Career
Virtually unknown before the race, the 34-year-old set the course record and his personal record at 2:10:19 after a battle with Mark Plaatjes, which positioned the Los Angeles Marathon amongst the top marathons worldwide. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South of Korea, where he finished in 57th place in the men"s marathon, clocking 2:27:10. He continued running into the masters division, winning the Boilermaker Road Race three times in the late 1990s.
