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| Colorado Running Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees
 The Colorado Running Hall of Fame Selection Committee announces the 2008 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 6:30 pm at the Denver Athletic Club.
The 2008 inductees into the Colorado Running Hall of Fame are:
Arturio Barrios
- Former world record holder in the 10,000 meter run, 1989
- Competed in 10,000 meter run at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Steve Bosley
- Founded the Bolder Boulder in 1979. It’s now the fourth largest foot race in the country, attracting more than 50,000 runners.
- Outstanding community service
Melody Fairchild- As a high school student at Boulder High, she was an eight-time Colorado State Champion
- NCAA track champion at the University of Oregon
- Bronze medalist at the World Cross Country Championships
- World Championships Track and Field team in the 5000m
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Ellen Hart Pena
- Competed in the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials 10,000 meter run and the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials marathon
- Won the Bolder Boulder twice
Steve Jones
- Former world record holder in the marathon, 1984
- Winner of the London Marathon and Chicago Marathon in 1985
- Winner of the New York Marathon in 1988
Mark Plaatjes
- Marathon champion at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics
- The first American to win a gold medal in a long-distance event at World Championships
Tony Sandoval
- 1980 Olympic trials in the marathon and would have been a gold medal favorite if the U.S. hadn't boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games.
The ceremony is free and open to the first 300 people to RSVP at raveling45@aol.com.
ABOUT THE COLORADO RUNNING HALL OF FAME
Colorado has one of the highest concentrations of world and American record holders and Olympic and world championship medal winners. The Colfax Marathon Partnership, Inc. Board of Directors established the CRHF in 2007 to recognize Colorado residents who have achieved national and international recognition on the long-distance running stage.
ABOUT THE MARATHON
The Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon, Half-Marathon and Relay is on May 18, 2006 at 6:00 a.m. The 26.2 mile course has been redesigned this year, starting and finishing in Denver’s City Park.
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