Photo Gallery Fort Benning’s Command Sgt. Maj. William Ulibarri, front row, left, and Maj. Gen. Walter Wojdakowski, Fort Benning’s commanding general, back row, center, pose with Lori Smith, the fitness director for the Directorate of Morale, Welfare and Recreation and members of the Fort Benning Army 10-Miler Team. Team members include, front row, left to right, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bihl, A Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, Spc. Jamin Robinson, 14 Combat Support Hospital, Spc. Evan Elijah, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Regiment; Team members in the back row, left to right, are Master Sgt. Matt Wilson, 75th Ranger Regiment, Staff Sgt. Mark Vonderharr, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 75th Ranger Regt., and Capt. Chistopher Hallows of the Maneuver Captain Career Course. Hallows was a member of the Fort Benning 10-Miler teams prior to 2005. Since then he has participated with other installations’ 10-Miler teams but is now back at Benning. He is the captain this year and ran the qualifier in 58 minutes, 42 seconds. Wilson was a member of the Fort Benning 10-Miler team in 2005 and “has been instrumental in getting more people to run qualifiers. Wilson is best at long distance races,” said Smith. Wilson runs many 50-mile races throughout the year and qualified with a time of 62.80. Robinson is running for the first time on the Fort Benning Army 10-Miler team. Jamin qualified with a time of 63.20, but he lost his shoes one mile into the qualifier and finished by running the final nine miles in just a little over 60 minutes with no shoes. Vonderharr is running for the first time on the team and qualified with a time of 63.2. Bihl is running for the first year on the Fort Benning Army 10-Miler Team and qualified with a time of 64.18. Elijah is running his first time on the team and qualified with a time of 64.01. Maj. Fred Eaton, ROTC, not pictured, is running for the first time on the Fort Benning team. Eaton qualified with a time of 63.23. Shannon Swords, MEDDAC, not pictured, was a member of the Army 10-Miler Team in 2006 and was also a member of the All-Army Team. Swords qualified with a time of 64.02.
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