REPORTS ARE OUT SAYING FORMER GARRY BJORKLUND HALF–MARATHON WOMEN'S WINNER LIZA HUNTER–GALVAN IS FACING DOPING ALLEGATIONS...

ACCORDING TO THE STAR–TIMES OF NEW ZEALAND, SHE IS FACING A HEARING WITH THE SPORTS DISPUTES TRIBUNAL WHICH COULD RESULT IN A BAN FOR A FAILED DOPING TEST...

HUNTER–GALVAN WON THE 2008 BJORKLUND HALF–MARATHON... WHICH HELPED LEAD TO AN EVENTUAL SPOT WITH NEW ZEALAND'S OLYMPIC TEAM.... FINISHING 35TH IN BEIJING...

BASED IN SAN ANTONIO... HUNTER–GALVAN TOLD THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS SHE COULDN'T COMMENT....

GRANDMA'S MARATHON PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR BOB GUSTAFSON told the Northland's NewsCenter on Tuesday GRANDMA'S OFFICIALS ARE AWARE AND MONITORING THE SITUATION...

HE ALSO STRESSED HUNTER–GALVAN TESTED NEGATIVE FOLLOWING THE 2008 BJORKLUND HALF–MARATHON... AND IS CONSIDERED THE WOMEN'S CHAMPION...

BACK IN 2006, GRANDMA'S OFFICIALS DISQUALIFIED THEN MARATHON WOMEN'S WINNER HALINA KARNATSEVICH FROM BELARUS AFTER A FAILED DRUG TEST... WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN A 2–YEAR BAN...

GRANDMA'S OFFICIALS WITHHOLD PRIZE MONEY UNTIL THE RESULTS OF DRUG TESTING IS FINALIZED BY THE U–S ANTI–DOPING AGENCY....