Local Elites at 2013 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half Marathon

While the Chevron Houston Marathon's Run For A Reason program will raise more than $2 million for approximately 60 partner charities, another of its success programs -- the Local Elite Invited Runner program -- gives some of the greater Houston area's top amateur runners the opportunity to receive many of the same perks and benefits as the world's best based on their performances at local races last fall.

This year, 37 athletes -- 25 in Sunday's Chevron Houston Marathon and 12 in the Aramco Half Marathon -- will toe the start line after being the first runner to meet a specific time standard for their age group at either last year's Chevron Houston Marathon, the USA Space City 10-Miler, the Houston Half Marathon, the HMSA Classical 25K or the Finish Line Sports Sugar Land 30K.

Included are Houston's Jack Lippincott and Katy's Maria Camacho, the athletes who represent their gender with the most career Houston Marathon finishes, as well as the 2003 Houston Marathon overall winner Sean Wade, who is set to run the half marathon in 2013.

The complete list of athletes, their age, city of residence and how they qualified is listed underneath the event they are racing on Sunday:

Marathon
Bennett, Laura, 45, Houston - 2012 Houston Marathon 40-49
Berry, Jody, 52, Houston - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler 50-59
Bounds, Scott, 60, Houston - 2012 HMSA Classical 25K 60-69
Bustillos, Wilmer, 47, Houston - 2012 Houston Marathon 40-49
Camacho, Maria, 57, Katy - Most Houston Marathons
Caron, Anngela, 31, Sugar Land - 2012 Houston Half Marathon Open
Cuevas, Sim, 52, Houston - 2012 HMSA Classical 25K 50-59
Dowe, T. Kelly Dowe, 41, Houston - 2012 Houston Half Marathon 40-49
Hammervold, Jerry, 60, Sugar Land - 2012 Finish Line Sports 30K 60-69
Harvey, Sabra, 63, Houston - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler 60-69
Jones, Virginia, 32, League City - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler Open
Lawrence, Peter, 41, Houston - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler 40-49
Lippincott, Jack, 66, Houston - Most Houston Marathons
McCurdy, Matthew, 35, Pearland - 2012 Houston Marathon Open
McLean, Richard, 55, Houston - 2012 Finish Line Sports 30K 50-59
Seeley, Suzy, 53, Houston - 2012 Finish Line Sports 30K 50-59
Sharenson, Andrew, 42, Houston - 2012 Finish Line Sports 30K 40-49
Smith, Ryan, 27, Cypress - 2012 HMSA Classical 25K Open
Stoll, Barbara, 51, Houston - 2012 Houston Marathon 50-59
Wade, Sean, 46, Houston - 2003 Houston Marathon Open Winner
Walters, Robert, 52, Houston - 2012 Houston Marathon 50-59
Wilson, Nora, 56, The Woodlands - 2012 HMSA Classical 25K 50-59
Wood, Geri, 64, Houston - 2012 Houston Marathon 60-69
Yoder, John, 41, Houston - 2012 HMSA Classical 25K 40-49
Zywicki, Benjamin, 24, The Woodlands - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler Open

Half Marathon
Figueroa, Sesar, 28, Stafford - 2012 Finish Line Sports 30K Open
Flores, Joe, 53, Houston - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler 50-59
Glasscock, Mike, 65, Kingwood - 2012 Houston Marathon 60-69
Holden, Stacy, 36, Houston - 2012 Finish Line Sports 30K Open
Jamalyaria, Jamal, 60, Deer Park - 2012 Houston Half Marathon 60-69
Kristick, Corrie, 29, Houston - 2012 Houston Marathon Open
Mac Namee, Kimberly, 41, The Woodlands - 2012 Houston Half Marathon 40-49
Marshall, Katherine, 31, Bellaire - 2012 HMSA Classical 25K Open
Meaux, Pam, 52, The Woodlands - 2012 Houston Half Marathon 50-59
Melanson, Joe, 57, Orange - 2012 Houston Half Marathon 50-59
Mullin, Peter, 62, Houston - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler 60-69
Ruane, Kenneth, 71, Orange - 2012 USA Space City 10-Miler 70-79