For 20 years ending in 1986:
Ran 47,475 miles with high of 4,253
in 1980 and 4,239 in 1981 (80+ miles a week!)
Ran 84 marathons including at least
9 each year from 1976 through 1982
Ran 27 straight marathons under 3
hours, averaged
For 10 years in age group of 50-59
(1979-1988):
Ran 32,797 miles averaging over 64
miles a week for 10 years
Ran 495 races (50 a year) including
59 marathons and 198 10K’s
Average marathon time was
2nd in age group in
Boston Marathon
First in age group 231 times, 2nd
82 times and 3rd 42 times.
Ran 60 lunch hour 5K’s with a best
of
Best 10 K was 35:26 – averaged 37:50
in 198 10K’s during 50+ years
Fastest Mile 5:02, 2 Miles
RALPH
CASTRO – Installed 12-94
Ralph started running in 1978
Ralph ran 14,800 miles from
1980-1985, 50 miles a week for 6 years
Ran 3,000 miles in 1982, 60 miles a
week
Has ran 50 marathons with a
Ran the first 7
Ran
Used to run home from work to LaHabra once a week – 20 miles through the streets
Best 10K was 35:55 at
Ran 90 lunch hour 5K’s with a
Has won lunch hour 5K seven times
and has been on first team a record 65 times
JIM
CRANDALL – Installed 12-94
Jim started running in 1981, the same year we started the 5K’s
During his 14 years of running he
has logged 23,000 miles, average 32 miles a week
He has ran 19 marathons with a best
of
He has ran 6 half marathons with a
He has ran 49 10K’s with a 39:36
best and a 42:10 average
He has ran 19 8K’s with a best of
32:10
Jim has run 89 5K’s with a
JOHN
DAVIS – Installed 12-94
John started running in 1973 with
his first marathon in 1977
John has either raced or pace
runners in the Western States 100 mile run for 8 years. He
ran 62 miles in one race and paced runners for 75 miles in
another race
Completed three 50-mile qualifying
runs for the Western States 100 in 1995
Ran the San Juan Trials 50 miles run
in 1984 in
Ran the
Ran 25 marathons with a
Best mile is
Best 5K was
Has ran 102 of 127 lunch hour 5K’s,
2nd most races by any runner
JOAN MCINTYRE - Installed 12-95
Has ran a total of 102 Seal Beach 5K races, only the third
runner and first female to reach 100 races.
Has ran 23 races in
Didn’t
start running until 1980 when she was 44.
Has
been on the mixed team for Space a record 46 times.
NELSON SLAGLE - Installed 12-95
Has ran a record 132 lunch hour 5K’s out of 139 ran. Today is
our 139th race.
Has ran the last 98 consecutive races back to October 1987.
Fastest
race is
This will
be the 18th straight year of running 400+ miles.
Ran
1715 miles in 1992, the most of any
DAVE CUPELLI - Installed 6-96
Has ran 89
5K races, 6th most.
Ran first
32 races under 20 minutes with best of
Has ran
about 30 races, mostly 10K’s, in
Has 10K
best of 40:15 in
Ran Seal
Beach 10K, six times with personal best of 42:26 in Oct 1987
Probably
has run more times in
KATHY KERN - Installed 12-96
Has ran 81
5K races, 7th most, 2nd among women
Once ran
27 straight races - 2nd longest streak
Posted one
of three fastest female times each of last seven years
Posted top
female time in 3 years and second fastest in 3 more years
Ran
under 24 minutes nine straight years and under
Ran LA
Ran 5
different Half Marathons 10 times with personal best of
EDGARD
ROA - Installed 12-97
Has run 74
lunch hour 5K races, 10th most.
Has ran 66
consecutive races from
Has been
on Aerospace first team in 62 races, 2nd most
Ran the
Long Beach Marathon in 1990 in 90+ degree heat in
Ran three
half marathons with
Ran
seven
Participated in 3 biathlons, seven 50 mile bike
rides and one 100 mile bike ride
RICK
SALAS – Installed 12-98
Has run 94 lunch
hour 5K’s – 6th most,
Ran in first lunch hour 5K in April
1981. One of seven
active runners to do so.
Has ran 34 marathons in four states
with a best of
Has ran all 13 Los Angeles Marathons
– one of 346 to run all LA Marathons
Has ran about 20 half marathons with
a
Has ran about 50 10k’s including 11
Seal Beach 10K’s with a 39:34 best in 4-87
GRANT
SCIARANI – Installed 12-99
Has ran 86
lunch hour 5K’s, the 10th most of 600 runners participating
Has ran 51
races under 21 minutes, 9 under nineteen minutes.
Personal
Best was
Ran the
Long Beach Marathon in 1990 in 90+ degree heat in
Ran five
Has been
on the Corporate first team 53 times, 3rd
most.
First
runner inducted while working for other than Boeing or Rockwell - IBM
JIM HELLER - Installed 12-2000
Has ran 60
lunch hour 5K's with a personal best of
Holds the
50-59 age group record of
Ran 475
races of 3 miles or greater
Ran 42
marathons with a
Ran 61
10K's with a 36:55 best
Ran 241
5K's with a
Started
running in 1977 and has run 41,400 miles
Ran San
Francisco and St. George Marathons under 3 hours
Won the
JOHN ARAUJO - Installed
12-2001
Has ran 70
lunch hour 5K's with a personal best of
Has ran
750 races in last 30+ years
Has ran 26
marathons including all 16 Los Angeles Marathons
Best 5K
time is
Captained
several Boeing running teams and helped Boeing set 3 or 4 National records
Ran in a
relay that covered the 1062 mile Baja peninsula
GARLAND SMITH - Installed
12-2002
Has ran 81
lunch hour 5K's with a personal best of
Has ran
about 75 other races in last 30+ years
Ran on
Rockwell Corporate 5 man 25 mile relay team in 1981 - team placed 4th
Ran 3-4
Rockwell Narathons in the 1970's in about 90 minutes
Best 10K
was 42:19 in
Ran
3 Seal Beach 10Ks and one 5K. Best SB 10K time of 43:52.
Won first
medal by placing 1st in age group in 2002
DAVE
PARSEL – Installed 12-2003
Won 57 of
59 lunch hour races he has ran in. Fastest is
Has ran 1000 races in his career including 400 in last 10 years.
He has ran 31,200 miles in last 10 years, an average of 8.5 miles a
day!
5K PB of
Ran 10
marathons with fastest at
Dave ran a
10.2 100 yard dash at Estancia high school in 1973
Orange
Coast College Athlete of the year in 1986-7 when 1st in state 10K, 2nd
in state 5K
Set 10K
Track National Age Group record on
Was USATF
10K National Championship winner on
PETER LEW
– Installed 12-2004
Has ran
the last 68 consecutive races, the 2nd longest streak ever
Ran his
first race in September 1997, and has only missed 3 races since
Peter has
ran last 48 races between
Ran the
2004 Saddleback Half
Has ran 23
10K’s including a PB of 43:23 in the Los Angeles Chinatown 10K
Has ran 5
three-miles races with a PB of
Ran the
Started
running after college in 1982 at 195 pounds and now stays at 168
TONY
Has ran 93
lunch hour 5K races with a PB of
Has ran 8
marathons with a
Has ran 13
half marathons with a PB of
Has ran3
Has ran 12
10K’s including 4 Seal Beach runs with a 43:38 best in Oct 2002
Has 4th
longest lunch hour streak of races run with 55 straight races
Tony scheduled knee surgery a few
days after a 5K so he could walk the next race and preserve streak
RALPH WETTERHAHN – Installed 12-07
Has Ran 100 lunch hour 5K’s.
Ralph’s lunch hour 5K personal best
is 21:42 in 1998 at 56 years of age.
He won the 100 yard dash in 1983 at
the Maxwell Air Force base competition.
Ran a 2:20 880 leg of a relay race
right after playing soccer for 90 minutes in 1983 at Carlyle Barracks,
Ralph is the brother of Joan McIntyre and was in the Air
Force for 29 years. He has flown or refueled the following Boeing planes:
KC-907, KC-135 and KC-10 tankers, the B-47 bomber, F-4 phantom and F-15 Eagle.
DAVID RUSHER – Installed 12-07
Dave’s lunch hour 5K personal best of 19.07 in 1996 at 56
years of age!
Has ran
over 240 races including 72 lunch hour 5K’s.
His best 5K was the
Has PB of 1:29 at the Orange
Has ran 7 marathons with a PB of
3:18 at LA Marathon
Ran the Boston Marathon in 3:34 in
1993 at 53 with food poisoning from the day before.
At age of 60 Dave ran a 19:23 5K and
a 41:09 10K.
STEVE BISHOP – Installed 1-09
Holds the record for fastest time in
our race of 14:36 in 5/90..
Has 2nd best time of
15:14 in 10-90
Personal Best in 5K was 13:48
established in 1984 when qualifying for Olympic Trials
Personal Best of 28:35 in 10K
established in college in 1982
Ran
the Columbus Marathon in '1987.
Time was 2:22.15.
Held records at Montana State
University in 3K, 5K, 10K, 2 mile, 3 mile
Hall of Famer in US Corporate
Athletic Association
Missed College All-American in
Division by 3 seconds
MARK
CALKINS - Installed 12-09
Started running in 1981 at the Huntington Beach Cliffs and
Bolsa Chica Beach at low tide.
Began tracking runs in 4-1999 and has averaged 62 miles a
month for a total of 7900 miles
Once ran 53 consecutive races through July 2003, 7th
longest streak ever.
Has ran 107 lunch hour 5K’s and 132 races including 6 half
marathons and 2 marathons
His 5K Personal Best was 20:47 in our monthly February 2001
race
His 10K Personal Best was 46:34 in the Seal Beach 10K in
April 2002.
Ran Southern California Half
Marathon in 1:44:30 in 12-05, a hilly Saddleback Half Mara-
thon in 1:49:43 in 11-2000 and the Long Beach
Half Marathon in 1:56:42 in 11-2000
Ran 3:59:04 Marathon in Detroit on
10-08 and 4:12:54 in Los Angeles Marathon in 3-01
RICH
TERRELL – Installed 12-10
Rich started running at a fun
fitness event at a community park at about 10 years of age
Rich Ran a PB of 4:33 in the mile
and 9:36 for 2 miles both while running cross country at
Paramont High School
Ran 90 lunch hour 5K’s and 9 other
5K’s with a PB of 19:33 in our 5 K in 2007
Ran 34 10K’s with a PB of 41:40
Ran 19 half marathons and ten milers
with a PB of 1:41:35 in the half marathon
Ran 6 marathons with a PB of 3:03 at
the Anaheim marathon in 1971
Rich ran his first marathon at Palos
Verdes in 1970
Earned a black belt in King Fu San Soo
Bikes 4 miles to and from work most
days for the last 12 years
Rich has attended four summer Olympics
including Montreal in 1976 and Athens, Greece in 2004