Congratulations to Polish Houston Chevron\u00a0 Marathon and Half-Marathon runners!\u00a0 Two of them traveled from Poland:<\/p>\n
Agnieszka Gortel-Maciuk<\/strong> \u2013 Chorz\u00f3w, Polish long-distance runner, four times Polish champion at half marathon.<\/p>\n Artur Koz\u0142owski \u2013 <\/strong>Wroclaw, Polish IT specialist and athlete holding several Polish records.<\/p>\n Artur Kozlowski’s fifth-place finish was far better than he had a right to expect given the deep field of Ethiopian runners, but the slower-than-expected pace kept him from running fast enough to beat the sub-2:11 standard set by Poland’s Olympic Committee for him to clinch a spot on his country’s team for the Games this summer in Rio de Janeiro. But Kozlowski said he thinks he was strong enough in Houston, posting a 2:14:11, to make it to Brazil. He’ll have another chance this spring in the Polish championships.<\/p>\n