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News From: Sunday, February 17, 2019 | ||
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Marathon runners talk the Five Points of Life race
(WCJB TV20) Joel Rich won the 2019 Five Points of LIfe Marathon in 3:07. | ||
Five Points of Life Marathon: Gainesville runner wins annual marathon
(The Gainesville Sun) Joel Rich won the 2019 Five Points of Life Marathon in 3:07:49.1 while Gabby Schreffler won the women's race in 3:23:41.7. | ||
News From: Sunday, February 18, 2018 | ||
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Five Points of Life Marathon: Area feel to marathon finishers
(The Gainesville Sun) Zane Grabau won the 2018 Five Points of Life Marathon in 2:38:47.9 while Katherine Santostefano won the women's race in 3:31:17.7. | ||
News From: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 | ||
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Kenyan Peter Kemboi cruises to an easy win in Five Points of Life Marathon
(Gainesville Sun) Kenyan Peter Kemboi won the marathon, fellow countryman Kennedy Kemei captured the half marathon, while Ethiopian Demse Tewabech won the womens half marathon, finishing second overall, less than a second behind Kemei. | ||
News From: Friday, December 18, 2015 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Five Points of Life Kids Marathon
(WTVY.com) Five Points of Life is a foundation started by LifeSouth to raise awareness of the five ways to share life with others through the donation of blood, apheresis, marrow, cord blood and organ and tissue. It also offers classroom programs to students in the Wiregrass area that teach the science and social responsibility of donating. The kids marathon promotes fitness and offers lessons in goal setting. | ||
News From: Sunday, February 15, 2015 | ||
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Hensley Wins Five Points of Life Gainesville Marathon
(Gainesville.com) Bobby Hensley won the Five Points of Life Marathon with a time of 2 hours 44 minutes and 31.5 seconds. | ||
News From: Saturday, February 14, 2015 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Five Points of Life Marathon a race of passion for trio
(Gainesville.com) Scott Ludwig has had a great passion for running and Sunday will mark his last marathon. At the age of 60, Ludwig will have completed 204 marathons when he crosses the finish line. | ||
News From: Monday, February 17, 2014 | ||
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Kogo Wins Five Points of Life Marathon Narrowly
(Gainesville Sun) Abraham Kogo won the Five Points of Life Marathon with a time of 2 hours 33 minutes and 49 seconds. | ||
News From: Monday, February 18, 2013 | ||
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First Woman Wins Five Points of Life Marathon
(Gainesville Sun) Viktoria Poludina originally from Kyrgyzstan was the first woman across the finish line of the Five Points of Life Marathon and was the overall winner as well with a time of 2 hours 42 minutes and 37 seconds | ||
News From: Monday, February 20, 2012 | ||
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High Winds, Humidity Don't Deter Runners In Five Points Of Life Marathon
(Gainesville Sun) Humidity, hills and high winds didn't impose much of a problem on Regean Chiasson who won the marathon with a time of 2 hours 28 minutes and 32 seconds. | ||
News From: Monday, February 21, 2011 | ||
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Russians Rule The Road In Five Points Of Life Marathon
(Gainesville Sun) Alexsandr Buravov won the Five Points of Life Marathon with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes and 33 seconds. | ||
News From: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
5 Points Of Life Marathon
(Ocala.com) The Five Points of Life Marathon will kick off on January 22 and events include a 5K and half-marathon race. | ||
News From: Monday, February 15, 2010 | ||
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Runners Brave Cold To Race in Five Points of Life Marathon
(The Gainesville Sun) The fifth annual Five Points of Life Marathon began at 7 am on Sunday in temperatures below freezing. Matt Loiselle, Toronto, won the overall marathon title with a time of 2 hours 25 minutes and 34 seconds. | ||
News From: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 | ||
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Human Interest Story | ||
Five Points Of Life Marathon Draws Crowd
(Ocala.com) More than two-hundred and fifty students completed their final 1.2 miles of the Five Points of Life Marathon on Saturday which allowed them to complete the full marathon distance over a time span of several weeks. | ||
News From: Monday, February 23, 2009 | ||
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Another 'Life' time at 5 Points Marathon
(Gainesville Sun) Matt Loiselle of Toronto Canada won the Fourth Annual Five Points of Life Marathon in Gainesville Florida. His time of two hours, 26 minutes and 50 seconds was just missed the course record of 2 hours 25 minutes and 29 seconds. Ideal conditions greeted the runners with temps in the low 40's and barely a trace of wind | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
450 kids complete marathon at Five Points of Life Kids Marathon
(The Gainseville Sun) Saturday marked the final steps for over four hundred and fifty children completed the twenty six point two mile distance of a marathon. Race director Brite Whitaker stated that the running "teaches kids not only healthy lifestyles and sets them on the course for future exercise". | ||
News From: Monday, February 25, 2008 | ||
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Russian wins Five Points of Life Marathon
(The Gainesville Sun) 27-year-old Russian Denis Zhalybin moved to Gainesville two months ago. Originally from southern Russia, Zhalybin moved to the U.S. to run marathons. His plan seems to have worked well as he cruised to the victory in just over two hours easily besting Brett Howell of Gainesville who ran the 26.2 mile race in two hours thirty-six minutes and fifty-seven seconds. | ||
News From: Monday, February 19, 2007 | ||
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Schneider Tops Field In Five Points Of Life Marathon
(Gainesville) University of Florida 2005 graduate and four-year member of the cross country team Brent Schneider used his experience to ease past the competition and finish first in a time of two hours, 26 minutes and 30 seconds. | ||
News From: Sunday, February 18, 2007 | ||
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Five Points Of Life Race Promotes Competitiveness For A Good Cause
(Gainesville) Athletes who will participate, motivated by prize money and /or the possibility of qualifying for Boston Marathon. Also, for charity. | ||
News From: Thursday, February 15, 2007 | ||
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Running Five Points Of Life Part Of Recovery For Cancer Survivor
(Gainesville) Raida Woll Gomez will participate in her sixth marathon. Six years ago, she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloma Leukemia and had almost a zero chance of survival. | ||
News From: Monday, February 20, 2006 | ||
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Experience Rules Five Points of Life Marathon
(Gainesville) Results and winner's comments on the race are given. | ||
Runners Go the Distance at Five Points of Life Marathon
(Gainesville) A Russian won the marathon and a Ukrainian captured the women's title. | ||
News From: Sunday, February 19, 2006 | ||
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Pre-Race Review/ Lineup | ||
Five Points of Life Marathon Draws Field of More than 800
(Gainesville) A Russian and a Kenyan are considered the favorites this morning. On the women's side, the fastest competitor in the field is from the Ukraine | ||
Human Interest Story | ||
These Five Point of Life Marathoners Believe In the Cause
(Gainesville) Article on runners who are participating to benefit organ, tissue and blood donation. | ||
Area Runners Get Set for Today's Five Points of Life Marathon
(Gainesville) Information on the marathon is given. |
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