**RESULTS **

 

 

CAMBRIA, JANUARY 15 – CASTLE TO COAST  (San Simeon State Beach to Shamel  Park, 8.2 miles):

  1.

Sergio Reyes/Aggies

42:08

40.

Todd Barnes

60:07

  74.

Teri Rose

  73:00

  6.

Thomas Reiss/1-SLDC

47:59

47.

Katie Mooney

62:35

  75.

Jim Dempsey

  73:01

  7.

Mike Kinter/1-40+

48:35

48.

Heidi Mooney

62:37

  77.

Chris Shuck/early start

  73:24

  9.

Jennifer DeRego/1-F

50:16

50.

Mary Cooper

63:11

  78.

Libby Baker/early start

  73:26

10.

Linda Somers-Smith/2F

51:41

51.

Kevin Cooper

63:11

  79.

Saul David

  73:50

12.

Matt Ruane

52:11

56.

Clem Michel/1-60+

64:50

  82.

Russ Raymond

  74:44

13.

Steve Boaz

52:52

59.

Matthew Shuck

65:20

  84.

Marci Mora

  76:11

15.

Steve von Dohlen

53:27

62.

George McClintock

66:55

  89.

Velva Hakim

  77:51

17.

Ron Church/1-50+

54:23

66.

Mike OÕBannon

68:21

  98.

Rob Livick

  80:34

21.

Henry Hernandez

55:06

67.

Neil Silvers

68:31

104.

Kaeti Ecker

  86:37

28.

Stephanie Shuck

56:56

69.

Steve Himmelrich

69:56

107.

Kathy Pycior

  91:25

30.

Trish Avery-Caldwell

58:38

70.

Jim Willis

71:35

109.

Lou Squazzoni

105:05

37.

Victor Brancart

59:30

73.

Chris Haggie

72:43

 

- / from Jim Hurley / -

 

 

 

SAN LUIS OBISPO, FEBRUARY 5 – CUESTA ALL-COMERS MEET: (* = SLDC member or former ÔRoo Rat)

MenÕs 400 – 3. Tyler Gibson*/Cuesta 55.88.               

WomenÕs 400 – 7. Rebecca Reyes*/Cuesta 65.77.      

MenÕs 800 – 2.  Willie Jones*/Cuesta (ex-SLOHS) 2:01.46 .. 3. Tyler Gibson*/Cuesta (ex-Paso Robles HS) 2:06.52 .. 4. Ben Shuck*/Cuesta (ex-Atascadero HS) 2:08.46.       

WomenÕs 800 – 3. Rebecca Reyes*/C 2:27.84.

MenÕs Mile – 1. Keith Hankins/CP 4:25.86 .. 2. Martin Hernandez/C (ex-Templeton HS) 4:42.96 .. 3. Jon George/C (ex-Righetti HS) 4:49.06 .. 5. Alex Flores/Hancock (ex-Santa Maria HS) 5:52.07 .. 7. Nathan Gibson*/C 5:01.70.

WomenÕs Mile – 1. Jordan Hasay* (13) 4:51.48 (unofficial world age-13 record, breaks old mark by Mary Decker). 

Steeplechase – 1. Jon George 10:13.11 .. 2. Nathan Gibson* 10:46.59 .. Clare Nowell*/Cuesta (1st-F) 12:56.42.

3000M – 1. Chris Stehula/C 9:04.94 .. 2. Martin Hernandez 9:27.13 .. 4. Alex Flores/H 9:39.02 .. 8. Ivan Huff*/SLDC 11:09.59 .. 9. Hannah Huff*/SLDC (1st-F) 11:10.25.            / Jani  Johnson; www.cuestacollege.org /

 

 

SANTA BARBARA, FEBRUARY 5 – ROSES TO LA PLAYA:

3.5 Mile (155 finishers) – 75. Stan Coombs 33:18.               

10K (313 finishers) – 1, Aaron Gillen/SBAA 31:46.  

 

 

HUNTINGTON BEACH, FEBRUARY 6 – PACIFIC SHORELINE MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, & 5K:

5K (1,893 finishers) – 40. Scott Gower/Atascadero 19:05.

Half Marathon (3,987 finishers) – 1771. Charlie Unger/Morro Bay-SLDC 2:04:49 (4th-70/79).

Marathon (705 finishers) – 48. Mark Martins/Santa Margarita-SLDC 3:20:26 (Boston qualifier) .. 243. Rebecca Samet/Pismo Beach 3:56:53 .. 280. Brodie Maag/S.L.O. 4:02:39. The club record for this race is 3:06:03 by Charlie Joslin in 2003.   - / www.marathonrun.com / -

 

 

SAN LUIS OBISPO, FEBRUARY 6 – CHAINS OF LOVE (at Cal Poly):

         With the field consisting largely of Cal Poly students, SLDC runners came away with most of the awards for the upper age divisions. Divisional winners received gift certificates to local restaurants including McLintocks, LouisaÕs Place, Tahoe JoeÕs, & MotherÕs Tavern. With the emphasis on couples in honor of ValentineÕs Day, the top prize ($50 at McLintockÕs) went to 10K couples winner Kevin & Mary Cooper. Other winners, all in their club racing debut, were Wayne Tyo, finishing in the middle of a group of students 30 years younger than he is; former Cal Poly runner Meredith Rogers, 1st woman and 3rd overall in the 15K; and John McElver, 1-50+ in the 15K. Each race winner was a member of the sponsoring Cal Poly Triathlon Club and won by a comfortable margin.

 

5K (128 finishers) – 1. Todd Robinson/CP 16:12 .. 5. Wayne Tao (1st-50+) 17:17 .. 11. Matthew Shuck 20:24 .. 65. Joe Camporeale/2-50+ 27:56 .. 83. Chris Shuck 31:09 .. Elizabeth Baker 44:59 .. Neil & Renee Silvers 48:48.

 

10K (84 finishers) – 1. Nick Thompson/CP 32:40 (won by 4 minutes) .. 7. Kevin & Mary Cooper (1st couple) 40:22 .. 19. Chris Connors (1st-50+) 44:07 .. 58. Larry Newton 54:45.

 

15K (27 finishers) – 1. Mark Scaife/CP 52:50 ... 2. Paul Lee (1-40+) 55:45 .. 3. Meredith Rogers (1st-F) 56:06 ..

5. Steve von Dohlen (1st-30/39) 58:12 .. 8. John McElver (1st-50+) 60:49 .. 27. Laurie Brown/1F-40+ 1:40:42.           

                                                                 - / www.calpolytriathlon.com / -

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 6 – KAISER PERMANENTE 5K (1,689 finishers) & HALF MARATHON (3,540 finishers):

Half Marathon – 613. Jeff Woodbury/S.L.O.-SLDC 1:40:40. Others – 683. Julie Hitchcock/SLO 1:42:10 ..

1301. Julie Caprino/SLO 1:51:42 .. 1593. Paul Sherwood/Templeton 1:56:14 .. 2053. Linda Shotwell/SLO 2:03:01.

 

 

REDONDO BEACH, FEBRUARY 6 – SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 5K & 10K:

5K (2,072 finishers) – 1. Christian Hesch 14:53 .. 2. Sergio Reyes 14:55 ..7. Andy DiConti/ex-CP 15:53 (2-40+).

10K (3,173 finishers) – 1. Christian Hesch 30:36 .. 14. Brent Griffiths/Morro Bay-Aggies 34:07 (3rd-40+) .. 15. Mike Kinter/Morro Bay-SLDC 34:25 (4th-40+).          - / www.villagerunnerracing.com / -

 

 

DEATH VALLEY, FEBRUARY 6 – 16TH DEATH VALLEY MARATHON: 4. John Kammer/S.L.O. 3:09:02 (2-40+).

 

 

CHENEY, WASHINGTON, FEB. 12 – USAT&F WEST ZONE JR. OLYMPICS INDOOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Youth Girls 1500M – 1. Jordan Hasay/Arroyo Grande-SLDC 4:37.08. This was the #1 time in the U.S. for HS girls in the indoor 1500M through mid-February, earning Jordan top billing on the Dyestat & Dyestatcal web sites.

 

 

VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, FEBURARY 12 & 13 – USAT&F NATL. CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Junior MenÕs 8K – 28. Daniel Nunn/Georgetown (San Luis Obispo HS Õ04) 27:04.

Junior WomenÕs 6K – 38. McKayla Plank/Los Gatos 25:07 (visited SLO, ran with SLDC during summer intervals).

Open MenÕs 4K – 28. Isaiah Festa/Wisconsin Runners 12:24 .. 45. Ronnie Buchanan/Santa Maria 12:48.

Open MenÕs 12K – 42. Sergio Reyes/Los Osos-Asics Aggies 40:33 .. 53. Brian Kostock/Santa Ynez 41:07.

Open WomenÕs 4K – 1. Shalane Flanagan/NC-Nike 13:24 (daughter of former SLO runner Cheryl Bridges).

Masters MenÕs 8K – 6. Andy DiConti/La Canada-Team Runners High (ex-Cal Poly) 27:28.     

(No local entrants in the Open WomenÕs 8K or Masters WomenÕs 8K),      - / www.usatf.org / - 

 

 

CAMP ROBERTS, FEBRUARY 19 – SAN MIGUEL ŌBUZZĶ MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, & 5K:

5K (34 finishers) - 1. Kevin Wolf 21:29. SLDC: 2. Matthew Shuck 23:58 .. 16. Anne Klinger 34:24 .. 20. Chris Shuck 34:54 .. 29. Elizabeth Baker 51:10.

Half Marathon (37 finishers) – 1. Dave Hungerford 1:36:00.   SLDC: 6. John McElver 1:49:41 .. 14. Karen Cassidy 1:59:14 .. 25. Brian Glusovich 2:22:04 .. 34. Laurie Lea Brown 3:11:00.

Marathon (33 finishers) – 1. Matthew Halsey 3:07:28.  SLDC: 3. Steve von Dohlen (2003 & 2004 winner) 3:23:35.

 

 

ARCATA, FEBRUARY 5 – TRINIDAD TO CLAM BEACH RUN (8 ¾ miles, 395 finishers)

157. George McClintock/Arroyo Grande 75:50 .. 206. Rich Krumholz/SLO 82:34.  /www.racecenter.com/

 

The Trinidad to Clam Beach Run (by Ralph Philbrick, from the Santa Barbara AA web site)  - Four distances were offered at this race with the traditional one of 8 3/4 miles having a 40 year history. Out of 960 finishers, 395 favored this distance. The next most popular was the 5 3/4 miles with 320 while the 3 miler had 139 and the half marathon drew 106. There were 2 different start times, 3 starting points, and 2 finish lines, depending on the distance, although it was not as confusing as it sounds and race logistics, including shuttle buses, went smoothly. The main features were a hilly, undulating run through a coastal spruce forest on closed local roads and, for all events except the 3 miler, a dash through the mouth of the frigid Little River with a finish of 2 to 3 miles on the firm sand of Clam Beach. The temperature at the start was in the low 40s and the finish felt even colder because of a strong wind on the unprotected beach, yet most were running in T-shirts by that time.

         The start for the 8 3/4 and 3 miles was south of Patrick's Point State Park north of the town of Trinidad with bagpipe music and costumed runners. Roughly 3 miles on either side of small but supportive Trinidad there were several short, steep uphills, and corresponding downhills as the road dips into small coastal drainages. Just before Clam Beach the course turned and descended steeply to a small sandy parking lot, then continued on to the attractive but daunting knee-deep water of Little River. Here there was a safety rope, 3 assisting lifeguards, and a fire truck with an emergency crew. The leaders splashed straight through the icy water while the most timid were carried across. A conservative strategy was to wade barefoot and return to running shoes for the sand, though a few finished the race in their bare feet. This year the crossing was brief and relatively shallow. The broad sandy beach was rock-free and, with brief exceptions, nicely compacted but there was no protection from a chilling wind. Timing chips were retrieved at the finish and no numbers were used. Oranges, bananas, and water were provided and there was a large beach bonfire. However, the unique feature of the finish area was the Humboldt State Marching Lumberjacks who provided music before playing their way into waist-deep ocean waves.

         Quite a collection of runners shared the day. Triathlete Mike Pigg enjoyed a leisurely (1:02) go at the 8 3/4 miles while a 17-year-old local boy finished 3rd in 46:16 and and 15-year-old local girl Yasmine White finished as 1st woman and 18th overall. Considering the course difficulty, the 3 longer races were quite competitive. The 3 mile catered to the youngest runners but was won in 18:22. The winning time for the 8 3/4 was 44:26 with 1st and 2nd going to runners from Oregon. The winner of the half (1:16) was 3 minutes ahead and the 5 3/4 was won in 31:57 for the men and 38:27 for the women. When you go, you need to be prepared for possible cold, rain, and water up to your waist but you will definitely enjoy an unusual race.