Further observation - - sorry no smoking gun in this find, but if you look at his athlink results, all of a sudden his first sub 3 was at Jacksonville in 2006. I know the Jax course well. Plenty of potential 'opportunities' for someone should they want a shortcut.
Tell me if there is anything to indicate an impending breakout performance leading up: (Consistent 19-20 min 5Ks, and then a months later a 2:58??) The Naples 1/2 in 1:26 is the only possible indicator and that was almost a yr earlier. There are brightroom pix but nothing good. However, the gun to chip gap was over one minute. His 1/2M split was 1:26 which would have been a PR I think. It probably only takes a minute to clear the field in Jacksonville. It wasnt really big in 2006, no half marathon. It just smells funny..
Jacksonville Marathon/Half Marathon - Marathon FL 12/17/06 1/0 17/0 19/898 6:47 2:58:08
Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon 2006 - RUN - 5k MI 10/29/06 1/0 6/0 6/1523 6:11 19:15
Haunted Ghoul Run 5K - Run - 5K MI 10/28/06 1/0 8/0 8/53 6:14 19:23
Running Scared 5K - RUN:::5K MI 10/28/06 1/0 3/0 4/42 6:27 20:05
Uofm/Msu Tailgate Challenge 5K MI 10/7/06 6/0 21/0 21/348 6:16 19:31
Run For Scamp MI 9/23/06 2/0 3/0 3/88 6:21 19:44
Harvest Stompede - Run - 7Mi MI 9/16/06 1/0 9/0 9/171 7:06 49:45
Crossroads Village Huckleberry Hustle 5K MI 9/9/06 3/0 12/0 12/114 6:34 20:26
Crim Festival Of Races - Run - 10Mi MI 8/26/06 22/0 257/0 281/7602 6:40 1:06:41
Bauman's Charity 5K MI 8/17/06 6/0 26/0 29/355 6:19 19:39
Craig Greeenfield Memorial Triathlon - Duath :: Run 2Mi,Bike 16Mi,Run 4.4Mi MI 8/6/06 1/0 3/0 3/51 3:56.47 1:28:17
Kayla O'Mara Memorial 5K MI 8/5/06 5/0 52/0 55/597 6:22 19:48
Davison Festival Of Flags 5K MI 7/26/06 4/0 26/0 27/159 6:29 20:10
Tuuri Race Day - RUN - 5K MI 7/22/06 16/0 100/0 254/289 13:49 42:57
Ophelia Bonner Race - Run :::: 5K MI 7/19/06 2/0 2/0 2/34 6:45 20:59
Flint Journal Catch Your Breath Run - RUN : : 5K MI 7/8/06 4/0 18/0 19/286 6:31 20:16
St. Mark's 5K Run For Charity MI 6/24/06 4/0 7/0 7/36 6:21 19:44
Hartland Memorial Day Run - RUN:::5K MI 5/29/06 1/0 16/0 17/100 7:02 21:54
Run For Roots 4Mi MI 4/29/06 3/0 14/0 15/94 7:03 28:15
Naples Daily News Half Marathon 2006 FL 1/23/06 9/0 40/0 56/1173 6:34 1:26:03