FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jason Lehmkuhle, Antonio Vega, Michelle Frey
to Run the Boston Marathon on April 19;
Meghan Armstrong at Mt. SAC Relays April 16
Minneapolis/St. Paul - April 13, 2010 - Three Team USA Minnesota distance
runners - Jason Lehmkuhle, Antonio Vega and Michelle Frey - will be
among the elite field at the 114th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 19.
The Patriot's Day event, with a field of 25,000 participants, starts in
Hopkinton, goes through eight cities and towns and finishes in Boston's
Back Bay. Competitors will be vying for a prize purse of $806,000.
Lehmkuhle and Frey (formerly Lilienthal) have raced at Boston previously,
with Vega making his first appearance at this marathon. Lehmkuhle has a
best of 2:12:54 in the marathon which he set at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's
Marathon Trials where he placed fifth. In the 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon
Trials, he was ninth overall. His marathon credentials most recently
include sixth place at the USA Men's Marathon Championship in New York last
November. So far in 2010, Lehmkuhle has won the Mercedes Half Marathon in
Birmingham on Feb. 14, placed fourth at the USA 15k Championships on March
13 in a personal best time of 43:58, and posted 29:05 at the Crescent City
Classic 10k on April 3.
Vega has competed in two marathons to date, both of which were the
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon where last October he posted a best of
2:15:45. In 2010, Vega's training and racing have come together starting
with his win at the USA Half Marathon Championships on Jan. 17 in a
personal best time of 1:01:54, an eighth place finish at the USA Cross
Country Championships on Feb. 13, and third place at the USA 15k
Championships on March 13 in a personal best time of 43:55. Most recently,
at the Crescent City Classic 10k on April 3 he posted 28:47 as a final
tune-up prior to Boston.
Frey has a best in the marathon distance of 2:35:51, a mark she set at the
2006 USA Women's Marathon Championships at Twin Cities where she placed
fourth. Additional credentials include fourth place at the 2009 USA 25k
Championships and third at the 2007 25k Championships in a personal best of
1:29:53 in the distance, along with third place at the 2007 USA Half
Marathon Championships in a best of 1:12:42. In 2010, as part of her
preparations for Boston, Frey has competed at the USA Half Marathon
Championships, the USA 15k Championships and won the Cowtown Half Marathon
on Feb. 27.
Mt. SAC Relays - April 16
Meghan Armstrong will open her 2010 outdoor track season by
competing in the 5000 meters at the Mt. SAC (San Antonio College) Relays on
April 16. The evening distance carnival will be held at Hilmer Lodge
Stadium Track on the Walnut, Calif. campus. Last year at the Mt. SAC
Relays, Armstrong posted a personal best of 15:41.09 in the 5000.
About Team USA Minnesota
Team USA Minnesota is based in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Formed in 2001, the purpose of the training center is to improve the
competitiveness of post-collegiate American distance running and to develop
Olympians. The athletes are coached by Dennis Barker, head cross country
and track coach at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Team USA Minnesota's
major sponsor is Life Time Fitness (www.lifetimefitness.com) and its silver
sponsor is Twin Cities In Motion (www.mtcmarathon.org). It is also
supported by the New York Road Runners and the USA Distance Project along
with a grant from Running USA. For more information, visit the team's web
site at www.teamusaminnesota.org.
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