Hammond Trail 2M & Half-Marathon

Race Results – 9AM Saturday, August 15, 2009

Submitted by Yoon G Kim <ygk1@humboldt.edu>

 

This is the second time we have switched the course from “Hammond Bridge” of the past to the 2-year old “Hammond Trail.” Miles and corners are (hopefully) accurately marked with “cones” thanks to Karen Kelley-Day and friends. You can try out this beautiful course during your training.

 

Big “Thank You’s” to Ken Yanosko for registration and recording, to Josh Tyhurst for distributing water & cheer to thirsty runners, and bringing back many cones, to Jim Griggs for going out to buy additional case of water, to John Zinselmeier for the finish line cheer and timing, to Gary Timek for various support including lending me all the cones and other stuff that I needed and even returning all of them after the race, to Sharon Powers for various help + cheer, to Myrna Milender for preparing watermelon table, to Barry & John Milender to go out and check the race in progress, to Dale Bagley for showing up early to help every year, to Brett Johnson for bringing some chips, and most of all to all the runners, family and friends who showed up and cheered for the runners. Without your help and support, it wouldn’t have been possible. Big thanks also goes to the first time runners. See you all again next year – we’ll compare your time of this year with next year’s.

 

Mother nature blessed us in a typical Humboldt style weather during August. There was very little wind and it may have been just a bit warm during the race. Last year, we had 37 runners for both races together, and we had twice as many and one more this year! I first worried about having too much snacks based on last year’s number. As it turns out, Jim had to go out to buy additional case of bottled water. Next year, I will prepare snacks and drinks based on the average number of the last 3 years.

 

In the 2-mile race, Dillion Ayers was the easy winner at a good time of 11:13. John Milender (at 12:47) ran well enough to take the second place. Barry will have tough time to keep up with John even after he recovers from injury. RJ Richard (at 13:09) also outran his mom. Both of these two young runners turned in an outstanding time and look very promising. Melanie Richard was the first woman finisher at 13:16, and was a few steps ahead of former Eureka High standout Nina Carson who ran 13:18 while visiting home during summer. A total of twenty six runners covered a two mile course and were properly rewarded with all the watermelon and cookies they could eat before the half-marathoners returned.

 

In the half-marathon, there was a debate about if Matt Creason’s performance was due to summer training or a statistical anomaly. He led the field with a personal best of 1:14:30 and easily destroyed race director’s prediction. He came within 5 seconds of last year’s best time set by Todd Braje of McKinleyville. Todd* came back from World Cup 100K in Torhout, Belgium, on 6/19-20/09. He was 19th overall, and 2nd among thirteen US runners sent by the USATF. Race director thanks him for coming out and trying before full recovery. Todd writes about his adventure in Belgium on his blog at http://toddbraje.blogspot.com/. It was always great fun to watch these two outstanding runners, Matt and Todd, go head to head. We hope to see a rematch again. Among the women runners, Chris Hamer finished first at 1:42:08 and continued to show us how to defy gravity. However, the biggest drop in time from last year was accomplished by Terri Vroman-Little (with an improvement of 4 min’s 11 sec’s from 2008), not by Chris (with an improvement of 3 min’s 32 sec’s from 2008). An improvement of 3-4 minutes during one year is quite remarkable. Oh, among the men, Pete Ciarabellini showed almost a super human improvement with a reduction of 24 min’s 27 sec’s during one year period. Hello, Pete, no performance enhancing tricks, please J

 

But, nothing in sports seems impossible during this month -- when Usain Bolt runs 100 & 200 meters at a time (at 9.58 on 8/16/09, and at 19.19 on 8/20/09, Olympic Stadium in Berlin) that’s considered near human limit until recently and Yong-Eun YANG beats Tiger Woods against all odds (at Chaska, MN, The 91st PGA Championship with 280 strokes, Sunday 8/16/09). Did you know the guy’s last name YANG in Korean means a “sheep”? Some Korean newspapers had a headline “A sheep that overcame Tiger”.

 

Thanks to those who came out two years in a row. Here is a summary for those runners:

Congrats to those who defy gravity

Name                     2009Time    2008Time

Bob Thompson             1:39:03     1:39:55

Rae Noe                  1:41:51     1:43:03

Chris Hamer              1:42:08     1:45:40

Terri Vroman-Little      1:45:47     1:49:58

Pete Ciarabellini        1:55:19     2:19:46

 

Congrats to those who go with the gravity flow

Name                     2009Time    2008Time

Todd Braje               1:20:42     1:14:25

Dale Bagley              1:33:00     1:25:32

Brett Johnson            1:53:18     1:47:06

Tanya Trump              1:53:20     1:53:07

Jessie Hunt              2:03:20     1:50:43

Brian Ferguson           2:03:20     1:45:19

Marlene Allen            2:06:20     2:03:15

Peter Meyer              2:12:52     2:06:01

 

2M result

Place Name                 Sex  Age  Time

 1   Dillon Ayers            M 20    11:13

 2   John Milender           M 12    12:47

 3   RJ Richard              M 09    13:09

 4   Melanie Richard         F 38    13:16

 5   Nina Carson             F 19    13:18

 6   Barry Milender          M 54    13:43

 7   Jen Foesig              F 37    14:10

 8   Connor Trump            M 10    15:09

 9   Jurgen Giessel          M 73    16:01

10   Amber Thompson          F 32    16:15

11   Michaela Barros         F 11    16:16

12   Peter Martin            M 49    16:53

13   Katelyn Jones           F 13    17:51

13   Kelsi Clary             F 13    17:51

15   Diqui Lapenta           F 43    18:55

16   Mike Roberts            M 49    19:03

17   Tristen Black           M 10    20:08

18   Camille Riggs           F 32    20:23

18   Deedee Jones            F 40    20:23

20   Theresa Burger          F 75    24:03

21   Mj Goble                F 45    24:56

22   Ermei He                F 33    29:12

23   Bob Burger              M 78    32:30

24   Maddelyn Black          F 09    35:35

25   Kennedy Black           F 07    44:35

26   Lynette Black           F 36    48:08

 

Half-Marathon result

Place Name                 Sex  Age  2009Time       2008Time(same course)

 1   Matt Creason            M 32    1:14:30

 2   Todd Braje              M 33    1:20:42        1:14:25

 3   Jason Haase             M 19    1:20:55

 4   Reed Richard            M 41    1:22:08

 5   Cody Thompson           M 32    1:22:57

 6   Jonathan O’Connell      M 20    1:24:17

 7   Jacob Culver            M 20    1:28:37

 8   Yoshi Uemura            M 54    1:31:56

 9   Dale Bagley             M 49    1:33:00        1:25:32

10   Cody Gray               M 18    1:34:30

11   Bob Beede               M 56    1:35:11

12   Chris Jackson           M 37    1:36:22

13   Bob Thompson            M 59    1:39:03        1:39:55

14   Nicolas Huerta          M 20    1:40:10

15   Rae Noe                 M 20    1:41:51        1:43:03

16   Chris Hamer             F 53    1:42:08        1:45:40

17   Jorge Matias            M 42    1:44:09

18   Sequoia Ward            F 27    1:45:20

19   Terri Vroman-Little     F 46    1:45:47        1:49:58

20   Jim Griggs              M 53    1:47:42

21   Michele Africa          F 37    1:48:33

22   Jennifer Fairbanks      F 40    1:50:36

23   Chris Metzger           M 54    1:50:49

24   Bori Mazzag             F 36    1:52:18

25   Gary Timek              M 62    1:52:31

26   Brett Johnson           M 41    1:53:18        1:47:06

27   Tanya Trump             F 39    1:53:20        1:53:07

28   Pete Ciarabellini       M 46    1:55:19        2:19:46

29   Bryan Reeser            M 39    1:56:12

30   Larry Tyrell            M 69    1:57:35

31   Linn Tyhurst            F 27    1:57:41

31   Nichole McCune          F 29    1:57:41

33   Stephen Buck            M 57    1:58:59

34   Margaret Morris         F 56    2:01:50

35   Scott Black             M 37    2:02:13

36   Jessie Hunt             F 38    2:03:20        1:50:43

36   Brian Ferguson          M 56    2:03:20        1:45:19

38   Steve Martin            M 35    2:05:11

39   Marlene Allen           F 53    2:06:20        2:03:15

40   Howard Selman           M 55    2:09:53

41   Peter Meyer             M 42    2:12:52        2:06:01

42   Bradley Richmond        F 37    2:13:31

43   Susan Reeser            F 39    2:13:47

44   Maggie White            F 39    2:15:27

45   Michelle Martinich      F 25    2:15:40

46   Don Rosebrook           M 43    2:19:50

47   Carrie Flackus          F 40    2:26:49

48   Sherrie Sample          F 46    2:41:36

49   Ginger Morris           F 30    2:53:52

 

* Result of IAU (International Association of Ultrarunners) 100K World Cup in Torhout, Belgium, 6/19-20/09

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MEN

1) Yasukazu Miyazato (JPN)    6:40:44

2) Jonas Buud (SWE)           6:41:50

3) Giorgio Calcaterra (ITA)   6:42:05

4) Marco Boffo (ITA)          6:45:39

5) Masakazu Takahashi (JPN)   6:51:18

6) Michael Wardian (USA)      6:53:17

7) Christophe Buquet (FRA)    6:55:46

8) Angel Jimenez (ESP)        6:55:59

9) Eric Legat (FRA)           6:57:07

10) Alexey Izmaylov (RUS)     6:58:46

 

Other U.S.

19) Todd Braje (USA)          7:15:13

34) Howard Nippert (USA)      7:40:06

55) Chad Ricklefs (USA)       8:17:31

 

TEAM

1) Japan     20:31:01

2) Italy     20:43:12

3) France    21:00:46

WOMEN

1) Kami Semick (USA)          7:37:24

2) Irina Vishnevskaya (RUS)   7:46:26

3) Monica Carlin (ITA)        7:53:58

4) Devon Crosby-Helms (USA)   7:59:17

5) Meghan Arbogast (USA)      8:04:29

6) Helena Crossan (IRL)       8:04:40

7) Carolyn Smith (USA)        8:07:03

8) Branka Hajek (GER)         8:07:49

9) Mai Fujisawa (JPN)         8:08:48

10) Yoko Yamazawa (JPN)       8:10:05

 

Other U.S.

19) Connie Gardner (USA)      8:42:37

 

TEAM

1) USA       23:41:10

2) Russia    24:32:06

3) Japan     24:41:21