ASC sets its highest performance in Army Ten-Miler

By Tony A. Lopez (ASC)October 28, 2010

ASC sets its highest performance in Army Ten-Miler
ASC's Ten-Miler team from left: Maj. Stephen Marchant, Capt. Scott Leifker, Master Sgt. Anders Anthony, Staff Sgt. Donald Engling, Staff Sgt. Amar Arias, Master Sgt. Louis Aguilar, Sgt. 1st Class Warren Benson, Sgt. Maj. Eric Vidal and alternate Sgt.... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

ROCK ISLAND, Ill.--A team of eight runners from the Rock Island Arsenal's Army Sustainment Command participated in the 26th running of the Army Ten-Miler on Oct. 24 in Arlington, Va. Master Sgt. Louis Aguilar led this year's all active-duty team as the coach and as a third-time runner in this annual event.

RIA's ASC team finished 84th out of 652 teams and fourth out of 47 teams in the All Comers category. This year's team improved by 201 total positions from last year's team.

Besides Aguilar, ASC's team consisted of Maj. Stephen Marchant, Staff Sgt. Amar Arias, Master Sgt. Anders Anthony, Capt. Scott Leifker, Sgt. Maj. Eric Vidal, Staff Sgt. Donald Engling and Sgt. 1st Class Warren Benson. The top four finishers combined times established the total team time of 4 hours, 36 minutes, 18 seconds.

This year's Ten-Miler travel expenses and registration fees were again provided by RIA's MWR program. A total of 21,636 runners finished this year's event. Every runner received a medal for participating.

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