13th Annual

MERCER MIRACLE MILE

Mercer, PA July 6, 1996


IRISH DOMINATE THE DOWNHILL MILE


The Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame dominated the 13th annual Mercer Miracle Mile in Mercer, Pennsylvania. The downhill mile is the oldest certified road mile in the state. It is also ranked as the "fastest certified mile course in the country." No other certified mile can boast a 200' elevation drop from start to finish.

Michael McWilliams, local running ace from Grove City, won the event with a time only 27/100ths of a second away from breaking a four minute mile which has only been accomplished a handfull of times in the past 13 years on this course.

McWilliams earned All America honors five times during his career at Notre Dame. He recently won the Gatorade Steelers Race and the Brentwood Firecracker 5K's in Pittsburgh with times of 14:43 and 14:46.

The added feature to this year's race was the fact that McWilliams had a wedding to attend at 3pm the same day. It wasn't to be just any wedding--it was to be his own!!

Many of Mike's college classmates and teammates were in town for the wedding, and of course they were all in the race too. A total of 13 states were represented.

In 40-50 years or so, Mike will likely be one of the few runners in history to sit back in his rocking chair and tell his grandkids how he ran a 4:00 mile on the morning of his wedding.

Good Luck Mike and Congratulations!!

MENS RACE

       CLASS
 PLACE PLACE                  FINISHER                  TIME

    1    1  Michael McWilliams, 23, Grove City, PA     4:00.26  
    2    2  Jason Rexing, 20, Denver, CO               4:00.57  
    3    3  Mike Conway, 20, Springfield, VA           4:01.53  
    4    4  Derek Seiling, 22, Denver, CO              4:08.86  
    5    5  Will Clark, 23, Los Altos, CA              4:10.30  
    6    6  Joseph Dunlop, 21, Grand Island, NY        4:10.72  
    7    7  Jeff Matsumoto, 24, Phoenix, AZ            4:12.08  
    8    8  Shane Du Bois, 24, Waukegum, IL            4:12.50  
    9    9  J R. Meloro, 23, Oradell, NJ               4:13.58  
   10   10  Joe Rayer, 23, Cary, NC                    4:14.41  
   11    1  Nathan Knuth, 25, Bryn Mawr, PA            4:22.23  
   12   11  Andrew Burns, 22, Roswell, GA              4:24.42  
   13   12  Chuck Seipel, 22, Grove City, OH           4:24.70  
   14    1  John Tremblay, 18, Corry, PA               4:29.36  
   15   13  John Cowan, 23, Coronado, CA               4:30.03  
   16   14  James Trautmann, 23, Mishawaka, IN         4:30.39  
   17    1  S Mark Courtney, 40, Grove City, PA        4:30.70  
   18    2  Gary Puleio, 18, Meadville, PA             4:40.66  
   19       TURKEY                                     4:44.16  
   20   15  Jeff Mackey, 23, Rocky Hill, CT            4:46.58  
   21   16  Thomas Cholis, 22, Washington, DC          4:47.81  
   22    2  Mike Drake, 26, San Francisco, CA          4:48.97  
   23    2  Steve Simons, 42, Granger, IN              4:49.76  
   24    3  Darren Catanzaro, 18, Pittsburgh, PA       4:51.51  
   25   17  Chris Coghlan, 22, Boardman, OH            4:53.28  
   26    1  Jay Kremm, 31, Sharpsville, PA             4:56.86  
   27    1  Kerry Beck, 36, Hubbard, OH                4:56.88  
   28    2  Michael Sandrock, 32, Oil City, PA         4:57.13  
   29   18  Jack Elliot, 23, Penfield, NY              5:04.82  
   30    4  Rohit Bhasin, 18, Pittsburgh, PA           5:09.29  
   31    3  John Monnin, 34, Sharon, PA                5:12.51  
   32    1  Larry Deremer, 49, Warren, PA              5:13.85  
   33    1  Chuck Oesterling, 50, Renfrew, PA          5:15.88  
   34    2  Larry Deremer, 49, Warren, PA              5:20.79  
   35    1  Bob Sauers, 56, French Creek, NY           5:21.83  
   36    2  Chuck Oesterling, 50, Renfrew, PA          5:23.76  
   37   19  Jason Pett, 22, Ellicott City, MD          5:25.07  
   38    3  H J. Merriman, 46, Pittsburgh, PA          5:29.45  
   39    3  Francis Sherwood, 41, Sharon, PA           5:29.76  
   40    5  Jeff Freeman, 16, Meadville, PA            5:30.91  
   41    4  Jon Somerville, 44, Butler, PA             5:36.67  
   42    6  Gabe Rowe, 16, Mercer, PA                  5:43.98  
   43   20  Matt Kerr, 22, Pt Jefferson St, NY         5:56.67  
   44    5  Frank Rahde, 43, Canfield, OH              6:26.35  
   45    1  Jesse Merriman, 13, Pittsburgh, PA         6:39.04  
   46    1  Thomas Mahoney, 10, Hubbard, OH            8:25.71  
   47    2  Joey Mahoney, 6, Hubbard, OH               12:19.50  
2 finishers among Men 11 & Under
1 finishers among Men 12 - 15
6 finishers among Men 16 - 19
20 finishers among Men 20 - 24
2 finishers among Men 25 - 29
3 finishers among Men 30 - 34
1 finishers among Men 35 - 39
5 finishers among Men 40 - 44
3 finishers among Men 45 - 49
2 finishers among Men 50 - 54
1 finishers among Men 55 - 59


WOMENS RACE

       CLASS
 PLACE PLACE                  FINISHER                  TIME

    1    1  Maureen Kelly, 22*, Arlington Hts, IL      5:06.63  
    2    2  Angela Hessler, 23*, Columbia, MO          5:16.02  
    3    3  Kristi Kramer, 23*, Sandusky, OH           5:18.92  
    4    1  Debbie Prenatt, 33*, Grove City, PA        5:44.81  
    5    1  Jill Bolmer, 44*, Corry, PA                5:59.07  
    6    2  Nadine Hetrick, 43*, Sharpsville, PA       6:51.13  
    7    4  Jennifer Nagel, 20*, McKees Rocks, PA      7:10.86  
    8    1  Laura Nagel, 11*, McKees Rocks, PA         7:11.17 

1 finishers among Women 11 & Under
4 finishers among Women 20 - 24
1 finishers among Women 30 - 34
2 finishers among Women 40 - 44
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