Candy Dodge

Cathy (Candy) Dodge of Canyon Country has been stripped of her fifth-place, age-group finish in the Boston Marathon, the second time in three months she has been disqualified from a major marathon. Boston Marathon officials announced Friday that Dodge's finish in the women's masters (40-and-over) division in April has been nullified because she failed to run the entire 26.2-mile distance. In July, San Francisco Marathon officials disqualified Dodge four days after the race for the same reason.

Cathy Dodge, the fifth-place finisher in the women's masters division of this year's Boston Marathon, was disqualified for failing to run the entire 26.2-mile course. The name of Dodge, 43, from Canyon Country, was removed from the results after an official review of race checkpoint data compiled by the Boston Athletic Assn. found that Dodge did not run the course April 19.

Candy Dodge neither explained her race results nor admitted guilt Friday in her first statement since being stripped of her third-place finish among women in the San Francisco Marathon. In an investigation prompted by complaints from other runners, Dodge, 43, of Canyon Country could not be found in race film taken at various points around the course and was disqualified Thursday, four days after the race.

Cathy (Candy) Dodge of Canyon Country has been stripped of her fifth-place, age-group finish in the Boston Marathon, the second time in three months she has been disqualified from a major marathon. Boston Marathon officials announced Friday that Dodge's finish in the women's masters (40-and-over) division in April has been nullified because she failed to run the entire 26.2-mile distance. In July, San Francisco Marathon officials disqualified Dodge four days after the race for the same reason.

San Francisco Marathon officials have disqualified Candy Dodge, who had been credited with finishing third in Sunday's race, after an investigation revealed that she failed to complete the entire race. The five-member long-distance racing committee of the Pacific Assn./U.S. Track and Field Assn. voted unanimously Thursday night to strike Dodge's time from the official race record. Mark Winitz, chairman of the committee, said the evidence against Dodge was irrefutable.

Cathy Dodge, the fifth-place finisher in the women's masters division of this year's Boston Marathon, was disqualified for failing to run the entire 26.2-mile course. The name of Dodge, 43, from Canyon Country, was removed from the results after an official review of race checkpoint data compiled by the Boston Athletic Assn. found that Dodge did not run the course April 19.

It was a surprising experience for each winner in the San Diego Marathon on Sunday. Brad Hawthorne of Oakland ran away from the field in the men's race as expected, but not before he received unofficial opposition from a "ringer," Gambino Toledo of Mesa College in San Diego. Toledo, who showed up at the starting line even though he hadn't entered the race, stayed with Hawthorne for almost 20 miles of the 26.2-mile race before falling back.

San Francisco Marathon officials will review race videotapes today, trying to determine whether Candy Dodge--the third-place female finisher Sunday--ran the entire course. Two women finishing immediately behind Dodge, Kathy Wood and Laura DeWald, adamantly claim that Dodge did not. Race officials investigating the claim have learned that Dodge's bib No. 43 was not recorded by monitors at any of three checkpoints, said John Mansoor, race director.

Candy Dodge neither explained her race results nor admitted guilt Friday in her first statement since being stripped of her third-place finish among women in the San Francisco Marathon. In an investigation prompted by complaints from other runners, Dodge, 43, of Canyon Country could not be found in race film taken at various points around the course and was disqualified Thursday, four days after the race.

San Francisco Marathon officials have disqualified Candy Dodge, who had been credited with finishing third in Sunday's race, after an investigation revealed that she failed to complete the entire race. The five-member long-distance racing committee of the Pacific Assn./U.S. Track and Field Assn. voted unanimously Thursday night to strike Dodge's time from the official race record. Mark Winitz, chairman of the committee, said the evidence against Dodge was irrefutable.

*--* 2003 Div Time Name, Country Open M 2:9:52 Mark Yatich, Kenya W 2:29:40 Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Ukraine Masters 2:34:33 Eumergindo Boche-Saban, U.S M W 2:29:40 Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Ukraine Wheelchair M 1:27:07 Saul Mendoza, Mexico W 1:50:06 Cheri Blauwet, U.S 2002 Open M 2:10:27 Steven Ndungu, Kenya W 2:28:49 Lyubov Denisova, Russia Masters M 2:41:07 Jose Diaz, U.S W 2:30:26 Tatyana Pozdnyakova, Ukraine Wheelchair M 1:28:44 Ernest Van Dyk, S.

The Los Angeles Marathon set off Sunday morning, with its 19,073 runners on a collision course with nature. Nature was the day's winner, in a blaze of sunshine and heat. The conditions for running 26.2 miles were far from optimal. Sunday's temperatures soared to near-record highs, topping out at 87 degrees at 1 p.m., about 20 degrees above normal and about 30 degrees higher than marathoners prefer. The heat produced the slowest times in the race's eight-year history.