PAUL AUFDEMBERGE IS NAMED UNITED STATES MASTERS ROAD RUNNER OF THE YEAR
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"Relay" Fred Vanhala of the Front Line Racing Team was the first to alert us to this news:
"Congratulations to Paul Aufdemberge who was named the top masters road runner of the Year at the recent USATF National Convention. Paul won a couple of Masters National titles this year as well as several other prestigious races. Luckily we have Paul running on our men's 40+ cross county team for the fourth consecutive year this coming weekend.
National Championships included...
...the 1/2 Marathon Championship in Melbourne, Florida in a time of 1:08:05.
...the Riverbank Run 25K Championship in Grand Rapids, Michigan in a time of 1:21:08 (Not sure this is considered a National title for Masters, but he was the top Masters runner)
...the 15KM Championship in Buffalo, NY in a time of 46:53
A few other top Michigan victories were...
...Brian Diemer Amerikam 5K in 14:51
...Dexter-Ann Arbor 1/2 Marathon in 1:08:14
...Crim 10 Miler in 50:33"
(from Michigan Running News)