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Jeff Wells - Wikipedia

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Jeff Wells (born 25 May 1954^[1]^[2]) is a marathon runner and pastor, originally from Madisonville, Texas, United States.

Early life and education

Wells attended Rice University, majored in history, and was named an All-American four times in cross country and track.^[3]

Running

Wells finished first in the 1976 Houston Marathon,^[2] the 1976 Dallas White Rock Marathon,^[2] the 1977 Honolulu Marathon,^[1] the 1977^[2] and 1979 Nike OTC Marathons,^[4] the 1980 Stockholm Marathon,^[1] and the 1985 Wang New Zealand Marathon.^[2]

He came in second place to Bill Rodgers, by just two seconds, in the closest Boston Marathon finish to date, at the 1978 Boston Marathon, finishing in his fastest-ever marathon time of 2:10:15.^[1] Wells's time was either the third- or fourth-fastest by an American to that date, behind three runs by Rodgers, one of which was on a New York Marathon course later found to be shorter than the standard marathon length.

He finished fifth, in 2:13:16, at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Buffalo, New York, and fourth in the Olympic Trials 10,000-meter run in the same year.^[2]

He was the top American finisher, finishing 24th overall, at the 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race.^[3]

Pastor

Wells is the founding pastor of the WoodsEdge Community Church in Spring, Texas.^[5]

Achievements

Source: ARRS^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1976	Houston Marathon	Houston, Texas	1st	Marathon	2:17:46
1976	White Rock Marathon	Dallas, Texas	1st	Marathon	2:15:11
1977	Nike OTC Marathon	Eugene, Oregon	1st	Marathon	2:13:15
1977	Honolulu Marathon	Honolulu, Hawaii	1st	Marathon	2:18:37
1978	Boston Marathon	Boston, Massachusetts	2nd	Marathon	2:10:15
1979	Nike OTC Marathon	Eugene, Oregon	1st (tied)	Marathon	2:10:20
1980	Stockholm Marathon	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	Marathon	2:15:49
1985	Wang New Zealand Marathon	Auckland, New Zealand	1st	Marathon	2:16:43

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Jeff Wells and the Boston Marathon". marathon-training-program.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "ARRS - Runner: Jeff Wells". arrs.run.
^ ^a ^b "Athlete profile for Jeff Wells - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
^ Moore, Kenny (September 17, 1979). "The Quick In A Dead Heat". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
^ "Staff". woodsedge.org. Archived from the original on 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2015-11-18.

Honolulu Marathon – men's winners

1973: Duncan MacDonald (USA)
1974: Jeff Galloway (USA)
1975: Jack Foster (NZL)
1976: Duncan MacDonald (USA)
1977: Jeff Wells (USA)
1978: Don Kardong (USA)
1979: Dean Matthews (USA)
1980: Duncan MacDonald (USA)
1981: Jon Anderson (USA)
1982: Dave Gordon (USA)
1983: Kevin Ryan (NZL)
1984: Jorge González (PUR)
1985–87: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN)
1988: Gianni Poli (ITA)
1989–90: Simon Robert Naali (TAN)
1991–92: Benson Masya (KEN)
1993: Lee Bong-ju (KOR)
1994: Benson Masya (KEN)
1995: Josia Thugwane (RSA)
1996–97: Eric Kimaiyo (KEN)
1998: Mbarak Hussein (KEN)
1999–2000: Jimmy Muindi (KEN)
2001–02: Mbarak Hussein (KEN)
2003–05: Jimmy Muindi (KEN)
2006: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)
2007: Jimmy Muindi (KEN)
2008–09: Patrick Ivuti (KEN)
2010–11: Nicholas Chelimo (KEN)
2012: Wilson Kipsang (KEN)
2013: Gilbert Chepkwony (KEN)
2014: Wilson Chebet (KEN)
2015: Filex Kiprotich (KEN)
2016–17: Lawrence Cherono (KEN)
2018–19: Titus Ekiru (KEN)
2021: Emmanuel Saina (KEN)

Stockholm Marathon – men's winners

1979: Jukka Toivola (FIN)
1980: Jeff Wells (USA)
1981: Bill Rodgers (USA)
1982: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)
1983: Hugh Jones (GBR)
1984: Agapius Masong (TAN)
1985: Tommy Persson (SWE)
1986: Kjell-Erik Ståhl (SWE)
1987: Kevin Forster (GBR)
1988: Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)
1989: Dave Clarke (GBR)
1990: Simon Robert Naali (TAN)
1991: Åke Eriksson (SWE)
1992: Hugh Jones (GBR)
1993: Daniel Mbuli (RSA)
1994: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)
1995: Åke Eriksson (SWE)
1996: Tesfaye Bekele (ETH)
1997: Benson Masya (KEN)
1998: Martin Ojuko (KEN)
1999–2000: Alfred Shemweta (SWE)
2001: Anders Szalkai (SWE)
2002: My Tahar Echchadli (MAR)
2003: Josphat Chemjor (KEN)
2004: Joseph Riri (KEN)
2005: Kasirayi Sita (ZIM)
2006–07: Philip Bandawe (ZIM)
2008: Willy Korir (KEN)
2009: Paul Kipkemei Kogo (KEN)
2010: Joseph Lagat (KEN)
2011: Shumi Gerbaba (ETH)
2012: Methkal Abu Drais (JOR)
2013: Shume Gerbaba (ETH)
2014: Benjamin Bitok (KEN)
2015: Yekeber Bayabel (ETH)
2016: Stanley Koech (KEN)
2017: Abrha Milaw (ETH)
2018: Lawi Kiptui (KEN)
2019: Nigussie Sahlesilassie (ETH)
2020: cancelled
2021: Fikadu Teferi (ETH)
2022: Felix Kirwa (KEN)

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