Going the Distance in October

A number of Rogue Valley runners went the distance this month. Here's a recap of some of this month's major marathons, and we'll throw in an ultra just for good measure.

More than 7,800 runners braved the rain at the Portland Marathon (10/5/08).
Here's a list of the local finishers:

1012 DANA BANDY ASHLAND, OR 3:38:12
1217 CHAD WIKANDER ASHLAND, OR 3:42:44
1279 DANA DUVIVIER ASHLAND, OR 3:43:49
1477 JOSHUA WIESEN ASHLAND, OR 3:47:45
2104 DESIREE BARNES ASHLAND, OR 3:59:00
2124 JEFFREY PROULX ASHLAND, OR 3:59:17
2255 STAN POTOCKI ASHLAND, OR 4:01:53
2442 MICHAEL SOTOS ASHLAND, OR 4:06:04
3061 ALINA SQUIRES ASHLAND, OR 4:17:54
3077 KAROLINA WYSZYNSKA, ASHLAND, OR 4:18:26
4397 TOM PELSOR ASHLAND, OR 4:46:01
4648 ROBIN DAWSON ASHLAND, OR 4:53:05
5039 TESSA BENEDICKTUS, ASHLAND, OR 5:03:26
5564 CAMILLE SIDERS ASHLAND, OR 5:26:50
5565 LORI FLEUTER ASHLAND, OR 5:26:50
6296 AUDREY THOMPSON ASHLAND, OR 6:05:59
6372 JANA CAROLE ASHLAND, OR 6:10:13
6373 MICHELLE ZUNDEL ASHLAND, OR 6:10:13
6883 KRISTIN JULBER ASHLAND, OR 6:41:18
7163 DONNA MARKLE ASHLAND, OR 6:59:08
7430 SARAH BRECKENRIDGE,ASHLAND, OR 7:20:22
7431 TONI RICHMOND ASHLAND, OR 7:20:22

450 DANIEL HOUGH TALENT, OR 3:22:03
943 FREEBORN MONDELLO TALENT, OR 3:36:37
1427 CHRISTI WATTS TALENT, OR 3:46:40
1544 ANDRE ANDERSON TALENT, OR 3:48:52
5361 LINDA MURPHY TALENT, OR 5:17:10
5506 JOHANNA HOBART-CRANE TALENT, OR 5:24:17
5950 ERIN OXENDINE TALENT, OR 5:44:45
6482 ALI LIVELY TALENT, OR 6:15:29
7477 DANI PISORS TALENT, OR 7:23:59
7478 ERIN DICKEY TALENT, OR 7:23:59

6746 VICKIE HELFRICH PHOENIX, OR 6:32:55

128 SCOTT STEMPLE MEDFORD, OR 3:04:06
344 KEITH MINOR MEDFORD, OR 3:18:06
505 STEVE WYATT MEDFORD, OR 3:24:28
510 GEORGE JOHNSTON MEDFORD, OR 3:24:36
1185 JENNIFER NIDALMIA MEDFORD, OR 3:41:51
1372 JARED LEEPER MEDFORD, OR 3:45:42
1745 DAVID JORDAN MEDFORD, OR 3:52:58
1971 RYAN RACKLEY MEDFORD, OR 3:57:09
2419 THOMAS BELL MEDFORD, OR 4:05:42
2942 RON GASSMAN MEDFORD, OR 4:15:28
2986 JASON SLAUGHTER MEDFORD, OR 4:16:13
3076 MICHELLE CHRISTIAN MEDFORD, OR 4:18:26
3829 KEVIN TULLY MEDFORD, OR 4:33:53
3879 NATHAN HARP MEDFORD, OR 4:34:56
3888 DUSTIN CLARK MEDFORD, OR 4:35:09
4018 EDUARDO LEDESMA MEDFORD, OR 4:38:11
4115 DEAN LEWIS MEDFORD, OR 4:40:21
4802 TED ADAMS MEDFORD, OR 4:56:37
5083 SARAH DEMULDER MEDFORD, OR 5:04:59
5462 NANCY FADLING MEDFORD, OR 5:21:56
5470 DALE MEADOR MEDFORD, OR 5:22:10
5493 MIVEN DONATO MEDFORD, OR 5:23:12
5572 HENRY BARRUETA MEDFORD, OR 5:27:07
5724 DANICA CRUMLEY MEDFORD, OR 5:33:30
5744 NATHAN GAOIRAN MEDFORD, OR 5:34:39
5925 INGRID MATHEWSON MEDFORD, OR 5:43:21
6446 RHONDA COLLINS MEDFORD, OR 6:13:42
6447 TERESA GALLAGHER-HILL MEDFORD, OR 6:13:43
6448 TARA BEHNKE MEDFORD, OR 6:13:43
6573 MOLLY CLARK MEDFORD, OR 6:20:34
6708 CHRISTIE SANDERS MEDFORD, OR 6:30:27
6763 LINDA JACKSON MEDFORD, OR 6:34:26
6823 LORNA BOLTON MEDFORD, OR 6:38:00
6824 CLAUDIA VIETS MEDFORD, OR 6:38:00
6902 CHRISTINA SAUNDERS MEDFORD, OR 6:42:50
6903 ROBIN MCMILLIN MEDFORD, OR 6:42:50
7156 DIANE SANDLER MEDFORD, OR 6:58:27
7201 LINDA VANBUSKIRK MEDFORD, OR 7:03:00
7203 STEPHANIE SMITH MEDFORD, OR 7:03:01
7479 HEATHER AYERS MEDFORD, OR 7:23:59
7658 SARA ENRIQUEZ MEDFORD, OR 8:09:23
7659 MARIANNE ROBISON MEDFORD, OR 8403 8:09:24
7746 LINDA DUFFY MEDFORD, OR 8:15:17

50 JC CALLANS EAGLE POINT, OR 2:53:35
2076 LANCE COOPER EAGLE POINT, OR 3:58:35
2523 JENNIFER CALLANS EAGLE POINT, OR 4:07:52
6799 MICHAEL GOHDE EAGLE POINT, OR 6:36:35
7021 ANNE MURPHY EAGLE POINT, OR 6:50:14
7022 JANE LEONARDO EAGLE POINT, OR 6:50:15

1954 RUSS SMITH CENTRAL POINT, OR 3:56:48
3348 JIM COOL CENTRAL POINT, OR 4:24:35
5630 JANET GROUT CENTRAL POINT, OR 5:29:30
6593 CHELSEA BROESDER CENTRAL POINT, OR 6:21:53
7142 ALICE CUSHMAN CENTRAL POINT, OR 6:57:18
7717 VALERIE MCMEEKIN CENTRAL POINT, OR 8:12:49
7771 LOIS SHANKS CENTRAL POINT, OR 8:20:38

3817 DAWN KERWIN ROGUE RIVER, OR 4:33:44


It was another warm one at this year's Chicago Marathon (10/12/08). Temperatures reached into the low 80's as more than 31,400 runners made their way through downtown Chicago.
Local finishers were:
205 IAN TORRENCE ASHLAND, OR 2:50:36
8787 MARIA CLEMENTI ASHLAND, OR 4:13:01


In Utah, more than 5,000 runners encountered rare wind and rain at the St. George Marathon (10/4/08). Local finishers were:

47 NEIL OLSEN CENTRAL POINT, OR 2:52:54
195 JIM BRENDLE CENTRAL POINT, OR 3:06:59
2827 JOHN LOTTS CENTRAL POINT, OR 4:16:43
3099 CHRISTOPHER FOSTER MEDFORD, OR 4:24:48
3227 MAUREEN MITCHELL CENTRAL POINT, OR 4:27:59
4181 DAVID DEVILLENENUE CENTRAL POINT, OR 5:02:33

The Twin Cities Marathon (10/4/08) went off in Minnesota. Our lone local finisher was:
7603 NANCY WILSON MEDFORD, OR 5:30:40

Now for a little Ultramarathon news:



The Dick Collins Firetrails 50 mile trail race was held on Saturday (10/11/08) in the Berkeley/Oakland hills of California. Southern Oregon and the Rogue Valley Runners were well represented on this course that gained more than 7,800 feet. Hal Koerner, the owner of Rogue Valley Runners, continued his winning ways (after his victory at the Angeles Crest 100 Mile three weeks ago) with a winning time of six hours and 43 minutes. Rogue Valley Runners employee Chris Rennaker had a strong sixth place showing, and Siskiyou Outback 50 Kilometer co-race director John Price finished in 10th place and first in his age group (50+). Ashland's Aaron Brian, a newbie at this distance, finished with a strong 8:58. On the women's side, Carly Varner finished with a personal best 9:11. Jody Waters finished in 9:22 and Erin Keller in 9:59.