Before the race, from Left to Right: Nikki Campbell, Jana Carroll, Sarah Fetzer (red mask), Ron Sterling (Team Captain, blue mask), David Benedek, Alex Marie, Kristin Dean, and MB Lardizabal. There were 29 Team Members and all had fun! (No injuries!)

Above is a photo of Fred Martin, Jr., on his way to finishing among the first 10,000 runners with a time of 1:30:53. You needed a finishing time of 1:36:48:1 or less to make it into the top 10,000. (Nice picture, Fred!)

Paul Zarkowski M.D. (not pictured), a psychiatrist from Seattle, Washington, was the first of the Mental Health Matters! Team to finish at 1:04:03. David Benedek M.D., a psychiatrist from Maryland (pictured above) finished Team 2nd at 1:07:02, and Marc Nespoli from Baltimore (not pictured) finished 3rd at 1:09:03. Nikki Campbell (pictured above) was 1st for Team women at 1:09:49 and Jana Caroll (pictured above) was 2nd at 1:26.08.

For more articles and photos of the 2003 Bay to Breakers Run, please go the following links:

• San Francisco Chronicle article and photos posted May 19, 2003 -- City's rite of spring in fine, sunny form -- 'We've been to Frisco and seen it all'.

• San Francisco Examiner article posted June 21, 2003 -- The Whole Story on the 2003 Bay to Breakers Run, including a search engine to find out what your exact finishing time was. Check it out!

Mark Moran, a reporter for the APA's bi-weekly news journal, Psychiatric News, wrote two great articles about this team effort.

• The latest was a Psychiatric News article posted July 18, 2003, entitled Psychiatrists Run To Reduce Stigma.

• The earlier article was published on March 21, 2003 -- Wanted: Psychiatrists to Run For Better Mental Health. (The team felt the title of the article should have been Wanted: Psychiatrists and Friends to Run for Better Mental Health, but unfortunately you can't always control the way folks decide to title their articles.)

• The Oregonian -- article published May 19, 2003 -- Steps to ease stigma.

• The Trentonian (Philadelphia) -- article published May 19, 2003 -- NAMI reaches out with walkathon.

• The Citizens Voice (Pennsylvania) article posted May 22, 2003 -- 'Walk for the Mind' held.

• The Sentinel (New Jersey) article posted May 15, 2003 -- First mental illness walk in state set for Sunday -- Mount Holly selected as pilot site by nonprofit group NAMI NJ.

• The Holland Sentinel (Michigan) article posted May 21, 2003 -- Displacing a stigma, an article about a mental health walk in May 2003 in Holland, Michigan.