FF/JHM 2009 4-MILE RUN

TESSLING, NAGEL REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS

13-Age group records fall

Record attendance for run and walk

 Here’s a FF/JHM race results riddle for you to try to solve: What does electrical engineering and organic chemistry have in common?

Give up?

Both are the academic calling cards of the 2009 FF/JHM male and female overall 4-mile race winners.

John Tessling, a Purdue University Calumet student currently working on an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, won the race for the second year in a row cranking out a time of 21:41.

Karen Nagel, a graduate of Purdue University Calumet who now teaches chemistry at Valparaiso High School, also defended her 2008 title by easily winning this year’s race in 24:16.

New attendance records were set in both the 4-mile run and 1.5-mile wellness walk.  There were 507 registered runners and 85 walkers signed up to participate in the 2009 event.

Thirteen new age-group standards were set at the November 8 race.  Below is a list of the new record-holders and their new age-group time standards:

 Dustin Navejas (Lowell)                       9 – 10 male                           27:03

Hope Myroup (Union Mills)               11 – 12 female                     26:44

Josh Kane (Portage)                             13 – 14 male                         24:47

Ahmad Altobem (Valpo)                     15 – 16 male                         22:27

James Elia (Valpo)                                 17 – 18 male                         21:48

Mariana Trejo (Chicago)                     19 – 24 female                     26:55

Alberto Perez (Chicago)                     25 – 29 male                         21:56

Karen Nagel (Valpo)                             30 – 34 female                     24:16

Phillip Nafus (Portage)                        35 – 39 male                         22:55

Chris Wickard (Crown Point)             35 – 39 female                     26:18

Carol Pratt (Varna)                               50 – 54 female                     28:10

Diane Dumonte-Slater (Valpo)           60 – 64 female                     37:33

Michelle Obatero (Schererville)       70 – 74 female                     40:52

Tom Magill (Chesterton)                     80+ male                               49:21

 Thanks to the extra effort of this year’s race crew that volunteered to take pictures there are several hundred race photos on the website.

Thanks to all those who participated in the 2009 FF/JHM 4-Mile Run and 1.5-Mile Wellness Walk.

For complete race results, you may visit:  pucraces.com

Metabolic testing is a simple, non-intimidating procedure where you sit in a relaxing chair and breathe into a metabolic analyzer machine for 10-minutes. The unit analyzes the amount of oxygen used during the 10-minutes procedure and converts it to metabolic energy or calories. Each test is performed by a Purdue University Calumet staff exercise physiologist. The machine prints out a report with your metabolic information.

Immediately following the test, the exercise physiologist will explain your test results and answer any questions you may have regarding metabolism, exercise or weight control. The test and counseling session last approximately 30 minutes.

The staff of the Fitness Center at Purdue University Calumet recently launched a new website devoted to racing information for runners. The website, www.pucraces.com, will be the place to learn all the details about the annual races taking place at Purdue Calumet.

The Fitness Center sponsors an annual “Spring Fling” and “Fall Frolic” with routes that run through campus and surrounding neighborhoods.