U.S.A. 2012 Men's Marathon Qualifiers, courtesy of Jim Estes, USATF/ note by Larry Eder

2010 Boston showed three American males in the top ten, plus seven in top 20,
and nine Americans in top 25! Jim Estes of USATF LDR posted the updated
qualifers for 2012 today, so please find them below. Any updates?
Email Jim, at jim.estes@usatf.org!

Just before their race: Ryan Hall, 4th, 2:08:41, Meb

Keflezighi, 5th, 2:09:26, photo courtesy of PhotoRun.net.

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Rk	Time	Name	Std	Race	Date	Location
1	2:08:41	Ryan Hall (CA)	A	114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/19/10	Boston MA USA
2	2:09:15	Mebrahtom Keflezighi (CA)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
2	2:09:21	Mebrahtom Keflezighi (CA)(2)	A	Flora London Marathon	4/26/09	London ENG
	2:09:26	Meb Keflezighi (CA)(3)	A	114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/19/10	Boston MA USA
	2:09:40	Ryan Hall (CA)(2)	A	B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/20/09	Boston MA USA
3	2:10:00	Dathan Ritzenhein (OR)	A	Flora London Marathon	4/26/09	London ENG
	2:10:36	Ryan Hall (CA)(3)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
4	2:10:36	Brett Gotcher (AZ)	A	Chevron Houston Marathon	1/17/10	Houston TX USA
5	2:12:09	Jason Hartmann (CO)	A	USA Marathon Championships	10/4/09	Minneapolis MN USA
6	2:12:34	Jason Lehmkuhle (MN)	A	114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/19/10	Boston MA USA
7	2:13:00	Jorge Torres (CO)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
8	2:13:46	Nick Arciniaga (MI)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
9	2:13:47	Antonio Vega (MN)	A	114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/19/10	Boston MA USA
10	2:13:51	Josh Cox (CA)	A	California International Marathon	12/6/09	Sacramento CA USA
11	2:14:00	Abdi Abdirahman (AZ)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
12	2:14:32	Jeff Eggleston (AZ)	A	P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon	1/17/10	Phoenix AZ USA
	2:14:39	Jason Lehmkuhle (MN)(2)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
13	2:15:13	Christopher Raabe (DC)	A	Grandma’s Marathon	6/20/09	Duluth MN USA
14	2:15:22	Peter Gilmore (CA)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
15	2:15:27	Mike Morgan (MI)	A	California International Marathon	12/6/09	Sacramento CA USA
16	2:15:29	Luke Watson (PA)	A	USA Marathon Championships	10/4/09	Minneapolis MN USA
17	2:15:30	Sergio Reyes (CA)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
	2:15:45	Antonio Vega (MN)(2)	A	USA Marathon Championships	10/4/09	Minneapolis MN USA
18	2:15:48	Patrick Rizzo (MI)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
19	2:15:50	James Carney (CA)	A	Fortis Marathon Rotterdam	4/11/10	Rotterdam NED
20	2:16:30	Trent Briney (AZ)	A	California International Marathon	12/6/09	Sacramento CA USA
21	2:16:31	Brian Sell (MI)	A	B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/20/09	Boston MA USA
22	2:16:31	Fernando Cabada (CO)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
23	2:16:36	Drew Polley (MI)	A	114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/19/10	Boston MA USA
24	2:16:38	Mike Sayenko (WA)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
25	2:16:45	Mike Reneau (MN)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
26	2:16:49	Dan Browne (OR)	A	IAAF World Championships Marathon	8/22/09	Berlin GER
27	2:16:52	Josh Ordway (OH)	A	Chevron Houston Marathon	1/17/10	Houston TX USA
28	2:16:54	Justin Young (CO)	A	Vienna City Marathon	4/18/10	Vienna AUT
	2:17:05	Patrick Rizzo (MI)(2)	A	B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/20/09	Boston MA USA
29	2:17:15	John Crews (NC)	A	Philadelphia Marathon	11/22/09	Philadelphia PA USA
30	2:17:28	Tyler Sigl (WI)	A	USA Marathon Championships	10/4/09	Minneapolis MN USA
31	2:17:38	Matt Gabrielson (MN)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
32	2:17:41	Chad Johnson (MI)	A	114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/19/10	Boston MA USA
33	2:17:42	Michael McKeeman (PA)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
34	2:17:49	Allen Wagner (PA)	A	2009 USA Men’s Marathon Championship	11/1/09	New York NY USA
35	2:17:54	Edwardo Torres (CO)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
36	2:17:56	Drew Shackleton (CA)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
	2:17:58	Mike Morgan (MI)(2)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
37	2:18:00	Kyle Shackleton (CA)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
38	2:18:02	Jeff Jonaitis (IL)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
39	2:18:24	Chris Pannone (NJ)	A	California International Marathon	12/6/09	Sacramento CA USA
40	2:18:39	Brian Baker (CA)	A	Tri-City Medical Center Carlsbad Marathon	1/24/10	Carlsbad CA USA
	2:18:41	Matthew Gabrielson (MN)(2)	A	IAAF World Championships Marathon	8/22/09	Berlin GER
41	2:18:42	Matthew Hooley (WI)	A	Eugene Marathon	5/3/09	Eugene OR USA
42	2:18:45	Stephen Haas (IN)	A	Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon	12/6/09	Las Vegas NV USA
43	2:18:48	Lucas Humphrey (MI)	A	B.A.A. Boston Marathon	4/20/09	Boston MA USA
	2:18:50	Justin Young (CO)(2)	A	Tokyo Marathon	3/22/09	Tokyo JPN
	2:18:52	Peter Gilmore (CA)(2)	A	Rock ‘n Roll Marathon Seattle	6/27/09	Seattle WA USA
44	2:18:53	John Lucas (OR)	A	Bank of America Chicago Marathon	10/11/09	Chicago IL USA
45	2:18:58	Chris Lundstrom (MN)	A	USA Marathon Championships	10/4/09	Minneapolis MN USA
	2:19:18	Mike Sayenko (WA)(2)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
	2:19:57	Trent Briney (AZ) (2)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
	2:20:47	Chad Johnson (MI)(2)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
46	2:20:52	Fazil Bizuneh (AZ)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
47	2:21:40	Joshua Eberly (CO)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA
48	2:21:55	Celedonio Rodriguez (AZ)	A	2008 USA Marathon Championships	10/5/08	Minneapolis MN USA

* Admitted on appeal :
In extremely close cases for qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials –
Men’s Marathon, consideration will be given to tag/chip times which are at or
below the qualifying standard. In addition, any supporting evidence will be
considered by MLDR Executive Committee in close qualifying performances.

Photo above: Jason Lemkuhle runs personal best by 30 seconds at 2010 Boston Marathon, photo courtesy of PhotoRun.net. Lemkuhle ran 2:12:24, for ninth place!

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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