Marathon man immortalized

8/31/2002
CTY sculpt30p 083002 August 30 2002--From left, Ken Thompson, Mike Barker, Thomas Lingeman and Alan Knaggs level a sculpture of legendary UT marathoner Sy Mah after installing it at Olander Park in Sylvania. It took Lingeman 18 months to create the 240 pound bronze sculpture which they installed Friday afternoon. Blade photo by Andy Morrison
CTY sculpt30p 083002 August 30 2002--From left, Ken Thompson, Mike Barker, Thomas Lingeman and Alan Knaggs level a sculpture of legendary UT marathoner Sy Mah after installing it at Olander Park in Sylvania. It took Lingeman 18 months to create the 240 pound bronze sculpture which they installed Friday afternoon. Blade photo by Andy Morrison

Ken Thompson, Mike Barker, Thomas Lingeman, and Alan Knaggs, from left, level a life-size sculp- ture of legendary University of Toledo marathon runner Sy Mah in Olander Park in Sylvania.

The 240-pound bronze sculpture was created by Mr. Lingeman, a professor of art at the Toledo Museum of Art.

The late Mr. Mah, a physical-education instructor at UT from 1972-88, was listed in the 1989 Guinness Book of World Records for having completed 524 marathons.