Doubles at the Gusher and Zydeco!

This past weekend, March 7-8, 2015, the 6th annual Exygon and Baptist Hospitals Gusher Marathon and the 2nd annual Zydeco Marathon were held on consecutive days in Beaumont, Texas and Lafayette, Louisiana, respectively.

Twenty-seven (27) runners completed a half marathon or marathon at both events.

Gusher Marathon / Zydeco Marathon (15)

08:34:06 - Rene Kim, 50, Lafayette, CA (4:13:20/4;20:46)
08:34:08 - Miriam Schuman, 50, New York, NY (4:13:20/4:20:48)
08:45:52 - Susan Craig, 46, Soldotna, AK (3:54:58/4:52:24)
09:25:36 - Natalie Dale, 37, Portage, MI (4:28:56/4:56:40)
09:28:58 - Ken Fattman, 59, Walnut Shade, MO (4:44:10/4:44:48)
09:42:17 - Tim Mullican, 54, Mitchell, SD (4:55:17/4:47:00)
09:56:23 - Karen Austin, 36, St. Louis, MO (4:32:56/5:23:27)
09:56:23 - Martin Cronin, 42, St. Louis, MO (4:32:56/5:23:27)
10:07:17 - Steven Holehan, 49, Schenectady, NY (4:44:18/5:22:59)
10:39:58 - Calix Fattman, 12, Walnut Shade, MO (5:13:08/5:26:50)
10:44:37 - Julia O'Carroll, 37, Sulphur, LA (5:06:39/5:37:58)
10:46:59 - Christelle Douillet, 46, Chapel Hill, NC (5:04:04/5:42:55)
11:28:25 - Vern Patterson, 56, Solon, OH (5:42:15/5:46:10)
11:43:34 - Yen Nguyen, 52, Houston, TX (5:42:33/6:01:01)
11:47:48 - Peter Bennett, 40, Houston, TX (5:46:47/6:01:01)

Gusher Marathon / Zydeco Half Marathon (3)

7:32:01 - Cherry Woodsmall, 43, Beaumont, TX (4:50:08/2:41:53)
7:51:59 - Damon McCarty, 34, Clayton, WI (4:57:13/2:54:26)
8:00:33 - Dawn Burris, 51, Beaumont, TX (5:28:40/2:41:53)

Gusher Half Marathon / Zydeco Marathon (2)

7:04:04 - Woody Barton, 47, Silsbee, TX (2:53:27/4:10:37)
8:23:05 - Donna Dullys, 39, New York, NY (2:28:22/5:54:43)

Gusher Half Marathon / Zydeco Half Marathon (7)

3:54:37 - David Pultz, 49, Baton Rouge, LA (1:58:14/1:56:23)
3:59:38 - William Ostheimer, 37, Carencro, LA (2:04:32/1:55:06)
5:00:41 - Sylvia Gilmore, 61, Beaumont, TX (2:18:47/2:41:54)
5:21:32 - John Danigole, 42, Sulphur, LA (2:35:07/2:46:25)
5:57:15 - Vicki Villarreal, 52, Webster, TX (2:52:09/3:05:06)
7:10:33 - Karen Gilman, 53, Beaumont, TX (3:14:17/3:56:16)
7:10:33 - Lauren Rogers, 34, Beaumont, TX (3:14:17/3:56:16)

Additionally, the voice of the Gusher Marathon, Jon Walk, 48, of Spring, Texas, announced the festivities outside of the Montagne Center on the campus of Lamar University before running the half marathon on Sunday - and with the driving force behind the 50 States Marathon Club, Steve Boone, on his first of two loops in his 600th-plus marathon.