Plano Pacers

Over the 30 years of conducting races, the Pacers had witnessed some incredible performances by some gifted athletes. Below is a list of individuals who have ran at a Pacer race and scored over 100 points on the Pacer scale. A score of 100 and up is a national level effort. In comparison, the average of all available Pacer scores is 67. This list will be updated with new outstanding efforts in the future.

Name	Age	Gender	Age Group	Loc	Distance	Time	Notes	Date	Score
Mary Knisely	27	F	25-29	BW	5K	16:05	DR	Jan-87	105.76
Payton Brown	9	F	7-9	HP	5K	20:40		Jan-08	105.34
Emily Field	25	F	25-29	HP	10K	34:06	DR	Jan-07	104.75
Jeff Roth	27	M	25-29	SP	10K	30:29	DR	Dec-84	103.37
Juanita Wilson	~19	F	16-19	SP	5K	16:53		Feb-82	103.23
Mark Bishop	~34	M	30-34	BW	10K	31:01		Aug-87	103.17
Glenys Quick	24	F	20-24	SP	5K	16:39		Feb-82	102.32
Robert Wallace	35	M	35-39	BW	10K	31:14		Jan-87	102.83
Ben Moturi	47	M	45-49	SP	10K	33:33		Mar-95	101.84
Robert Wallace	35	M	35-39	BW	5K	15:03		May-87	101.64
Emily Field	24	F	20-24	HP	5K	16:48		Jun-06	101.41
Scott Steffen	35	M	35-39	BW	1 mi	04:25		Jun-97	101.24
Craig Lutz	14	M	13-15	HP	10K	34:14		Jan-07	101.03
Stann Vernon	27	M	25-29	SP	5K	14:54	DR	Jan-83	100.73
Michelle Hurn	15	F	13-15	BW	1 mi	05:19		Jun-99	100.71
Craig Staley	~15	M	13-15	SP	5K	16:04		Oct-83	100.60
John Holliman III	6	M	4- 6	BW	3K	12:54		Apr-00	100.54
Bob Abbott	47	M	45-49	BW	5K	16:13		Feb-88	100.35
Tim Garguilo	~24	M	20-24	BW	5K	15:00		Jan-93	100.21
Clint Bell	28	M	25-29	HP	1 mi	04:23	DR	Jun-07	100.17

DR – Distance Record for Gender

SP (Schell Park) was the race location during most of the '80s until about 1990. SP is a couple miles east of BW park and the course used the streets and trails.

BW (Bob Woodruff Park) was the race location from the ‘90s until March 2006. The races were run mostly on the streets and some on the trails.

HP (Harrington Park) is the current location and the races are run almost entirely on the park trails.

The Millet Mile was always run as a point-to-point course.

	Mary Knisely was the 1986 and 1987 National Champion in the 3000 meter and won the gold medal at that distance, in the 1987 Pam American games. Qualified for the Women’s Olympic Trials in 2000. In 2000 Mary returned to the National Stage in the Masters Division and proceeded to win several races with times in of 16:20’s and 16:30’s for the 5000m.
	Payton Brown as member of the Lake Cities XC team competed in the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Championships in Dec 2007 and finished 16th nationally, earning Junior Olympic All-American honors.
	Emily Field came in 3^rd (9:11) in the 3000m USATF 2007 Indoor Championships a month after running the 10K Pacer race. Emily was a four time Texas state champion while competing for Ursuline Academy and Highland Park High School. She is presently training for the 2008 Olympic Trials.
	Jeff Roth was the 1975 Missouri High School Mile State Champion running the Mile in 4:26. After High School Jeff was a Division 2 All American in the 3 mile at Missouri State University. Some of Jeff’s PR’s are as follows: Mile: 4:02, 5k: 14:11, 10K 29:37 , Marathon 2:19
	Juanita Wilson was 15th-ranked US 3k 9:15 in the 90’s.
	Glenys Quick was born and raised in New Zealand and was trained by the legendary Arthur Lydiard. She won the Nagoya, Japan Marathon in 1984 with a time of 2:34:25. Ran 2:37 in 1983 at the World Games in Helsinki and ran a 34:02 10K at the Common Wealth Games in 1982 for second place. Ran a PR 2:31:44 Marathon in 1985 at the Chicago Marathon. Married Dr. Robert Vaughn and lives in Dallas with their two daughters.
	Robert (Bob) Wallace won the White Rock Marathon in 1980 and is also the owner of RunOn – a Plano Pacer sponsor. Bob has run PR’s of 14:24 for the 5K; 29:13 for 10K; 45:20 for 15K: and 2:13:14 for the marathon.
	Ben Moturi won the Dallas Turkey Trot 4 years straight from 1981-1984. Is distance coach for Denton High School.
	Scott Steffen represented the City of Dallas in the 2001 Sendai Half Marathon in Japan. He won the Millet Mile 6 years in a row (1995 to 2000) and setting a course record (4:25) that stood for ten years. He also won the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge when it returned to Dallas in 2000.
	Craig Lutz a freshman at Marcus High School, recorded the fastest 5K cross country time for a freshman in the nation, running 15:26. The time was 22 seconds faster than the runner-up time. In addition, Craig ran 14:57 in Lubbock at the Region 1 regional course (3.06 miles). Craig has earned Junior Olympic All-American honors with both USATF and AAU while in the 12 and under and 14 and under age groups, in cross country and track. He also set the 12-and-under record(36:59) at the Capitol 10000 in Austin, where he also ran a 34:11 in 2007 at age 14. In 2008, he was 6^th overall with a 32:30.
	Stann Vernon held the course record at Cowtown 10K in 29:17 until it was broken by Alan Culpepper in 2003.
	Michele Hurn-Pense won the Millet Mile 6 times including 5 consecutively from 2001 to 2005.
	John Holliman III holds the US single age record for the 15K for 6-year-olds when he ran the Nov 1999 Pacers race. It is the only Pacer effort that still stands on the record books today at www.runningusa.org/php/rec-form.php . Bob Wilmot did all of the necessary paperwork to validate the record. The weather was right, the course was certified, elevations verified, and he was able to get all of the necessary sign-offs (finish line personnel, etc.). The speedy athletes can be assured, any record-breaking efforts at Pacer races will not be wasted.
	Bob Abbott won the Dallas White Rock Marathon Masters Division four times (in 1983 and 1985 thru 1987). First Master of only two Master runners to record a sub 2:30 at the White Rock Marathon. He also ran 2:28 in the 1988 Boston Marathon at the age of 47.
	Tim Garguilo ran a 8:53 3200 meter at the Texas Relays in 1987. It was faster than the existing Texas State High School record at the time, but was not allowed because the Texas Relays is not considered a High School track Meet. Tim attended SMU and won the SWC 5K Indoor and the 10K Outdoor in 1990. Was rated in the top five 5K runners in the nation in 1994 by Track & Field News. Multiple USA team member and 1996 Olympic Trials 5k finalist. Tim graduated from SMU with a Law Degree and lives in Dallas with his wife and three children and practices law.
	Clint Bell represented Dallas in the 2007 Sendai Half Marathon. He also competed in the USA Cross Country Championships in February 2008 and the 2007 Aramco US Half Marathon Championships. While at SMU, he was a member of 3 conference championship teams. In his younger days, he also competed in the 1995 USATF Junior Olympics and was a 7-time TAPPS State champion in cross country and track.

Thanks to Bob Abbott for providing info on the runners from the other decades and Bob Wilmot for info on the course and some runners.

The data came from age-group records and the online results. If a deserving effort (before 2000) does not show above, please email results (@) planopacers.org with details and it will be checked.