MHS - Track & Field / March 15, 2020 By Kasey McDowell
Former Mulvane Track and Cross Country standout Evan Landes (2011) qualified for the Olympic Trials last June in 2019 when he finished 12th place at the Grandma's Marathon from Two Harbors to Duluth, Minnesota. The trials were held in Atlanta, Georgia on February 29th, 2020. Evan battled through injuries the last year but still put in a strong performance and finished in 50th place out of the 175 best runners in the country. Evan posted a 02:19:08 for the marathon and finished with a 5:19 average mile. The marathon decided the first 6 runners to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The complete results can be found here.
"What a weekend....I’m very grateful for all of my friends and family who came to watch and to those who supported me from home as well," said Evan.
"Throughout the fall my training was very off and on due to hamstring issues. By December I still wasn’t able to do much quality running and honestly thought I may not be healthy enough to go to the Trials. This isn’t to say my performance needs an asterisk or anything but instead, I hope it exemplifies an instance where, if things aren’t going your way and you run into adversity, if you get yourself in the right mindset, focus on the daily process, and have a little faith you can still accomplish some pretty cool things at the end of the day. Of course, I couldn’t have done it without the people around me," said Landes.
"Going from hardly running in December while grinding through PA school to 2:19:08 on a brutal course and top 50 at the US Olympic Trials...maybe I didn’t light the world on fire but I’m not gonna take this experience for granted," said Evan.
Evan's Marathon Splits:
Point Time Pace
START 00:00:00 ---
1M 00:05:17 05:17
2M 00:10:20 05:04
3M 00:15:29 05:09
4M 00:20:42 05:13
5M 00:26:01 05:20
6M 00:31:09 05:08
7M 00:36:19 05:11
8M 00:41:42 05:24
9M 00:46:47 05:05
10M 00:51:48 05:01
11M 00:56:53 05:06
12M 01:02:02 05:10
13M 01:07:19 05:17
HALF 01:07:54 05:20
14M 01:12:26 05:07
15M 01:17:38 05:13
16M 01:23:07 05:30
17M 01:28:18 05:11
18M 01:33:21 05:04
19M 01:38:33 05:13
20M 01:43:53 05:20
21M 01:49:21 05:28
22M 01:54:36 05:16
23M 02:00:08 05:33
24M 02:05:50 05:43
25M 02:11:47 05:57
26M 02:17:58 06:11
END 02:19:08 05:23
05:19 Avg Pace
