Article: grandma's marathon; WOMEN'S WINNER: MARY AKOR - LOMITA, CALIF. - 2:36:52; Oldest of 9 honors her father; Mary Akor won the women's division for the third consecutive time before returning to Nigeria to plan John Akor's funeral.(SPORTS)

Article: grandma's marathon: 32nd running; WOMEN'S WINNER - MARY ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... YOUNGBLOOD; STAFF WRITER DULUTH - It was a difficult lesson, Mary Akor said. Akor, 31, was resting after blowing away the rest of the ... minutes faster than runner-up Margaret Toroitich. Akor led from start to finish, winning her second marathon ...

Article: 31st Grandma's marathon; WOMEN'S WINNER - MARY AKOR ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. -- Mary Akor, 30, became the first American in ... marathons in both Miami and Los Angeles. Akor, a resident of Gardena, Calif ... this year. A friend had mentioned to Akor before the race that no American woman ...

Article: GRANDMA'S MARATHON; Mourning father, Akor hopes crowd will ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 20, 2009 ;     684 words ... ... sudden death of her father last month, Mary Akor considered dropping out of Grandma ... under her heavy emotional load. When Akor thought about it, though, she came ... While she still mourns her father, Akor hopes to celebrate his memory by becoming ...

Article: ELITE WOMEN.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  June 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jon Nowacki Jun. 22--Mary Akor felt her body starting to shut down ... Grandma's Marathon on Saturday. But Akor had run too far to quit. She felt this was her race, so she pressed on. Akor crossed the line in 2 hours, 38 minutes ...

Article: Last year's Grandma's Marathon winner is racing on a rebound.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  June 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Kevin Pates Jun. 19--he talk about marathoner Mary Akor is that she runs too many races. So Akor changed her schedule before one of the most important ... specifically for one race. That was a mistake," Akor said this week from her home in Hawthorne, Calif ...

Article: twin cities marathon; NOTES; For some, pace picks up after ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Women's field deep California's Mary Akor loves Minnesota. The Grandma's ... the Twin Cities in the same year. Akor ran a 2:39:34 at the U.S ... personal best in June in Paris. - Mary Akor, 32, Hawthorne, Calif. (2 ...

Article: Grandma's sets strict drug rules.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN);  May 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Kevin Pates May 2--Mary Akor says she plays by the rules. And even ... s on a list of banned substances. Akor, 30, of Lomita, Calif., ran the ... Grandma's, have drug policies,'' Akor said from home Tuesday. "Some athletes ...