Posted: July 5, 2005

Athletics: Peachtree Road Race Reaches Across the Globe

Armed Forces Division of Race Celebrate Independence Day

Over 2,000 soldiers in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan celebrated Independence Day by running 6.2 miles in the Armed Forces division of the Peachtree Road Race. The Atlanta Track Club provided race organization advice, race numbers, specially designed t-shirts for runners and volunteers, a race banner and awards for first place male and female finishers.

"The Atlanta Track Club is honored to host the Armed Forces Division of the Peachtree Road Race as a gift to our U.S. service men and women serving there this Fourth of July," said Julia Emmons, Executive Director, Atlanta Track Club.

Camp Arifjan Kuwait
5:00am, July 4, 88-90 degrees
1,000 participants
Winners:
SSG Robert Schnell, Tucson, AZ, 34:05
Private Rhiannon Brown, Australian Defense Force, 42:26

Camp Victory Baghdad
6:00am, July 3, 88 degrees
600 participants 
Winners:
Staff Sgt. David Bice, 32, Frankfort, KY, 36:25
Ellisa Hurley Alliance, Ohio, 47:00

Bagram Airfield Afghanistan
5:30am, July 3, 85 degrees
500 participants 
Winners:
Master Sergeant Marc LeNoble, 34, France, 35:30 
Meghan Hughes, 26, Cockeysville, MD, 42:40