Christian Cushing-murray gets RW love ahead of Trials 1500
At 48, Christian Cushing-murray is a masters road legend who sometimes ventures onto the track. Heāll be there big time in Eugene next month when he races the masters 1,500-meter exhibition at the Olympic Trials. But heās nervous that quotes attributed to him in a Runnerās World profile make him seem too cocky. On Facebook, he wrote: āJust a clarification ā in discussing the exhibition 1500m where it said āI think I can win,ā in the complete context of the conversation I meant that I thought Iād at least have a chance.ā No worries, Cush. He also explained to me why āmurrayā is lowercase in his last name: āAn eccentric great-grandfather recommended it, along with the hyphen, to his son-in-law (my grandfather on my fatherās side of the family). My grandfatherās dad disappeared under mysterious circumstances when he was young, after which my grandfather was adopted by his step-father, last name of murray, so Cushing is our blood-name, but murray was an adopted family name.ā So now we know! Go Cush! (And check out Marc Bloomās marvelous story in Runnerās World.)
From left: Ray Knerr, Christian and Pete Magill in 2013. Diana Hernandez photo
As of Thursday, here are menās entries at the Trials:
Christian Blondin Greater Boston Track Club 4:06.34
Peter Brady Central Park Track Club (CPTC) New Balance 4:02.21
Patrick Burke 4:15.92
Christian Cushing-murray Cal Coast Track Club 4:06.40
Neville Davey West Valley Track Club 3:56.90
Andrew Duncan 4:09.65
Lance Elliott Run MN 4:06.60
John Gardiner Cal Coast Track Club 3:58.82
Joshua Gordon Bowerman Track Club 4:12.44
Orestes Gutierrez Bowerman Track Club 4:10.40
George Hanson Bowerman Track Club 4:08.15
Jon Keillor TC Running Company 4:07.10
Michael Madsen 4:10.30
Sean Nyhan Town Track Club 4:12.06
Jerome Vermeulen Cal Coast Track Club 4:08.20
Sean Wade 4:07.01 need DOB docs
Randy Wasinger Kansas City Smoke 3:55.29
Mark Williams Garmin Runners 4:02.61
Here are womenās entries in their own 1500:
Terry Ballou Athena Track Club 4:59.23
Laura Bruess Athletics Boulder 5:27.63
Kimberley Chula-Maguire Ronald McDonald House of Providence Running Club 4:51.96
Susan Cooke 5:19.98
Kathleen Cushing-murray The Janes Elite Racing 5:27.82
Dianne DeOliveira Bella N Motion 5:03.08
Tania Fischer The Janes Elite Racing 4:50.43
Maureen Friend San Diego Track Club 5:08.32
Sonja Friend-Uhl Atlanta Track Club 4:29.61
Chris Gentile The Janes Elite Racing 4:54.09
Robyn Holland 5:01.44
Alice Kassens Athena Track Club 5:05.40
Janet McDevitt Club Northwest 4:41.34
Donna Mills-Honarvar So Cal Track Club 4:51.58
Sylvia Mosqueda Sr TeaMosqueda Elite 4:50.12
Kris Paaso Strava Track Club 4:34.50
Grace Padilla So Cal Roadrunners 4:41.69
Christy Peterson Philadelphia Masters 4:53.31
Jennifer St Jean Westchester Track Club 4:37.08
Judy Stobbe Central Park Track Club (CPTC) New Balance 5:05.83
Marisa Sutera Strange 4:51.80
Jamie Sweningson Cal Coast Track Club 5:17.27
Nancy Thomas Impala Racing Team 4:59.38
Renee Tolan 4:48.50
Jill Vollweiler So Cal Track Club 5:30.89
2 Responses
Is the age 48 record still 4:05.53?
Age 48 WR 4:01.66 Jesus Borrego Llamas
Heath ran 3:59 at age 49 and 3:58 age 50
Good luck to all- will be fun to watch!
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