Two-Time Foot Locker Finalist Arrested For Murder

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  • rojo
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    7 years ago 12/03/2012 11:53pm CST
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    Sad news to report here.

    Eric Kweder, who was 9th in 1995 as an 11th grader (one spot ahead of fellow 11th grader and eventual 2004 US Olympian Jonathon Riley) and then 17th as a senior, has been arrested for killing his landlord.

    Kweder has popped up in a number of LetsRun threads over the years:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Eric+Kweder+site%3Aletsrun.com&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

    More info on the crime here:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/andy-yun-identified-as-victim-in-franconia-killing/2012/12/03/5ec62fca-3d5b-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_blog.html

    Runners World is reporting that Kweder twice attended the "University of the Cumberlands in Lexington, Kentucky, where he holds the school records for the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:05) and 5000 meters (14:34)."
  • Exucrunner
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 3:08am CST
    re: rojo
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    wow..thats sad news indeed i just talked to him about 2 days ago and he was in high sprits ready to resume his running..i hope its not true!!!
  • survey says
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 3:51am CST
    re: rojo
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    The article linked describes the victim as Kweder's roommate, not landlord.
  • Thats nuts
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 3:54am CST
    re: rojo
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    Can't tell you how many times I saw the guy.

    One of my coaches knew him fairly well. The dude must have snapped or something.
  • rebelscum
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 4:38am CST
    re: rojo
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    Sounds like it could be a lovers' spat (or not).
  • nopww
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 4:54am CST
    re: rojo
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    sad
  • Thats nuts
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 5:29am CST
    re: rebelscum
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    rebelscum wrote:

    Sounds like it could be a lovers' spat (or not).


    3 dudes living together in their 30's in gay friendly area. you decide.
  • H1V VH1
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 5:44am CST
    re: Thats nuts
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    He had to have been gay. Franconia is a gay-heavy area outside of DC and many gay houses pop up with numerous young men living together.

    Yu could have been his roommate, landlord and gay lover.

    Obviously, guy had major anger management issues. Maybe Yu said he was going to "out" him?

    Tragic situation.
  • So Creepy
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 5:45am CST
    re: Exucrunner
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    Exucrunner wrote:
    i just talked to him about 2 days ago

    Consider yourself lucky. You escaped death. He had already killed a man at that point. You talked to a killer.
  • concerned citizen
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 5:54am CST
    re: rojo
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    I hope parents around the country now see what running may lead to.
  • B. Costas
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 7:09am CST
    re: rojo
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    What I believe is, if he didn't possess/own a blunt object, Yu would be alive today
  • merrr
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 7:25am CST
    re: rojo
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    rojo wrote:


    Runners World is reporting that Kweder twice attended the "University of the Cumberlands in Lexington, Kentucky, where he holds the school records for the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:05) and 5000 meters (14:34)."

    University of Cumberlands is not in Lexington. It's in Williamsburg, KY almost 2 hours away.



    https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Lexington,+KY&daddr=University+of+cumberlands&hl=en&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=45.871627,107.138672&geocode=FQh0RAIdXJP2-ikl65zMKURCiDHdT4yQQYPwhA%3BFS2RMAIdHsX7-iF5qrIjQMMhYilTpwTul-ZciDF5qrIjQMMhYg&t=h&mra=ls&z=9
  • Flagpole
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    7 years ago 12/04/2012 7:53am CST
    re: rojo
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    man, what a sad story. I remembered his name because I lived in the DC area in 1995, and he along with Sharif Karie were the great high school runners during my time in DC.
  • worst poster
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 7:58am CST
    re: merrr
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    Hey, take it easy and look on the bright side, the number of people who have ever heard of the
    University of the Cumberlands doubled based on this thread alone.
  • Tyrone Greene
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 7:59am CST
    re: rojo
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ0up_MjsLk


    OK tastless but I had to
  • Scoonie
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 9:43am CST
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    This guy sounds like a lost soul. Not a lot of direction in his life.

    What did he do right after high school?
  • wowwwww
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 10:02am CST
    re: Scoonie
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    I knew him for awhile. Definitely a weird kid and as others stated before no real direction. He seemed nice enough though.
  • Turd ball
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 10:05am CST
    re: H1V VH1
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    H1V VH1 wrote:

    He had to have been gay. Franconia is a gay-heavy area outside of DC and many gay houses pop up with numerous young men living together.

    Yu could have been his roommate, landlord and gay lover.

    Obviously, guy had major anger management issues. Maybe Yu said he was going to "out" him?

    Tragic situation.


    Actually that makes a ton of sense. Doesn't justify murder though.

    I have a bad feeling this will be another 'running' thing on the national news.
  • PRRRR
    7 years ago 12/04/2012 10:07am CST
    re: Scoonie
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    He went to Brevard I think after HS, but then dropped out there and went into the Marines. After the Marines he went to another NAIA school somewhere in the west/mid-west.
  • Tyrannosaurus Rexing
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    7 years ago 12/04/2012 10:13am CST
    re: B. Costas
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    B. Costas wrote:

    What I believe is, if he didn't possess/own a blunt object, Yu would be alive today

    Yes, since is a known fact that people can be murdered (or commit suicide) in ways that do not involve guns, stating that guns are a huge problem in this country and lead to violence is stupid.

    Great point and hilarious satire! You need to be hired by late night comedy or maybe the Onion with wit like that.