7/23/08
By Pat Goodwin

On July 27, Zoila Gomez, 29, will make her second appearance at the NYC Half-Marathon Presented by NIKE. Since she last ran on the streets of New York City, she was a member of the U.S. women’s marathon team at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka. In January, she placed ninth at the USA Half-Marathon Championships in Houston in a personal best time of 1:13:11. And then on April 20, in the most memorable race of her career so far, Gomez finished fourth at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Women’s Marathon in Boston in another personal best time of 2:33:53. The Trials was her fifth marathon.