MormonTimes racing team takes its mark

 MormonTimes.com is racing ahead with the formation of a new running team.The MormonTimes.com Racing Team includes top Mormon runners, as well as some Mormon

celebrity runners selected to represent the site while bringing

recognition to the sport.Currently the team comprises 11 members from all over the

country, yet Bob Wood, team manager, hopes to attract more runners in

the future."I believe in this," Wood said about MormonTimes.com.As a former agent who has represented Olympians from 23 different

countries and someone who served in various capacities at USA Track and

Field, including on the executive committee and board of directors,

Wood knows the business. He also knows that the MormonTimes.com

Racing Team will help promote both The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints and the sport of running to members and nonmembers,

runners and non-runners alike.It was up to Wood to get a noticeable team that can win races and get the word out about the site."I am hoping to make it a really great team," Wood said. "But I have to stay on top of it to keep it talented."The team includes an Olympian, several beauty queens, former college athletes, and one member of the Utah National Guard."They are all members and all believe in this," Wood said about

the athletes and their belief in the church and the sport of running.The MormonTimes.com Racing Team includes:• Grant Robison, a 2004 Olympian in the 1,500-meter who graduated from Stanford and is the NCAA champion in the 1,500m.• Jill Stevens, Miss Utah 2007, who served in Afghanistan as a

Utah Army National Guard medic. She has completed 14 marathons and was the first female finisher and seventh overall in the soldier-organized 2004 marathon in Afghanistan.• Kip Kangogo, the assistant track coach at Lethbridge College

and former BYU and TCU all-American in track and cross country.• Lindsey Dunkley, a former BYU runner who recently won two 5-kilometer races in Provo.• Nathan Robison, former BYU runner, son of BYU track coach Mark