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|  Marine Corps Marathon Event Series Winners Announced Local Marine Jonathan Mbwiri, 21, Takes Overall Male Honors By Beth Cline Johnson December 6, 2008 Quantico, VA For the Washington Running Report
Organizers of the 2008 Marine Corps Marathon Event Series, held
aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, have announced the
winners of the Overall Series Awards in four categories:
overall male, overall female, masters male and masters female.
The awards will be presented in a special ceremony on December
16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Marine Corps Marathon building, located
at 3399 Russell Road in Quantico, VA. Marine Corporal Jonathan Mbwiri, 21, of Quantico, Virginia was
the first place winner in the overall male category with a
total of 47 points. He was the second place finisher at Run
Amuck, third place finisher at RunStock, and received age
category points for his finishes at Butler Relay and Turkey
Trot. Top honors in the overall female category were awarded to
Ashley Landers, 27, of Quantico, Virginia. Landers was the
first female finisher at RunStock and earned age group points
at Turkey Trot to achieve her total of 31 points. Marine Lieutenant Colonel Brad Shultis, 48, of Stafford,
Virginia was the winner of the masters male category with a
total of 28 points. He was the first place masters finisher in
both Butler Relay and RunStock and was the second masters
finisher at Run Amuck. The category of top masters female was a tie between Sally
Evans, 64, of Quantico, Virginia and Denise Adkins, 45, of
Stafford, Virginia, both receiving 12 points. Evans earned age
group points for her participation in RunStock and Turkey Trot.
Adkins earned age group points for her participation in Butler
Relay, RunStock and Turkey Trot. Runners who participated in any of the MCM Event Series races
were eligible for Event Series awards. The four races in the
2008 Event Series were: Butler Relay, held March 29; Run Amuck,
held June 21; RunStock, held August 23; Turkey Trot, held
November 15. Runners received points for their placement within
the open male and female categories, and the master's male and
female categories. Participants also received points within
five year age group categories beginning with 10-14.
Complete results for all of the Event Series races are available at www.marinecorpshistorichalf.com.
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