Meet the RTS Sports (Run To Succeed Race Management and Timing Company) Pro Staff. Or, as we prefer to call it, the RTS Family.
Tim Jarvis
President/CEO
Tim launched Run To Succeed Race Management & Timing Company in 2014 while working full time as a law enforcement officer. Tim retired from his law enforcement career in 2018 to focus on his business goals. The business has since expanded into two run specialty retail locations - RTS Sports Marion and RTS Sports Paducah.
Mary Jarvis
Vice President
Mary started running in Junior High School as a sprinter. She was not a fan of distance running and only used Cross Country as a training method. However, Mary eventually started a love/hate relationship with distance running. Mary is a full-time nurse for the past 17 years at Carbondale Memorial Hospital.
Michelle Pearl
Race Timer / Office Assistant
Michelle met Tim in 2014 as a participant in the 4 Mile Run of Valor to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Michelle started running in October of 2013 and ran her very first 5K race in April 2014. She recently completed her own 1000 mile challenge since her career start in running.
Karen Petter
Store Manager - RTS Sports Paducah
Karen is very active in the running community in and around Western Kentucky and occasionally travels to participate in races in other states. She is actively involved in the Paducah Area Running Club.
Michael Gholson
Store Manager - RTS Sports Marion
Michael Gholson has over a decade of experience in the running shoes retail environment. We first met Michael at our 4 Mile Run of Valor in 2014. He joined the RTS Team in 2020.
Denise Maragni
Race Timer / Retail Associate
Denise joined the RTS Team in the summer of 2018. She is a full time school teacher and works for RTS as a Retail Sales Associate and Race Timer as pictured above. Photo taken at the Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois 5K.
Abbey Reeves
Race Timer
Abbey joined the RTS Team in 2018. She brings a lot of positivity and excitement to the races she helps provide timing for. She has competed in numerous marathons, half marathons, trail runs, ultra runs and much more.
Abbey has qualified for the Boston Marathon 9 times out of the 21 full marathons she has ran. Her personal best was at the Chicago Marathon in 2016, 3:30.06.