Dobson Takes Eighth In Disney Half Marathon

October 2, 2011

Matt Dobson of Jay finished eighth overall in the  second annual Disney World Wine & Dine Half-Marathon Saturday night at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando.

Dobson, 42, finished the 13.1 mile course through Walt Disney World in 01:19:42. First place went to Anton Van Zyl of Fort Lauderdale with a time of 01:13:14.

Another area runner, Steve Harris of Pensacola, finished 19th overall with a time of 01:26:07.

There were more than 12,500 runners that took part in the night course, which began at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Dobson, a graduate of Jay High School, holds the distinction of being the only American to win the Disney World Marathon Championship with a first place finish in 2004. He finished the 2004 Boston Marathon 49th overall out of 20,000 runners and was the 16th fastest American.

Last year, Dobson finished the inaugural Disney World Wine & Dine Half-Marathon in second place.

Comments

4 Responses to “Dobson Takes Eighth In Disney Half Marathon”

  1. Jerry Sanders on October 3rd, 2011 5:42 pm

    Mat has been my “Running” roll model since he was a young man running X-Country for UWF. I’m 61 and he motivates me to keep running!
    Mat, you’re the Man!
    Jerry

  2. JW on October 3rd, 2011 10:55 am

    Great job Matt! We’re all proud of ya!

  3. NHS >>----cc-----> on October 2nd, 2011 8:29 am

    my new role model lol

  4. Rev, Gene Hudson on October 2nd, 2011 8:04 am

    Way to go Matt Dobson!

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