	HILO	HI	4:12:36
56	2134	KATE	EPPINGER	F	29	HILO	HI	4:13:24
57	2217	SHIRLEY	PRATT	F	51	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:14:40
58	2227	BUD	QUITIQUIT	M	66	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:14:49
59	2300	CHRISTOPHER	CURRY	M	28	HILO	HI	4:16:02
60	2333	AMANDA	WEIHER	F	25	WAIKOLOA	HI	4:16:35
61	2471	MIYA	SHIBANO	M	71	HILO	HI	4:18:44
62	2525	BINDI	WIERNICKI	F	40	HAWI	HI	4:19:32
63	2584	DANE	DECKER	M	66	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:20:34
64	2598	NICHOLAS	AH YO	M	40	PEPEEKEO	HI	4:20:46
65	2606	JESSIE	ROBINSON	F	29	WAIKOLOA	HI	4:20:50
66	2692	KRISTI	KANG	F	42	HILO	HI	4:22:07
67	2816	JAMES	LEE	M	46	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:24:05
68	2938	BRIAN	COLLINS	M	39	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:25:34
69	2958	SUMMER	CHINEN	F	24	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:25:43
70	3067	KAIPO	CARLOS	F	44	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:27:01
71	3129	J	ASHFORD	M	56	WAIKOLOA	HI	4:27:51
72	3175	DON	ZIMBECK	M	71	OCEAN VIEW	HI	4:28:26
73	3178	JAMES	IMAI	M	21	HILO	HI	4:28:27
74	3184	MATTHEW	MATHER	M	42	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:28:30
75	3354	ROB	VAN GEEN	M	51	WAIKOLOA	HI	4:30:50
76	3368	GEORGE	FOGARTY	M	27	HILO	HI	4:31:01
77	3381	BILL	DAVIS	M	47	KAPAAU	HI	4:31:10
78	3383	DAVIN	PADILLA	M	34	HILO	HI	4:31:11
79	3522	VINNIE	VASQUEZ	M	43	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:33:07
80	3683	KYLE	MINEMOTO	M	23	HILO	HI	4:35:15
81	3829	MAGGIE	MURPHY	F	61	KEAUHOU	HI	4:37:09
82	3903	MARK	CURRY	M	48	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:38:06
83	3919	ALAN	TAKANE	M	56	HILO	HI	4:38:19
84	3924	DAWNA	TAKANE	F	51	HILO	HI	4:38:21
85	3949	THERESA	MENKE	F	39	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:38:42
86	3964	DAVID	ESTESS	M	65	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:38:53
87	3965	ROBIN	BAUMAN	F	45	KEAAU	HI	4:38:55
88	3972	CHRISTOPHE	CLERGEON	M	30	HILO	HI	4:38:59
89	3993	PETER	LASICH	M	62	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:39:11
90	4065	JASON	HAMADA	M	30	KAILUA KONA	HI	4:40:08
91	4075	ANTHONY	NOLTA	M	60	HILO	HI	4:40:14
92	4127	BRIAN	PETERSON	M	37	KAMUELA	HI	4:40:54
93	4192	JUSTINA	WOOD	F	22	PAAUILO	HI	4:41:28
94	4194	KHAROM	KRUASUKHON	F	41	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:41:29
95	4248	ALEXIS NICOLE	RODRIGUEZ	F	23	KAILUA-KONA	HI	4:42:14
96	4339	TRUDY	SLEIGHTHOLM	F	34	HILO	HI	4:43:16
97	4340	MELANIE	KEOLANUI	F	33	HILO	HI	4:43:17
98	4443	JASMINE	URASAKI	F	42	HILO	HI	4:44:27
99	4445	CHAD	URABE	M	37	HILO	HI	4:44:28
100	4543	ARSENIO	CASIL	M	32	PEPEEKEO	HI	4:45:19

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Big Islanders Gearing Up for the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday

Davin Padilla

On Sunday morning than 200 Big Island residents will be getting up before the crack of dawn to run the Honolulu Marathon, many of them for the very first time.

The Honolulu Marathon has become the launching ground for many first time marathoners. More than 40 percent of the more than 22,000 people toeing the starting line will be doing their maiden 26.2 mile run, walk, jog or crawl in the pre dawn hours.

“My expectations for this first marathon is to essentially do my personal best, to perform as well as, if not better than on practice runs,” Hilo’s Davin Padilla.

Padilla is a math teacher at Hilo Intermediate School where he teaches 8^th grade pre-algebra.

“I was inspired by my principal, Esther Kanehailua, whose first marathon was in Honolulu a couple of years ago,” Padilla said.

Since July 2010 Padilla has logged a total of 804 miles over 129 activities.

“Of those 804 miles, 401 miles were done over 44 activities from my 33^rd birthday in June of this year till now leading up to Honolulu,” Padilla said.

Sleightholm

Padilla’s friend and training partner, Trudy Sleightholm, will be joining him in the race, but Sleightholm will be doing her second consecutive Honolulu.

“When I did the race last year I didn’t know what to expect, but now I’ll be better prepared,” she said.  “I really just love the time outside running, taking in all the awesome scenery and enjoying time with friends who share the same passion as I do.”

Sleightholm is anxious about doing her second marathon in Honolulu as she will be joined by numerous friends.

“I am so excited to run this year’s race, more friends are doing it and taking a liking to the runners high,” she said with a grin.

This year, with a little more experience under her belt, Sleightholm decided to train harder for the marathon challenge.

“I’ve been running six times a week and I did longer runs,” she said.  “I ran three 19 milers and I did a 20 miler and two 21 milers.  I kept my mileage higher to stay stronger.”

Padilla made his marathon announcement on Facebook for all of his friends to see.

“I’m not trying to boast,” he said.  “The announcement was a way to keep myself accountable.  I know I have the heart and drive to do it.”

Cheryl Kiefer

Dove George

Cheryl Kiefer of Keaau will also be trying a marathon for the first time.

“I’m doing the Honolulu Marathon because it’s been a goal of mine to do a marathon before I turn 60,” Kiefer said.  “I’ll be 60 the day after Christmas, so this is the year to fulfill my dream and my goal.”

Kiefer will be joined at the race by her daughter, Dove George.

“Dove and I plan to do the race together, as she is doing it for my birthday,” Kiefer said. “We are planning on just walking as neither of us has ever done a marathon.”

“I’m doing it because it is my mom’s birthday and it is hard to say NO to my mom,” George said.  “I am not excited about doing 26.2 miles, as I’m dreading it actually.  I’ll try to stay with her for as long as I can as this is the only reason for me to it.”

As for a goal George is just hoping to finish the race with no after effects.

“I’m just hoping that I won’t be super sore the next week,” George said.  “I’ll try to run part of it just to get it over with faster, but will stay with my mom no matter what.”

Joe & Veronica Wedemann

The marathon usually drains all the energy out of a runner by mile 22 and for those that didn’t properly train there will be a slow walk up Diamond Head on their way to the finish line at Kapiolani Park, according to Hawaiian Paradise Park Firefighter, Joe Wedemann.

Wedemann should know as he has finished 11 marathons with a personal best time of 3 hours and 24 minutes.

“To avoid hitting the wall runners would have needed to prepare properly by running a 20 or 22 miler four to five weeks prior to race day,” Wedemann said.

Wedemann will be joined by his wife Veronica who will be doing her fourth marathon with a personal best time of 4:10.

“I enjoy doing this race, primarily because my wife is in it,” Wedemann said.  “We did some long training runs together and we enjoy the time we spend running as quality time.”

Wedemann advises first time marathoners to relax during the opening miles of the race.

“Probably the most important advice to a first time marathoner is for them not to go out too fast in the first 6 miles, so that they can have some gas in the tank for the last 6 miles,” he said.

Veronica Wedemann prepared throughout the year to run the marathon.  She built up her mileage during the past six months to avoid the misery which is accompanied by hitting that invisible wall.

“My training throughout the year was 5 to 10 miles per week and I built up to 45 miles per week in the six months prior to race day,” she said.

“I like the Honolulu Marathon because with so many people doing it I can get distracted and forget how much pain I am in,” she said.  “This year I am hoping to finish around 4 hours 30 minutes.”

The race has generated more than $100 million in economic impact for Hawaii each of the last six years and is totally self-supporting, receiving no subsidy from the Hawaii Tourism Authority according to marathon media consultant Pat Bigold.

“We are the 10^th largest marathon in the world and last year we had 20,168 finishers,” Bigold said. 

This year’s race is expected to exceed 24,000 in registration and of that number 8,879 will be first time marathoners with nearly 6,000 of those coming from Japan, according to Bigold.

The Honolulu Marathon will provide a complete list of Honolulu Marathon finishers to the Tribune which will be published in a timely manner.