36th Annual Dow’s
Prairie Races
10:00 am, Sat., June 21, 2025
Directed by “Jeff Haag” <jeffreybhaag@gmail.com>
36th Annual Dows
Prairie Races
2.0 Miles and 2π Miles
(approximately)
The 36th Annual Dows Prairie Race took
place on the first day of summer 2025. And for the first time, the long race
was an out-and-back 10 kilometer race. This represents
a 1.6% increase from the traditional 6.1 mile loop
distance. Of course, due to human and machine error, all distance measurements
are approximate. It is possible that some runners ran 1.1% beyond 10 kilometers
for a total distance of 2π miles.
The first runner to complete the 10K race, with a
time of 39:42, was 15-year-old Juan Ornelas.
Juan was the fastest and youngest competitor in the race. Finishing second,
with a time of 40:01, was first female finisher Erin
Ponte. Since the course is new, Juan and Erin’s times are course
records. Overall 38 runners completed the 10K.
The 2 mile race, also an
out-and-back, featured 31 runners with an age range from 7 to 75. Parker Blasi, 13, ran strong for the win, with
Mark Chapman, approximately 5 times
as old as Parker, coming in second. Calen Ponte
finished third, closely followed by the first two female runners, Trudi Blasi and 8-year-old Roenne
Powell.
The Six Rivers Running Club races are family
affairs. The 2 mile event featured 4 Blasis and 6 Chapmans. Among both races we saw performances
from 4 Pontes and Powells, 5 Ornelases,
3 Hartlings, and 2 Carsons.
It was nice to get television coverage from Redwood
News. Thank you, John Farley.
Races would not be as pleasurable, or even
possible, without the generous contributions from our volunteers. We would like
to thank Marlene Allen, Tammy Haag, and Doug Hartling for help
with registration. Emily Hartling, Sage Hartling, and Dave Ryan
served as course monitors. Westley, Felix, and Shawn Porter
worked the 10K aid station while Arianna and Crystal Porter
prepared snacks at the finish line. Working the finish line were Harry Kavich, Yoshi Uemura, and Gary
Timek. After the race Paul Kraus helped
Gary take down the course and get the equipment back into storage. Yoon Kim
had photos and results online in a timely fashion. Special thanks to Sherry
Myers for invaluable logistical assistance over two days. It was my
pleasure to work with you all. I apologize if I omitted anyone, and I look
forward to the Dow’s Prairie Races next year.
-- Jeff Haag, Race Director. June 21, 2025
2 Mile
Pl. Name G/age Time Bib#
1 Parker Blasi M13 14:30
730
2 Mark Chapman M65 15:27
733
3 Calen Ponte M12 18:00
710
4 Trudie Blasi F47 18:24
729
5 Roenne Powell F08
19:08 718
6 Brittany Gribbin F40
19:55 714
7 Alejandra Garcia F45
20:10 705
8 Jaymi Dark F42 21:45
709
9 Casse Weaver F48 23:41
728
10 Meguire Bartosz
F18 23:42 717
11 Alia
Dunphy F46 24:12
713
12 Shelby
Ornelas F13 26:05
715
13 Aileen
Ornelas F07 26:06
717
14 Jose Ornelas M11 26:12
716
15 Eliana
Powell F09 26:27
719
16 Ashley
Powell F38 26:30
720
17 Javier Romero M26
26:44 708
18 Sonia De
Leon F26 26:44
704
19 McKenzie
Ponte F10 29:19
711
20 Lori
Ponte F67 29:20
712
21 Maddox Chapman M10
32:48 723■
22 Liam Chapman M10 33:26
724■
23 Zane Chapman M12 33:32
725■
24 Zachary Chapman M43
33:33 726■
25 Tj Chapman
F62 36:45 721
26 Grayson Roberts M14
36:47 722
27 Pete Ciotti M47 38:04
734
28 Colin Blasi M11 41:45
731
29 Carolyn Taberner-Blasi F75
41:59 732
30 Emily
Hartling F15 42:59
707
31 Sage
Hartling F12 43:00
706
■ started 12:10 late, i.e.,
subtract 12:10 for actual running time
6.2 Mile
Pl. Name G/age Time Bib#
1 Juan Ornelas M15 39:42
1762
2 Erin Ponte F39 40:01
1744
3 Tristan Cole M33 42:54
1759
4 Craig Wasko M53 43:16
1749
5 Matt Wells M43 46:36
1729
6 Annie Fehrenbach F37
46:55 1754
7 Courtney Carlson F33
47:07 1738
8 Richard Roybal M48
47:20 1746
9 Jake Johnson M49 48:49
1740
10 Sung Choi M54 49:12
1757
11 Kerry
Byrne F43 49:43
1755
12 Jen
Marlow F44 51:43
1750
13 Doug Hartling M41
51:45 1728
14 Amanda
Lee F33 51:58
1747
15 Jen Foesig
F52 52:56 1753
16 Caroline
Carson F63 53:32
1758
17 Danny Emmenecker M36
53:56 1732
18 Tara Vu F43 54:25
1734
19 Rebecca
Matias F34 54:45
1765
20 Simona Carini
F62 55:37 1756
21 Paul Kraus M64 56:10
1731
22 Arthur Barker M63
56:32 1745
23 Jose Ornelas M37 56:44
1748
24 Chrystal
Ales F41 56:44
1751
25 Katrin
Lemmon F35 57:50
1760
26 Shawn Magnuson M55
58:16 1743
27 Thomas Nolan M31 1:00:59 1737
28 Tom Davies M59 1:01:00 1736
29 Damian Morton M30
1:01:00 1735
30 John Carson M67 1:03:46 1752
31 Zian Kobley M14 1:04:29 1733
32 Kalla
McDonald F32 1:04:42 1742
33 Dana
Merrill F31 1:04:43 1741
34 Marlene
Allen F69 1:06:59 1764
35 Jaslin Rownan
F31 1:12:06 1761
36 Ed Kallen M60 1:12:41 1730
37 Holly
Powell F35 1:13:03 1739
38 Jasper M28 1:18:43 1763