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Clarkson University Air Force ROTC Cadets and Cadre Participate in the US Air Force Marathon

Release Date
Tuesday October 1, 2019
Air Force Run

The Clarkson University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Marathon team traveled to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on Sept 21st, 2019 to compete in the annual Air Force Marathon. 

Eight cadets from Clarkson and two cadets from Saint Lawrence University participated in the full marathon, half marathon, or 10k events.  In the half marathon event, Cadet Wing Commander, AF Marathon Team Leader and Biology student Michael Gagnon, '20, placed 5th in the Men's 20-24 division and 15th overall with a time of 1 hour 23 minutes and 9 seconds.  

This year marked the 23nd Air Force Marathon and participants came from all fifty states and several foreign countries.  Additionally, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General David Goldfein ran the half-marathon and provided remarks at the start of the races.   

The Clarkson representatives who completed the full marathon were computer science student James Meeker '20 and aeronautical engineering student Nicholas Fallo ’21.  The Clarkson participants who completed the half marathon in addition to Cadet Gagnon were mechanical engineering student Alissa Satterfield '20, chemical engineering student William Bruce, '20, and aeronautical engineering student Stefan Baumgarten, '22.  The Clarkson students who completed the 10K were data science student Javien Spence, '22 and software engineering student Michael Anderson. '22.  

The team also included Saint Lawrence University math student Abigail Eberle '22 and chemistry student Nicholas Dintino '22.

Captain Jonathan Crocker, the Assistant Professor of Air, Space, and Cyberspace Studies completed the full marathon and Lt Col Wes Nims, the Professor or Air, Space, and Cyberspace Studies completed the half marathon. 

As a private, national research university, Clarkson is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. We ignite personal connections across academic fields and industries to create the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and intellectual curiosity needed to innovate world-relevant solutions and cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson educates 4,600+ students across 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, the arts, education, sciences and health professions. Our alumni earn salaries that are among the top 2.5% in the nation and realize accelerated career growth. One in five already leads as a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company. To learn more about Clarkson University, go to www.clarkson.edu.


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News directors and editors: For more information, contact Melissa Lindell, Director of Media Relations, at 315-268-6716 or mlindell@clarkson.edu.

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