Area digest 4/21/09

Herren finishes sixth in St. Louis marathon

Cape Girardeau's Chris Herren, who ran at Southeast Missouri State, finished sixth in the St. Louis marathon Sunday.

The 25-year-old Herren finished the course in 2 hours, 36 minutes, 19 seconds.

Jackson's Paul Fliege and Cape Girardeau's Ron Duff completed the Boston marathon Monday. Fliege, 32, finished in 3:04:50, while Duff, 64, finished in 3:44:46.

St. Louis marathon

Local finishers -- Chris Herren, Cape Girardeau, 25, 2:36:19; Darren Neels, Cape Girardeau, 23, 3:33:55; J Steven Schmittzehe, Cape Girardeau, 45, 3:39:47; Thomas Bolen, Cape Girardeau, 33, 3:40:31; Geoffrey Smith, Cape Girardeau, 40, 3:57:11; David Hardesty, Cape Girardeau, 58, 4:29:36; Dennis Houck, Cape Girardeau, 44, 4:31:04; Mike Renick, Cape Girardeau, 31, 4:35:33; William Leming, Cape Girardeau, 56, 4:37:07; Tracy Vaughan, Cape Girardeau, 33, 4:44:35; Taylor Vaughan, Cape Girardeau, 34, 4:44:35; Richard Hengst, Cape Girardeau, 59, 4:45:11; Terri Cork, Cape Girardeau, 33, 4:48:12; Cassie Kipper, Cape Girardeau, 23, 4:48:16; Cynthia Holmes, Cape Girardeau, 49, 4:56:26; Carl Pogue, Cape Girardeau, 42, 4:57:13; Kyle Diveley, Cape Girardeau, 24, 4:58:23; Robert Cork, Cape Girardeau, 41, 5:04:56; John Petty, Cape Girardeau, 28, 5:51:34; Shelly Lane, Jackson, 35, 5:33:00; Jennifer Maroscher, Jackson, 28, 4:44:35; Scott Horman, Chaffee, 33, 4:10:19; John Scheeter, Oran, 39, 3:18:57.

Grimm team captures title

The team of John Grimm, Mike Howard, Tom Viers and Greg Leet shot a 60 and won on a scorecard playoff at the Young Life golf tournament Monday at Dalhousie Golf Club.

The team of Jerry Stone, Nancy Stone, Jack Pettet and Tammi Pettet finished second.

-- From staff reports