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More than 400 participants
showed up at 7:30 Saturday morn
ing to try their skills in the first
Texas A&M Marathon. The race,
sponsored by Phi Epsilon Kappa, a
physical education fraternity, the
Aerobics Club and the Brazos Val-
Icy Joggers, is an endurance of 26
miles, 385 yards.
The winner, David Erler, 22,
graduate student in Recreation and
Resources Development, came in
easily in 2 hours 32 minutes 35 sec
onds.
The half marathon was won by
17-year-old Greg Batts in one hour
16 minutes 48 seconds. The quarter
marathon was won by senior PE
major Kyle Heffner in 35 minutes
40 seconds.
Even youngsters tried out.
Eight-year-old David Reyna com
pleted the quarter marathon in 46
minutes 40 seconds.
Battalion photos by Jim Crawley,
Mike Willy and Molly Guire
Marathon
The trials of marathon running . . . Graduate student David Erler, 22, from
Burnsville Minnesota, experiences the loneliness of being out in the lead on
the road in the 26 mile 385 yard run. Hidden by overcast sides when the race
started, the sun beat down on him two hours 32 minutes later when he came
in victorious.