Mark B. Stickley
Qualified for the United States World Cross Country men's senior team four times: 1984, 1985, 1988 & 1989.
US Olympic Trials Qualifier: Marathon ('84 -- 19th place finish and '88) & 10,000 meters ('84).
US National Champion, Half Marathon -- 1988 (Citrus Bowl 1/2 Marathon, Orlando, Fla., 2^nd overall, 1:02:42)
NCAA Division I All-American Outdoor Track and Field -- 10,000 meters (1985).
Metro Conference Champion, 10,000m ('82, '83).
All-Metro Conference 8 times in Cross Country, 5000m and 10000m.
Virginia Tech school records in 5000 (14:03.4; '83) and 10,000 (28:45.97; '84 -- still standing).
World University Games Marathon, Kobe, Japan -- 1985.
Numerous top ten road racing performances including:
Jacksonville River Run	4th overall, 1st American -- 1984; 5^th -- 1985
Citrus Bowl Half Marathon	2^nd - 1985, '86, '88
Philadelphia Distance Run	5^th -- 1986, 4^th -- '87, 6^th -- '88
Columbus Marathon	5^th -- 1992
Houston Marathon	7^th -- 1988
Tulsa Run 15K	5th -- 1988

Also: 

Boston Marathon -- 100th overall, 1996 (100th anniversary) - now there's a good trivia answer!!

Honolulu Marathon -- 21st overall, 1st American, 1996

Personal bests:

Marathon	2:17:13
Half Marathon	1:02:19
15 Kilometers	43:19
10,000 meters (track)	28:45.97

Other:

Owner/Manager of “Runners’ Retreat” – a running specialty store in Winchester, Virginia

Boys Cross Country coach at Handley High School

Part-time sports writer for the Northern Virginia Daily, Strasburg, Virginia. Cover high school cross-country, wrestling and track. Write a monthly column about running called "On the Run" (except during fall cross country season)

Formerly employed as a mechanical engineer for Ashworth Bros. Inc. in Winchester, Virginia for 7-1/2 years (’94-02)

Also worked as a design engineer at Agri-Tech, Inc. in Woodstock, Virginia for 4-1/2 years prior (’90-94)

1985 Graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Engineering.

1980 Graduate of Strasburg High School.