23rd HealthSouth 4 Mile Classic
(7:30 am 4 August 2001)

Bakers record little surprise in 4-Mile Classic 
By Paul Glover - Guard Sports Editor

Husband and wife Brian Baker and Laura baker won overall championships of the HEALTHSOUTH 4-Mile Classic road race Saturday morning, and both set course records....Surprise, surprise... Well, maybe there's one surprise. Brian, an 8-time winner and 4-time record setter of the event, was surprised with that fourth record.

Baker crossed the finish line in 19 minutes, 32.50 seconds, two and a half seconds faster than his time in 1992. The 31-year-old former all-American runner from Batesville High and the University of Arkansas is a veteran professional runner, having competed in races around the globe the last several years.

Laura, 27 and an all-American runner from Fulton N.Y. and Cornell ...said she was pleased with her time, 23:29:30, which smashed Angie Heringer's 1992 record time by nearly 15 seconds.

How they finished (93):

23rd HealthSouth 4 Mile
Batesville, AR -- August 4, 2001
*Brian Baker bettered his own course record of 19:35,
running a 19:32.50 on the USATF certified 4 Mile course.

Place  Male Runners         Home                       Age Pace/M         Time
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  1  Baker, Brian           Fayetteville, AR            31   4:53     19:32.50
  2  Plocher, Lucas         West Plains, MO             17   5:38     22:32.72
  3  Harper, Joshua         West Plains, MO             16   5:38     22:34.66
  4  Robertson, Taylor      West Plains, MO             17   5:43     22:55.89
  5  Roe, Brian             West Plains, MO             16   5:48     23:14.91
  6  Painter, Mel           Jonesboro, AR               35   5:51     23:25.68
  7  Collins, Casey         West Plains, MO             17   6:00     24:01.69
  8  Oakley, Bruce          North Little Rock, AR       41   6:07     24:31.45
  9  Pace, Adam             West Plains, MO             17   6:13     24:55.52
 10  Bryant, Andy           Sheridan, AR                51   6:17     25:09.24
 11  Schmidt, Luther        Batesville, AR              35   6:25     25:41.04
 12  Harrison, Frankie      Denver, CO                  33   6:27     25:48.82
 13  Taylor, Greg           Sheridan, AR                44   6:29     25:56.63
 14  Morgan, Collin         West Plains, MO             15   6:30     26:04.43
 15  Ring, Robert           Evening Shade, AR           47   6:31     26:07.85
 16  Mayfield, Tom          Marshall, AR                62   6:34     26:20.79
 17  Robertson, Isaac       West Plains, MO             14   6:51     27:25.44
 18  Oster, Tim             Batesville, AR              45   6:51     27:28.86
 19  Williams, Trent        West Plains, MO             16   6:52     27:31.99
 20  Cerniglia, Carl        Little Rock, AR             51   6:54     27:37.22
 21  Conway, Luke           Searcy, AR                  39   6:59     27:58.82
 22  Smith, Terry           Batesville, AR              38   7:04     28:20.29
 23  Smith, Tim             Batesville, AR              54   7:13     28:55.07
 24  Detherow, Calvin       North Little Rock, AR       66   7:13     28:55.83
 25  Lee, Ricky             Pine Bluff, AR              49   7:14     28:57.61
 26  Threm, David           Little Rock, AR             31   7:15     29:04.78
 27  McSpadden, Ken         Batesville, AR              43   7:18     29:16.84
 28  Miller, Gene           Melbourne, AR               40   7:19     29:18.85
 29  Hunt, Terry            West Plains, MO             42   7:20     29:21.82
 30  Runsick, Brian         North Little Rock, AR       22   7:23     29:32.97
 31  Davidson, Lester       Jonesboro, AR               49   7:26     29:47.82
 32  Eagle, Charley         Little Rock, AR             62   7:43     30:53.33
 33  Bennett, Mike          Mountain Home, AR           34   7:50     31:21.77
 34  Harrison, Kevan        Ft. Polk, LA                22   7:51     31:27.60
 35  Siple, Scott           Rowlett, TX                 38   7:57     31:50.39
 36  Honey, Donald          Hardy, AR                   52   7:57     31:51.21
 37  Brinker, David         Newark, AR                  48   7:58     31:52.40
 38  Cash, Walden           Little Rock, AR             15   8:00     32:01.59
 39  Runsick, Allan         North Little Rock, AR       33   8:03     32:13.27
 40  Biggs, Bill            Jonesboro, AR               50   8:12     32:49.41
 41  Robertson, Adam        Birmingham, AL              59   8:19     33:19.53
 42  Wilcox, Jason          Melbourne, AR               17   8:20     33:23.61
 43  Guevara, Tony          Paragould, AR               23   8:22     33:29.76
 44  Cole, Daniel           Batesville, AR              40   8:23     33:35.33
 45  Buschmann, Andy        Batesville, AR              49   8:26     33:45.56
 46  Baxter, Jim            Smithville, AR              48   8:36     34:25.24
 47  Sharp, Edward          Charlotte, AR               43   8:39     34:36.29
 48  Schultz, Dennis        Conway, AR                  55   8:40     34:41.90
 49  Gillmore, John         Charlotte, AR               39   8:50     35:24.56
 50  Barton, Gregory        St. Louis, MO               32   8:56     35:44.65
 51  Gay, Kenneth           Newport, AR                 25   9:09     36:39.79
 52  Waddell, Edwin         Sherwood, AR                69   9:10     36:43.94
 53  Leonard, Michael       Memphis, TN                 33   9:13     36:54.76
 54  Kennedy, Mitch         Batesville, AR              52   9:24     37:37.57
 55  Haynie, Glenn          Jonesboro, AR               54   9:25     37:42.51
 56  Barnett, Charles       Batesville, AR              60   9:30     38:03.95
 57  Perkins, Jackie        Tumbling Shoals, AR         60   9:33     38:14.32
 58  Hatfield, Mike         Benton, AR                  38   9:43     38:56.65
 59  Elkins, Jerry          Cave City, AR               49   9:52     39:31.29
 60  Cash, Clarence         Little Rock, AR             60  10:52     43:29.58
 61  Heston, Jack           Memphis, TN                 39  11:28     45:54.54
 62  Kelley, Bruce          Batesville, AR              46  12:20     49:22.51
==============================================================================
Place  Female Runners       Home                       Age Pace/M         Time
==============================================================================
  1  Baker, Laura           Fayetteville, AR            27   5:52     23:29.30
  2  Hill, Kathy            Jonesboro, AR               27   6:23     25:33.37
  3  Rodenbeck, Abby        West Plains, MO             17   6:45     27:02.93
  4  McKee, Trista          West Plains, MO             17   6:48     27:13.14
  5  Hobbs, Brianne         West Plains, MO             17   6:51     27:28.08
  6  Morris, Jamie          West Plains, MO             14   6:53     27:33.24
  7  McCormack, Brittney    West Plains, MO             15   6:57     27:49.14
  8  Harper, Jennifer       West Plains, MO             14   7:16     29:08.82
  9  Lahey, Mindy           West Plains, MO             14   7:17     29:09.81
 10  Williams, Lisa         West Plains, MO             15   7:24     29:39.57
 11  Young, Erica           West Plains, MO             15   7:26     29:46.37
 12  Caldwell, Rita         Benton, AR                  46   7:36     30:28.59
 13  Knott, Cindy           Fayetteville, AR            40   7:40     30:42.77
 14  Brown, Krysta          Pomona, MO                  15   7:55     31:40.26
 15  Milligan, Julie        Corinth, MS                 31   8:16     33:06.83
 16  Teed, Darla            Newark, AR                  39   8:21     33:26.48
 17  Ray, Leta              Newport, AR                 38   8:31     34:07.33
 18  Swaim, Angie           Vilonia, AR                 34   9:15     37:02.23
 19  Gillmore, Sonya        Batesville, AR              30   9:25     37:41.78
 20  Shafer, Gwynn          Benton, AR                  38   9:25     37:42.19
 21  Reid, Kelly            Millington, TN              41  10:01     40:06.01
 22  Brown, Christie        Batesville, AR              30  10:16     41:06.84
 23  Honey, Juanita         Hardy, AR                   53  10:18     41:16.85
 24  Schmidt, Andrea        Batesville, AR              35  10:33     42:14.38
 25  Wadley, Cheryl         Batesville, AR              40  11:06     44:26.41
 26  Sederburg, Dede        Batesville, AR              37  11:06     44:27.37
 27  Russell, Sarah         Batesville, AR              36  11:57     47:50.52
 28  Oakley, Suzy           North Little Rock, AR       38  12:11     48:45.37
 29  Harral, Donna          Enola, AR                   35  12:36     50:27.59
 30  Hall, Ronda            Garfield, AR                36  15:28   1:01:52.05
 31  Hall, Jessica          Garfield, AR                9   15:28   1:01:52.15

FINISH LINE TIMING DONE BY GARY BALLARD FROM ARKANSASRUNNER.COM.