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u luuiuaif ij, i out, uamauutis And they ran The weather was warm Saturday, as some 400 participants from across the United States participated in the eighth annual Columbia Marathon. Ruth Ozmun set a course record in the wr?mpn'<i division and also nullified for the Olympic trials with her 2:49.57 time. Ozmun, a track coach at Taylor University in Indiana, bested the record of 2:51.13 set by Lisa Lorraine in 1977. Thomas Blumer of Cincinnati won the overall event, with a 2:24.10 mark. Rounding * i-~: - .- ?' 5 ' ' f *!3F jUtiifjmP/y^PfgS iJ ^ .m No. 1 Ruth Ozman is jubilant as she finishes first in the v ' ihM w i> 4 ml JL' ^|Mk/ - ^ a ^MBa^JI ^K! -J^B 1 w&?' *t VBB Exhausted Lori Jorgenson is helped by friends after placing women's open. the top five were Mike Sandlin of Newton. Miss., 2:26.51: Lee Fidler of Stone Hk. lw4 Mountain, Ga., 2:27.25; Tony Gilligan of ' Lexington, 2:28.36; and Joel Majors of In the women's open competition, Betsy IpR $ Me Shilligo of Atlanta placed second with a njjPjlMligW&grF m c 2:55.12 mark. She was followed by Lori W \ ml Jorgenson of Mahopaco, N.Y., 2:55.19; Ann ' i4 tmw Marshall of Asheville, N.C., 3:06.47; and Anne Weston of Columbia, 3:07.32. And they're off Contestants run down a Columb irmTTTTffOOTlffi'Tim-' -JiuVTBiTr ^w? c?ntestaMts |n t,ie i;;\ "V B wm , fl SH 1 1 y Marathon loosen up prior to the ^B| Hi JBHf Mm * ninhth rimninn nf tho rono W jHf M Mil ciyiuii luumiiy ui nib luou. 1 BHBMBBBBBHr v ! i ih I fit Photo by Jenifer Wootan i/omen's division of the Columbia Marathon Saturday. Photo by Jwmifw Woolen third in the Break time Marathon contestants grab refreshments during the race. More t jl Photo by Jwwifac Woottn iia Mreet during the i^ght^^rmir^ the Columbia Maratho^ ^ ^ Photo by Joe Jackson Ihon run down Greene Street. u iS firIk. iwi p??? MM I V ? "" - Jl : J'J l*J 1^1 Photos by Jot jKkson ^,i /:?fll ? , - .. 4 I f * r T ^ ^ J T ' ; | Pforto by Jm JKktM i han 400 people competed in the race. I 1