Linda Somers

Background

SOMERS, LINDA was born on May 7, 1961 in Bitburg, West Germany.

Education

University of California at Davis (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1983. Juris Doctor, 1986); Duke School of Law. Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

Somers competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Somers is notable as she is one of the very few athletes who has continued running at the elite level since she turned Pro in 1984 into the transition to Masters athlete. She has run in seven United States Olympic Trials Marathons and in the 2008 Boston venue she set the United States 45-49 age group record (2:38:49)* placing 17th.

She continues to show impressive results, placing sixth in the Open United States Club Nationals Cross Country meet in 2009* (Lexington,Kentucky), and setting age group road records in the 5K (16:14, San Jose 11/26/2009)*, the 10k (33:39, Paso Robles,California 9/26/2010), 10 Miles (57:07 Redding, California 3/6/2010) and the Half Marathon (1:13:32, Rock "n Roll San Jose Half Marathon, California 10/3/2010).

Somers qualified for her seventh consecutive United States Olympic Trials A Standard, a record number, while winning the Masters title (sixth place overall finish ) in the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon (2:36:33). On January 14, 2012, at the age of 50, she finished in 28th place at the United States of America Olympic Trials Marathon in Houston with a time of 2:37:36, another American Age Group Record.

Somers was inducted into the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) Hall of Fame on March 17, 2012. Later in 2012 she was inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame.

Achievements

• LINDA SOMERS has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Sacramento County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. Women Lawyers of California.

Women Lawyers of Sacramento.