TRACY BROWN – Installed 12-93

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 2:49:30 for 11 marathons in 1981

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 2:58 :27 with a best of 246:17

2^nd in age group in Boston Marathon

First in age group 231 times, 2^nd 82 times and 3^rd 42 times.

Ran 60 lunch hour 5K’s with a best of 18:19

Best 10 K was 35:26 – averaged 37:50 in 198 10K’s during 50+ years

Fastest Mile 5:02, 2 Miles 10:59, Half Marathon 1;20:15, Marathon 2:46:17

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 2:49:29 best

Ran the first 7 Long Beach marathons through 1988

Ran Boston Marathon in 1985 in 3:11

Used to run home from work to LaHabra once a week – 20 miles through the streets

Best 10K was 35:55 at Seal Beach, 5:47 mile average

Ran 90 lunch hour 5K’s with a 17:58 best in 1984

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 3:18 – has averaged 3:36 in 19 marathons

He has ran 6 half marathons with a 1:32 best, 7:00 average mile

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 19:36 best. 75 are lunch hour 5Ks including his 19:36 in 2-87

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 10:58

Ran the Claremont 50 mile run in 9:52

Ran 25 marathons with a 3:18 best

Best mile is 5:50, best 10K is 40:03

Best 5K was 19:54 in lunch hour 5K in October 1985

Has ran 102 of 127 lunch hour 5K’s, 2^nd 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 Seal Beach since transferring to Downey to work.

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 22:13 in 11-1985. Second fastest was 22:15 in the first race in 4-1981.

This will be the 18th straight year of running 400+ miles.

Ran 1715 miles in 1992, the most of any Seal Beach runner for 1992.

DAVE CUPELLI - Installed 6-96

Has ran 89 5K races, 6th most.

Ran first 32 races under 20 minutes with best of 19:06

Has ran about 30 races, mostly 10K’s, in Pennsylvania and Southern California

Has 10K best of 40:15 in Pittsburgh

Ran Seal Beach 10K, six times with personal best of 42:26 in Oct 1987

Probably has run more times in Seal Beach than any other runner in last 10 years

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 22:30 in 6 of 9 years.

Ran LA Marathon in 1993 in 4:20

Ran 5 different Half Marathons 10 times with personal best of 1:45

EDGARD ROA - Installed 12-97

Has run 74 lunch hour 5K races, 10^th most. 19:02 best in 12-92

Has ran 66 consecutive races from 19:02 to 21:02 in last 10 years

Has been on Aerospace first team in 62 races, 2^nd most

Ran the Long Beach Marathon in 1990 in 90+ degree heat in 3:56

Ran three half marathons with 1:37 best

Ran seven Seal Beach 5K's with a 40:32 best in 4-92.

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 – 6^th most, 18:59 best in May 1986

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 3:24:41 at 1987 NY Marathon

Has ran all 13 Los Angeles Marathons – one of 346 to run all LA Marathons

Has ran about 20 half marathons with a 1:39 best

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 10^th most of 600 runners participating

Has ran 51 races under 21 minutes, 9 under nineteen minutes.

Personal Best was 18:26 in 12-87. He is 41st fastest runner ever.

Ran the Long Beach Marathon in 1990 in 90+ degree heat in 3:44

Ran five Seal Beach 10K’s with 38:57 best in 1987

Has been on the Corporate first team 53 times, 3^rd 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 18:00 in April 1984

Holds the 50-59 age group record of 18:59

Ran 475 races of 3 miles or greater

Ran 42 marathons with a 2:56 best

Ran 61 10K's with a 36:55 best

Ran 241 5K's with a 17:45 best

Started running in 1977 and has run 41,400 miles

Ran San Francisco and St. George Marathons under 3 hours

Won the Mt. Diablo 10K two years in a row (1996-97)

JOHN ARAUJO - Installed 12-2001

Has ran 70 lunch hour 5K's with a personal best of 15:54 in 1988

Has ran 750 races in last 30+ years

Has ran 26 marathons including all 16 Los Angeles Marathons

Marathon best time is 2:34, best half marathon is 1:08, best 10K is 32 minutes.

Best 5K time is 15:22, best mile is 4:22 and best half mile is 1:59.6

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 20:48 in 1993

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 Huntsville, Alabama in 1990

Ran 3 Seal Beach 10Ks and one 5K. Best SB 10K time of 43:52.

Won first medal by placing 1^st in age group in 2002 Seal Beach 5K

DAVE PARSEL – Installed 12-2003

Won 57 of 59 lunch hour races he has ran in. Fastest is 15:23 in 11-98, 2^nd fastest ever.

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 14:47, 10K PB of 30:37, Half marathon PB of 1:07:08.

Ran 10 marathons with fastest at 2:31:33 in 1999 Pacific Shorline Marathon

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 1^st in state 10K, 2^nd in state 5K

Set 10K Track National Age Group record on 6-8-03

Was USATF 10K National Championship winner on 9-28-03 in 33:00 minutes.

PETER LEW – Installed 12-2004

Has ran the last 68 consecutive races, the 2^nd longest streak ever

Ran his first race in September 1997, and has only missed 3 races since

Peter has ran last 48 races between 21:01 and 22:17

Ran the 2004 Saddleback Half Marathon in 1:50:35

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 20:51

Ran the Manhattan mile three times with a PB of 5:40

Started running after college in 1982 at 195 pounds and now stays at 168

TONY TRUJILLO – Installed 3-06

Has ran 93 lunch hour 5K races with a PB of 20:29 in Feb 2002

Has ran 8 marathons with a 4:07:22 PB in Nov 2001 at the Long Beach Marathon

Has ran 13 half marathons with a PB of 1:39:46 in Jan 2001

Has ran3 Mount Baldy trail runs and one Laguna trail run in 2001

Has ran 12 10K’s including 4 Seal Beach runs with a 43:38 best in Oct 2002

Has 4^th 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, Pennsylvania. His school, Air War College, placed 1^st in the relay and soccer.

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 Cypress 5K in 18:32. Best 10K was 39:50 at the National Corporate race at Santa Barbara.

Has PB of 1:29 at the Orange County Half Marathon

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 2^nd 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