LetsRun Nation Sees Rhines 7th, Marino 23rd at Olympic Marathon Trials

Here are the results of the US Olympic Marathon Trials prediction contest held by the folks at the LetsRun.com running website. As shown below, Desi Davila is the predicted winner by just about 50 percent of those participating in the contest, with Shalane Flanagan second. Villanova has two women in the race (the third, Kristen Nicolini has scratched from the race): Jen Rhines, who finished third at the 2004 marathon trials (see photo below) and finished 34th at the Beijing Olympic), is listed 7th in the opinion of those participating in the prediction contest. She received 2 first-place predictions. Rhines set a new half-marathon PR earlier this year on this course (which is based on three circuits of an 8-mile loop) in winning the 2011 USA half-marathon championship. First-time marathoner Amanda Marino is 23rd in the poll.


Women's Individual Poll
Name (first place votes) total points

1. Desiree Davila (432) 7258
2. Shalane Flanagan (289) 6736
3. Kara Goucher (34) 5417
4. Magdalena Lewy Boulet (5) 3989
5. Amy Hastings (2) 3625
6. Deena Kastor (5) 3006
7. Jennifer Rhines (2) 1925
8. Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (2) 1517
9. Stephanie Rothstein 1439
10. Blake Russell (2) 1224
11. Tera Moody 1153
12. Clara Grandt 856
13. Colleen De Reuck 758
14. Katie McGregor 733
15. Molly Pritz 649
16. Maegan Krifchin 397
17. Dot McMahan 394
18. Adriana Nelson 208
19. Serena Burla 161
20. Zoila Gomez 146

Others receiving votes: 21. Stephanie Herbst-Lucke 83 22. Melissa White 81 23. Amanda Marino 70 24. Mary Akor 67 25. Rebecca Donaghue 61 26. Emily Harrison 60 27. Jennifer Houck 60 28. Gina Slaby 56 29. Paige Higgins 54 30. Alissa McKaig 46 31. Alisha Williams 40 32. Meghan Peyton 40 33. Linda Somers Smith 38 34. Clara Peterson 33 35. Ariana Hilborn 29 36. Cassandra Slade 26 37. Kelly Jaske 26 38. Katherine Newberry 21 39. Brianne Nelson 20 40. Alvina Begay 20 41. Teresa McWalters 14 42. Diana Bowser 13 43. Amanda Rice 13 44. Erin Nehus 12 45. Wendy Thomas 11 46. Robyn Friedman 10 47. Erin Moeller 9 48. Caroline White 9 49. Esther Erb 9 50. Brooke Wells 8 51. Laurie Knowles 8 52. Camille Herron 8 53. Kristen Nicolini 7 54. Leah Thorvilson 7 55. Kasie Enman 7 56. Christine Ramsey 6 57. Jeannette Faber 6 58. Christa Iammarino 5 59. Brett Ely 4 60. Sheri Piers 3 61. Heidi Westover 3 62. Mattie Suver 2 63. Reilly Kiernan 1 64. Jessica Minty 1

Average Predicted Time for the Winner: 2:26:22