Sunday, February 28, 2010

Coach, Rabbit & Record Holder


Marcus O'Sullivan made his Armory debut on February 9, 2002, as a 40 year old masters runner. In an unusual episode, Marcus served as a rabbit in the 3000 meter championship race -- a race that had three of his own collegiate runners competing (see photo above with Ryan Hayden trailing his coach early on). In the race, Ryan Hayden (8:00.60) was beaten by a stride by Stanford's Seth Hejny (7:59.91). O'Sullivan was working his way to a master's world record at 3000 meters, which he attained on February 26, 2002 when he ran 8:09.13 at Penn State. Villanova's Tom Parlapiano won that race, but the Villanova coach came third, setting a record that was broken only in January 2010. The results of that WR effort for O'Sullivan were:

Men 3000 Meter Run
1 Parlapiano, Tom SO Villanova 8:07.49
2 Estwanik, Chris SR Wake Forest 8:07.57
3 O'Sullivan, Marcus Villanova TC 8:09.13
4 Collings, Ian West Virginia 8:10.93
5 Watson, Pete West Virginia 8:14.39
6 Welsh, Dylan JR Georgetown 8:16.02
7 Costello, Greg JR Bucknell 8:18.14
8 Osborn, James SR Villanova 8:26.03
9 Esselborn, Chris Georgetown TC 8:26.42
10 Sabatino, Zack West Virginia 8:28.20
11 Barrett, Dave SR Wake Forest 8:28.79
12 Fraser, John James Madison 8:28.81
13 Sheehan, Ryan FR St. Francis 8:30.01
14 Tisserand, Clint SR Army 8:32.98
15 Bahnuk, Mark James Madison 8:34.64
16 Bennett, Erick West Virginia TC 8:34.75
17 Johnston, Bryan JR Bucknell 8:37.80
18 Smith, Brian FR Wake Forest 8:37.98
19 Ice, Andrew FR Wake Forest 8:41.21
20 Moyer, Steve Duquesne 8:41.91
21 Millioen, Charlie Georgetown TC 8:43.16
22 Borrelli, Kevin Duquesne 8:53.36

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