A MINNESOTA Ben Sathre M Open R U N N E R ’ S YEARBOOK 2016 Jillian Tholen Ben Sathre Angie Williams Kenny Miller W Open M Open W 35-39 M 35-39
Melissa Gacek Andrew Taylor Sonya Decker Darla O’Connor Gregg Robertson Daniel Strike W 40-44 M 40-44 W 45-49 W 45-49 M 45-49 W 45-49
Wanda Gau Patrick Billig Gwen Jacobson Rob Class Julie Virkus Bobby Paxton W 50-54 M 50-54 W 55-59 M 55-59 W 60-64 M 60-64
Gloria Jansen Rick Hlebain Rosemary Harnly Harry Cottrell Sandra Dalquist Rick Kleyman W 65-69 M 65-69 W 70-74 M 70-74 W 75-79 M 75-79
Lois DeGonda Alan Phillips Bill Fraser Florence Rawn Burt Carlson Allen Johnson W 80-84 M 80-84 M 85-89 W 90-94 M 90-94 M 90-94 How to Get Your Name in This Book Open Divisions The USATF Road Running Information Center (RRIC) is inter- The fastest 20 performances by Minnesota residents who met ested only in races that can certify that each fi nisher ran at least the the standard in the following: advertised distance in a time at least as fast as that reported. Thus 8K, 10K, 15K, 20K, 25K, 30K, 20 Mile your performance must have been on a certifi ed course in a race for Top 30: 1 Mile, 5K, 10 Mile, Half Marathon, Marathon which proper timing procedures were used. 35-and-up 5-year Divisions Here are the age groups for which records are kept:
The top 10 performances by Minnesota residents in: -- Open (under 35) 8K, 15K, 20K, 25K, 30K, 20 Mile -- Single year age groups up to 19 Top 15: 10K -- 5-year age groups from 35 on up. Top 20: 1 Mile, 5K, 10 Mile, Half Marathon, Marathon In each of these groups there is a cutoff time for men and women (or boys and girls) for performances that would be judged “no- table” and recorded. These standards are based on those that the RRIC uses and are, of course, more generous than the national standards. The standards that were used in 2016 are shown below. The last substantial revisions were made in 2001.
2016 Standards for Minnesota Rankings
Women Division 1M 5K 8K 10K 12K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Open 5:45 18:30 30:30 38:30 49:30 1:03:30 1:07:00 1:27:15 1:28:15 1:49:15 2:17:00 2:28:00 3:10:00 35-39 6:10 20:00 32:45 41:30 53:15 1:08:15 1:12:15 1:34:00 1:35:00 1:57:45 2:27:30 2:39:00 3:25:00 40-44 6:30 21:00 34:30 43:45 56:15 1:12:00 1:16:00 1:39:15 1:40:15 2:04:00 2:35:30 2:48:00 3:36:00 45-49 7:05 23:00 37:45 47:45 1:01:30 1:18:45 1:23:00 1:48:15 1:49:15 2:15:30 2:49:30 3:04:00 3:56:00 50-54 7:45 25:00 41:00 52:00 1:06:45 1:25:45 1:30:30 1:57:45 1:59:00 2:27:30 3:05:00 3:20:00 4:17:00 55-59 8:50 28:30 46:45 59:00 1:15:45 1:37:15 1:42:30 2:13:30 2:15:00 2:47:00 3:29:30 3:47:00 4:52:00 60-64 10:10 33:00 54:15 1:08:30 1:28:00 1:52:45 1:59:00 2:35:30 2:37:00 3:14:00 4:08:30 4:23:00 5:39:00 65-69 14:40 47:15 1:17:30 1:38:00 2:00:00 2:30:00 2:41:00 3:20:00 3:31:00 4:10:00 5:00:00 5:22:00 7:02:00 70-84 15:00 50:00 1:20:00 1:40:00 2:00:00 2:30:00 2:40:30 3:20:00 3:31:00 4:10:00 5:00:00 5:22:00 7:02:00 85+ 17:00 55:00 1:25:00 1:45:00 2:05:00 2:40:00 2:50:00 3:30:00 3:40:00 4:20:00 5:15:00 5:35:00 7:17:00
Men Division 1M 5K 8K 10K 12K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Open 4:50 15:45 26:00 32:45 42:00 54:00 57:00 1:14:15 1:15:00 1:32:45 1:56:30 2:06:00 2:42:00 35-39 5:05 16:30 26:55 34:00 43:40 56:00 59:00 1:17:00 1:17:45 1:36:15 2:00:30 2:11:00 2:48:00 40-44 5:15 17:00 28:00 35:30 45:45 58:30 1:01:45 1:20:30 1:21:15 1:40:45 2:06:00 2:16:00 2:55:00 45-49 5:35 18:00 29:45 37:30 48:15 1:01:45 1:05:15 1:25:00 1:26:00 1:46:15 2:13:30 2:24:00 3:05:00 50-54 5:55 19:15 31:45 40:00 51:30 1:06:00 1:09:30 1:30:45 1:31:30 1:53:30 2:22:00 2:34:00 3:18:00 55-59 6:30 21:00 34:30 43:45 56:15 1:12:00 1:16:00 1:39:15 1:40:15 2:04:00 2:35:30 2:48:00 3:36:00 60-64 7:10 23:15 38:15 48:30 1:02:15 1:20:00 1:24:15 1:50:00 1:51:00 2:17:30 2:52:30 3:06:00 4:00:00 65-69 8:40 28:00 45:45 58:00 1:14:30 1:35:30 1:40:45 2:11:30 2:13:00 2:44:30 3:26:00 3:43:00 4:47:00 70-74 13:25 43:15 1:11:15 1:30:00 1:55:45 2:28:00 2:36:30 3:20:00 3:26:00 4:10:00 5:00:00 5:22:00 7:02:00 75-89 15:00 50:00 1:20:00 1:40:00 2:00:00 2:30:00 2:41:00 3:20:00 3:31:00 4:10:00 5:00:00 5:22:00 7:02:00 90+ 17:00 55:00 1:30:00 1:55:00 2:10:00 2:50:00 3:00:00 3:30:00 3:40:00 4:20:00 5:15:00 5:35:00 7:17:00
2 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook The Best Runners in Minnesota in 2016
The performance lists that follow were used to rank the best Still, the system totals points at enough distances that it penal- Minnesota runners of 2016 in each age group. For each distance, izes the short- or long-distance specialist; the winners tend to be we assigned points to the top ten performances by Minnesotans people who perform well (and often) across the entire spectrum in each age group/gender: 10, 9, 8, etc. If there were fewer than of distance running, from 1 mile to 26.2 miles. ten performances, the top time was awarded only as many points as there were runners listed. In the Open divisions, the top twenty NOTE: performances were scored 20, 19, 18, etc. Due to the similarities in distance between the 15K/10M, only the runner’s higher score from one of the distances will be used If a runner ran more than one of the top scoring performances in in their total. The same is true for the 30K/20M. their category, they received only the points associated with the best performance, but they prevented rivals from getting points This is the 30th year that we’ve attempted to identify the they might otherwise have realized. For instance, say a runner best runners in Minnesota. Here they are, and how they earned records the top three times in their division for a given distance. their points in 2016. Note: in the discussion, statements like “X That runner will score 10 points. The runner who records the beat Y two times out of three” refer only to performances in races fourth fastest time at that distance will receive 7 points. If two on certifi ed courses in Minnesota that submitted their results runners run the same time, whether or not in the same race, they for record keeping. Frequent reference is made to the [2015 each receive the higher number of points earned by that time. World Master Athletics] “WMA age-graded scale.” This sys- tem rates any runner’s time as a percentage that is theoretically This system ignores performances by Minnesota runners out independent of age, sex, and distance. If you’d like to learn more of state. Therefore, the winners are not necessarily the “best about this system, simply Google “WMA age-graded calculator” Minnesota runners,” but they certainly were the “best runners in for more information. Minnesota” as they dominated our races week in and week out. So that the selection process rewards the quality of the runners’ performances and not just their quantity, runners can earn points at no more than fi ve diff erent distances. Thus the maximum number of points is 100 in the open divisions and 50 in the age groups. Tom Ruen.
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A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 3 Open Women
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Jillian Tholen 73 5 15 9 17 16 16 Lisa Baumert 70 8 18 7 19 10 18 Andrea Rediger 59 9 16 17 17 Lauren Rice 57 13 18 14 12 Meghan Peyton 56 17 20 19 Lindsey Pierret 40 129 19 Emma Lee 36 3 3 10 20 Katy Moen 35 16 19 Kimberly Horner 33 13 20 Melissa Agnew 32 14 18 Alison Smyth 32 8 7 17 Maureen Lybarger 31 7 11 13 Kelly Boler 30 15 15 Cynthia Jerop 30 10 20 Melissa Gacek 29 2 8 8 3 11 Nikki Paradis 24 12 12 Megan Smith 24 6 18 Gwen Jorgensen 20 20 Heather Kampf 20 20 Mona Stockhecke 19 19
Jillian Tholen picked up her fi rst ROY win in 2016. A most impressive leap, after fi nishing tied for eighth in 2015. The top WMA age-graded performance, 92.7%, in this division was by 2016 Olympic triathlon gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen, with her 53:13 in the USATF 10 Mile Championships. It also earned her 20 points in the rank- ings. Others achieving 20 points were Heather Kampf in the mile, Meghan Peyton in the 5K, Emma Lee in the 10K, Cynthia Jerop in the half marathon and Kimberly Horner in the marathon. Heather Kampf had two 90+ WMA performances in the mile: 4:35, 91.5%, and 4:37, 90.8%. Top Performances Jillian Tholen, here at the Victory 10K, picked up her fi rst ROY title in 2016. 1 Mile 1 4:35 Heather Kampf 29 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom 2 4:37 Heather Kampf 29 Minneapolis Minnesota 3 4:39 Gabriele Grunewald 29 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Ruen. 4 4:46 Meghan Peyton 30 Bloomington Medtronic TC 5 4:48 Katy Moen 24 S St Paul Medtronic TC 6 4:53 Meghan Peyton 30 Bloomington Minnesota 5 Kilometers 7 4:54 Melissa Agnew 25 Rich eld Medtronic TC 1 16:17 Meghan Peyton 30 Bloomington Brian Kra Memorial 8 4:56 Melanie Holman 23 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC 2 16:42 Katy Moen 24 S St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 9 4:58 Hannah Olson 22 Rich eld Minnesota 3 17:15 Melissa Agnew 25 Rich eld Brian Kra Memorial 10 4:58 Nikki Paradis 27 St Paul Medtronic TC 3 17:15 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 11 5:01 Cynthia Jerop 21 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 5 17:24 Andrea Rediger 27 Minneapolis Hot Dash 12 5:02 Andrea Rediger 27 Minneapolis Minnesota 6 17:26 Melissa Agnew 25 Burnsville TC 13 5:04 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 6 17:26 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 14 5:07 Elizabeth Spehar 28 Lakeville Medtronic TC 8 17:32 Lauren Rice 24 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 15 5:10 Emily Gapinski 22 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 9 17:37 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis Torchlight 16 5:14 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 10 17:38 Melissa Agnew 25 Rich eld Y Run 17 5:15 Melissa Agnew 25 Rich eld Hoska Midsummer 11 17:40 Meghan Roth 29 Minneapolis Torchlight 18 5:18 Aimee Junget 22 Hopkins Hopkins Main Street 12 17:43 Lisa Baumert 28 Minneapolis Y Run 19 5:18 Emma Lee 25 St Paul Medtronic TC 13 17:56 Lauren Rice 25 Minneapolis Torchlight 20 5:18 Julie Running 32 Chaska Medtronic TC 14 18:00 Lauren Chucko 32 Minneapolis Torchlight 21 5:19 Laura Docherty 24 St Paul Medtronic TC 14 18:00 Maureen Lybarger 27 New Brighton Brian Kra Memorial 22 5:19 Lindsey Pierret 28 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 16 18:02 Kathy McElhose 29 Andover HeartBeat 5000 23 5:20 Maureen Lybarger 27 New Brighton Medtronic TC 17 18:06 Emily Gapinski 22 St Paul Torchlight 24 5:24 Kari Putterman 26 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 18 18:11 Emma Lee 25 St Paul Torchlight 25 5:25 Taylor Gibson 21 La Crescent Minnesota 19 18:14 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Brian Kra Memorial 26 5:26 Anne Hart 23 Stillwater Medtronic TC 20 18:16 Katie McGregor 38 Savage Brian Kra Memorial 27 5:27 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 21 18:17 Meghan Peyton 30 Minneapolis Torchlight 28 5:27 Erin Zunich 29 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 22 18:18 Marit Sonnesyn 22 Plymouth Torchlight 29 5:28 Andrea Haus 23 St Paul Medtronic TC 23 18:22 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis Torchlight 30 5:28 Laura Jacobs 24 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 24 18:27 Carrie Donohue 24 St. Paul Brian Kra Memorial
4 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 8 Kilometers 10 Miles - cont’d 1 28:38 Emma Lee 25 St. Paul Ogara's Irish Run 23 1:05:00 Kristin Weinzierl 34 Waconia Medtronic TC 2 28:56 Jillian olen 27 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 24 1:05:03 Kara Parker 47 St Paul Medtronic TC 3 29:21 Alison Smyth 25 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 25 1:05:08 Tiff any Kari 35 Duluth Medtronic TC 4 29:31 Lisa Baumert 28 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 26 1:05:19 Rebekah Mayer 35 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC 5 29:46 Julie Running 32 Chaska Ogara's Irish Run 27 1:05:26 Kristen Painter Fox 31 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 6 30:09 Elizabeth Spehar 27 Lakeville Ogara's Irish Run 28 1:05:31 Jayne Cole 24 St Paul Hot Dash 7 30:12 Mary Wirtz 28 Rochester Ogara's Irish Run 29 1:05:51 Laura Edlund 30 St Charles Medtronic TC 8 30:15 Angie Voight 39 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 30 1:05:53 Caitlin Fermoyle 24 Rochester Medtronic TC 9 30:16 Beth Ehrhardt 22 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 10 30:27 Stephanie Price 26 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run Half Marathon 1 1:15:11 Cynthia Jerop 21 Lakeville Mankato 10 Kilometers 2 1:16:30 Mona Stockhecke 32 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 1 35:32 Emma Lee 25 St Paul Get in Gear 3 1:19:09 Jebichi Yator 28 Coon Rapids Garry Bjorklund 2 35:56 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis Get in Gear 4 1:19:48 Andrea Rediger 27 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 3 35:59 Lauren Rice 24 Minneapolis Get in Gear 5 1:21:01 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 4 36:07 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis Get in Gear 6 1:21:09 Kelly Boler 35 Eagan Garry Bjorklund 5 36:52 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 7 1:21:23 Dani Vsetecka 32 Rochester Garry Bjorklund 6 37:01 Kelly Boler 34 Eagan Get in Gear 8 1:22:10 Jamie Polley 38 Jordan Monster Dash 7 37:03 Kaila Urick 24 Chaska MDRA Victory 9 1:22:31 Lauren Rice 24 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 8 37:12 Kimberly Horner 27 North eld Get in Gear 10 1:22:45 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Garry Bjorklund 9 37:17 Lindsey Pierret 28 St Louis Pk Get in Gear 11 1:22:50 Lauren Rice 25 Minneapolis Red, White & Boom! 10 37:28 Emily Gordon 23 Minneapolis Get in Gear 12 1:22:52 Marit Sonnesyn 22 Plymouth Garry Bjorklund 10 37:28 Maureen Lybarger 27 New Brighton Get in Gear 13 1:22:54 Lauren Rice 25 Minneapolis City of Lakes 12 37:35 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 14 1:23:03 Mary Wirtz 28 Rochester Med City 13 37:36 Melissa Gacek 39 White Bear Lk Get in Gear 15 1:23:08 Megan Smith 25 Lakeville City of Lakes 14 37:43 Alison Smyth 25 Minneapolis Get in Gear 16 1:23:28 Samantha Sunstrom 21 Sauk Rapids Garry Bjorklund 15 38:01 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk MDRA Victory 17 1:23:39 Elizabeth Spehar 28 Lakeville City of Lakes 16 38:01 eresa Mueller 19 St Paul Jump to It 18 1:23:45 Stephanie Price 26 Minneapolis Stillwater 17 38:19 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 19 1:24:10 Taylor Berg 25 Eagan City of Lakes 18 38:20 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis Get in Gear 20 1:24:20 Jenna Mitchler 33 Minneapolis Monster Dash 19 38:24 Meghan Roth 29 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 21 1:24:26 Clare Foster 25 Minneapolis Monster Dash 20 38:26 Carrie Donohue 24 St Paul Get in Gear 22 1:24:40 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 23 1:24:52 Lauren Chucko 32 Edina City of Lakes 15 Kilometers 24 1:24:52 Hilary Teaford 23 St Paul Garry Bjorklund 1 56:51 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis MDRA 25 1:25:50 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis City of Lakes 2 58:32 Lindsey Pierret 28 St Louis Pk MDRA 26 1:26:25 Molly Kayfes 24 Maple Grove Garry Bjorklund 3 58:56 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk MDRA 27 1:26:26 Carrie Donohue 25 St. Paul City of Lakes 4 59:20 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Manitou 28 1:26:32 Krisana Hoff 39 Excelsior Lake Minnetonka 5 59:59 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis MDRA 29 1:26:34 Jordan Paschke 22 Chanhassen City of Lakes 6 1:00:41 Kari Putterman 27 Minneapolis MDRA 30 1:26:38 Jayne Cole 24 St Paul Monster Dash 7 1:00:45 Abbey Singleton 22 Minneapolis MDRA 8 1:02:27 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls MDRA Lisa Baumert finished 9 1:02:29 Christine Muller 26 Minneapolis MDRA second in W Open in 10 1:02:40 Sandra McClellan 37 Chanhassen Hot Chocolate 2016. Up from 31st in 2015. 10 Miles 1 53:13 Gwen Jorgensen 30 St Paul USATF Chmpshps Photo courtesy of Tom 2 56:48 Meghan Peyton 30 Bloomington USATF Chmpshps 3 58:37 Lisa Baumert 29 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps Ruen. 4 59:36 Andrea Rediger 27 Minneapolis Goldy's Run 5 59:45 Jillian olen 28 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 6 59:59 Andrea Rediger 27 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 7 1:00:19 Lauren Rice 24 Minneapolis Hot Dash 8 1:00:24 Maureen Lybarger 28 New Brighton Medtronic TC 9 1:00:50 Nikki Paradis 27 Alexandria Medtronic TC 10 1:01:13 Kaitlin Mincke 25 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 11 1:01:28 Ashlie Decker 24 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 12 1:01:51 Lauren Rice 25 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 13 1:02:03 Marit Sonnesyn 22 Plymouth Medtronic TC 14 1:02:19 Andrea Toppin 23 St Paul USATF Chmpshps 15 1:02:25 Angie Williams 37 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 16 1:02:41 Laura Jacobs 24 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 17 1:02:46 Aileen Cole 24 Minneapolis Hot Dash 18 1:03:09 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 19 1:03:17 Kari Putterman 27 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 20 1:04:24 Jayne Cole 24 St Paul Medtronic TC 21 1:04:32 Laura Albares 28 Hastings Medtronic TC 22 1:04:46 McKenzie Melander 26 Apple Valley Medtronic TC
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 5 Meghan Peyton had 25 Kilometers the top 5K time in 1 1:47:11 Suzie Fox 32 Chaska Ron Daws 2016, 16:17 at Brian Kraft 20 Miles 1 2:23:58 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie Bear Water Photo courtesy of 2 2:25:07 Cindra Kamphoff 41 Mankato Bear Water Tom Ruen 3 2:25:47 Marissa Poissant 34 Woodbury Bear Water
Marathon 1 2:51:16 Kimberly Horner 28 North eld Twin Cities 2 2:53:49 Lindsey Pierret 28 St Louis Pk Twin Cities 3 2:55:26 Megan Smith 25 Lakeville Twin Cities 4 2:56:39 Alison Smyth 26 Minneapolis Twin Cities 5 2:58:13 Amy Feit 36 Luverne Lake Wobegon Trail 6 2:58:29 Carrie Donohue 25 St Paul Twin Cities 7 2:58:59 Katie Rusch 32 St Cloud Twin Cities 8 3:01:02 Leah Raff ety 22 Rochester Twin Cities 9 3:01:17 Amy Omann 37 Chanhassen Lake Wobegon Trail 10 3:03:04 Morgan Larson 22 Waseca Twin Cities 11 3:03:20 Mary Chestolowski 44 Rochester Med City 12 3:03:44 Michele Asmus 36 Austin Twin Cities 13 3:04:59 Lindsey Pierret 28 St Louis Pk Grandma's 14 3:05:01 Jessica Rollie 31 Rochester Med City 15 3:05:04 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls Twin Cities 16 3:05:06 Jordan Skelly 24 Minnetonka Twin Cities 17 3:06:05 Cindra Kamphoff 40 Mankato Grandma's 18 3:06:08 Megan Baertsch 31 Duluth Twin Cities 19 3:06:29 Lisa Smith 34 Mtn Iron Grandma's 20 3:06:30 Megan Baertsch 31 Duluth Grandma's 21 3:06:46 McKenzie Holt 20 St Cloud Grandma's 22 3:08:16 Elaina Schellhaass 29 St Louis Pk Lake Wobegon Trail 23 3:08:41 Emily Knapczyk 22 Plymouth Twin Cities 24 3:08:54 Kim Diskerud 33 St Cloud Twin Cities 25 3:09:43 Mary Wirtz 28 Rochester Grandma's 26 3:05:00 Michele Asmus 35 Austin Twin Cities 27 3:05:43 Molly Pennings 40 Culver Grandma's 28 3:06:25 Savannah Kent 24 Cohasset Twin Cities 29 3:06:46 Anna Lahti 31 Duluth Grandma's 30 3:06:57 Cheryl Jeseritz 36 Savage Twin Cities
Cynthia Jerop, here at Emma Lee, had the the Midsummer Mile, had top 10K time, 35:32, the top half marathon in 2016 at Get in time in 2016, 1:15:11. Gear.
Photo courtesy of Tom Photo courtesy of Ruen. Tom Ruen.
6 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Open Men Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Ben Sathre 81 12 19 13 11 17 20 Rob Molke 68 18 13 19 18 Abbabiya Simbassa 59 19 20 20 Dan Greeno 50 9 10 9 14 8 Jonathan Peterson 49 17 12 20 Mason Frank 47 11 13 7 16 Jake Marotz 42 8 15 19 Joe Renier 31 9 7 6 9 Dan Nielsen 30 6 10 14 Eric Loeffl er 27 2 7 18 Danny Docherty 26 11 15 Conor Wells 26 10 16 Nick Ross 25 2 12 11 Devin Monson 24 14 10 John Keane 23 6 17 Matthew Wiersum 23 7 16 Garrett Heath 20 20 Josh Dedering 19 19 Matt Leis 19 13 6 Hamza Ali 18 18 Dylan Garritano 18 34 11 Justin Grunewald 18 10 8 Cole Toepfer 18 15 3 Ben Sathre matched his fi rst place fi nish from 2015 in 2016, picking up his second ROY title. Ben maxed the half marathon. And was second in the 5K. Rob Molke, scoring at four distances, was runner-up, 68 points. Abbabiya Simbassa, scoring at three distances, took third, 59 points. Former Open winner Dan Greeno was fourth, 50 points. Abbabiya had the top times in the 5K and 10 Mile, and the second best time in the mile. Jonathan Peterson earned the max points, 20, in the marathon. Gar- rett Heath took top honors in the 1 mile, as well as having the top age-graded perfor- mance in this division, 92.9%.
Ben Sathre on his way to his sec- Top Performances ond ROY title, cruised to victory in the Victory 10K, above. 1 Mile Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 1 4:00 Garrett Heath 30 Winona Medtronic TC 2 4:05 Abbabiya Simbassa 23 Minnetonka Minnesota 3 4:06 Abbabiya Simbassa 22 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 1 Mile - cont’d 4 4:10 Jonathan Peterson 27 Rich eld Medtronic TC 25 4:37 Bashir Aidrus 22 Waite Park Medtronic TC 5 4:14 Elisha Kipruto 21 New Brighton Minnesota 25 4:37 Ben Merchant 36 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 6 4:18 Cole Toepfer 25 St Paul Hopkins Main Street 25 4:37 Michael Schwinghamer 17 Mora Minnesota 7 4:19 Devin Monson 26 St Paul Hopkins Main Street 25 4:37 Luke Windholz 26 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 8 4:20 Matt Leis 21 St Louis Pk Minnesota 29 4:38 John Keane 35 New Brighton Medtronic TC 9 4:22 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska Medtronic TC 30 4:39 Rich Maleniak 37 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 10 4:23 Mason Frank 27 Bloomington Medtronic TC 11 4:24 Justin Grunewald 30 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 5 Kilometers 12 4:25 Joe Renier 23 Cambridge Medtronic TC 1 14:21 Abbabiya Simbassa 23 Minnetonka Steve Williams Meml 13 4:26 Jacob Christensen 36 Plymouth Medtronic TC 2 14:41 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska Brian Kra Memorial 13 4:26 Lance Elliott 45 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street 3 14:48 Hamza Ali 18 Minneapolis TC 15 4:27 Steve Ludwig 30 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 4 14:48 Rob Molke 25 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 16 4:28 Joey Keillor 41 Rochester Medtronic TC 5 14:54 Abbabiya Simbassa 23 Minnetonka Torchlight 17 4:32 Shad Gausmann 28 W St Paul Medtronic TC 6 14:57 Owen Hoe 18 Minneapolis TC 17 4:32 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Medtronic TC 7 15:02 Jack Manderscheid 18 Minneapolis TC 19 4:33 Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 8 15:04 Mason Frank 27 Minneapolis Torchlight 20 4:34 Anders Bowman 25 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 9 15:05 Matthew Berens 22 Oakdale Brian Kra Memorial 20 4:34 Charlie Habermann 25 Proctor Minnesota 9 15:05 Mason Frank 27 Bloomington Brian Kra Memorial 22 4:35 Lance Elliott 45 Edina Medtronic TC 11 15:15 Devin Monson 25 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 23 4:36 Tyler Morey 27 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 12 15:17 Dan Greeno 28 Rich eld Brian Kra Memorial 23 4:36 John Schwinghamer 17 Mora Minnesota 13 15:18 Justin Grunewald 30 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 7 5 Kilometers 10 Miles 14 15:21 Joe Renier 24 Cambridge Brian Kra Memorial 1 48:33 Abbabiya Simbassa 23 Minnetonka USATF Chmpshps 15 15:22 John Keane 35 Blaine Brian Kra Memorial 2 50:32 Josh Dedering 25 St Louis Pk USATF Chmpshps 15 15:22 Matt Leis 21 St Louis Pk TC 3 50:35 Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 14 15:22 Dan Nielsen 23 Andover Brian Kra Memorial 4 50:59 Ben Sathre 25 Chaska Hot Dash 18 15:24 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Brian Kra Memorial 5 51:04 Conor Wells 23 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 19 15:25 Matthew Berens 22 St Paul Torchlight 6 51:17 Danny Docherty 26 St Paul Hot Dash 20 15:25 Ryan Peterson 22 Oakdale Brian Kra Memorial 7 51:49 Dan Greeno 28 Rich eld USATF Chmpshps 21 15:25 Nick Ross 27 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 8 52:37 Paul Escher 22 St Paul Medtronic TC 22 15:26 Jonathan Stoltman 29 Little Falls Brian Kra Memorial 9 53:29 Nick Ross 27 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 23 15:29 Jake Marotz 28 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 10 53:33 Ryan Peterson 23 Oakdale Medtronic TC 24 15:30 Alex Plasencia 18 Minneapolis TC 11 54:04 Dan Nielsen 22 Andover Goldy's Run 25 15:32 Joey Keillor 41 Rochester Brian Kra Memorial 12 54:24 Joe Renier 24 Cambridge Medtronic TC 25 15:32 Devin Monson 26 St Paul Torchlight 13 54:31 Ben Jacobs 26 Minnetonka USATF Chmpshps 27 15:34 Alec Olson 22 Excelsior Steve Williams Meml 14 54:36 Matthew Wiersum 28 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 28 15:36 Paul Escher 22 St Paul Torchlight 15 54:44 Drew Paradis 25 Alexandria Medtronic TC 29 15:39 Alec Anderson 19 Chaska TC 16 55:09 Jacob Smith 25 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 29 15:39 Cole Toepfer 25 St Paul Torchlight 17 55:10 Pat Burns 25 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 18 55:10 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Monster Dash 8 Kilometers 19 55:15 Ian Iverson 20 North eld Monster Dash 1 24:42 Dan Greeno 28 Rich eld Ogara's Irish Run 20 55:17 Mark Sanders 30 Woodbury Medtronic TC 2 24:45 Jeremy Kieser 26 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 21 55:22 Jake Januszewski 32 Pelican Rpds Medtronic TC 3 24:59 Jake Marotz 27 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 22 55:22 Kyle Severson 24 Bloomington Medtronic TC 4 25:00 Mason Frank 26 Woodbury Ogara's Irish Run 23 55:25 Paul Schoeneberger 27 Glencoe Medtronic TC 5 25:19 Joe Renier 23 Cambridge Ogara's Irish Run 24 55:28 Michael Peterka 30 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 6 25:45 Jacob Hoerger 23 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 25 55:33 Gregory Liebl 31 Apple Valley Medtronic TC 7 25:48 Patrick Parish 30 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 26 55:39 Aaron Beaber 33 St Paul Medtronic TC 8 25:50 Dylan Garritano 22 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 27 55:51 Nicholas Wimmer 26 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 9 25:54 Steve Ludwig 30 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 28 56:08 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 10 25:54 Kenny Miller 38 Wadena Ogara's Irish Run 29 56:18 Bill Feyereisen 29 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 30 56:20 Peter Hogenson 23 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 10 Kilometers 1 30:24 Aaron Easker 24 St Paul Get in Gear Half Marathon 2 30:32 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska Get in Gear 1 1:05:19 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska Garry Bjorklund 3 30:52 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska MDRA Victory 2 1:06:01 Rob Molke 25 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 4 31:05 Danny Docherty 26 St Paul Get in Gear 3 1:07:58 Rob Molke 25 Minneapolis City of Lakes 5 31:18 Conor Wells 23 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 4 1:08:14 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska Red, White & Boom! 6 31:26 Dan Greeno 28 Rich eld Drumstick Dash 5 1:08:15 Mason Frank 27 Bloomington Garry Bjorklund 7 31:47 Dan Greeno 28 Rich eld MDRA Victory 6 1:09:00 Jake Marotz 28 St Paul Garry Bjorklund 8 31:55 Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 7 1:09:03 Dan Nielsen 23 Andover Garry Bjorklund 9 32:26 Patrick Parish 31 Minneapolis Get in Gear 8 1:09:06 Aaron Bartnik 23 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 10 32:28 Joseph Renier 23 Cambridge Get in Gear 9 1:09:30 Dan Nielsen 22 Andover Lake Minnetonka 11 32:39 Danny Docherty 26 St Paul MDRA Victory 10 1:09:58 Nick Ross 27 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 12 32:39 Dylan Garritano 22 Minneapolis Get in Gear 11 1:10:36 Christian Skaret 23 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 13 32:40 Jeff Stuckenbroker 30 Lake eld King Turkey Day 12 1:10:52 Jake Marotz 28 St Paul City of Lakes 14 32:43 Ben Merchant 36 Minneapolis Get in Gear 13 1:11:05 Dan Greeno 28 Rich eld City of Lakes 14 1:11:07 Nate Hoff man 32 South Haven Lake Minnetonka 15 1:11:09 Levi Severson 35 Edina Lake Minnetonka 15 Kilometers 16 1:11:27 Kelly Fermoyle 30 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 1 47:52 Rob Molke 25 Minneapolis MDRA 17 1:11:31 Levi Severson 36 Edina City of Lakes 2 49:03 Jonathan Peterson 27 Rich eld MDRA 18 1:11:33 Cole Toepfer 25 Eagan Garry Bjorklund 3 50:28 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska MDRA 19 1:11:40 Scott Behling 26 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 4 50:57 Ryan Peterson 23 St Paul MDRA 20 1:11:57 Marty Mitchell 25 Edina Garry Bjorklund 5 51:21 Max Renner 28 Minneapolis MDRA 21 1:12:01 Jackson Lindquist 21 Carlton Garry Bjorklund 6 52:21 Jacob Smith 24 Minneapolis MDRA 22 1:12:20 Joe Renier 24 Cambridge Garry Bjorklund 7 52:28 Christopher Gill 23 N St Paul MDRA 23 1:12:29 Nathan Rock 21 Inver Grove Ht Garry Bjorklund 8 52:55 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis MDRA 24 1:12:34 Josiah Swanson 24 Rochester Mankato 9 53:11 Kevin Doe 35 Plymouth MDRA 25 1:12:55 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Monster Dash 10 53:12 Alan Twomey 30 Minneapolis MDRA 26 1:13:01 Nate Hoff man 33 South Haven Garry Bjorklund 11 53:29 Nicholas Wimmer 25 Minneapolis MDRA 27 1:13:27 Nate Hoff man 33 South Haven Earth Day 12 53:42 Aaron Beaber 33 St Paul MDRA 28 1:13:34 Paul Schoeneberger 27 Glencoe Monster Dash 13 53:53 Brett Christians 29 North eld MDRA 29 1:13:42 Adam Pangrac 28 Moorhead Dick Beardsley 30 1:14:03 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis City of Lakes
8 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Aaron Easker had the 25 Kilometers division’s top 10K time with 1 1:32:21 Chase Nowak 27 Plymouth Ron Daws his 30:24, at Get in Gear.
Marathon Photo courtesy of Tom 1 2:20:21 Jonathan Peterson 27 Rich eld Twin Cities Ruen. 2 2:25:37 Jake Marotz 28 St Paul Twin Cities 3 2:26:39 Rob Molke 25 Minneapolis Twin Cities 4 2:28:32 John Keane 35 Blaine Twin Cities 5 2:29:55 Matthew Wiersum 28 Minneapolis Grandma's 6 2:33:21 Nicholas Mangan 28 Minneapolis Grandma's 7 2:33:25 Jacob Olsen 24 Inver Grove Ht Twin Cities 8 2:34:09 Jack Delehanty 29 Minneapolis Grandma's 9 2:34:55 Christopher Mah 32 Minneapolis Twin Cities 10 2:35:06 Dylan Garritano 23 Minneapolis Grandma's 11 2:35:09 Tim Hardy 41 N Mankato Twin Cities 12 2:35:28 Kevin Leiferman 26 Brooklyn Pk Twin Cities 13 2:35:30 Adam Pangrac 28 Moorhead Twin Cities 14 2:35:54 Timothy Lillehaugen 26 Minneapolis Twin Cities 15 2:36:16 Josh Metcalf 41 Glencoe Twin Cities 16 2:36:33 Levi Severson 36 Edina Twin Cities 17 2:36:54 Ben Kampf 30 Minneapolis Twin Cities 18 2:37:05 Christopher Grossinger 42 Victoria Twin Cities 19 2:37:12 Walter Balboa 31 Minneapolis Twin Cities 20 2:37:49 Scott Weispfennig 31 St Paul Twin Cities 21 2:37:56 Denis Bashkirov 30 St Paul Twin Cities 22 2:39:29 Steven Pekarek 35 Royalton Lake Wobegon Trail 23 2:40:03 Joel Dieterich 27 Minneapolis Twin Cities 24 2:40:20 Ben Jacobs 26 St Paul Grandma's 25 2:40:26 Tony Hoff 31 Duluth Grandma's 26 2:40:33 Steven Babcock 30 St Paul Twin Cities 27 2:40:43 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Grandma's 28 2:41:07 Jeff Stuckenbroker 30 Windom Mankato 29 2:41:24 Bart Johnson 30 Marshall Grandma's 30 2:41:48 Jacob Naegeli 26 St Paul Twin Cities 31 2:41:48 Jacob Olsen 24 Maple Grove Grandma's
Start of the MDRA 15K. Patrick Jenkins (WI, 310), Doron Clark (237), Brett Christians (478), Jona- than Peterson (391), Ben Sathre (419).
Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen.
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 9 Women 35-39
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Angie Williams 35 8 9 9 10 8 Sara Conrad 24 9 1 6 2 6 Casey Schwarz 19 9 4 2 4 Tiff any Kari 16 2 9 5 Rebekah Mayer 15 7 8 Amy Feit 14 4 10 Caitlin Gregg 13 6 7 Lindsay Henkels 13 6 7 Sandra McClellan 13 5 8 Angie Voight 12 6 3 3 Kelly Boler 10 10 Nicole Cueno 10 4 6 Melissa Gacek 10 10 Katie McGregor 10 10 Angie Williams earned her fi rst ROY title in 2016. She bested her division mates in the 15K and 10 mile, the 10 mile getting her the max 10 points. Second placer Sara Conrad bested everybody in the division, save for Casey Schwarz, with whom she tied, in the mile. Amy Feit earned 10 points with the only sub-three hour marathon in this division. Kelly Boler got 10 points in the half marathon. W40-44 winner Melissa Gacek stuck around this division long enough to pick up 10 points in the 10K. And two-time ROY winner Katie McGregor, holder of 17 single age records, picked up 10 points in the 5K.
Top Performances Angie Williams, here at the Victory 10K, picked up her fi rst ROY title in 2016. 1 Mile 1 5:43 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom 1 5:43 Casey Schwarz 35 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 3 5:47 Rebekah Mayer 35 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC Ruen. 4 5:51 Lindsay Henkels 36 Mankato Medtronic TC 5 5:57 Kelly Heltemes 38 Chanhassen Medtronic TC 6 6:01 Tracy Mandelin 39 Duluth Minnesota 7 6:02 Allison Off erman 37 Lakeville Medtronic TC 8 6:06 Havila Brisbois 35 Edina Medtronic TC 9 6:10 Marie Yarroll 39 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 10 Kilometers 1 37:36 Melissa Gacek 39 White Bear Lk Get in Gear 5 Kilometers 2 38:19 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 1 18:16 Katie McGregor 38 Savage Brian Kra Memorial 3 38:20 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis Get in Gear 2 18:42 Carrie Tollefson 39 St Paul William A. Irvin 4 38:40 Angie Williams 37 Minneapolis Drumstick Dash 3 18:47 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis Torchlight 5 39:31 Nicole Cueno 36 St Paul Get in Gear 4 18:57 Angela Kidd 39 Chanhassen Brian Kra Memorial 6 40:28 Sandra McClellan 37 Chanhassen Get in Gear 5 19:15 Caitlin Gregg 35 Minneapolis Get Your Rear in Gear 7 40:35 Casey Schwarz 35 Minneapolis Get in Gear 5 19:15 Angie Voight 39 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 8 40:36 Angie Voight 39 St Paul MDRA Victory 7 19:25 Nicole Cueno 36 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 9 40:57 Tiff any Kari 35 Duluth Get in Gear 8 19:25 Casey Schwarz 35 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 10 41:14 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Get in Gear 9 19:31 Angie Voight 39 St Paul Valentine's Day 10 19:45 Angie Voight 39 St Paul Torchlight 15 Kilometers 11 19:49 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 1 59:59 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis MDRA 12 19:50 Casey Schwarz 35 Minneapolis Valentine's Day 2 1:02:40 Sandra McClellan 37 Chanhassen Hot Chocolate 13 19:51 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Fitger's 3 1:03:49 Caitlin Gregg 35 Minneapolis MDRA 14 19:57 Rebekah Mayer 35 Eden Prairie Torchlight 4 1:06:05 Amber Garry 36 Minneapolis Hot Chocolate 5 1:06:10 Clare Kazmierczak 39 White Bear Lk MDRA 8 Kilometers 6 1:06:12 Dena Vernier 39 Golden Vly Manitou 1 30:15 Angie Voight 39 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 7 1:06:14 Elizabeth Sellers 38 Minneapolis MDRA 2 32:02 Casey Schwarz 35 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 8 1:07:09 Janet Smith 35 Dundas Defeat of Jesse James Days 3 32:24 Megan Ping 39 Winona Fools Five 9 1:07:47 Dena Vernier 39 Golden Vly MDRA
10 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Sara Conrad 10 Miles finished second 1 1:02:25 Angie Williams 37 Minneapolis Medtronic TC in W35-39 with 24 2 1:05:08 Tiff any Kari 35 Duluth Medtronic TC points. 3 1:05:19 Rebekah Mayer 35 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC 4 1:06:28 Sara Cervenka 35 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 5 1:07:09 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of 6 1:07:46 Diane Hankee 39 Lino Lakes Monster Dash Tom Ruen 7 1:08:08 Amber Garry 36 Minneapolis Hot Dash 8 1:08:35 Erin Klegstad 36 Apple Valley Hot Dash 9 1:08:41 Kelly Heltemes 38 Chanhassen Medtronic TC 10 1:08:49 Krisana Hoff 39 Excelsior Goldy's Run 11 1:08:53 Anita Woodrow 36 Chaska Medtronic TC 12 1:09:14 Elizabeth Wagner 36 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 13 1:09:19 Jessica Blemberg 39 Minneapolis Hot Dash 14 1:09:36 Kortney Haag 37 Maple Grove Medtronic TC 15 1:10:13 Amy Sundet 35 Plymouth Medtronic TC 16 1:10:33 Kelly Heltemes 38 Chanhassen Hot Dash 17 1:10:36 Dena Vernier 39 Golden Vly Goldy's Run 18 1:10:37 Paula Rezac 38 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 19 1:10:38 Angie Downin 39 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC
Half Marathon
1 1:21:09 Kelly Boler 35 Eagan Garry Bjorklund 2 1:22:10 Jamie Polley 38 Jordan Monster Dash 3 1:24:40 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 4 1:25:50 Angie Williams 36 Minneapolis City of Lakes 5 1:26:32 Krisana Hoff 39 Excelsior Lake Minnetonka 6 1:27:23 Tiff any Kari 35 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 7 1:27:25 Amy Feit 36 Luverne Mankato 8 1:27:53 Monica Dorn 36 Hendricks Garry Bjorklund 9 1:28:23 Michelle Andres 39 E Gull Lake Garry Bjorklund 10 1:29:20 Katie Matzke 37 Champlin Garry Bjorklund 11 1:29:58 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Maple Grove 12 1:30:46 Krisana Hoff 39 Excelsior City of Lakes 13 1:31:55 Melissa Severson 35 Preston Med City 14 1:32:18 Amber Garry 36 Minneapolis Lake Minnetonka 15 1:32:19 Lindsay Henkels 36 Mankato Mankato 16 1:32:25 Clare Kazmierczak 39 St Paul Securian Winter Former Open and 17 1:32:29 Jess Navratil-Strawn 37 Blaine Monster Dash W35 title winner 18 1:32:53 Trasi Buchholtz 38 Maple Grove Get in Gear Katie McGregor had 19 1:33:04 Angie Downin 38 Eden Prairie City of Lakes 20 1:33:14 Kim Bishop 36 Eagan Urban Wildland the fastest 5K time in her division with 25 Kilometers her 18:16 here at 1 1:50:23 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Ron Daws Bria Kraft. 2 1:56:28 Pam Nielsen 39 Andover Ron Daws Photo courtesy of 20 Miles Tom Ruen. 1 2:38:09 Heather Walseth 39 Inver Grove Ht Bear Water
Marathon 1 2:58:13 Amy Feit 36 Luverne Lake Wobegon Trail 2 3:01:17 Amy Omann 37 Chanhassen Lake Wobegon Trail 3 3:03:44 Michele Asmus 36 Austin Twin Cities 4 3:10:49 Lindsay Henkels 36 Mankato Grandma's 5 3:10:51 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis Grandma's 6 3:12:36 Heather Walseth 39 Inver Grove Ht Twin Cities 7 3:13:30 Kim Bishop 36 Eagan Twin Cities 8 3:16:45 Lena Hess 38 Minneapolis Twin Cities 9 3:18:55 Kim Bishop 36 Eagan Grandma's 10 3:22:42 Andrea Erickson-Berger 37 Minneapolis Twin Cities 11 3:24:02 Kacie Larson 37 Minneapolis Twin Cities 12 3:24:31 Emily Matack 35 Duluth Twin Cities
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 11 Men 35-39
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Kenny Miller 26 9 6 1 3 6 2 John Keane 22 6 7 9 Doron Clark 20 3 2 4 5 4 6 Eric Loeffl er 20 8 5 7 Levi Severson 19 5 6 8 Ben Merchant 14 7 4 3 Jacob Christensen 10 10 David Hyopponen 8 2 1 4 1 Steven Pekarek 7 7 Anthony Alt 5 5 Rich Maleniak 5 5 Kenny Miller earned his fi rst ROY title in 2016. Scoring in fi ve distances sure helped to best second placer John Keane, who scored in three distances. Doron Clark and Eric Loeffl er tied for third, with Doron scoring in fi ve distances, and Eric three. The only “10” in this division belonged to Jacob Christensen with the max 10 points for his 4:26 Medtronic TC 1 Mile. Eric Loeffl er had the top WMA score, 89.1%, for his 50:35 at the USATF 10 Mile Championships.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 4:26 Jacob Christensen 36 Plymouth Medtronic TC 2 4:32 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Medtronic TC 3 4:33 Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 4 4:37 Ben Merchant 36 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 5 4:38 John Keane 35 New Brighton Medtronic TC 6 4:39 Rich Maleniak 37 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 7 4:42 Brooks Grossinger 39 Mayer Medtronic TC 8 4:45 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 9 4:47 David Hyopponen 36 Duluth Minnesota 10 4:56 Michael Little 39 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Kenny Miller, M35-39 ROY 11 4:57 Kyle Snyder 38 Stillwater Medtronic TC 12 4:59 Kevin Ueland 38 Minneapolis Medtronic TC winner, won his division by four points. 5 Kilometers 1 15:22 John Keane 35 Blaine Brian Kra Memorial Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 2 15:24 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Brian Kra Memorial 3 15:50 Levi Severson 36 Edina Torchlight 4 16:03 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Railroad Days Dash 5 16:17 Eric Giandelone 37 St Paul Torchlight 6 16:19 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Torchlight 7 16:24 David Hyopponen 36 Duluth Brian Kra Memorial 10 Miles 8 Kilometers 1 50:35 Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis USATF Chmpshps 2 55:10 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Monster Dash 1 25:54 Kenny Miller 38 Wadena Ogara's Irish Run 3 56:08 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 4 56:40 David Hyopponen 36 Duluth Medtronic TC 10 Kilometers 5 57:26 Ben Merchant 36 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 1 31:55 Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 6 58:17 omas Church 35 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 2 32:43 Ben Merchant 36 Minneapolis Get in Gear 7 58:23 omas Myers 35 St Paul Medtronic TC 3 33:19 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Dick Beardsley 4 33:37 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Get in Gear Half Marathon 5 33:38 Kevin Doe 35 Plymouth Get in Gear 1 1:11:09 Levi Severson 35 Edina Lake Minnetonka 2 1:11:31 Levi Severson 36 Edina City of Lakes 15 Kilometers 3 1:12:55 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Monster Dash 1 52:55 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis MDRA 4 1:14:03 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis City of Lakes 2 53:11 Kevin Doe 35 Plymouth MDRA 5 1:14:44 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena Bemidji Blue Ox 3 55:15 Pete Hoyem 35 Stillwater MDRA 6 1:17:22 David Hyopponen 36 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 4 55:18 Joseph Keenan 36 St Paul MDRA 7 1:14:45 John Crimmings 35 St Louis Park Securian Winter
12 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Marathon 1 2:28:32 John Keane 35 Blaine Twin Cities 2 2:36:33 Levi Severson 36 Edina Twin Cities 3 2:39:29 Steven Pekarek 35 Royalton Lake Wobegon Trail 4 2:40:43 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis Grandma's 5 2:41:56 Anthony Alt 37 St Paul Twin Cities 6 2:44:22 John Berger 36 Minneapolis Grandma's 7 2:44:32 Gerad Mead 37 Minneapolis Twin Cities 8 2:45:45 Eric Hartmark 38 Duluth Grandma's 9 2:47:20 Andy Wiberg 38 Lakeville Twin Cities
John Keane (195) finished second in M35-39 in 2016.
Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen.
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Doran Clark (509), pictured at Get in Gear, tied for third in M35 with Eric Loeffler (363).
Levi Severson (943) fi nished one point be- hind Doran Clark and Eric Loeffl er in M35.
Photos courtesy of Tom Ruen.
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 13 Women 40-44
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Melissa Gacek 44 10 7 7 4 10 10 Becky Youngberg 25 8 7 28 Heather Himler 24 6 4 3 6 2 5 Manuela Knispel 19 7 3 5 4 Cindra Kamphoff 18 8 1 9 Amy Olson 18 9 9 Molly Pennings 16 5 4 7 Mary Chestolowski 10 10 Jody Zeleznikar 8 6 2 Jody Kleyman 7 7 Melissa Gacek now has three titles. She dominated her division in 2016, fi nishing with the top point total in each distance she raced. Only one point separated second place Becky Youngberg from third placer Heather Himler, although Becky only par- ticipate in four distances. Mary Chestolowski earned the only non-Gacek 10 point in this division with her 3:03:20 marathon at Med City. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 5:27 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 2 5:36 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Minnesota 3 5:38 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Hoska Midsummer 4 5:44 Manuela Knispel 44 Shorewood Medtronic TC 5 5:50 Heather Himler 41 Shakopee Medtronic TC 6 5:50 Jody Zeleznikar 43 Esko Medtronic TC 7 6:02 Lisa Kresky-Griffi n 44 Farmington Farmington Dew Run 8 6:09 Laura Harris 43 St Paul Medtronic TC 9 6:11 Rebekah Ormsby 41 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 10 6:15 Juli Bergman 43 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 11 6:18 Lisa Kresky-Griffi n 44 Farmington Medtronic TC 12 6:28 Teresa Alrick 41 Kasson Medtronic TC 13 6:30 Stephanie Schneider 41 Edina Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers Melissa Gacek, 38:01 at Victory 1 18:14 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Brian Kra Memorial above, had the top 10K time in her 2 18:40 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Jump to It 3 19:37 Molly Pennings 41 Culver Fitger's division. Melissa earned her third 4 19:44 Heather Himler 41 Shakopee Torchlight ROY title in 2016. 5 19:56 Manuela Knispel 44 Shorewood Brian Kra Memorial 6 20:14 Manuela Knispel 44 Excelsior Torchlight Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 7 20:33 Rebekah Ormsby 41 Minneapolis Steve Williams Meml
8 Kilometers 10 Miles 1 31:54 Molly Pennings 41 Culver Ogara's Irish Run 2 31:59 Heather Himler 40 Shakopee Ogara's Irish Run 1 1:03:09 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 3 34:01 Jody Zeleznikar 43 Esko Park Point 2 1:06:01 Amy Olson 40 Red Wing Hot Dash 3 1:06:10 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie Hot Dash 4 34:12 Amber Hardwig 40 Duluth Park Point 4 1:07:27 Molly Pennings 41 Culver Medtronic TC 5 1:07:46 Clare Kazmierczak 40 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 10 Kilometers 6 1:08:21 Heather Himler 41 Shakopee Medtronic TC 1 38:01 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk MDRA Victory 7 1:08:49 Manuela Knispel 44 Shorewood Goldy's Run 2 39:49 Heather Himler 40 Shakopee Get in Gear 8 1:09:51 Katie Zuehlke 40 Annandale Medtronic TC 3 41:07 Manuela Knispel 44 Shorewood Get in Gear 9 1:10:17 Pam Nielsen 40 Andover Medtronic TC 4 42:43 Jenny Wilcox 41 Stillwater TC - 6.48 miles 10 1:10:19 Rebekah Ormsby 41 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 5 43:04 Jennifer Fitzharris-Funk 40 Minneapolis Get in Gear 11 1:11:06 Jill Bloedorn 40 Victoria Goldy's Run 6 43:29 Christelle Just 44 Edina Y Run 12 1:11:14 Kari Koski 43 Chaska Medtronic TC 7 43:44 Sheila Eldred 42 Minneapolis Get in Gear 13 1:11:52 Stephanie Skiermont 40 Minnetonka Hot Dash 8 46:26 Sheila Engert 49 Woodbury Jump to It 14 1:11:59 Jody Zeleznikar 43 Esko Medtronic TC 15 1:12:45 Carmen Jaskulke 40 Granada Hot Dash 15 Kilometers 16 1:13:03 Laura Harris 43 St Paul Goldy's Run 1 58:56 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk MDRA 17 1:13:09 Carmen Jaskulke 40 Granada Medtronic TC 2 59:20 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Manitou 18 1:13:22 Jennifer Bunner 40 Chaska Hot Dash 3 1:05:27 Heather Himler 41 Shakopee MDRA 19 1:13:24 Stephanie Skiermont 40 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 4 1:10:40 Anne Leo 44 Minneapolis Hot Chocolate 20 1:13:30 Jennifer Martone 44 Minneapolis Hot Dash 14 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Becky Youngberg Half Marathon finished second in 1 1:22:45 Melissa Gacek 40 White Bear Lk Garry Bjorklund 2 1:26:43 Amy Olson 40 Red Wing Get in Gear W40. 3 1:29:41 Cindra Kamphoff 40 Mankato Maple Grove 4 1:30:50 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie Maple Grove Photo courtesy of 5 1:30:51 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie City of Lakes Tom Ruen. 6 1:31:27 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie Red, White & Boom! 7 1:31:49 Andrea Nelson 43 Bemidji Bemidji Blue Ox 8 1:33:22 Jessie Pickar 43 Minneapolis Monster Dash 9 1:33:47 Kari Koski 43 Chaska Urban Wildland 10 1:33:51 Carmen Jaskulke 40 Granada Mankato 11 1:34:04 Manuela Knispel 44 Shorewood Lake Minnetonka 12 1:35:15 Danielle Gordanier 44 St Paul Securian Winter 13 1:35:19 Kari Koski 43 Chaska Garry Bjorklund 14 1:35:21 Jennifer Fitzharris-Funk 40 Minneapolis City of Lakes 15 1:35:23 Kristen Mihm 40 Forest Lake Garry Bjorklund 16 1:35:27 Cindy Blackstock 44 Plymouth Running of the Bays 17 1:35:38 Katie Zuehlke 40 Annandale Garry Bjorklund 18 1:36:35 Dawn Michaud 42 Sartell Dick Beardsley 19 1:36:55 Ceri Kucera 43 Albertville Maple Grove 20 1:36:56 Jennifer Fitzharris-Funk 40 Minneapolis Earth Day
20 Miles 1 2:23:58 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie Bear Water 2 2:25:07 Cindra Kamphoff 41 Mankato Bear Water
Marathon 1 3:03:20 Mary Chestolowski 44 Rochester Med City 2 3:06:05 Cindra Kamphoff 40 Mankato Grandma's 3 3:11:03 Becky Youngberg 41 Eden Prairie Twin Cities 4 3:13:20 Jody Kleyman 42 Plymouth Twin Cities 5 3:15:42 Cindra Kamphoff 40 Mankato Twin Cities 6 3:19:38 Amy Metcalf 40 Glencoe Twin Cities 7 3:21:39 Anna Stier 40 Edina Twin Cities 8 3:24:21 Jennifer St.Amand 41 Dexter Grandma's 9 3:24:27 Karen Kleindl Ronning 41 Excelsior Twin Cities 10 3:26:00 Jenny Wilcox 41 A on Grandma's 11 3:26:13 Karen Schulz 44 Minneapolis Twin Cities 12 3:26:28 Molly Pennings 41 Culver Grandma's Heather Himler fin- 13 3:27:41 Brigid Karelitz 41 St Paul Twin Cities ished third in W35 14 3:28:48 Jen Blue 41 N Mankato Twin Cities with 24 points, 15 3:30:06 Erika Saveraid 42 St Paul Twin Cities one point behind 16 3:30:21 Amber Hardwig 40 Duluth Grandma's Becky Youngberg. 17 3:31:53 Erika Lohn 44 Dayton Twin Cities 18 3:31:59 Cynthia Cook 44 Minneapolis Grandma's 19 3:32:39 Stacia Kautzer 43 Oronoco Lake Wobegon Trail Photo courtesy of 20 3:33:06 Kristine Becker 41 Minneapolis Grandma's Tom Ruen.
Manuela Knispel finished fourth in W35 with 19 points.
Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen.
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 15 Men 40-44
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Andrew Taylor 18 5 3 2 8 Brian St.George 14 7 7 Mike Buenting 13 1 8 4 Greg Jaeger 13 2 7 6 Joey Keillor 13 9 4 Dimitri Drekonja 12 1 1 1 9 Joel Wegener 12 3 9 Josh Metcalf 11 3 8 Peder Nestingen 10 1 3 6 Adam Swank 10 10
Andrew Taylor earned his fi rst ROY title in 2016. He had a four point edge on second-placer Brian St.George. But only four points separated second through tenth. Three time ROY winner Joey Keillor set a single age record with his 4:28 at the Medtronic TC 1 Mile. Adam Swank had the only 10 point score in this division, in the half marathon. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 4:28 Joey Keillor 41 Rochester Medtronic TC 2 4:41 Mike Madsen 43 St Paul Medtronic TC 3 4:42 Brian St.George 40 Mtn Iron Minnesota 4 4:55 Brent Roeger 44 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 5 4:57 Andrew Taylor 43 St Paul Medtronic TC 6 5:01 Allen Broderius 40 St Paul Medtronic TC 6 5:01 Andrew Taylor 43 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 8 5:03 Ken Cooper 44 Eden Prairie Hoska Midsummer 9 5:07 Mike Buenting 41 Chanhassen Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers Andrew Taylor earned his fi rst 1 15:32 Joey Keillor 41 Rochester Brian Kra Memorial 2 16:40 Josh Metcalf 41 Glencoe William A. Irvin ROY title in 2016. 3 16:56 Christopher Grossinger 41 Victoria Torchlight 4 16:59 Dimitri Drekonja 42 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen.
8 Kilometers 1 26:17 Chris Lundstrom 40 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 2 27:18 Eric Johnson 41 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 3 27:42 Andrew Taylor 43 St. Paul Ogara's Irish Run 4 27:44 Brent Roeger 44 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 5 27:55 Dimitri Drekonja 41 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run Half Marathon 1 1:15:26 Adam Swank 40 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 10 Kilometers 2 1:18:04 Joel Wegener 42 Minneapolis City of Lakes 1 33:41 Eric Johnson 41 St Paul Get in Gear 3 1:18:45 Mike Buenting 42 Chanhassen City of Lakes 2 35:05 Andrew Taylor 43 St Paul Get in Gear 4 1:19:04 Brian St.George 40 Mtn Iron Garry Bjorklund 3 35:26 Dimitri Drekonja 41 Minneapolis Get in Gear 5 1:19:21 Greg Jaeger 41 Woodbury City of Lakes 6 1:19:23 Sam Trewick 40 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 15 Kilometers 7 1:19:35 Greg Jaeger 41 Woodbury Gopher to Badger 8 1:19:50 Peder Nestingen 41 St Paul City of Lakes 1 54:58 Joel Wegener 42 Minneapolis MDRA 9 1:20:41 Jason Wilker 42 Owatonna Healthy Human Race 2 56:09 Greg Jaeger 41 Woodbury MDRA 10 1:20:56 Anthony Fryer 41 Minneapolis Run For e Lakes 3 56:53 Peder Nestingen 41 St Paul MDRA 10 1:20:56 Greg Jaeger 40 Woodbury Stillwater 10 Miles 25 Kilometers 1 58:36 Dimitri Drekonja 42 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 1 1:38:29 Stephen Tapajna 41 Bloomington Ron Daws 2 1:00:03 Andrew Taylor 44 St Paul Medtronic TC 3 1:00:06 Greg Jaeger 41 Woodbury Medtronic TC 4 1:00:18 Shawn McMerty 42 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC 30 Kilometers 5 1:00:45 Chad Millner 40 Chanhassen Medtronic TC 1 2:00:47 John Garrison 43 Cohasset Run Around Woman 6 1:00:49 Luke Nelson 42 Ramsey Medtronic TC 7 1:00:51 Lance Leo 41 Minneapolis Hot Dash 8 1:00:56 Jesse Westrup 42 Sartell Medtronic TC 20 Miles 9 1:01:26 Douglas Cowles 42 St Paul Medtronic TC 1 2:12:27 Eric Kronback 41 Roseville Bear Water 16 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Marathon 1 2:35:09 Tim Hardy 41 N Mankato Twin Cities 2 2:36:16 Josh Metcalf 41 Glencoe Twin Cities 3 2:37:05 Christopher Grossinger 42 Victoria Twin Cities 4 2:43:16 Peder Nestingen 41 St Paul Twin Cities 5 2:43:44 Tj Varecka 40 Edina Twin Cities 6 2:46:25 Mike Buenting 42 Chanhassen Twin Cities 7 2:50:52 Patrick Russell 40 St Paul Twin Cities 8 2:51:45 Jeremy Fink 40 Anoka Twin Cities 9 2:53:46 Jason Wilker 42 Owatonna Mankato
Dimitri Drekonja (84) and Joel Wegener (1104) both earned 12 points in M40-44 in 2016.
Photos courtesy of Tom Ruen.
Mike Buenting (144), Greg Jaeger (460) and Joey Keillor (9) finished in a three-way tie for third in the M40 division in 2016.
Photos courtesy of Tom Ruen.
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 17 Women 45-49
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Sonya Decker 42 8 7 7 7 10 10 Darla O'Connor 42 8 8 6 8 9 9 Danielle Gordanier 37 9 9 5 6 7 8 3 Kara Parker 30 10 10 10 Sarah McClellan 16 6 10 Joyce Bourassa 13 6 7 Therese Shumaker 11 9 2 Donna Philippot 10 2 3 5 Jodi Nelson-Ryan 9 1 8 Rhona Wilson 9 9 Sonya Decker won her fi fth title in a row in 2016. Although, like two of her previous six titles, title number seven was a tie. This was Darla O’Connors fi rst tie and fi rst title. Danielle Gordanier, the only other runner in this division besides Sonya and Darla to score at fi ve distances, fi nished third. Sonya earned 10 points in the 15K and half marathon. Sarah McClellan earned 10 points in the marathon. And Kara Parker earned 10 points in the mile, 5K and 10 mile. Kara’s 1:05:30 TC 10 mile was a single age record.
Top Performances Sonya Decker (F19) came away with ROY 1 Mile title number seven in 1 5:43 Kara Parker 46 St Paul Medtronic TC 2016. 2 5:50 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Hopkins Main Street 3 5:54 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street And Darla O’Connor 3 5:54 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodury Medtronic TC 5 6:12 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Hoska Midsummer (740) earned her fi rst 5 6:12 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Medtronic TC title, as she tied with 7 6:30 Anne Grabowski 48 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Sonya. 8 6:50 Stefanie Rose 47 Woodbury Medtronic TC 9 6:56 Mary Wotruba 49 Duluth Minnesota 10 7:00 Sarah Baude 46 Maplewood Medtronic TC Photos courtesy of Tom Ruen. 5 Kilometers 1 19:15 Kara Parker 46 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 2 20:09 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 3 20:27 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodbury Brian Kra Memorial 4 20:29 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 5 20:31 Joyce Bourassa 48 Lakeville Brian Kra Memorial 6 20:47 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Torchlight 7 21:01 Joellen Evavold 47 Edina Red, White & Boom! 8 21:07 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Jump to It 9 21:09 Donna Philippot 47 Minneapolis Valentine's Day 10 21:26 Jodi Nelson-Ryan 48 Sartell Upsala Heritage 11 21:43 Laura Swartz 49 St Louis Pk Get in Gear 12 21:46 Cinde Wiebusch 46 St Peter TC 13 21:47 Laura Swartz 49 St Louis Pk Hot Dash 14 22:05 Julia Weisbecker 49 Mendota Hts Hot Dash 15 22:11 Bridget Brine 48 Duluth William A. Irvin 15 22:11 Kim Nygaard 48 Monticello L.O.V.E. Run 17 22:14 Brenda Swanson 46 Two Harbors Fitger's 18 22:15 Kim Nygaard 48 Monticello Monticello Riverfest 19 22:20 Christine Jaques 47 Minneapolis Get in Gear 19 22:20 Lisa Potter 49 Stillwater Stillwater Log Run
8 Kilometers 1 32:35 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 2 32:43 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodury Ogara's Irish Run 8 Kilometers - cont’d 3 33:17 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 6 36:27 Robin Balder-Lanoue 47 Monticello Spud Fest Lakes Run 4 33:46 Debra Gormley 49 Plymouth Park Point 7 36:29 Linda Williams 48 Winona Fools Five 6 36:27 Robin Balder-Lanoue 47 Monticello Spud Fest Lakes Run 8 36:54 Tammy Domeier 47 Minneapolis Irish Run Saint Paul
18 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers 20 Miles 1 41:01 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodbury Get in Gear 1 3:02:26 Christine England 45 Minneapolis Bear Water 2 41:14 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Get in Gear 3 41:47 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Get in Gear Marathon 4 42:16 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul MDRA Victory 1 3:21:39 Sarah McClellan 45 Maple Grove Twin Cities 5 44:55 Jennifer Martone 45 Minneapolis Drumstick Dash 2 3:23:55 Rhona Wilson 47 St Paul Twin Cities 6 45:02 Donna Philippot 48 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 3 3:24:14 Jodi Nelson-Ryan 48 Sartell Lake Wobegon Trail 7 45:31 Cinde Wiebusch 46 St Peter TC - 6.48 miles 4 3:24:48 Kathleen Mulrooney 47 Edina Twin Cities 8 46:26 Sheila Engert 49 Woodbury Jump to It 5 3:27:22 Jen Wise 46 Minneapolis Twin Cities 6 3:28:35 Jill Marble 45 Prior Lake Mankato 15 Kilometers 7 3:30:30 Melissa Jansen 45 St Cloud Grandma's 1 1:04:42 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis MDRA 8 3:34:56 Janelle Waslaski 49 Inver Grove Ht Twin Cities 2 1:05:49 erese Shumaker 47 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 9 3:34:58 erese Shumaker 47 Rochester Med City 3 1:06:28 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Hot Chocolate 10 3:34:59 Joni Busch 49 Rogers Twin Cities 4 1:06:49 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul MDRA 11 3:35:40 Jennifer Kamm 45 Plymouth Twin Cities 5 1:11:00 Christine Mitchell 47 Maple Grove Hot Chocolate 12 3:35:52 eresa Sakry 45 Elk River Mankato 6 1:11:55 Melissa Nachmias 49 Plymouth MDRA 13 3:37:54 Holly Neusch 46 Fairmont Grandma's 7 1:12:01 Joelle Nelson 48 Minneapolis MDRA 14 3:38:09 Laura Swartz 49 St Louis Pk Twin Cities 8 1:13:38 Elizabeth Wateland 47 Sauk Rapids MDRA 15 3:39:10 Kris Jessee 48 Brooklyn Pk Twin Cities 9 1:16:05 Yoshiko Wood 48 Hermantown MDRA 16 3:41:09 Eun Young Song 45 Chaska Lake Wobegon Trail 10 1:16:55 Elizabeth Luzum 46 St Paul Hot Chocolate 17 3:41:39 Kim Pease 46 Wayzata Twin Cities 18 3:41:41 Ann Lendino 45 Chaska Lake Wobegon Trail 10 Miles 19 3:42:31 Donna Philippot 48 Minneapolis Twin Cities 20 3:42:33 Emily Boettge 46 Edina Twin Cities 1 1:05:03 Kara Parker 47 St Paul Medtronic TC 2 1:08:50 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodury Goldy's Run 3 1:09:55 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul Medtronic TC 4 1:10:00 Joyce Bourassa 49 Lakeville Monster Dash 5 1:10:48 Joyce Bourassa 49 Lakeville Medtronic TC 6 1:11:24 Donna Philippot 47 Minneapolis Hot Dash 7 1:12:04 Donna Philippot 47 Minneapolis Goldy's Run 8 1:12:44 Holly Neusch 46 Fairmont Hot Dash Danielle Gordanier 9 1:12:46 Christa Gale 45 Edina Medtronic TC fi nished third in W45. 10 1:13:41 Ann Snuggerud 48 Chaska Medtronic TC 11 1:13:59 Carol Howd 47 Hastings Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of 12 1:14:08 Lisa Koeppen 45 Chanhassen Medtronic TC 13 1:14:09 Linda Williams 49 Winona Wmn Run the Cities Tom Ruen. 14 1:14:33 Lori Nesvold 48 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 15 1:14:50 Darla O'Connor 49 Woodbury Medtronic TC 16 1:14:52 Stephanie Callanan 45 St Paul Monster Dash 17 1:14:53 Cinde Wiebusch 46 St Peter Medtronic TC 18 1:15:17 Holly Neusch 47 Fairmont Medtronic TC 19 1:15:40 Donna Philippot 48 Minneapolis Wmn Run the Cities 20 1:16:02 Kristen Gerlach 45 Prior Lake Hot Dash
Half Marathon 1 1:31:32 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Red, White & Boom! 2 1:32:03 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodury Lake Minnetonka 3 1:32:10 Heather Whitehill 45 Forest Lake Monster Dash 4 1:32:35 Sonya Decker 49 Minneapolis Maple Grove 5 1:34:20 Sarah McClellan 45 Maple Grove City of Lakes 6 1:34:35 Darla O'Connor 48 Woodury Red, White & Boom! 7 1:34:54 Darla O'Connor 49 Woodbury City of Lakes 8 1:35:47 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul City of Lakes 9 1:36:01 Mary-Helen Mische 45 St Paul Monster Dash 10 1:36:04 Sarah McClellan 45 Maple Grove Red, White & Boom! 11 1:36:15 Tracy Sik 46 Willmar Lake Minnewaska 12 1:36:41 Holly Neusch 47 Fairmont Mankato 13 1:36:42 Ann eisen 49 Maple Grove Maple Grove 14 1:37:10 Sarah McClellan 45 Maple Grove Urban Wildland 15 1:37:17 Jodi Nelson-Ryan 48 Sartell Earth Day 16 1:37:19 Donna Philippot 48 Minneapolis Urban Wildland 17 1:37:26 Donna Philippot 47 Minneapolis Get in Gear 18 1:37:26 Donna Philippot 47 Minneapolis Red, White & Boom! 19 1:37:47 Tracy Sik 46 Willmar Gopher to Badger 20 1:38:00 Kristy Selisker 45 Baxter Run For e Lakes
25 Kilometers 1 2:08:44 Lisa Wacek 45 Minneapolis Ron Daws 2 2:15:26 Julie Lindgren 47 St Louis Pk Ron Daws A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 19 Men 45-49 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Gregg Robertson 43 8 5 10 10 10 Daniel Strike 43 7 10 2 9 7 10 W. Scott Lindell 33 6 4 8 7 8 Matthew Waite 313 6 1 5 8 3 9 Brad Moening 29 5 8 6 9 1 Lance Elliott 21 10 9 2 Edward Nordstrom 19 6 5 8 Jim Onigkeit 13 4 2 7 Robert Daiss 10 4 6 Jeff Renlund 9 9
With their tie, Gregg Robertson is now a three-time ROY titleist, and Daniel Strike, a two-time ROY winner. Gregg led this division and earned 10 points in the 10K, 10 mile and half marathon. Daniel led this division and earned 10 points in the 5K and marathon. Nationally reknowned track racer Lance Elliot dominated this division in the mile, with an incredibly fast, very tailwind aided 4:26 Main Street, 91.9% WMA. Only four points separated W. Scott Lindell, Matthew Waite and Brad Moening, who all earned points at fi ve distances.
Top Performances Gregg Robertson 1 Mile (2524) and Daniel 1 4:26 Lance Elliott 45 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street Strike (1012) shared 2 4:35 Lance Elliott 45 Edina Medtronic TC fi rst place in 2016 3 4:43 Gregg Robertson 46 Duluth Minnesota 4 4:46 Daniel Strike 45 Roseville Medtronic TC 5 4:47 W. Scott Lindell 48 Sartell Medtronic TC Photos courtesy of 6 4:56 Brad Moening 47 St Paul Medtronic TC Tom Ruen. 7 4:57 Robert Daiss 49 Cloquet Minnesota 8 5:04 Matthew Waite 48 St Paul Medtronic TC 9 5:12 Mark Brose 48 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 10 5:13 Dan Hebl 49 Two Harbors Minnesota 10 5:13 Matthew Reinders 48 Bloomington Medtronic TC 12 5:15 Kelly Mortenson 45 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 13 5:18 William Sikorski 46 Birchwood Vlg Minnesota 14 5:21 Jason Schultz 47 Lakeville Farmington Dew Run 15 5:23 Gerald Butler 45 Lakeville Farmington Dew Run 16 5:23 Peter Gellerup 47 Plymouth Medtronic TC 17 5:26 Torry Bergman 45 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 17 5:26 Gerald Butler 45 Lakeville Hoska Midsummer 17 5:26 Scott Hansen 47 Woodbury Medtronic TC 20 5:29 Corey Walther 45 Chanhassen Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 16:22 Daniel Strike 45 Roseville Brian Kra Memorial 2 16:31 Lance Elliott 45 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 3 16:41 Brad Moening 47 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 4 16:47 Daniel Strike 46 Roseville Torchlight 5 16:49 Matthew Waite 48 St. Paul Brian Kra Memorial 6 17:03 Gregg Robertson 45 Duluth Fitger's 7 17:26 W. Scott Lindell 48 Sartell Earth Day 8 17:49 W. Scott Lindell 48 Sartell Torchlight 9 17:51 Matthew Waite 48 St Paul Torchlight 10 17:53 William Sikorski 46 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 11 17:58 Matthew Reinders 49 Bloomington TC
8 Kilometers 1 27:56 Daniel Strike 45 Roseville Ogara's Irish Run 2 28:24 Matthew Waite 47 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run
20 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers Marathon - cont’d 1 34:29 Gregg Robertson 46 Duluth Get in Gear 8 2:59:06 Mike Bateman 45 Minneapolis Twin Cities 2 34:44 Daniel Strike 45 Roseville Get in Gear 9 2:59:25 Omar Awad 47 St Paul Grandma's 3 34:51 W. Scott Lindell 48 Sartell Get in Gear 10 2:59:33 Jim Bengtson 49 Eden Prairie Twin Cities 4 34:59 Gregg Robertson 46 Duluth MDRA Victory 11 2:59:44 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan Grandma's 5 35:10 Brad Moening 47 St Paul Get in Gear 12 2:59:48 Omar Awad 48 Shoreview Twin Cities 6 35:36 Matthew Waite 48 St. Paul MDRA Victory 13 3:00:20 Karl Mische 48 Fridley Twin Cities 7 35:38 Matthew Waite 48 St Paul Get in Gear 14 3:03:20 Pete Rainey 49 Minneapolis Twin Cities 8 35:40 Daniel Strike 46 Roseville MDRA Victory 15 3:03:26 Tom Tisell 48 St Paul Grandma's 9 35:53 Lance Elliott 45 Edina MDRA Victory 16 3:03:40 Curt Karolus 48 St Cloud Twin Cities 10 36:41 Tom Tisell 48 St Paul Get in Gear 17 3:04:27 Tom Tisell 49 St Paul Twin Cities 11 37:11 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan Get in Gear W. Scott Lindell (2460) fi nished third 15 Kilometers 1 55:36 Jim Onigkeit 48 Rochester RTC Spring Classic in M45-49. 2 1:00:41 William Sikorski 46 Birchwood Vlg Manitou 3 1:01:02 Ed Muniak 46 Nerstrand Defeat of J James Photo courtesy of 4 1:01:36 Tom Tisell 49 St Paul MDRA Tom Ruen.
10 Miles 1 57:07 Gregg Robertson 46 Duluth Medtronic TC 2 58:04 Brad Moening 48 St Paul Medtronic TC 3 59:00 Matthew Waite 48 St Paul Medtronic TC 4 1:00:28 W. Scott Lindell 49 Sartell Medtronic TC 5 1:02:49 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan Hot Dash 6 1:03:22 Pete Rainey 48 Minneapolis Goldy's Run 7 1:03:49 Mark Brose 48 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 8 1:04:40 Kevin Asp 45 Edina Hot Dash 9 1:05:05 William Sikorski 46 Birchwood Vlg Medtronic TC 10 1:05:11 Andy Eichelman 46 Greenwood Goldy's Run
Half Marathon 1 1:15:04 Gregg Robertson 46 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 2 1:15:20 Jeff Renlund 49 Chaska City of Lakes 3 1:15:32 W. Scott Lindell 48 Sartell Garry Bjorklund 4 1:17:38 Daniel Strike 46 Roseville City of Lakes 5 1:19:50 Robert Daiss 49 Cloquet Garry Bjorklund 6 1:20:59 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan City of Lakes 7 1:21:23 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan New Prague 8 1:21:32 Matthew Waite 48 St Paul City of Lakes 9 1:21:45 Jim Onigkeit 48 Rochester City of Lakes 10 1:22:21 Jim Onigkeit 48 Rochester Gopher to Badger 11 1:22:37 Robert Daiss 49 Cloquet Monster Dash Matthew Waite 12 1:22:40 Jim Onigkeit 48 Rochester Healthy Human Race (400) fi nished fourth 13 1:23:16 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan Maple Grove in M45-49 in 2016. 14 1:23:42 Tom Schumacher 47 Minneapolis City of Lakes 15 1:24:21 Wes Bigelow 47 Apple Valley Gopher to Badger 16 1:24:52 Brian Schubring 49 Minneapolis Monster Dash Photo courtesy of 17 1:25:19 Steve English 49 St Paul Get in Gear Tom Ruen. 18 1:25:33 Ron Giles 47 Rochester Healthy Human Race 19 1:25:53 Nathan Waech 47 Grand Rapids Garry Bjorklund 20 1:25:57 Jim Bengtson 49 Eden Prairie City of Lakes 20 1:25:57 Brian Carlsen 45 Rochester Healthy Human Race
25 Kilometers 1 1:40:41 Brad Moening 47 St. Paul Ron Daws
20 Miles 1 2:13:25 Tom Tisell 49 St Paul Bear Water
Marathon 1 2:43:08 Daniel Strike 46 Roseville Twin Cities 2 2:44:24 Matthew Waite 48 St Paul Grandma's 3 2:46:54 Edward Nordstrom 45 Eagan Twin Cities 4 2:51:16 Jim Onigkeit 48 Rochester Med City 5 2:56:44 Declan Curley 45 Minnetonka Twin Cities 6 2:56:57 Tom Schumacher 47 Minneapolis Twin Cities 7 2:57:17 Christopher Gerlach 47 Woodbury Twin Cities
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 21 Women 50-54 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Wanda Gau 50 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 Rochelle Wirth 44 8 9 9 9 10 3 8 Bonnie Sons 32 8 2 8 8 6 Debra Gormley 31 10 7 5 9 Kate Davis 23 7 7 9 Kimberly Anderson 18 7 3 8 Cindy Lewandowski 17 3 3 6 3 2 Sharon Stubler 14 4 2 8 1 Julia Weisbecker 12 4 8 Katy Class 11 2 4 5 5 Cheryl Zitur 11 6 5 Wanda Gau earned her third ROY title in 2016 as she set eight single age records, to bring her total to 23. As she did in 2015 she scored the maximum 50 points. Like last year Rochelle Wirth fi nished second. And like last year, she picked up 10 points in the 10 mile. Seven-time ROY winner Bonnie Sons edged six-time ROY winner Deb Gormley by a point, 32-31, to take third. Deb also had the fastest mile, 5:33, the only distance in which Wanda competed in which she was bested. Wanda had the top WMA performance in this division: 89.0% for her 39:55 Get in Gear 10K.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 5:33 Debra Gormley 50 Plymouth Minnesota 2 5:56 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls Hoska Midsummer 3 6:15 Bonnie Sons 50 Shorewood Medtronic TC 4 6:19 Kimberly Anderson 51 Chanhassen Medtronic TC 5 6:26 Jenny Breen 50 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 6 6:30 Tracy Serreyn 52 Lakeville Medtronic TC 7 6:31 Sharon Stubler 51 Farmington Farmington Dew Run 8 6:32 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell Medtronic TC Wanda Gau picked up title 9 6:34 Katy Class 51 Woodbury Medtronic TC 9 6:34 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Hopkins Main Street number three in 2016. 11 6:37 Eileen Hunter 50 Mar on St Cr Medtronic TC 11 6:37 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 13 6:39 Jacki DeVine 54 Cannon Fls Hoska Midsummer 14 6:40 Lori Mickelson 53 Saginaw Minnesota 15 6:46 Lisa Hines 53 Waite Park Hoska Midsummer 16 6:50 Lisa Urdahl 51 Eagan Medtronic TC 17 6:59 Lisa Horn 50 Howard Lake Medtronic TC 18 7:01 Julie Schultz 53 Esko Minnesota 19 7:06 Anna McGee 54 Duluth Minnesota 20 7:08 Cynthia Bohn 50 Farmington Farmington Dew Run 20 7:08 Jill Plaziak 54 Deephaven Medtronic TC 5 Kilometers 16 21:57 Jacki DeVine 54 Little Falls Torchlight 5 Kilometers 17 21:58 Jacki DeVine 54 Little Falls Brian Kra Memorial 18 22:12 Kate Davis 50 St Paul Torchlight 1 19:30 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls Brian Kra Memorial 19 22:13 Kristin Miller 53 W Lakeland Brian Kra Memorial 2 19:40 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls River Rat 20 22:37 Debbie Schiferl 51 St Paul MN Zoo Tiger Tracks 3 20:00 Rochelle Wirth 53 Duluth Fitger's 4 20:07 Debra Gormley 50 Plymouth Gray Ghost 5 20:11 Rochelle Wirth 54 Duluth Torchlight 8 Kilometers 6 20:20 Debra Gormley 50 Plymouth Steve Williams Meml 1 31:49 Wanda Gau 53 Little Falls Ogara's Irish Run 7 20:47 Debra Gormley 50 Plymouth Twin Cities Lung Run 2 33:21 Rochelle Wirth 53 Duluth Ogara's Irish Run 8 21:11 Catherine Long 51 Duluth William A. Irvin 3 34:01 Bonnie Sons 50 Shorewood Ogara's Irish Run 9 21:12 Bonnie Sons 50 Shorewood Brian Kra Memorial 4 34:02 Kate Davis 50 Stacy Ogara's Irish Run 9 21:12 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Torchlight 5 35:27 Lisa Hines 53 Waite Park Ogara's Irish Run 11 21:29 Laurie Hanscom 52 Eden Prairie Brian Kra Memorial 6 36:28 Jacki DeVine 54 Little Falls Ogara's Irish Run 12 21:41 Tracy Serreyn 52 Lakeville Brian Kra Memorial 7 36:38 Katy Class 51 Woodbury Ogara's Irish Run 13 21:49 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Brian Kra Memorial 8 37:28 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell Spud Fest Lakes Run 14 21:50 Vicki Ostendorf 51 St. Paul Gray Ghost 9 37:46 Mary Brown 52 Eden Prairie Ogara's Irish Run 15 21:54 Lisa Hines 53 Waite Park Brian Kra Memorial 10 38:55 Amy Clark 51 Edina Ogara's Irish Run
22 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers Half Marathon - cont’d 1 39:55 Wanda Gau 53 Little Falls Get in Gear 16 1:39:22 Linda Green 52 Arden Hills City of Lakes 2 41:02 Rochelle Wirth 53 Duluth Get in Gear 17 1:39:55 Lynn Wolters 50 Fergus Falls Dick Beardsley 3 42:22 Bonnie Sons 50 Shorewood Get in Gear 18 1:39:59 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell Earth Day 4 42:37 Kate Davis 50 Stacy Get in Gear 19 1:41:56 Lisa Hines 54 Waite Park City of Lakes 5 43:02 Kate Davis 50 Stacy MDRA Victory 20 1:42:13 Jody Nelson 51 St Paul Securian Winter 6 43:12 Debra Gormley 50 Plymouth TC - 6.48 miles 7 43:30 Julia Weisbecker 50 Mendota Hts Get in Gear 25 Kilometers 8 44:24 Kimberly Anderson 51 Chanhassen Get in Gear 1 2:03:31 Cindy Lewandowski 53 Sartell Ron Daws 9 44:32 Bonnie Sons 51 Shorewood MDRA Victory 2 2:09:45 Lisa Hines 53 Waite Park Ron Daws 10 44:47 Lisa Hines 53 Waite Park MDRA Victory 3 2:11:12 Jayne Nemeth 50 Minneapolis Ron Daws 11 45:14 Jacki DeVine 54 Little Falls Get in Gear 12 45:42 Linda Green 52 Arden Hills Jump to It 13 45:42 Linda Green 52 Arden Hills Drumstick Dash 20 Miles 14 45:50 Jacki DeVine 54 Little Falls MDRA Victory 1 2:53:18 Monica Hoban 52 W St Paul Bear Water 15 46:27 Tracy Serreyn 52 Lakeville MDRA Victory 2 2:57:44 Kathryn Holum 51 St Paul Bear Water 3 3:01:29 Vicki Ostendorf 51 St Paul Bear Water 15 Kilometers 1 1:02:27 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls MDRA Marathon 2 1:04:12 Rochelle Wirth 54 Duluth MDRA 1 3:05:04 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls Twin Cities 3 1:10:38 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka MDRA 2 3:21:37 Sonya Decker 50 Minneapolis Dick Beardsley 4 1:11:01 Mary Bolich 53 Plymouth MDRA 3 3:21:49 Rochelle Wirth 54 Duluth Grandma's 5 1:11:34 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell MDRA 4 3:22:47 Clarice Esslinger 51 Mankato Twin Cities 6 1:13:06 Katy Class 52 Woodbury MDRA 5 3:24:14 Wanda Gau 53 Little Falls Lake Wobegon Trail 7 1:14:04 Tracy Serreyn 52 Lakeville MDRA 6 3:29:56 Jill Varty 54 Elk River Twin Cities 8 1:14:51 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Defeat of Jesse James Days 7 3:30:07 Patty McNamara-Nelson 51 Shoreview Twin Cities 9 1:17:47 eresa Kavouras 50 Lakeville MDRA 8 3:31:20 Linda Green 52 Arden Hills Twin Cities 10 1:18:41 Julia Lyng 50 Burnsville MDRA 9 3:35:25 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell Grandma's 10 3:36:31 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell Dick Beardsley 10 Miles 11 3:37:30 Patty McNamara-Nelson 51 Shoreview Grandma's 1 1:08:07 Rochelle Wirth 54 Duluth Medtronic TC 12 3:38:58 eresa Kavouras 50 Lakeville Grandma's 2 1:08:43 Debra Gormley 50 Plymouth Bear Water 13 3:43:25 Pam Walter 54 Cologne Grandma's 3 1:12:46 Julia Weisbecker 50 Mendota Hts Medtronic TC 14 3:44:46 Lisa Hines 53 Waite Park Lake Wobegon Trail 4 1:13:02 Pam Walter 54 Cologne Hot Dash 15 3:45:33 Eileen Bonnert 54 Apple Valley Twin Cities 5 1:13:16 Cheryl Zitur 51 Rogers Goldy's Run 16 3:46:25 Jacki DeVine 54 Little Falls Grandma's 6 1:13:20 Katy Class 52 Woodbury Medtronic TC 17 3:47:33 Bernadine Polovitz 54 Medina Grandma's 7 1:13:55 Catherine Long 51 Duluth Medtronic TC 18 3:47:42 Claudia Schmidt-Dannert 50 Shoreview Twin Cities 8 1:14:17 Carrie Bloom eld 53 Minnetonka Goldy's Run 19 3:50:07 Kathryn Holum 51 St Paul Twin Cities 9 1:14:24 Debra Wieberdink 51 Excelsior Medtronic TC 20 3:51:33 Colleen Jason 51 Eden Prairie Grandma's 10 1:14:38 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 11 1:14:49 Lisa Hines 54 Waite Park Medtronic TC 12 1:15:04 Lynn Wolters 50 Fergus Falls Medtronic TC 13 1:15:43 Jenny Breen 51 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Rochelle Wirth of Duluth 14 1:15:49 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell Medtronic TC fi nished second behind 15 1:15:59 Linda Kobilarcsik 53 Chanhassen Medtronic TC Wanda Gau in W50-54 16 1:16:08 Kate Davis 50 Stacy Medtronic TC with an impressive 44 17 1:16:47 Sue Abrahamson 52 Wayzata Goldy's Run 18 1:17:06 Jayne Nemeth 51 Minneapolis Medtronic TC point total. 19 1:17:28 Wanda Lewis 54 Lakeville Hot Dash 20 1:17:34 Elizabeth Mairs 54 St Paul Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen Half Marathon 1 1:27:36 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls City of Lakes 2 1:30:57 Kate Davis 50 Stacy Garry Bjorklund 3 1:33:39 Kimberly Anderson 51 Chanhassen Garry Bjorklund 4 1:34:27 Kate Davis 50 Stacy Securian Winter 5 1:35:02 Bonnie Sons 50 Shorewood Lake Minnewaska 6 1:35:08 Cheryl Zitur 51 Rogers Lake Minnetonka 7 1:36:29 Cheryl Zitur 51 Rogers Maple Grove 8 1:36:34 Clarice Esslinger 50 Mankato Securian Winter 9 1:36:37 Pamela Walter 54 Cologne Earth Day 10 1:37:09 Carrie Bloom eld 53 Minnetonka Garry Bjorklund 11 1:37:43 Kris O'Gara 52 St Paul Securian Winter 12 1:37:44 Pam Walter 54 Cologne Lake Minnetonka 13 1:38:01 Sharon Stubler 51 Minnetonka Gopher to Badger 14 1:39:00 Jodi Nelson 53 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 15 1:39:18 Linda Green 51 St Paul Securian Winter
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 23 Men 50-54
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Patrick Billig 50 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 John Van Danacker 42 7 8 8 10 9 9 Robert Economy 41 9 9 9 8 6 Kevin Zanker 36 9 3 7 8 4 8 Bob Finke 22 4 6 7 5 Jim Holovnia 19 6 2 6 6 5 Marc Nosal 16 2 4 3 7 Doug Baldwin 14 3 2 9 Jim Larranaga 13 8 4 1 Hyun Yoon 12 3 5 4 Patrick Billig earned title number 14 in 2016. And once again he did it to perfec- tion: with 50 points. Second placer John Van Danacker earned a feather in his cap by actually fi nishing ahead of Patrick in the 15K. As did third-placer-by-a-point Robert Economy. Surprisingly, Patrick ran a marathon this year. Unsurprisingly, he led his division and earned 10 points. Patrick had the top WMA score in this division with 90.2% for his 16:44 at Brian Kraft. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 4:53 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville Minnesota 2 4:56 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville Hopkins Main Street 3 4:57 Jim Larranaga 50 Chanhassen Hopkins Main Street 4 5:03 Patrick Billig 53 Roseville Medtronic TC 5 5:05 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Hopkins Main Street 6 5:06 Jim Larranaga 50 Chanhassen Hoska Midsummer 7 5:09 Bob Finke 53 Fridley Medtronic TC 8 5:10 Allan Bohlke 52 Woodbury Minnesota 9 5:10 Bob Finke 53 Fridley Hoska Midsummer 10 5:12 Allan Bohlke 52 Woodbury Medtronic TC 10 5:12 Robert Economy 52 Victoria Medtronic TC Patrick Billig raced to title num- 12 5:13 Allan Severude 50 Woodbury Hoska Midsummer 12 5:15 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Hoska Midsummer ber 14 in 2016. 12 5:15 Brian Lundberg 50 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street 12 5:15 Brian Lundberg 50 Edina Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 16 5:16 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford Medtronic TC 17 5:17 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Medtronic TC 18 5:20 Peter Kessler 54 New Hope Minnesota 18 5:20 Michael Moulsoff 53 St Paul Medtronic TC 20 5:26 Patrick Eastman 54 Victoria Medtronic TC 20 5:26 Christopher Flannery 51 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 8 Kilometers 5 Kilometers 1 27:56 Patrick Billig 53 Roseville Ogara's Irish Run 1 16:44 Patrick Billig 53 Roseville Brian Kra Memorial 2 28:45 Robert Economy 52 Victoria Ogara's Irish Run 2 16:50 Robert Economy 52 Victoria Brian Kra Memorial 3 29:30 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford Spud Fest Lakes Run 3 17:19 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville Torchlight 4 29:40 Brian Lundberg 50 Edina Ogara's Irish Run 4 17:21 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford Brian Kra Memorial 5 30:26 Michael Moulsoff 53 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 5 17:29 Allan Bohlke 52 Woodbury Brian Kra Memorial 6 30:32 Rick Larsen 54 Minnetonka Ogara's Irish Run 6 17:46 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford Torchlight 7 30:33 Jim Ramacier 52 White Bear Lk Ogara's Irish Run 7 17:47 Jim Larranaga 50 Chanhassen Brian Kra Memorial 8 30:34 Hyun Yoon 51 Vadnais Hts Ogara's Irish Run 8 18:04 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville Heart of the City 9 30:55 Marc Nosal 50 Eden Prairie Ogara's Irish Run 9 18:05 Ed Hudella 51 North Branch Gray Ghost 10 31:38 Timothy Carlsness 54 Hermantown Park Point 10 18:11 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville Eastview Scholarship 11 18:19 Allan Severude 50 Woodbury Brian Kra Memorial 12 18:20 Bob Finke 54 Fridley Historic Riverfront 10 Kilometers 13 18:21 Allan Severude 50 Woodbury Torchlight 1 34:54 Patrick Billig 53 Roseville Get in Gear 14 18:22 Christopher Flannery 51 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 2 35:14 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville MDRA Victory 15 18:24 Hyun Yoon 51 Vadnais Hts Brian Kra Memorial 3 35:44 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford MDRA Victory 16 18:25 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Brian Kra Memorial 4 36:56 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville MDRA Victory 17 18:34 Robert Economy 52 Victoria Torchlight 5 37:13 Bob Finke 53 Fridley MDRA Victory 17 18:34 Marc Nosal 50 Eden Prairie Brian Kra Memorial 6 37:24 Hyun Yoon 51 Vadnais Hts Get in Gear 19 18:35 Jim Larranaga 50 Chanhassen Torchlight 7 37:30 Allan Severude 50 Woodbury MDRA Victory 19 18:35 Brian Lundberg 50 Edina Brian Kra Memorial 8 37:32 Bob Finke 53 Fridley King Turkey Day
24 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers - cont’d 25 Kilometers 9 37:46 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Drumstick Dash 1 1:38:19 Robert Economy 52 Victoria Ron Daws 10 37:46 Ed Hudella 50 North Branch Jump to It 2 1:44:03 Bob Finke 53 Fridley Ron Daws 11 37:58 Doug Baldwin 51 St. Paul Heart of the City 3 1:46:26 Jim Ramacier 52 White Bear Lk Ron Daws 12 38:07 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Get in Gear 4 1:46:30 Marc Nosal 50 Eden Prairie Ron Daws 13 38:09 Allan Bohlke 52 Woodbury MDRA Victory 5 1:49:26 Robert Day 50 Medina Ron Daws 14 38:15 Brian Lundberg 50 Edina Get in Gear 15 38:17 Michael Moulsoff 53 St Paul Get in Gear 20 Miles 1 2:33:22 Eric Paradis 51 St Paul Bear Water 15 Kilometers 1 54:50 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford MDRA Marathon 2 56:00 Robert Economy 52 Victoria MDRA 1 2:48:53 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville Grandma's 3 56:08 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville MDRA 2 2:49:04 Doug Baldwin 51 St Paul Twin Cities 4 59:48 Conrad Leifur 51 Minneapolis MDRA 3 2:54:43 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville Twin Cities 5 1:00:00 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina MDRA 4 3:01:17 Marc Nosal 50 Eden Prairie Grandma's 6 1:00:04 Michael Gjere 54 Lanesboro MDRA 5 3:02:57 Marc Nosal 51 Eden Prairie Twin Cities 7 1:00:40 Marc Nosal 50 Eden Prairie MDRA 6 3:03:35 Robert Day 51 Medina Twin Cities 8 1:00:50 Darrin Diedrich 51 Bloomington MDRA 7 3:06:51 Tony Yang 52 Maplewood Twin Cities 9 1:01:04 Jim Ramacier 53 White Bear Lk MDRA 8 3:06:54 Doug Kleemeier 50 Oakdale Twin Cities 10 1:01:13 Brian Dixon 54 Corcoran MDRA 9 3:06:59 Jarrow Wahman 54 Duluth Grandma's 10 3:08:33 Mike Diener 50 Victoria Twin Cities 10 Miles 11 3:08:35 Frank Campbell 52 Lake Elmo Twin Cities 1 57:08 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville Medtronic TC 12 3:09:51 David Gutermuth 53 Orono Twin Cities 2 57:56 John Van Danacker 54 Rockford Medtronic TC 13 3:11:16 Jeff ery Miller 51 Albert Lea Med City 3 1:00:15 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville Monster Dash 14 3:13:41 Dan Quiggle 51 Gar eld Twin Cities 4 1:01:22 Bob Finke 54 Fridley Medtronic TC 15 3:14:26 Edward Jackson 50 Edina Twin Cities 5 1:01:40 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Medtronic TC 16 3:16:13 Daniel Paul 53 Ltl Canada Twin Cities 6 1:01:47 Joe Schneiderhan 50 Alexandria Medtronic TC 17 3:25:52 Jim Boatman 59 Plymouth Grandma's 7 1:02:08 Hyun Yoon 52 Vadnais Hts Medtronic TC 18 3:26:50 Jeff Denney 58 Bloomington Twin Cities 8 1:02:18 Doug Baldwin 51 St Paul Hot Dash 19 3:27:22 Ken Kufahl 57 Hanover Lake Wobegon Trail 9 1:03:15 Darrin Diedrich 51 Bloomington Medtronic TC 20 3:27:46 Stanley Hammer 55 Eden Prairie Grandma's 10 1:03:32 Jim Larranaga 51 Chanhassen Medtronic TC 11 1:04:17 Allan Severude 51 Woodbury Medtronic TC 12 1:04:36 Allan Bohlke 53 Woodbury Medtronic TC John Van Danacker 13 1:05:27 Tony Yang 52 Maplewood Hot Dash fi nished second to 14 1:06:24 Mark Gehlsen 51 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Patrick Billig for the 15 1:06:43 Jim Buckley 51 Lakeville Hot Dash fourth year in a row 16 1:06:53 Estevan Ramirez 50 St Paul Medtronic TC in this division. 17 1:07:03 Dave Wik 50 Monticello Medtronic TC 18 1:07:07 Sean Finn 50 Savage Medtronic TC 19 1:07:32 David Gutermuth 52 Orono Hot Dash Photo courtesy of 20 1:09:10 Luke Charpentier 50 Oakdale Medtronic TC Tom Ruen. 20 1:09:10 Ian Nemerov 51 Edina Medtronic TC
Half Marathon 1 1:17:12 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville Monster Dash 2 1:17:54 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford Garry Bjorklund 3 1:18:52 Robert Economy 52 Victoria Garry Bjorklund 4 1:19:20 Robert Economy 52 Victoria City of Lakes 5 1:20:58 John Van Danacker 53 Rockford Securian Winter 6 1:21:25 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina Monster Dash 7 1:21:29 Kevin Zanker 51 Burnsville New Prague 8 1:22:57 Allan Severude 50 Woodbury City of Lakes 9 1:23:27 Doug Baldwin 51 St Paul Red, White & Boom! 10 1:23:37 Darrin Diedrich 51 Bloomington Monster Dash 11 1:23:40 Conrad Leifur 51 Minneapolis City of Lakes 12 1:24:03 Jim Holovnia 52 Edina City of Lakes 13 1:24:26 Joe Schneiderhan 50 Alexandria Earth Day 14 1:24:36 Christopher Flannery 51 Minneapolis City of Lakes 15 1:25:01 Michael Hendrickson 52 Little Falls Garry Bjorklund 16 1:25:03 Hyun Yoon 51 Vadnais Hts New Prague 17 1:25:22 Michael Moulsoff 53 St Paul City of Lakes 18 1:25:37 Tony Yang 52 Maplewood City of Lakes 19 1:25:57 Marc Nosal 51 Eden Prairie City of Lakes 20 1:25:59 Ben Henschel 52 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 25 Women 55-59
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Gwen Jacobson 45 8 8 9 3 10 8 10 Debra Hultman 361010 7 9 Patricia Langum 28 6 6 8 4 4 4 Ann Wasson 27 2 9 9 7 5 Judy Meyer 24 7 7 10 Pam Weier 21 1 10 10 Anita Baugh 16 4 3 3 2 3 3 Kathi Madden 15 9 6 Laurie King 14 7 2 5 Deb Thomford 14 9 5 Gwen Jacobson earned her fi rst ROY title in 2016; she was second last year. Her 3:29:19 marathon and 1:08:28 15K earned her the max 10 points at those distances. Second placer Debra Hultman earned max points in the mile and 5K. She might have also added the 10K if the TC 10K was not 6.48 miles. And breaking a metatarsal two miles into the race. 2011 ROY winner Patricia Langum fi nished third. 1995 ROY winner Judy Meyer earned the max 10 points in the 10K with 45:01 at Get in Gear. And 2006 ROY winner Pam Weier earned 10 points in the 8K. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 6:09 Debra Hultman 55 Ely Minnesota 2 6:21 Kathi Madden 59 Duluth Minnesota 3 6:36 Gwen Jacobson 57 Rochester Medtronic TC 4 6:37 Laurie King 55 Lakeville Medtronic TC 5 6:42 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Medtronic TC 6 6:49 Laura Smith 56 Duluth Minnesota 7 7:08 Anita Baugh 58 Sartell Medtronic TC 8 7:09 Carolyn Fletcher 58 St Paul Medtronic TC Gwen Jacobson earned 9 7:10 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts Hoska Midsummer her fi rst ROY title in 2016. 10 7:20 Carla Lavere 56 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 11 7:21 Judith Peters 56 St Cloud Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom 12 7:22 Elizabeth Lee 58 St Paul Medtronic TC 13 7:23 Susan Loyd 58 Edina Medtronic TC Ruen. 14 7:24 Susan Loyd 58 Edina Hoska Midsummer 15 7:29 Peggy Breedlove-Gerard 57 Shakopee Hoska Midsummer 8 Kilometers 15 7:29 Mary Moline 57 Duluth Minnesota 1 35:18 Pam Weier 56 Mahtomedi Ogara's Irish Run 17 7:33 Sheryl Weber-Paxton 58 Minneapolis Minnesota 2 35:53 Gwen Jacobson 57 Rochester Ogara's Irish Run 18 7:39 Jennifer Madole 59 Duluth Minnesota 3 36:38 Gwen Jacobson 57 Rochester Fools Five 18 7:39 Sheryl Weber-Paxton 57 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 4 37:15 Judy Meyer 55 New Brighton Ogara's Irish Run 20 7:49 Kathryn Peters 59 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 5 37:39 Kathi Madden 58 Duluth Ogara's Irish Run 6 37:55 Laurie King 55 Lakeville Ogara's Irish Run 5 Kilometers 7 38:01 Kathi Madden 58 Duluth Park Point 1 21:56 Debra Hultman 55 Ely Run for Blood 8 38:42 Anita Baugh 57 Sartell Ogara's Irish Run 2 22:36 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts Milk Run 9 40:10 Kristi Larson 57 Brooklyn Ctr Ogara's Irish Run 3 23:08 Gwen Jacobson 58 Rochester Torchlight 10 43:24 Rene McCoy 58 Shoreview Park Point 4 23:10 Judy Meyer 56 New Brighton Torchlight 5 23:11 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove William A. Irvin 10 Kilometers 6 23:15 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts Jump to It 1 45:01 Judy Meyer 56 New Brighton Get in Gear 7 23:23 Tamara Snyder 56 Savage Brian Kra Memorial 2 46:21 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts Get in Gear 8 23:25 Anita Baugh 58 Sartell Brian Kra Memorial 3 46:39 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Get in Gear 9 23:29 Laurie King 56 Lakeville Brian Kra Memorial 4 46:52 Debra Hultman 55 Ely TC - 6.48 miles 10 23:36 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Valentine's Day 5 47:41 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts MDRA Victory 11 23:36 Pam Weier 56 St Paul Torchlight 6 47:46 Julie Ketchum 57 St. Paul Wmn Run the Cities 12 23:45 Marise Widmer 56 St Paul Bud Break 7 48:21 Sharon Birkemeier 56 Woodbury Get in Gear 13 23:53 Barbie Johnson 56 St. Paul Milk Run 8 49:32 Gwen Jacobson 57 Rochester Securian Winter 14 23:55 Frances Willford 56 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 9 49:41 Anita Baugh 58 Sartell MDRA Victory 15 23:58 Anita Baugh 58 Sartell Torchlight 10 49:46 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Wmn Run the Cities 16 24:18 Patti Brase 57 Minneapolis Milk Run 11 50:02 Patti Brase 57 Minneapolis Wmn Run the Cities 17 24:19 Laura Smith 55 Duluth Fitger's 12 50:27 Elizabeth Bolton 56 Minneapolis Drumstick Dash 18 24:20 Carolyn Fletcher 58 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial 13 50:48 Elizabeth Lee 58 St Paul Get in Gear 19 24:25 Elizabeth Lee 58 St Paul Torchlight 14 50:59 Karen Peterson 57 Eagan Get in Gear 20 24:26 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Milk Run 15 51:08 Laurie Tax 59 Pierz TC - 6.48 miles
26 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 15 Kilometers Marathon 1 1:08:28 Gwen Jacobson 58 Rochester MDRA 1 3:29:19 Gwen Jacobson 58 Rochester Grandma's 2 1:13:39 Deb omford 58 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 2 3:32:06 Debra Hultman 55 Ely Grandma's 3 1:16:16 Marise Widmer 56 St Paul MDRA 3 3:35:48 Tamara Snyder 57 Savage Twin Cities 4 1:16:29 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts MDRA 4 3:42:40 Tamara Snyder 56 Savage Grandma's 5 1:17:27 Barbie Johnson 56 St Paul Hot Chocolate 5 3:47:32 Carla Lavere 57 Minnetonka Twin Cities 6 1:18:32 Sherry Case 57 Rich eld MDRA 6 3:52:37 Sherry Case 57 Rich eld Twin Cities 7 1:22:48 Carla Lavere 56 Minnetonka MDRA 7 3:54:12 Barbie Johnson 56 St Paul Twin Cities 8 1:23:38 Anita Baugh 58 Sartell MDRA 8 3:54:57 Anita Baugh 58 Sartell Grandma's 9 1:26:16 Patty Lewandowski 55 Rosemount Hot Chocolate 9 3:59:25 Katherine Adams 59 Rice Lake Wobegon Trail 10 1:26:47 Beth Karlson 55 Rosemount Hot Chocolate 10 3:59:29 Jeanette Siddons 56 Andover Twin Cities 11 3:59:49 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Twin Cities 10 Miles 12 4:04:35 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Grandma's 1 1:14:32 Pam Weier 56 Mahtomedi Medtronic TC 13 4:08:39 Marise Widmer 56 St Paul Grandma's 2 1:15:46 Nancy Bauer 56 Hastings Medtronic TC 14 4:08:51 Susan Vickerman 55 Wayzata Twin Cities 3 1:17:30 Carol Hentges 55 Eagan Medtronic TC 15 4:09:27 Sherry Case 57 Rich eld Grandma's 4 1:17:42 Carol Hentges 55 Eagan Goldy's Run 16 4:11:15 Linda Odden 58 Woodbury Lake Wobegon Trail 5 1:18:07 Julie Ketchum 57 St Paul Monster Dash 17 4:11:25 Lorelei Hanson 56 Oronoco Grandma's 6 1:18:32 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts Wmn Run the Cities 18 4:12:43 Diann Lee 55 Woodbury Grandma's 7 1:18:39 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Hot Dash 19 4:13:09 Kerri Knight 58 Plymouth Twin Cities 8 1:19:03 Carol Hentges 55 Eagan Wmn Run the Cities 20 4:13:51 Marlene Schmidt 58 Rochester Twin Cities 9 1:19:18 Marlene Schmidt 57 Rochester Goldy's Run 10 1:19:26 Laurie Knutson 55 Lakeville Medtronic TC 11 1:21:10 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Goldy's Run 12 1:21:36 Diane Onopa 56 Long Lake Medtronic TC 13 1:21:44 Elizabeth Lee 58 St Paul Medtronic TC Pat Langum, 2011 14 1:22:57 Amy Wolf 56 Faribault Hot Dash ROY winner, here at 15 1:23:24 Judith Peters 56 St Cloud Medtronic TC City of Lakes, fi nished 16 1:23:56 Mary Januschka 55 Cambridge Hot Dash third in W55 with 28 17 1:23:56 Judy Murray 56 Sartell Hot Dash points. Pat also set a 18 1:23:57 Kirstin Schmidt 57 Mantorville Wmn Run the Cities 19 1:24:30 Kristi Larson 58 Brooklyn Ctr Medtronic TC single age record for 20 1:24:52 Laurie Tax 59 Pierz Medtronic TC 20 miles.
Half Marathon Photo courtesy of Tom 1 1:36:08 Pam Walter 55 Cologne Mankato Ruen. 2 1:36:26 Jan Guenther 56 Mound Lake Minnetonka 3 1:37:38 Gwen Jacobson 58 Rochester Red, White & Boom! 4 1:39:29 Gwen Jacobson 58 Rochester Healthy Human Race 5 1:41:48 Janis Klecker 55 Minnetonka Garry Bjorklund 6 1:42:25 Deb omford 58 Rochester Healthy Human Race 7 1:42:26 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Stillwater 8 1:42:51 Carol Hentges 55 Eagan Monster Dash 9 1:44:30 Ann Dolence 57 Moorhead Garry Bjorklund 10 1:44:47 Deb omford 58 Rochester Med City 11 1:44:48 Tamara Snyder 56 Savage City of Lakes 12 1:45:25 Ann Dolence 58 Moorhead Dick Beardsley 13 1:45:28 Mary Hollway 56 Edina Monster Dash 14 1:45:31 Deb omford 58 Rochester Gopher to Badger 15 1:45:42 Laura Smith 56 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 16 1:45:44 Ann Wasson 55 Falcon Hgts Garry Bjorklund 17 1:46:08 Paola Sandroni 55 Rochester Healthy Human Race 18 1:46:17 Tamara Snyder 56 Savage Get in Gear 19 1:46:37 Carla Lavere 56 Minnetonka Urban Wildland 20 1:47:57 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Maple Grove
25 Kilometers 1 2:11:33 Marise Widmer 56 St. Paul Ron Daws 2 2:17:53 Sherry Case 57 Rich eld Ron Daws
20 Miles 1 2:53:24 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove Bear Water 2 3:19:07 Mary Haverkost 56 Falcon Hgts Bear Water 3 3:31:00 Susan Olsen 59 Burnsville Bear Water 4 3:34:10 Carol Noren 58 St Paul Bear Water
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 27 Men 55-59 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Rob Class 49 10 1 10 9 9 10 10 Bobby Paxton 43 6 9 9 8 8 9 Dennis Wallach 28 7 6 7 8 Paul Brown 267 4 9 6 Daniel Johnson 25 2 3 5 4 8 5 Paul Giannobile 20 10 10 Tim DeGrado 19 10 9 Perry Bach 14 8 6 Jim Hannon 14 5 2 7 Bill Langhout 14 2 1 5 8 3 Rob Class fell one point shy of matching his max 50 point performace in 2015. The diff erence was the 5 seconds Paul Giannobile fi nished ahead of Rob in the 10K. M60-64 winner Bobby Paxton fi nished second. And there were only 3 points separat- ing, third, fourth and fi fth places, Dennis Wallach, Paul Brown and Daniel Johnson, respectively. Dennis fi nished third for the third year in a row. And Paul was fourth for the second year in a row. 2011 ROY titleist Paul Giannobile, besides his max 10 points in the 10K over Rob, also earned 10 points in the 5K with his 17:53 at Hot Dash. The top WMA age-graded performance in this division was 88.9%, Rob Class’s 4:58 Minnesota Mile. In non-Class distances Brent Smith got 10 points for the mara- thon, Steve Thomas earned 10 points in the 8K, and James Hannon earned 10 points in the 15K. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 5:07 Rob Class 55 St Paul Hopkins Main Street 2 5:17 Patrick Eastman 55 Victoria Farmington Dew Run 3 5:19 Perry Bach 59 Lakeville Minnesota 4 5:23 Paul Brown 58 Waconia Hoska Midsummer 5 5:29 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 6 5:30 Perry Bach 59 Lakeville Hoska Midsummer 6 5:30 Paul Brown 58 Waconia Medtronic TC 8 5:33 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 9 5:34 Daniel Johnson 58 Crystal Medtronic TC Rob Class missed getting the 50 point 10 5:34 Rick Larsen 55 Minnetonka Hoska Midsummer 11 5:37 Dennis Wallach 58 Chanhassen Medtronic TC mark he hit in 2015, but his 49 in 2016 12 5:40 Patrick Eastman 55 Victoria Minnesota earned him his second ROY title. 13 5:42 Mark Wirt 56 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 14 5:45 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Hopkins Main Street Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 15 5:45 David Peterson 56 Bloomington Farmington Dew Run 16 5:48 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Hoska Midsummer 16 5:48 Tom Woo 57 Rochester Medtronic TC 18 5:50 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Medtronic TC 18 5:50 Dennis Wallach 58 Chanhassen Hoska Midsummer 20 5:55 Charlie Roach 58 Bloomington Medtronic TC 5 Kilometers - cont’d 15 19:16 Peter Kessler 55 New Hope Historic Riverfront 17 19:22 Bill Langhout 58 Woodbury Brian Kra Memorial 5 Kilometers 18 19:23 Steve omas 59 Delano Torchlight 1 17:53 Paul Giannobile 56 Minnetonka Hot Dash 19 19:28 Perry Bach 59 Lakeville Torchlight 2 17:57 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 20 19:32 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Run for Blood 3 18:00 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Autism 4 18:11 Paul Giannobile 56 Minnetonka Brian Kra Memorial 5 18:15 Steve omas 59 Delano Brian Kra Memorial 8 Kilometers 6 18:25 Peter Kessler 55 New Hope Stillwater Log Run 1 29:46 Rob Class 55 Woodbury Ogara's Irish Run 7 18:26 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Torchlight 2 30:14 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 8 18:36 Daniel Johnson 58 Crystal Brian Kra Memorial 3 30:37 Mike Evans 57 Lino Lakes Ogara's Irish Run 8 18:36 Steve omas 59 Delano Autism 4 31:10 Dennis Wallach 58 Chanhassen Ogara's Irish Run 10 18:44 Rob Class 55 St Paul Torchlight 5 31:11 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Park Point 11 19:07 Steve Sonnesyn 56 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 6 31:15 Daniel Johnson 58 Crystal Ogara's Irish Run 12 19:08 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Monticello Riverfest 7 31:16 Paul Brown 58 Waconia Ogara's Irish Run 13 19:09 Dennis Wallach 59 Chanhassen Torchlight 8 31:53 Jarrow Wahman 55 Duluth Park Point 14 19:12 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Brian Kra Memorial 9 32:15 Bill Langhout 57 Woodbury Ogara's Irish Run 15 19:16 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Torchlight 10 32:18 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Ogara's Irish Run
28 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers Half Marathon - cont’d 1 37:10 Paul Giannobile 56 Minnetonka Get in Gear 16 1:31:35 Mark Klaverkamp 57 Clearwater Earth Day 2 37:15 Rob Class 56 Woodbury MDRA Victory 17 1:31:43 David Crocker 57 Elk River Running of the Bays 3 37:19 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Get in Gear 18 1:31:45 omas Brennan 56 Lonsdale Get in Gear 4 37:56 Rob Class 56 Woodbury Drumstick Dash 19 1:31:47 Tom Ost 57 Willmar Dick Beardsley 5 38:23 Dennis Wallach 58 Chanhassen Get in Gear 20 1:31:53 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth City of Lakes 6 38:32 Steve omas 59 Delano Get in Gear 7 39:20 Daniel Johnson 58 Crystal Get in Gear 25 Kilometers 8 39:26 Charlie Roach 58 Bloomington MDRA Victory 1 1:54:17 Jeff Denney 57 Bloomington Ron Daws 9 39:50 Mark Kocak 55 Jackson King Turkey Day 2 1:59:03 Todd Sperling 56 Minnetonka Ron Daws 10 39:52 Bill Langhout 58 Woodbury Get in Gear 3 2:00:05 Jay Grandprey 55 Windom Ron Daws 11 40:08 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth MDRA Victory 12 40:09 Peter Kessler 55 New Hope TC - 6.48 miles 20 Miles 13 40:14 Paul Brown 58 Waconia Get in Gear 1 2:38:35 Bill Dinon 57 St Paul Bear Water 13 40:14 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Securian Winter 2 2:42:43 Kristopher Hartwig 57 Roseville Bear Water 15 40:24 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Get in Gear 3 2:47:06 John Wall 56 Woodbury Bear Water 15 Kilometers Marathon 1 55:37 Tim DeGrado 56 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 1 3:02:29 Tony Schiller 58 Eden Prairie Twin Cities 2 58:33 Rob Class 55 Woodbury MDRA 2 3:05:30 Tim DeGrado 56 Rochester Grandma's 3 59:14 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis MDRA 3 3:07:13 Dennis Wallach 59 Chanhassen Twin Cities 4 59:17 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Hot Chocolate 4 3:09:57 Jim Hannon 58 Rochester Twin Cities 5 1:02:17 Perry Bach 59 Lakeville MDRA 5 3:11:27 David Crocker 57 Elk River Twin Cities 6 1:02:41 Bill Langhout 58 Woodbury MDRA 6 3:15:23 Daniel Johnson 58 Crystal Twin Cities 7 1:03:21 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth MDRA 7 3:15:24 Andrew Richey 55 Duluth Twin Cities 8 1:05:56 Ken Kufahl 58 Hanover MDRA 8 3:15:32 Mark Klaverkamp 58 Clearwater Twin Cities 9 1:06:27 Rick Larsen 55 Minnetonka MDRA 9 3:18:54 Scott Ross 58 Eden Prairie Twin Cities 10 1:07:19 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Hot Chocolate 10 3:21:13 Mark Klaverkamp 57 Clearwater Lake Wobegon Trail 11 3:21:13 John Maas 55 Sleepy Eye Mankato 10 Miles 12 3:24:22 Mark Klaverkamp 58 Clearwater Grandma's 1 1:00:31 Rob Class 56 Woodbury Medtronic TC 13 3:24:56 omas Brennan 57 Lonsdale Twin Cities 2 1:03:35 Paul Brown 59 Waconia Medtronic TC 14 3:25:23 Ken Kufahl 57 Hanover Grandma's 3 1:05:16 Bill Langhout 58 Woodbury Medtronic TC 15 3:25:35 Bill Dinon 57 St Paul Grandma's 4 1:05:17 Charlie Roach 58 Bloomington Medtronic TC 16 3:25:36 Rob Class 55 Woodbury Grandma's 5 1:05:18 Paul Brown 59 Waconia Monster Dash 17 3:25:52 Jim Boatman 59 Plymouth Grandma's 6 1:06:48 Jim Hannon 57 Rochester Goldy's Run 18 3:26:50 Jeff Denney 58 Bloomington Twin Cities 7 1:08:07 Bruce Dockter 59 Brooklyn Pk Monster Dash 19 3:27:22 Ken Kufahl 57 Hanover Lake Wobegon Trail 8 1:08:54 Ken Kufahl 58 Hanover Medtronic TC 20 3:27:46 Stanley Hammer 55 Eden Prairie Grandma's 9 1:08:57 Bob Hoaglund 56 Lakeville Hot Dash 10 1:09:07 Pat Richard 57 Woodbury Medtronic TC A good year. 11 1:09:17 Loren Hooyman 56 Edina Medtronic TC 12 1:09:18 William Magdalene 58 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 2016 M60 ROY winner 13 1:09:59 Richard Chin 57 St Paul Medtronic TC Bobby Paxton fi nished 14 1:10:03 Michael Kennedy 58 Coon Rapids Medtronic TC 15 1:10:18 Wayne Fynboh 58 Jordan Medtronic TC second in M55. 16 1:11:32 Dan Roden 58 Excelsior Medtronic TC 17 1:11:44 Mark Myers 57 Lake Elmo Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom 18 1:12:03 Michael Lawler 55 Maple Grove Medtronic TC Ruen. 19 1:12:11 Ron Byland 58 Long Lake Medtronic TC 20 1:12:32 Mark Kocak 55 Jackson Medtronic TC
Half Marathon 1 1:20:38 Rob Class 56 Woodbury Monster Dash 2 1:22:56 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 3 1:24:01 Daniel Johnson 58 Crystal City of Lakes 4 1:24:36 Dennis Wallach 59 Chanhassen Monster Dash 5 1:25:41 Paul Brown 58 Waconia Garry Bjorklund 6 1:27:20 Dennis Wallach 59 Chanhassen City of Lakes 7 1:28:30 Paul Brown 59 Waconia City of Lakes 8 1:29:21 Bill Langhout 58 Woodbury City of Lakes 9 1:29:38 Jim Hannon 58 Rochester Healthy Human Race 10 1:30:01 Ken Kufahl 58 Hanover Monster Dash 11 1:30:22 Jarrow Wahman 55 Duluth City of Lakes 12 1:30:37 Mark Klaverkamp 58 Clearwater Dick Beardsley 13 1:30:47 Kirt Goetzke 55 Plymouth Red, White & Boom! 14 1:31:11 Ron Johnson 56 Roseville Garry Bjorklund 15 1:31:24 John Marshall 57 Minneapolis Monster Dash
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 29 Women 60-64
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Julie Virkus 50 10 10 10 10 10 10 Barb Leininger 32 8 7 8 9 9 Sonia Jacobsen 30 2 2 9 7 8 7 2 4 Donella Neuhaus 19 9 10 Leslie Stanaway 19 8 5 6 Michelle Loeffl er 15 6 9 Ann Haugejorde 13 6 5 2 Karen Manske 12 4 8 Barbie Laughlin 10 7 8 2 Linda Campbell 9 1 8 Janet Rosen 9 9 Impressive Julie Virkus had fi ve of the top ten age-graded races by Minnesotans, on her way to maxing out in this division with 50 points for the second year in a row. And for the third year in a row Barb Leininger was the runner-up, although 2014 was a tie. Sonia Jacobsen, who raced at eight diff erent distances, fi nished third, two points behind Barb. The only other “10” in this division, outside of Julie’s six 10s, was Do- nella Neuhaus’s 10 points in the marathon.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 6:25 Julie Virkus 63 St Louis Pk Hoska Midsummer 2 6:30 Julie Virkus 63 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 3 7:20 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 4 7:26 Cathy Van Der Schans 62 Hopkins Hopkins Main Street 5 7:28 Ann Haugejorde 62 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street 6 7:34 Ann Haugejorde 62 Minneapolis Minnesota 7 7:42 Karen Manske 60 Stillwater Medtronic TC 8 7:47 Ann Haugejorde 62 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 9 7:49 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Farmington Dew Run 10 8:04 Elaine Bradley 60 Duluth Minnesota Julie Virkus had six 90+ (%) WMA 11 8:09 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Hoska Midsummer age-graded performances in 2016. 12 8:10 Karen Brindley 61 Edina Medtronic TC 13 8:11 Arlene Elden 64 Duluth Minnesota Photo courtesty of Tom Ruen. 14 8:20 Amy Bugge 63 Duluth Minnesota 14 8:20 Leeann Nelsen 60 Saginaw Minnesota 16 8:40 Kathryn Ryan 62 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 17 8:49 Marcia Hokenson 63 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 18 9:11 Mary Boylan 60 Duluth Minnesota 19 9:24 Michel Sanders 62 St Paul Medtronic TC 20 9:26 Annette LeDuc 63 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 5 Kilometers - cont’d 5 Kilometers 16 26:43 Kerry Krepps 63 Orono Music in Plymouth 1 21:32 Julie Virkus 63 St Louis Pk Torchlight 17 26:47 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Brian Kra Memorial 2 22:08 Janet Rosen 61 Cloquet Fitger's 18 26:58 Linda Campbell 60 Elk River Milk Run 3 23:57 Karen Manske 61 Stillwater TC 19 27:01 Karen Graden 61 Shoreview Autism 4 24:13 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 20 27:06 Beth Soller 61 Stillwater Stillwater Log Run 5 24:19 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis William A. Irvin 6 24:36 Wendy Anderson 63 Inver Grove Ht Hot Chocolate 8 Kilometers 7 25:03 Page DeLong 61 St Paul Milk Run 1 42:12 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Ogara's Irish Run 8 25:07 Karen Manske 60 Stillwater Milk Run 2 42:39 Leslie Stanaway 62 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 9 25:37 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Red, White & Boom! 3 44:21 Charlene Roise 60 Duluth Park Point 10 25:38 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis Torchlight 4 46:17 Joan Wick 60 Duluth Park Point 11 25:56 Jean Langehough 62 Bloomington MN Zoo Tiger Tracks 5 47:05 Ann Haugejorde 62 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 12 25:59 Sonia Jacobsen 61 Roseville Gray Ghost 6 48:27 Carol Deblieck 62 Cottage Grv Ogara's Irish Run 13 26:33 Robin Johnson 60 St Cloud Earth Day 7 53:03 Sandy Marden-Lokken 62 Duluth Park Point 14 26:37 Joanne Bartel 62 Eden Prairie Bud Break 8 53:31 Dorothy Diehl 64 Winona Fools Five 15 26:40 Mary Bader 60 Blaine Get Your Rear in Gear 9 54:02 Karen Kuntz 61 Rochester Fools Five
30 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers Half Marathon - cont’d 1 44:21 Julie Virkus 63 St Louis Pk Get in Gear 16 1:59:45 Sandy Oliver 61 Plymouth Garry Bjorklund 2 44:41 Julie Virkus 64 St Louis Pk MDRA Victory 17 1:59:55 Carol Neisen 61 Mahnomen Bemidji Blue Ox 3 50:54 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 18 1:59:56 Mary Boylan 60 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 4 53:02 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Y Run 19 2:00:32 Susan Pokorney 60 North eld From the Heart 5 53:09 Michelle Loeffl er 60 Cottage Grv TC - 6.48 miles 20 2:01:49 Linda Campbell 60 Elk River Red, White & Boom! 6 53:17 Leslie Stanaway 62 Minneapolis Get in Gear 7 54:49 Maryjane Hamann 60 Minnetonka MDRA Victory 25 Kilometers 8 54:52 Joan Schafer 62 Rosemount King Turkey Day 1 2:32:24 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Ron Daws 9 55:28 Leslie Stanaway 63 Minneapolis TC - 6.48 miles 2 2:47:13 Barbara Sampson 61 Mound Ron Daws 10 56:17 Joan Schafer 62 Rosemount TC - 6.48 miles 11 56:18 Pam Calhoun 61 Mankato TC - 6.48 miles 12 56:31 Joanne Bartel 62 Eden Prairie Run the Valley Marathon 13 56:40 Susan Pokorney 61 North eld MDRA Victory 1 3:29:17 Donella Neuhaus 60 Minneapolis Twin Cities 14 57:18 Maria Berlinerblau 60 Andover MDRA Victory 2 4:00:25 Michelle Loeffl er 60 Cottage Grv Grandma's 15 57:37 Wendy Friede 63 Minneapolis Get in Gear 3 4:07:01 Linda Campbell 60 Elk River Twin Cities 4 4:26:30 Molly Hoeg 61 Duluth Grandma's 15 Kilometers 5 4:31:08 Emily Ketterer 60 Duluth Twin Cities 6 4:32:32 Susan Janssen 61 Duluth Twin Cities 1 1:11:18 Julie Virkus 64 St Louis Pk Defeat of J James 7 4:33:29 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Run For e Lakes 2 1:19:57 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis MDRA 8 4:37:32 Susan Imbarrato 61 Moorhead Dick Beardsley 3 1:24:01 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Manitou 9 4:40:19 Jean Kenne ck 63 St Paul Twin Cities 4 1:24:57 Barbie Laughlin 61 Plymouth Hot Chocolate 10 4:42:21 Kate Booth 60 North Oaks Grandma's 5 1:26:37 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville MDRA 11 4:45:48 Laura Ward 64 Cambridge Twin Cities 6 1:31:40 P Stevens 63 Sartell Hot Chocolate 12 4:50:05 Susan Janssen 61 Duluth Grandma's 7 1:31:42 Sarah Leer 61 Eden Prairie Hot Chocolate 13 4:51:21 Constance Morley 62 Maplewood Grandma's 8 1:38:24 Carol Visness 62 Moorhead Hot Chocolate 14 4:52:18 Kay Pfahning 62 North eld Lake Wobegon Trail 9 1:43:29 Ann Haugejorde 62 Minneapolis Manitou 15 4:52:33 Arlene Elden 64 Duluth Grandma's 10 1:44:13 Diane Mann 64 Zumbrota Hot Chocolate 16 4:53:12 Becky Waskosky 60 Mankato Grandma's 17 5:08:59 Debra Walsh 61 Apple Valley Twin Cities 10 Miles 18 5:09:31 Vicky Larson 60 Duluth Grandma's 1 1:12:57 Julie Virkus 64 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 19 5:18:31 Anne Strachota 63 Edina Twin Cities 2 1:21:12 Barb Leininger 63 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 20 5:22:07 Susan McCauley 64 Shoreview Grandma's 3 1:26:45 Barbie Laughlin 62 Plymouth Monster Dash 4 1:29:27 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Medtronic TC 5 1:30:25 Karen Wiersum 61 Wayzata Medtronic TC 2013 W60 ROY winner 6 1:30:35 Karen Handegard 63 Eden Prairie Goldy's Run Barb Leininger fi nished 7 1:31:17 Maria Berlinerblau 60 Andover Medtronic TC second in 2016, just as 8 1:31:31 Suzanne Carson 61 St Louis Pk Hot Dash she had done in 2014 8 1:31:31 Joan Schafer 61 Rosemount Goldy's Run 10 1:31:36 Linda Campbell 60 Elk River Hot Dash and 2015. 11 1:32:06 Michelle Loeffl er 60 Cottage Grv Medtronic TC 12 1:32:57 Karen Brindley 61 Edina Hot Dash Photo courtesy of Tom 13 1:33:32 Paula Goodmanson 61 Minnetonka Medtronic TC Ruen. 14 1:33:45 Patricia Balitz 63 Pequot Lakes Wmn Run the Cities 15 1:33:58 Maryjane Hamann 60 Minnetonka Monster Dash 16 1:34:15 Karen Handegard 63 Eden Prairie Medtronic TC 17 1:36:18 Suzanne Carson 61 St Louis Pk Wmn Run the Cities 18 1:36:54 Sue Evans 60 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 19 1:36:58 Deb Balazovic 60 Minneapolis Wmn Run the Cities 20 1:37:25 Karen Hansen 61 St Paul Wmn Run the Cities
Half Marathon 1 1:37:23 Julie Virkus 63 St Louis Pk Garry Bjorklund 2 1:38:29 Donella Neuhaus 60 Minneapolis City of Lakes 3 1:51:33 Kay Van Riper 60 Eden Prairie City of Lakes 4 1:51:50 Lauri Hohman 61 Silver Bay Garry Bjorklund 5 1:53:02 Leslie Stanaway 63 Minneapolis Monster Dash 6 1:53:19 erese Vogel 63 Felotn Garry Bjorklund 7 1:54:13 Shan Manke 60 Detroit Lks Dick Beardsley 8 1:54:26 Leslie Stanaway 62 Minneapolis Maple Grove 9 1:55:07 Barbie Laughlin 62 Plymouth Bemidji Blue Ox 10 1:55:54 Margaret Daly 60 Golden Vly Get in Gear 11 1:56:13 Sonia Jacobsen 60 Roseville Securian Winter 12 1:58:06 Michelle Loeffl er 60 Cottage Grv Monster Dash 13 1:58:59 Kay Van Riper 60 Eden Prairie Lake Minnetonka 14 1:59:08 Leslie Stanaway 62 Minneapolis Red, White & Boom! 15 1:59:37 Caroline Ruud 64 Breezy Point Run For e Lakes
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 31 Men 60-64 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Bobby Paxton 48 10 8 10 10 10 Randy Wiinanen 38 9 10 9 10 Allen Zetterlund 37 5 8 7 9 8 8 Michael Bjornberg 34 8 4 9 6 5 7 3 Dave Haley 23 3 6 2 8 4 Perry Bach 18 10 8 Scott Smith 17 9 8 Denny Jordan 14 1 3 3 4 3 Herb Nichols 14 4 5 5 David Munn 13 6 7 Bobby fi nally did it! His fi rst ROY title since 2003. He’s been runner-up many times since then. He now possesses fi ve titles. Bobby set fi ve single age records in 2016. He had the best times in his division in the mile, 10K, 10 mile and half marathon. Second placer and two-time ROY titleist Randy Wiinanen was the top point getter at 8K and 15K. Mr. Run ‘n Fun Perry Bach got the max 10 points in the 5K. And third placer and last year’s winner, Allen Zetterlund, just ran a lot of distances well. As did fourth placer Michael Bjornberg, who lead the division for most of the year. Michael tied with Gloria Jansen and Rosemary Harnley with 20 qualifying performances. Second only to Kirt Goetzke’s 28.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 5:25 Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis Minnesota 2 5:51 Gordon Ben eld 62 Hastings Hopkins Main Street 3 5:54 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street 4 6:00 Darrell Miller 61 Duluth Minnesota 5 6:02 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 6 6:02 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Minnesota 7 6:15 Jess Koski 61 Duluth Minnesota 8 6:16 Dave Haley 61 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 9 6:16 Craig McCoy 62 Minnetonka Hopkins Main Street 10 6:17 Denny Jordan 64 Roseville Medtronic TC 11 6:20 David Petrich 61 Bloomington Medtronic TC 12 6:24 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer Newly minted 60 year old 13 6:25 Bill Pullman 61 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street Bobby Paxton began his 14 6:26 Tom Danielson 64 Maple Grove Medtronic TC quest for his fi fth ROY title at 15 6:35 Bob Schowalter 60 Oakdale Medtronic TC the Victory 10K, above. 16 6:40 John Traul 64 Edina Medtronic TC 17 6:43 Mike Connolly 62 Shoreview Hoska Midsummer 18 6:44 Steve Ylvisaker 62 Minneapolis Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 19 6:46 Mark LeDuc 61 Coon Rapids Hoska Midsummer 20 6:48 Steve DeBoer 61 Rochester Hoska Midsummer 5 Kilometers - cont’d 16 21:49 Dale Heinen 60 Shoreview Historic Riverfront 5 Kilometers 17 21:50 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud Torchlight 1 18:40 Perry Bach 60 Lakeville Gray Ghost 18 21:57 Chris Hegg 64 Grand Marais Brian Kra Memorial 2 18:44 Randy Wiinanen 61 Iron Scenic Byway 19 22:02 David Alley 64 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 3 19:05 Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis Historic Riverfront 20 22:05 Darrell Miller 61 Duluth Cloquet River Run 4 19:43 Randy Wiinanen 61 Iron Cloquet River Run 5 20:12 Aaron Folsom 62 St Paul Stillwater Log Run 8 Kilometers 6 20:32 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud Gray Ghost 1 30:53 Randy Wiinanen 61 Iron Park Point 7 20:48 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Fitger's 2 33:47 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 8 20:49 Denny Jordan 64 Roseville Brian Kra Memorial 3 34:23 Allen Zetterlund 60 St Cloud Ogara's Irish Run 9 21:01 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Jump to It 4 34:36 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Park Point 10 21:08 Dale Heinen 60 Shoreview Milk Run 5 34:41 Dave Haley 61 St Paul Ogara's Irish Run 11 21:19 Dave Haley 62 St. Paul Milk Run 6 35:32 Chris Hegg 64 Grand Marais Park Point 12 21:37 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Milk Run 7 35:42 Gary Olson 64 Finland Park Point 13 21:38 Dale Heinen 60 St Paul Torchlight 8 35:52 Edward Fuhs 60 Duluth Park Point 14 21:45 Mike Connolly 62 St Paul Torchlight 9 36:24 Jess Koski 61 Duluth Park Point 15 21:47 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud Brian Kra Memorial 10 36:26 Steve DeBoer 61 Rochester Ogara's Irish Run
32 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers Half Marathon - cont’d 1 37:54 Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 16 1:38:35 Larry Kleppe 61 Elgin Med City 2 38:13 Randy Wiinanen 61 Iron MDRA Victory 17 1:38:49 Timothy Larson 60 Rochester Healthy Human Race 3 40:54 Perry Bach 60 Lakeville TC - 6.48 miles 18 1:39:50 Ed Lauer 64 Farmington Monster Dash 4 42:07 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud MDRA Victory 19 1:39:52 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 5 42:53 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Get in Gear 20 1:40:04 Wade Weber 62 Mora Mora 6 43:33 Martin Teigen 60 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 7 43:49 Aaron Folsom 63 St Paul TC - 6.48 miles 25 Kilometers 8 43:55 Denny Jordan 64 Roseville Get in Gear 1 1:58:05 Dave Haley 61 St. Paul Ron Daws 9 44:19 Dave Haley 62 St. Paul MDRA Victory 2 2:09:12 Jim Enge 60 Minneapolis Ron Daws 10 44:22 Mike Babcock 61 St Louis Pk MDRA Victory 3 2:10:41 Jerry Heaps 60 Apple Valley Ron Daws 11 44:43 Patrick Haake 60 Eagan Get in Gear 4 2:12:09 Mike Setter 60 Minneapolis Ron Daws 12 45:01 Wayne Drealan 63 Fulda King Turkey Day 13 45:03 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 14 45:54 Steve DeBoer 61 Rochester MDRA Victory 20 Miles 15 45:56 Mike Connolly 62 Shoreview Get in Gear 1 2:48:37 Terry Pohlkamp 64 Scandia Bear Water 2 2:49:09 Craig Diviney 63 Plymouth Bear Water 3 2:56:45 Randall Boler 61 Stillwater Bear Water 15 Kilometers 4 2:58:36 Rod Joyer 61 Stillwater Bear Water 1 1:02:11 Randy Wiinanen 61 Iron Defeat of J James 2 1:05:57 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud MDRA 3 1:08:47 Dave Haley 61 St Paul MDRA Marathon 4 1:08:51 Larry Kleppe 61 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 1 2:50:45 Brent Smith 60 Carlton Twin Cities 5 1:09:03 Steve DeBoer 61 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 2 3:11:48 Kenneth Valley 60 Minneapolis Twin Cities 6 1:10:46 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Manitou 3 3:18:44 Scott Smith 62 Eveleth Grandma's 7 1:10:47 Denny Jordan 64 Roseville Manitou 4 3:19:03 David Munn 61 Minneapolis Twin Cities 8 1:11:07 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis MDRA 5 3:28:22 Skip Fitting 62 Buff alo Twin Cities 9 1:11:12 Mike Connolly 62 Shoreview MDRA 6 3:28:35 Herb Nichols 62 Golden Vly Twin Cities 10 1:11:48 Craig McCoy 62 Minnetonka Hot Chocolate 7 3:28:55 Herb Nichols 62 Golden Vly Grandma's 8 3:29:26 Denny Jordan 64 Roseville Grandma's 10 Miles 9 3:30:38 Ken English 60 Stewartville Grandma's 10 3:31:19 Craig Mueller 62 St James Twin Cities 1 1:03:55 Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 11 3:35:32 Dale Heinen 60 Shoreview Grandma's 2 1:08:37 Mark Nelsen 64 Alexandria Medtronic TC 12 3:36:48 Jocko Vertin 61 Golden Vly Twin Cities 3 1:09:30 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud Medtronic TC 13 3:39:36 Terry Pohlkamp 64 Scandia Twin Cities 4 1:10:35 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud City of Lakes (split) 14 3:41:27 Donavan Dehmlow 61 Forest Lake Grandma's 5 1:11:18 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 15 3:41:37 Mike Babcock 61 St Louis Pk Twin Cities 6 1:13:22 Patrick Huber 60 Edina Hot Dash 16 3:42:08 Stanley Hup 61 North eld Lake Wobegon Trail 7 1:13:27 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Bear Water 17 3:42:29 Jim Enge 60 Minneapolis Twin Cities 8 1:13:30 Herb Nichols 61 Golden Vly Hot Dash 18 3:42:41 Dave Grotzke 64 Brainerd Run For e Lakes 9 1:14:01 Mal Mingo 62 St Paul Medtronic TC 19 3:42:54 Michael Nohr 60 Eagan Twin Cities 10 1:14:19 Herb Nichols 61 Golden Vly Goldy's Run 20 3:43:53 Steve DeBoer 61 Rochester Med City 11 1:14:42 Craig McCoy 63 Minnetonka Stillwater Log Run 12 1:14:47 Patrick Huber 61 Edina Medtronic TC 13 1:14:47 Craig McCoy 63 Minnetonka Medtronic TC 14 1:16:52 Jay Walsh 61 Minneapolis Bear Water 15 1:16:56 Todd Miller 63 Rochester Stillwater Log Run 16 1:17:11 Rod Joyer 61 Stillwater Medtronic TC 17 1:17:12 Mike Connolly 62 Shoreview Medtronic TC 18 1:17:32 Ed Lauer 64 Farmington Medtronic TC 19 1:18:36 Mal Mingo 61 St Paul Hot Dash 20 1:18:50 John Traul 64 Edina Medtronic TC
Half Marathon 1 1:23:52 Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis Monster Dash 2 1:31:43 Scott Smith 62 Eveleth Lake Minnetonka 3 1:33:22 Allen Zetterlund 61 St Cloud City of Lakes 4 1:34:37 Ken English 60 Stewartville Med City 5 1:34:39 David Munn 61 Minneapolis Urban Wildland 6 1:35:07 Herb Nichols 62 Golden Vly Red, White & Boom! 7 1:36:08 Ken English 60 Stewartville Run For e Lakes Randy Wiinanen, for 8 1:36:24 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Monster Dash the second year in a 9 1:37:03 Herb Nichols 61 Golden Vly Get in Gear row, fi nished second 10 1:37:37 Mike Babcock 61 St Louis Pk City of Lakes in M60-64. 11 1:37:40 Craig Mueller 62 St James Mankato 12 1:37:59 Tom Eagan 60 Shorewood Lake Minnetonka 13 1:38:08 Mike Babcock 61 St Louis Pk Urban Wildland Photo courtesy of 14 1:38:19 Joe Tretter 63 Minneapolis Monster Dash Tom Ruen. 15 1:38:25 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis Securian Winter
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 33 Women 65-69
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Gloria Jansen 47 10 9 10 8 9 8 9 Diane Stoneking 43 9 10 9 10 9 5 Delma Bartelme 38 4 4 8 6 7 7 10 Linda Bjornberg 30 10 10 10 Sara Olson 20 7 5 8 Jan Daker 18 3 7 2 6 3 Debbie Janey 15 3 6 6 Carol Brouillard 12 1 2 9 Sara Cherne 11 2 7 2 Elaine Devries 8 8 Gloria Jansen tied Greg Prom for most ROY titles in 2016. They have 21. Gloria now has 85 single age records, seven from 2016. As usual fi ve-time titleist Diane Stonek- ing was close on Gloria’s heels in 2016. Gloria bested Diane in the mile, 8K and half marathon. Diane returned the favor in the 5K, 10K, 15K and 10 mile. Third placer Delma Bartelme, second in 2015, had the top time in the marathon. And Linda Bjorn- berg earned all 10s in the three events in which she participated.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 7:09 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Hopkins Main Street 2 7:11 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale Hopkins Main Street 3 7:23 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Minnesota 4 7:27 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale Hoska Midsummer 5 7:43 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Hoska Midsummer 6 7:46 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 7 7:55 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud Medtronic TC 8 7:58 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley Medtronic TC Gloria Jansen now has 21 titles, 9 8:39 Kathleen Shea 68 North eld Farmington Dew Run tied for most with Greg Prom. 10 8:48 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Farmington Dew Run 11 8:57 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Hoska Midsummer 12 9:03 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Medtronic TC Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 13 9:05 Marjory Wood 68 Aurora Minnesota 14 9:13 Jan Daker 68 Farmington Farmington Dew Run 15 10:32 Mary Kunz 65 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 16 11:15 Mary Hiatt 69 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 17 12:06 Mary Larson 65 Eagan Medtronic TC 18 12:10 Jean Marchant 68 Eden Prairie Hopkins Main Street 19 12:29 Colleen Skluzacek 67 North eld Medtronic TC 20 12:40 Clara Dahlin 68 St Paul Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 24:39 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale Torchlight 2 25:12 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Wmn Run the Cities 3 25:34 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Brian Kra Memorial 5 Kilometers - cont’d 4 25:35 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley MN Zoo Tiger Tracks 16 28:59 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud Steve Williams Meml 5 25:44 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Milk Run 17 29:17 Sharon Bruestle 68 Mendota Run w the Housewvs 6 25:53 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Jump to It 18 29:24 Diane DeMars 67 Dayton Monticello Riverfest 7 26:52 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud Jump to It 19 29:30 Liz Wahlberg 67 St. Paul Milk Run 8 27:37 Debbie Janey 65 Edina Twin Cities Lung Run 20 29:39 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Brian Kra Memorial 9 27:39 Sara Cherne 67 Duluth Fitger's 10 28:04 Jean Briggs 66 Rochester Defeat of J James 8 Kilometers 11 28:11 Diane DeMars 68 Dayton Gray Ghost 1 42:05 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Park Point 12 28:24 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud Torchlight 2 43:17 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Ogara's Irish Run 13 28:37 Donna Bistodeau 66 Fridley Run w the Housewvs 3 44:09 Delma Bartelme 66 St Cloud Ogara's Irish Run 14 28:49 Carol Schmeichel 68 Andover TC 4 45:08 Sara Cherne 67 Duluth Park Point 15 28:53 Claudia Cottrell 65 Hermantown Fitger's 5 47:33 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Park Point
34 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 8 Kilometers - cont’d Half Marathon - cont’d 6 50:31 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Ogara's Irish Run 11 2:05:04 Sheila Gaalswyk 66 Cottage Grv Gopher to Badger 7 51:25 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing Fools Five 12 2:05:23 Pamela Crenna 65 Maple Grove Maple Grove 8 51:32 Marjory Wood 67 Aurora Park Point 13 2:05:49 Pamela Amundson 67 Plymouth Get in Gear 9 52:04 Patricia Connell 65 Duluth Park Point 14 2:07:57 Lenora Moe 66 Proctor Garry Bjorklund 10 1:00:48 Mary Selvig 65 Rochester Fools Five 15 2:09:25 Sara Cherne 67 Duluth Securian Winter 16 2:09:43 Sheila Gaalswyk 66 Cottage Grv Get in Gear 10 Kilometers 17 2:12:01 Patricia Goodwin 69 Minneapolis Get in Gear 1 51:19 Linda Bjornberg 66 Mendota Hts Drumstick Dash 18 2:13:52 Rebecca Williams 65 Detroit Lks Dick Beardsley 2 51:47 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale MDRA Victory 19 2:15:04 Candy Patrin 68 Mar on St Cr Stillwater 3 52:27 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk MDRA Victory 20 2:17:00 Molly Haugen 65 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 4 53:02 Sara Olson 69 St Paul Get in Gear 5 53:31 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud MDRA Victory 20 Miles 6 54:02 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Get in Gear 1 3:12:21 Carol Brouillard 68 Spring Lk Pk Bear Water 7 54:21 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Run the Valley 2 4:11:15 Peggy Hunter 65 Hugo Bear Water 8 54:45 Delma Bartelme 66 St Cloud Get in Gear 9 54:46 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley MDRA Victory 10 55:21 Pamela Amundson 67 Detroit Lks Dick Beardsley Marathon 11 55:46 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley Get in Gear 1 4:13:05 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud Twin Cities 12 57:27 Carol Brouillard 68 Spring Lk Pk MDRA Victory 2 4:19:19 Carol Brouillard 69 Spring Lk Pk Twin Cities 13 57:28 Jan Daker 68 St Paul Securian Winter 3 4:20:19 Elaine Devries 65 Excelsior Grandma's 14 58:02 Kathleen Shea 68 North eld MDRA Victory 4 4:33:05 Sheila Gaalswyk 66 Cottage Grv Grandma's 15 1:00:06 Joyce Rohrich 67 Battle Lake Perham Turtle Fest 5 4:34:18 Debbie Janey 66 Edina Twin Cities 6 4:34:19 Sheila Gaalswyk 66 Cottage Grv Twin Cities 7 4:35:52 Nancy Moe 65 North eld Lake Wobegon Trail 15 Kilometers 8 4:55:21 Candy Patrin 68 Mar on St Cr Twin Cities 1 1:22:08 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale MDRA 9 4:55:22 Sara Cherne 67 Duluth Lake Wobegon Trail 2 1:23:48 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk MDRA 10 5:01:07 Jeanne Svobodny 65 Winona Twin Cities 3 1:24:22 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Manitou 11 5:04:40 Nancy Moe 65 North eld Twin Cities 4 1:27:06 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud MDRA 12 5:10:17 Sara Cherne 68 Duluth Twin Cities 5 1:27:19 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley Hot Chocolate 13 5:30:42 Lynn Schwie 66 Long Lake Grandma's 6 1:29:08 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley MDRA 14 5:42:08 Rene Diebold 67 Marshall Grandma's 7 1:29:55 Delma Bartelme 66 St Cloud Hot Chocolate 15 5:45:26 Peggy Hunter 65 Hugo Twin Cities 8 1:41:05 Candy Patrin 68 Mar on St Cr MDRA 16 6:03:34 Sue Ring-Jarvi 65 Anoka Grandma's 9 1:59:05 Candy Patrin 68 Mar on St Cr Hot Chocolate 17 6:04:43 Candy Patrin 68 Mar on St Cr Grandma's 10 2:02:12 Linda Munson 65 Fridley Hot Chocolate 18 6:05:32 Geri Meek 66 Minnetonka Grandma's 19 6:09:11 Sallie Brown 69 Maple Grove Twin Cities 10 Miles 20 6:10:48 Susan Furtney 68 Apple Valley Twin Cities 1 1:23:44 Linda Bjornberg 66 Mendota Hts Monster Dash 2 1:25:05 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale Medtronic TC 3 1:25:24 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 4 1:28:16 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Bear Water 5 1:28:40 Linda Bjornberg 66 Mendota Hts Medtronic TC 6 1:33:47 Sara Olson 69 St Paul Medtronic TC 7 1:33:54 Suellyn Tritz 67 Mound Wmn Run the Cities 8 1:36:03 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley Wmn Run the Cities 9 1:36:09 Kathleen Shea 68 North eld Medtronic TC 10 1:36:18 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley Goldy's Run 11 1:36:41 Jan Daker 68 Apple Valley Hot Dash 12 1:37:44 Jan Daker 69 Apple Valley Monster Dash 13 1:39:17 Kathleen Shea 68 North eld Wmn Run the Cities 14 1:41:15 Cherie Baker 68 Plymouth Goldy's Run 15 1:43:03 Candy Patrin 68 Mar on St Cr Stillwater Log Run 16 1:44:52 Pat Kovalesky 65 Shorewood Hot Dash 17 1:49:21 Pamela Amundson 67 Plymouth Medtronic TC 18 1:49:30 Mary Amundson 68 Minneapolis Goldy's Run 19 1:50:07 Sue Corbin 66 Minneapolis Goldy's Run 20 1:51:21 Mary Kunz 65 Minneapolis Wmn Run the Cities
Half Marathon 1 1:50:40 Linda Bjornberg 66 Mendota Hts Garry Bjorklund Diane Stoneking outraced 2 1:56:54 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Mora everybody but Gloria Jansen 3 1:58:39 Sara Olson 69 St Paul Garry Bjorklund in the points department in 4 1:59:02 Delma Bartelme 67 St Cloud City of Lakes 5 1:59:26 Debbie Janey 65 Edina City of Lakes 2016. Her second place fi nish 6 1:59:55 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale Garry Bjorklund improved on her third place in 7 2:01:42 Pamela Amundson 67 Plymouth Maple Grove 2015. 8 2:01:58 Gloria Jansen 68 White Bear Lk Securian Winter 9 2:02:06 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lk Garry Bjorklund 10 2:04:07 Carol Brouillard 69 Spring Lk Pk Monster Dash Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen.
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 35 Men 65-69 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Rick Hlebain 48 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 Jerry Beutel 36 7 6 8 7 8 2 Denny Jordan 30 7 8 9 9 6 John Naslund 21 5 3 5 8 Leroy Jordan 20 10 10 Bill Rogers 15 8 7 Arland Braaten-Lee 13 6 1 6 Doug Suker 11 7 4 Greg Taylor 11 5 6 Mike Mann 10 1 6 3 Gary Olson 10 10 Rick Hlebain picked up his fi rst ROY title in 2016, along with picking up a single age record with his 5:52 at Midsummer. Rick took top times in the 5K, 8K, 10K, 15K and 10 mile. Rick was only bested in the mile by Gary Olson, and in the half marathon, by Leroy Jordan. In a non-Hlebain event, Leroy topped everybody in the marathon. Two-time ROY titleist Jerry Beutel was the runner up this year. And two-time ROY winner Denny Jordan was third.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 5:43 Gary Olson 65 Finland Minnesota 2 5:52 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Hoska Midsummer 3 6:03 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Medtronic TC 4 6:31 Jerry Beutel 65 A on Medtronic TC 5 6:36 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Hopkins Main Street 6 6:42 John Naslund 66 Bloomington Hoska Midsummer 7 6:50 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Hoska Midsummer 8 6:51 Jerry Lawson 68 Winona Medtronic TC Rick Hlebain, fi rst title in style with 48 9 6:52 John Naslund 65 Bloomington Medtronic TC points. Above at City of Lakes. 9 6:52 John Schlegelmilch 69 Red Wing Farmington Dew Run 11 6:58 Greg Gaff aney 65 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 12 6:59 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Farmington Dew Run Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 13 7:04 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Medtronic TC 13 7:04 Mike Mann 66 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 15 7:10 Frank Harris 67 Roseville Medtronic TC 16 7:27 Gus Virkus 66 St Louis Pk Hoska Midsummer 8 Kilometers 17 7:31 Roger Heil 65 Rochester Medtronic TC 1 34:03 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Ogara's Irish Run 18 7:31 Larry ompson 65 Woodbury Medtronic TC 2 36:38 Jerry Beutel 65 A on Ogara's Irish Run 19 7:34 William Petsch 65 N St Paul Minnesota 3 37:51 Doug Suker 65 Edina Ogara's Irish Run 20 7:52 Tom Couillard 66 White Bear Lk Medtronic TC 4 38:06 Mike Mann 66 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 5 38:37 Jerry Lawson 68 Winona Fools Five 5 Kilometers 6 38:47 Michael Koppy 65 Duluth Ogara's Irish Run 1 19:52 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph River Rat 7 39:51 John Bruns 67 Big Lake Spud Fest Lakes Run 2 19:55 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Brian Kra Memorial 8 41:52 Dave Trefethen 68 Monticello Spud Fest Lakes Run 3 20:48 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Torchlight 9 44:28 Roger Heil 65 Rochester Ogara's Irish Run 4 21:43 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville Milk Run 5 22:06 Jerry Beutel 65 A on Brian Kra Memorial 10 Kilometers 6 22:08 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville Historic Riverfront 1 41:36 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Get in Gear 7 22:26 Paul Pentel 66 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 2 43:34 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph MDRA Victory 8 22:32 John Naslund 65 Bloomington Brian Kra Memorial 3 45:24 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville MDRA Victory 9 22:58 John Naslund 65 Bloomington Jump to It 4 46:02 Jerry Beutel 65 A on Get in Gear 10 23:00 Mike Mann 66 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 5 46:21 Wayne Grundstrom 69 White Bear Lk Get in Gear 11 23:15 Bill Rogers 65 Minneapolis Brian Kra Memorial 6 47:15 John Naslund 65 Bloomington Get in Gear 12 23:31 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville Steve Williams Meml 7 48:12 Doug Suker 65 Edina Get in Gear 13 23:34 Tom Kryeger 66 Chisago City Gray Ghost 8 48:29 Mike Mann 66 Minneapolis Get in Gear 14 23:38 Bill Rogers 65 Minneapolis Historic Riverfront 9 49:18 John Magnuson 67 St Paul MDRA Victory 15 24:01 Michael Koppy 65 Duluth Torchlight 10 50:02 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Get in Gear 16 24:07 Steve Kohorst 65 Cohasset Fitger's 11 50:08 Tom Hiendlmayr 66 St Paul Get in Gear 17 24:08 Paul Stein 65 Duluth William A. Irvin 12 50:22 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld MDRA Victory 18 24:09 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Y Run 13 50:33 John Naslund 66 Bloomington MDRA Victory 19 24:14 Mason Hjelle 66 Mora Mora 14 50:41 Avner Ben-Ner 65 Minneapolis Get in Gear 20 24:15 Paul Stein 65 Duluth Fitger's 15 50:48 Robert Strandberg 69 Brooklyn Pk King Turkey Day 36 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 15 Kilometers Marathon 1 1:07:04 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph MDRA 1 3:28:52 Leroy Jordan 69 Backus Twin Cities 2 1:10:14 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville MDRA 2 3:36:03 Leroy Jordan 69 Backus Grandma's 3 1:16:25 Bill Rogers 65 Minneapolis MDRA 3 3:54:36 John Naslund 66 Bloomington Twin Cities 4 1:17:45 John Magnuson 67 St Paul MDRA 4 3:55:54 Bill Rogers 65 Minneapolis Twin Cities 5 1:21:05 Arland Braaten-Lee 67 North eld Manitou 5 3:58:32 Greg Taylor 69 Minneapolis Grandma's 6 1:23:32 Greg Taylor 69 Minneapolis MDRA 6 4:00:16 Mick Justin 68 Nisswa Run For e Lakes 7 1:25:08 Rick Johnson 66 Champlin Manitou 7 4:00:43 Mick Justin 68 Nisswa Twin Cities 8 1:25:15 Stephen Maupin 65 St Louis Pk MDRA 8 4:00:51 Mick Justin 68 Nisswa Lake Wobegon Trail 9 1:31:13 Bion Beebe 66 Bloomington MDRA 9 4:05:20 David Bjork 65 Fergus Falls Twin Cities 10 1:31:53 Rick Johnson 66 Champlin Hot Chocolate 10 4:06:26 Dean Christensen 66 North eld Grandma's 11 4:08:12 Dave Trefethen 68 Monticello Lake Wobegon Trail 10 Miles 12 4:10:42 Larry ompson 66 Woodbury Twin Cities 1 1:12:06 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph Medtronic TC 13 4:11:25 Dennis Black 67 Stillwater Grandma's 2 1:12:26 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville Medtronic TC 14 4:12:35 Joe Butter eld 68 Rochester Med City 3 1:19:29 Jerry Beutel 66 A on Medtronic TC 15 4:15:35 Joe Butter eld 68 Rochester Twin Cities 4 1:20:26 Steve Johnson 65 Lakeville Hot Dash 16 4:16:46 Michael Koppy 65 Hermantown Grandma's 5 1:21:16 Pat Holbrook 66 Stillwater Stillwater Log Run 17 4:17:13 William Langevin 67 St Paul Twin Cities 6 1:21:38 Don Kunz 66 Minneapolis Medtronic TC 18 4:19:11 Charles Zee 65 Apple Valley Twin Cities 7 1:23:27 Christopher Boon 66 Cottage Grv Medtronic TC 19 4:20:23 Scott Richardson 69 Austin Twin Cities 8 1:24:39 Don Kunz 66 Minneapolis Monster Dash 20 4:21:24 Marvin Trandem 69 Faribault Twin Cities 9 1:28:08 Jerry House 69 Woodbury Medtronic TC 10 1:29:37 Rick Johnson 66 Champlin Hot Dash 11 1:30:00 Rick Johnson 66 Champlin Goldy's Run 12 1:30:32 Denis Hahn 65 Edina Medtronic TC 13 1:31:19 Michael Schmidt 65 South Haven Bear Water 14 1:32:21 Denis Hahn 65 Edina Bear Water 15 1:32:23 Bill Baker 67 Victoria Goldy's Run 16 1:33:09 Mike Gunvalson 67 Woodbury Stillwater Log Run 17 1:34:39 omas Hoskens 66 Plymouth Goldy's Run 18 1:34:45 James omson 69 Golden Vly Medtronic TC 19 1:34:49 Bion Beebe 65 Bloomington Goldy's Run 20 1:35:25 Edward Waldera 69 Cottage Grv Medtronic TC
Half Marathon 1 1:36:09 Leroy Jordan 69 Backus Run For e Lakes 2 1:36:11 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph City of Lakes 3 1:37:23 Leroy Jordan 69 Backus Mankato 4 1:37:52 Leroy Jordan 69 Backus Dick Beardsley 5 1:38:56 Denny Jordan 65 Roseville City of Lakes 6 1:42:02 Denny Jordan 65 St Paul Wdbry Country Mile 7 1:42:13 David Nagorney 66 Rochester Healthy Human Race 8 1:43:04 David Nagorney 66 Rochester Med City 9 1:46:17 Jerry Beutel 65 A on Garry Bjorklund 10 1:47:38 Mike Styba 65 Shoreview Red, White & Boom! 11 1:47:48 Dennis Black 67 Stillwater Urban Wildland 12 1:49:24 Dennis Black 67 Stillwater Stillwater 13 1:49:35 Steve Johnson 66 Lakeville City of Lakes 14 1:49:44 John Naslund 66 Bloomington City of Lakes Jerry Beutel, two-time 15 1:49:45 Gary Ellis 66 Shoreview Red, White & Boom! ROY winner and holder 16 1:50:11 Steve Kohorst 65 Cohasset Garry Bjorklund of two single-age re- 17 1:51:10 Tom Danielson 65 Maple Grove Monster Dash cords, fi nished second in 18 1:52:35 Lyle Swenson 66 Stillwater City of Lakes 19 1:52:40 Mick Justin 68 Nisswa Dick Beardsley M65 in2016. 20 1:52:56 Joe Butter eld 68 Rochester Healthy Human Race Photo courtesy of Tom 25 Kilometers Ruen. 1 2:21:11 Mick Justin 68 Nisswa Ron Daws
20 Miles 1 3:20:45 David Majeski 69 Stillwater Bear Water 2 3:30:23 Don Soule 66 Rosemount Bear Water 3 3:39:58 Michael Baker 69 Shoreview Bear Water
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 37 Women 70-74
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Rosemary Harnly 22 3 6 9 4 Mary Croft 18 10 3 5 Kathy Peterson 17 10 2 5 Judy Kaltenhauser 11 2 9 Marilyn Schnobrich 9 4 1 4 Jeanne Swintosky 8 8 Martha Pakan 6 6 Kathleen Andrews 5 2 3 Joan Hasouris 5 5 Patricia Waldorf 5 5 Rosemary Harnly made the most of 2016 in grabbing her second ROY title. She scored in four diff erent events, the most in her division. She knows her title will be tough to defend in 2017 with Gloria Jansen entering the division mid-2017. Second placer Mary Croft’s 1:01:44 topped the 10K list. And third placer, and last year’s win- ner, Kathy Peterson’s 26:46 topped the 5K list. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 8:10 Marilyn Schnobrich 74 Duluth Medtronic TC 2 8:43 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Minnesota 3 9:06 Judy Kaltenhauser 72 Lindstrom Minnesota 4 14:49 Kathleen McKay 72 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 26:46 Kathy Peterson 73 Outing River Rat 2 27:48 Kathy Peterson 73 Outing Brd Race for the Cure 3 28:39 Jeanne Swintosky 71 St Paul Hot Chocolate 4 28:50 Jeanne Swintosky 72 St. Paul Gray Ghost 5 29:38 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Gray Ghost Rosemary Harnly nailed her 6 30:03 Patricia Waldorf 70 Oakpark Hgt Milk Run second ROY title in 2016. 7 30:11 Ann Day 70 Willmar Gray Ghost 8 30:36 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Wdbry Country Mile Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 9 31:04 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Milk Run 10 31:27 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Election Day 11 31:32 Patricia Goodwin 70 Minneapolis Be the Match 12 32:07 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Historic Riverfront 13 32:10 Peggy Trager 71 Excelsior Gray Ghost 14 32:17 Janet Ward 73 Duluth William A. Irvin 15 33:47 Bev Culshaw 73 Little Falls River Rat 16 33:49 Marcia Willett 72 City Steve Williams Meml 17 35:41 Joyce Anderson 72 Savage Dan Patch 18 36:11 Sharon Archambault 71 Cloquet William A. Irvin 10 Miles 19 36:47 Vicki McNabney 70 Duluth William A. Irvin 1 1:40:05 Kathy Peterson 73 Outing Li Bridge 20 37:37 Jill Lakhan 71 Duluth Fitger's 2 1:47:31 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Wmn Run the Cities 3 1:47:41 Mary Cro 70 Bayport Stillwater Log Run 8 Kilometers 4 1:50:49 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing Bear Water 5 1:53:01 Sherry Hagelstrom 70 Wood Lake Medtronic TC 1 43:22 Kathy Peterson 73 Outing Park Point 2 46:47 Marilyn Schnobrich 74 Duluth Ogara's Irish Run Half Marathon 10 Kilometers 1 2:06:42 Marilyn Schnobrich 74 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 2 2:38:59 Libby Petit 73 St Paul Garry Bjorklund 1 1:01:44 Mary Cro 70 Bayport Get in Gear 3 2:42:03 Kathleen Andrews 71 Inver Grove Ht Monster Dash 2 1:04:39 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing MDRA Victory 4 3:05:48 Eleanor Kragseth 73 Robbinsdale Garry Bjorklund 3 1:04:39 Judy Kaltenhauser 72 Lindstrom Wmn Run the Cities 4 1:07:04 Rosemary Harnly 70 Red Wing TC - 6.48 miles 5 1:08:13 Martha Pakan 73 Plymouth Get in Gear Marathon 6 1:09:50 Joan Hasouris 72 Shoreview Jump to It 1 4:53:21 Mary Cro 70 Bayport Twin Cities 7 1:10:11 Cherry Bergien 72 Detroit Lks Dick Beardsley 2 5:11:03 Patricia Goodwin 70 Minneapolis Grandma's 8 1:10:19 Martha Pakan 73 Plymouth MDRA Victory 3 6:16:16 Kathleen Andrews 71 Inver Grove Ht Twin Cities 9 1:16:35 Sandra Purrington 74 St Paul TC - 6.48 miles 4 6:27:24 eresa Riley 71 La Crescent Mankato 10 1:19:43 Marcia Willett 71 Edina Get in Gear 5 6:41:34 eresa Riley 70 La Crescent Grandma's
38 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Men 70-74 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Harry Cottrell 50 10 10 10 10 10 10 Jim Graupner 45 9 9 9 8 5 9 9 Paul Murray 285 5 4 6 8 Norm Purrington 27 6 4 4 6 7 Wayne Grundstrom 16 6 10 Herb Byun 11 2 2 1 6 John Brown 9 7 2 Paul Ford 8 8 Gil Kjorstad 8 4 4 DJ Carlson 7 7 John Trolander 7 7 Harry Cottrell scored a perfect 50 in 2016 as he earned his fourth title. He set a sin- gle-age record in the mile with his 6:24. His now has 10 records. Last year’s winner, Jim Graupner, who also set a single age record in the mile in 2016, fi nished second. Jim now possesses 12 single-age records. 11-time titleist Jim had won his division seven years in a row. The only non-Cottrell 10 point score is this division belonged to Wayne Gundstrom, for the marathon. He actually had the top two marathon times.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 6:24 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown Cloquet River Run 2 6:42 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Minnesota 3 6:50 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Medtronic TC 4 6:51 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Hoska Midsummer 5 7:30 Norm Purrington 72 Lake Elmo Hoska Midsummer 6 7:32 Paul Murray 70 St Louis Pk Medtronic TC 7 8:16 Gil Kjorstad 72 Duluth Minnesota 8 8:34 Gene Holen 74 Shoreview Medtronic TC 9 8:34 David Olson 70 Bloomington Medtronic TC 10 9:10 Richard Allyn 73 Edina Medtronic TC 11 11:45 Pat Cruikshank 71 St Paul Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 21:33 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown Steve Williams Meml Harry Cottrell scored a perfect 50 points 2 23:09 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Jump to It in winning his fourth ROY title. 3 23:34 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Brian Kra Memorial 4 23:57 John Brown 73 Kenyon Milk Run 5 24:04 Wayne Grundstrom 70 White Bear Lk Milk Run Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 6 24:06 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Y Run 7 25:17 John Brown 72 Kenyon Bud Break 8 25:17 Norm Purrington 72 Lake Elmo Jump to It 9 26:11 Gary Lundeen 72 Mound Steve Williams Meml 10 26:12 Douglas Antony 73 Monticello Monticello Riverfest 8 Kilometers 11 26:14 Gary Lundeen 72 Mound Running of the Bays 1 34:55 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown Park Point 12 26:30 Peter Hawkins 71 Mounds View Get in Gear 2 38:48 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Park Point 13 26:58 Paul Murray 71 St Louis Pk Steve Williams Meml 3 39:17 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Ogara's Irish Run 14 27:20 Dave Hanson 70 Stillwater Stillwater Log Run 4 39:53 John Trolander 70 Oronoco Park Point 15 27:52 Ben Hocker 73 Minnetonka Hot Dash 5 40:03 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Fools Five 16 27:53 Harvey Johnson 74 North Branch Stillwater 6 42:56 Paul Murray 71 St Louis Pk Fete des Lacs 17 28:03 Ben Hocker 73 Minnetonka Red, White & Boom! 7 43:28 Norm Purrington 72 Lake Elmo Ogara's Irish Run 18 28:11 Daniel Sydow 72 Duluth Fitger's 8 46:04 David Kirby 73 Duluth Park Point 19 28:23 Bob Aby 71 North eld Defeat of J James 9 46:20 Walt Prentice 71 Duluth Park Point 20 28:24 Harvey Johnson 74 North Branch Brian Kra Memorial 10 48:29 Harvey Johnson 74 North Branch Park Point
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 39 10 Kilometers 25 Kilometers 1 43:30 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown Get in Gear 1 2:39:24 Larry McNichols 71 Elk River Ron Daws 2 45:04 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown MDRA Victory 2 2:54:31 Vince Rohr 72 Minnetonka Ron Daws 3 47:57 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo MDRA Victory 4 48:39 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Get in Gear 20 Miles 5 53:03 Norm Purrington 72 Lake Elmo Get in Gear 1 3:12:11 Herb Byun 72 Lino Lakes Bear Water 6 55:02 Norm Purrington 73 Lake Elmo MDRA Victory 7 55:28 Paul Murray 71 St Louis Pk Drumstick Dash 8 56:48 Bruce Gilmore 70 Plymouth Get in Gear Marathon 9 56:49 Herb Byun 72 Lino Lakes MDRA Victory 1 3:53:56 Wayne Grundstrom 70 White Bear Lk Grandma's 10 57:41 Ben Hocker 73 Minnetonka Get in Gear 2 3:57:45 Wayne Grundstrom 70 White Bear Lk Twin Cities 11 1:00:05 Harvey Johnson 74 North Branch Get in Gear 3 4:02:12 Paul Ford 73 St Cloud Grandma's 12 1:00:09 Dennis Bealka 71 Inver Grove Ht Get in Gear 4 4:17:53 Paul Ford 73 St Cloud Lake Wobegon Trail 13 1:00:54 Richard Schmidt 71 Minneapolis Y Run 5 4:21:57 Herb Byun 72 Lino Lakes Twin Cities 14 1:02:03 Phil Saari 70 Shoreview TC - 6.48 miles 6 4:23:47 Greg Taylor 70 Minneapolis Twin Cities 15 1:04:28 Robert Schaff er 73 Maple Grove Run the Valley 7 4:35:00 John Aronson 70 Edina Twin Cities 15 1:01:25 Robert Schaff er 72 Maple Grove Run the Valley 8 4:46:20 David Jones 72 St Paul Grandma's 9 4:50:14 David Jones 72 St Paul Twin Cities 15 Kilometers 10 4:54:56 John Deuhs 71 Cold Spring Lake Wobegon Trail 11 4:56:24 Dean Meek 70 Minnetonka Twin Cities 1 1:16:04 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Manitou 12 4:56:31 Timothy McCoy 70 Eden Prairie Twin Cities 2 1:16:45 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo MDRA 13 5:02:42 Les Martisko 72 N Mankato Twin Cities 3 1:33:43 Larry Pederson 72 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 14 5:14:19 Arthur Erdman 71 New Brighton Twin Cities 4 2:03:16 David Daubert 70 Watertown MDRA 15 5:16:53 Larry McNichols 72 Elk River Twin Cities 5 2:10:08 James Wolf 71 Faribault Hot Chocolate 16 5:22:36 Vince Rohr 72 Minnetonka Twin Cities 17 5:22:56 Larry McNichols 71 Elk River Grandma's 10 Miles 18 5:38:08 Bill Bigelow 73 Eagan Grandma's 1 1:12:04 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown Medtronic TC 19 5:45:20 Antonio Salinas 73 Bloomington Twin Cities 2 1:19:02 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Medtronic TC 20 5:47:43 Don Dornfeld 73 St Paul Twin Cities 3 1:19:47 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Stillwater Log Run 4 1:24:47 DJ Carlson 72 Hastings Goldy's Run 5 1:28:46 Paul Murray 71 St Louis Pk Monster Dash 6 1:30:19 Russell Havir 70 A on Medtronic TC 7 1:39:07 Douglas Brandt 74 Mound Goldy's Run 8 1:40:07 Bruce Gilmore 71 Plymouth Medtronic TC 9 1:48:03 John Brown 73 Kenyon Medtronic TC 10 1:49:09 Phil Saari 70 Shoreview Medtronic TC 11 1:51:14 Harry Lando 70 St Paul Medtronic TC 12 1:51:23 Robert Schaff er 73 Maple Grove Medtronic TC 13 1:59:16 John Brennan 74 St Paul Medtronic TC 14 2:01:29 James Wolf 71 Faribault Hot Dash 15 2:02:46 Roger McGaughey 74 Apple Valley Medtronic TC 16 2:06:50 Philip Preuninger 71 Apple Valley Medtronic TC 17 2:07:44 David Olson 70 Bloomington Medtronic TC 18 2:22:52 Kurt Wolff 70 Wayzata Medtronic TC 19 2:34:36 Max Schott 73 Edina Monster Dash 20 2:22:53 David Senjem 72 Rochester Monster Dash
Half Marathon 1 1:38:15 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown Garry Bjorklund 2 1:47:25 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo Garry Bjorklund 3 1:59:36 Paul Murray 71 St Louis Pk Mankato 4 2:01:14 Norm Purrington 72 Lake Elmo Garry Bjorklund 5 2:02:35 Norm Purrington 73 Lake Elmo City of Lakes 6 2:03:33 Norm Purrington 72 Lake Elmo Securian Winter 7 2:04:22 Gil Kjorstad 71 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 8 2:05:38 Clarence Winter 70 Lakeville Garry Bjorklund Jim Graupner had 9 2:08:15 Herb Byun 72 Lino Lakes Mora his streak of seven 10 2:10:32 Terry Smith 73 Bemidji Garry Bjorklund consecutive ROY 11 2:11:18 Ed Creagan 72 Rochester Healthy Human Race titles broken in 2016. 12 2:12:07 Larry McNichols 72 Elk River City of Lakes He still managed to 13 2:15:10 Larry McNichols 71 Elk River Maple Grove 14 2:15:31 Murugesan Ethurajoo 72 St Louis Pk City of Lakes finish second in M70 15 2:18:58 Harry Lando 70 St Paul City of Lakes with an impressive 16 2:19:26 Vince Rohr 72 Minnetonka City of Lakes 45 point total. 17 2:19:32 Larry McNichols 71 Elk River Earth Day 18 2:21:24 Ed Creagan 71 Rochester Med City 19 2:21:51 Douglas Brandt 74 Mound Lake Minnetonka Photo courtesy of 20 2:22:23 Larry Snyder 74 Duluth Garry Bjorklund Tom Ruen.
40 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Women 75-79
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Sandra Dalquist 30 5 10 4 8 2 1 3 Judy Cronen 18 4 6 2 5 1 1 Dorothy Marden 7 3 4 Carol Anundson 5 5 Sonjie Johnson 4 4 Doris Braley 3 3 Siglinde Moore 2 2 Marilyn Schnobrich 2 2 Carol Prescher 1 1 First time ROY winner Sandra Dalquist set four single-age records on her way to dominating W75-79 in 2016. She currently holds 16 single-age records. 14-time ROY winner Judy Cronen fi nished second, and still possesses 11 single-age records. 10-time ROY titleist Dorothy Marden fi nished third, and garnered two single age records, to bring her total to 13.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 8:41 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Medtronic TC 2 9:16 Judy Cronen 75 Lakeville Hoska Midsummer 3 12:51 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 4 13:08 Siglinde Moore 76 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street 5 13:21 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 28:16 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Jump to It 2 28:23 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Red, White & Boom! 3 28:25 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Brian Kra Memorial 4 28:39 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Y Run 5 29:57 Judy Cronen 75 Lakeville Jump to It 6 36:46 Carol Anundson 79 Maple Grove Run w the Housewvs 7 37:26 Sonjie Johnson 76 St. Paul Run Like a Mother 8 38:07 Doris Braley 75 New Brighton Get in Gear 9 38:22 Sonjie Johnson 77 St. Paul Jump to It 10 39:28 Sonjie Johnson 77 St. Paul Wmn Run the Cities 11 39:48 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Halloween Fearless 12 40:41 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Historic Riverfront 13 41:29 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Heart of the City 14 42:38 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Veterans Day Sandra Dalquist now has her first ROY 15 43:37 Bonny Bates 76 Hastings MN Zoo Tiger Tracks title to go along with her 16 single age 16 43:46 Siglinde Moore 76 Minneapolis Steve Williams Meml records. 17 44:22 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Run for Blood 18 44:23 Marie Peterson 77 Hugo Fitger's 19 44:25 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Twin Cities Lung Run Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 20 45:13 Mary Ann Winters 76 Duluth William A. Irvin
8 Kilometers 1 47:56 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Ogara's Irish Run 15 Kilometers 2 50:12 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Fools Five 3 51:58 Judy Cronen 75 Lakeville Ogara's Irish Run 1 1:35:14 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester MDRA 4 1:15:14 Carol Prescher 76 Wabasha Fools Five 2 1:53:12 Judy Cronen 75 Lakeville MDRA 10 Kilometers 1 1:00:16 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Get in Gear 10 Miles 2 1:00:34 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester MDRA Victory 1 1:34:14 Marilyn Schnobrich 75 Duluth Medtronic TC 3 1:00:51 Sandra Dalquist 76 Rochester Wmn Run the Cities 2 1:41:51 Sandra Dalquist 76 Rochester Medtronic TC 4 1:03:07 Judy Cronen 75 Lakeville Get in Gear 5 1:26:05 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Drumstick Dash Half Marathon 6 1:26:15 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis TC - 6.48 miles 1 2:16:40 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester Garry Bjorklund 7 1:26:53 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis MDRA Victory 2 2:22:54 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester City of Lakes 8 1:31:29 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis Wmn Run the Cities 3 2:29:20 Judy Cronen 75 Lakeville Securian Winter A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 41 Men 75-79
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Rick Kleyman 36 9 9 6 10 2 Harvey Johnson 33 3 5 8 9 8 Ed Rousseau 29 1 2 5 5 5 9 5 Lee Stauff acher 28 4 8 9 4 7 Sherwood Sagedahl 20 10 10 Phil Erickson 17 2 3 7 5 Roger Carlson 12 8 4 Robert Owens 10 10 Dick Westerlund 10 3 7 Larry Eaton 6 6 Burgess Eberhardt 6 6 Steve Gronberg 6 6 Rick Kleyman picked up his sixth title in 2016. Harvey Johnson slipped by last year’s second-placer, “Fast Eddie” Rousseau - third this year, to take the runner-up spot. Sherwood Sagedahl set single-age records in his two division leading events - 6:44 in the mile, and 23:01 in the 5K. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 6:44 Sherwood Sagedahl 77 Fairmont Medtronic TC 2 7:27 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Medtronic TC 3 7:30 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Hopkins Main Street 4 7:35 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Farmington Dew Run 5 7:38 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Minnesota 6 7:43 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Hoska Midsummer 7 7:55 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View Hoska Midsummer 8 8:00 Harvey Johnson 75 North Branch Minnesota 9 8:25 Phil Erickson 75 St Paul Hoska Midsummer 10 8:34 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Hoska Midsummer 11 9:30 Harold Frederick 79 Duluth Minnesota 12 9:52 Bob Norris 79 Stillwater Medtronic TC 13 12:46 Terry Moore 77 Cedar Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 23:01 Sherwood Sagedahl 77 Fairmont Defeat of J James 2 26:04 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Jump to It 3 26:51 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View Gray Ghost 4 26:56 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Gray Ghost 5 27:17 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Brian Kra Memorial 6 27:23 Harvey Johnson 75 North Branch Milk Run 7 28:17 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View Brian Kra Memorial Rick Kleyman looking for his sixth ROY 8 28:33 Phil Erickson 75 St Paul Brian Kra Memorial title found it with three points to spare. 9 28:47 Harvey Johnson 75 North Branch Gray Ghost 10 28:47 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Jump to It Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 11 28:56 David Roseen 76 Woodbury TC 12 29:33 Nick Rogers 77 Edina Get in Gear 13 31:48 Kenneth Perry 76 White Bear Lk Defeat of J James 14 31:52 George Carlson 78 Minneapolis Gray Ghost 15 32:05 David Roseen 75 Woodbury William A. Irvin 16 32:17 David Wee 77 North eld Defeat of J James 17 33:13 George Carlson 78 Minneapolis Historic Riverfront 18 33:58 Richard Wicklund 76 Lakeville Jump to It 19 35:12 Robert Miller 78 Owatonna From the Heart 20 36:33 Larry Bradford 78 Minneapolis Steve Williams Meml 10 Kilometers 8 Kilometers 1 55:06 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Get in Gear 1 44:53 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth Ogara's Irish Run 2 56:56 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View MDRA Victory 2 49:49 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Ogara's Irish Run 3 57:29 Harvey Johnson 75 North Branch MDRA Victory 3 50:51 Ed Mudek 78 Duluth Park Point 4 57:40 Phil Erickson 75 St Paul MDRA Victory 4 57:02 Richard Wicklund 75 Lakeville Ogara's Irish Run 5 58:15 Steve Gronberg 77 Menahga Dick Beardsley 5 59:44 Charles Andresen 75 Duluth Park Point 6 58:32 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Get in Gear 6 1:15:33 Bernhard Pieper 77 Caledonia Fools Five 7 58:45 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth MDRA Victory
42 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 10 Kilometers - cont’d Half Marathon 8 1:01:42 Phil Erickson 76 St Paul TC - 6.48 miles 1 1:54:05 Robert Owens 78 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 9 1:06:57 Larry Junkermeier 78 White Bear Lk Y Run 2 2:05:55 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Dick Beardsley 10 1:07:27 Steve Gronberg 77 Menahga Perham Turtle Fest 3 2:10:22 Harvey Johnson 75 North Branch Scenic Byway 11 1:08:57 Richard Wicklund 76 Lakeville Get in Gear 4 2:11:02 Dick Westerlund 79 Rochester Healthy Human Race 12 1:12:02 Jim Lee 75 Dent Perham Turtle Fest 5 2:14:02 Burgess Eberhardt 75 Intl Falls Bemidji Blue Ox 13 1:12:46 Rodney Nickel 76 Windom King Turkey Day 6 2:15:13 Phil Erickson 75 St Paul City of Lakes 14 1:15:50 Robert Kirk 78 Minneapolis Drumstick Dash 7 2:16:54 Burgess Eberhardt 75 Intl Falls Bigfork Vly Challenge 15 1:22:07 Richard Unger 76 Sauk Centre Get in Gear 8 2:17:24 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Securian Winter 9 2:19:15 Burgess Eberhardt 75 Intl Falls Garry Bjorklund 15 Kilometers 10 2:24:59 Curtis Ghylin 77 Sauk Rapids Earth Day 11 2:27:01 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View Securian Winter 1 1:29:20 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis MDRA 12 2:28:58 Roger Carlson 75 Minneapolis Garry Bjorklund 2 1:32:27 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View MDRA 13 2:45:29 Charles Andresen 75 Duluth Garry Bjorklund 3 1:33:43 Dick Westerlund 79 Rochester RTC Spring Classic 14 2:50:22 Kenneth Davidson 76 North Oaks Red, White & Boom! 4 1:45:18 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth MDRA 15 3:07:31 Terry Moore 78 Cedar Garry Bjorklund 5 1:47:18 Larry Junkermeier 78 White Bear Lk Manitou 16 3:10:56 Fred Haack 77 N Mankato Mankato 17 3:16:06 Kirk Ransom 75 Minnetonka Red, White & Boom! 10 Miles 1 1:35:25 Harvey Johnson 75 North Branch Stillwater Log Run Marathon 2 1:39:11 Roger Carlson 75 Minneapolis Stillwater Log Run 1 4:50:15 Ed Rousseau 77 Minneapolis Twin Cities 3 1:39:55 Lee Stauff acher 75 Mounds View Bear Water 2 5:01:25 Roger Carlson 75 Minneapolis Twin Cities 4 1:43:15 Larry Eaton 78 North Oaks Medtronic TC 3 5:40:41 James Mayerle 76 Chaska Grandma's 5 1:46:40 Roger Carlson 75 Minneapolis Li Bridge 4 5:41:57 Robert Gavin Jr 76 Mar on St Cr Twin Cities 6 1:54:02 Gene Holen 75 Shoreview Medtronic TC 5 6:10:32 Ed Rousseau 76 Minneapolis Grandma's 7 2:03:54 Kenneth Davidson 76 North Oaks Stillwater Log Run 8 2:06:03 Kenneth Davidson 76 North Oaks Li Bridge 9 2:27:04 Wayne Paschke 79 Brooklyn Ctr Medtronic TC
Women 80-84
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Lois DeGonda 6 6 Kaisu Kangas 4 4 DeEtte Andersen 3 3 Marilyn Boschee 2 2 Lois DeGonda, after a fi ve year absence from the top spot, picked up ROY title num- ber six in 2016. Top Performances
5 Kilometers 1 42:59 Lois DeGonda 82 Chisago City Stillwater Log Run 2 44:01 Lois DeGonda 81 Chisago City Stillwater 3 46:29 Kaisu Kangas 80 Chanhassen Bud Break 4 48:44 DeEtte Andersen 81 Plymouth Music in Plymouth 5 49:16 Marilyn Boschee 82 North eld HeartBeat 5000 6 49:55 Lois DeGonda 81 Chisago City Li Bridge
Lois DeGonda picked up her sixth ROY title in 2016.
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 43 Men 80-84 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Alan Phillips 244101 5 2 3 2 1 Doug Erbeck 14 3 7 2 1 1 Jack Westerlund 8 8 Bill Croke 5 5 Bill Peters 4 4 Arthur Johnson 3 3 Fritz Korthals 3 3 Dick Olson 3 2 1 Sy Gross 2 2 Bob Norris 2 2 Alan Phillips put the hammer down again this year in earning his fi fth ROY title. And was at the top of his division in every distance he ran. Doug Erbeck, scoring in fi ve distances, fi nished second. Top Performances
1 Mile 1 8:44 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud Hoska Midsummer 2 11:15 Doug Erbeck 80 Crystal Hoska Midsummer 3 13:48 Dick Olson 83 Burnsville Medtronic TC 4 14:58 Claus Pierach 81 Minneapolis Medtronic TC
5 Kilometers 1 29:18 Alan Phillips 81 St Cloud Brian Kra Memorial 2 29:47 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud Challenge Addiction 3 33:25 Jack Westerlund 80 Sandstone Mora 4 37:36 Doug Erbeck 80 Crystal Jump to It 5 38:24 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud Torchlight 6 39:39 Bill Croke 81 Duluth Fitger's 7 43:20 Bill Peters 82 Brooklyn Ctr Steve Williams Meml 8 46:00 Arthur Johnson 81 Ottertail Perham Turtle Fest 9 46:30 Sy Gross 80 Minneapolis Get in Gear 10 47:40 Bill Croke 82 Duluth William A. Irvin Alan Phillips charged to ROY title 11 48:03 Dick Olson 83 Burnsville Bud Break number fi ve in 2016. 12 48:08 Alfred Ritter 83 Avon Upsala Heritage 13 48:44 Robert Anderson 82 Plymouth Music in Plymouth Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen. 14 48:53 Dick Olson 83 Burnsville Milk Run 20 48:48 Dick Olson 82 Burnsville MDRA Victory
8 Kilometers 1 47:27 Alan Phillips 81 St Cloud Ogara's Irish Run 10 Miles 10 Kilometers 1 1:43:31 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud Medtronic TC 1 1:00:16 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud MDRA Victory 2 2:01:44 Bob Norris 80 Stillwater Bear Water 2 1:00:27 Alan Phillips 81 St Cloud Get in Gear 3 2:23:08 Bob Norris 80 Stillwater Medtronic TC 3 1:15:05 Fritz Korthals 80 Worthington King Turkey Day 4 1:15:12 Doug Erbeck 80 Crystal Get in Gear Half Marathon 5 1:32:46 Dick Olson 83 Burnsville Get in Gear 1 2:15:49 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud City of Lakes 2 2:44:18 Doug Erbeck 80 Minneapolis Securian Winter 15 Kilometers 1 1:34:56 Alan Phillips 82 St Cloud MDRA Marathon 2 2:06:17 Doug Erbeck 80 Crystal MDRA 1 5:29:36 Alan Phillips 81 St Cloud Lake Wobegon Trail
44 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Women 85-89 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar
No point-scoring qualifying performances in this division, but one-time ROY winner Jeannine Julson did have a non-point-scoring qualifying performance in the 10 mile with her 10 mile split in the City of Lakes half marathon.
Men 85-89 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Bill Fraser 15 3 10 1 1 Francis Januschka 8 8 Bill Bauck 6 6 Rogers Anderson 5 5 Roger Hauge 3 2 1
Bill Fraser picked up his third title in 2016. He added two single-age records in 2016 to bring his current total to nine. Francis Januschka fi nished second.
Top Performances
1 Mile 1 10:36 Bill Fraser 86 Edina Minnesota 2 10:55 Bill Fraser 86 Minneapolis Hopkins Main Street 3 11:23 Bill Fraser 86 Edina Hoska Midsummer
5 Kilometers 1 36:40 Bill Fraser 86 Edina Gray Ghost 2 37:47 Bill Fraser 86 Edina Jump to It Bill Fraser racked up 3 41:12 Francis Januschka 85 Rice Milk Run 4 43:00 Francis Januschka 85 Rice Hot Dash points at four dis- 5 44:09 Bill Bauck 85 Perham Get in Gear tances. 6 45:13 Rogers Anderson 87 Bloomington Gray Ghost 7 45:23 Francis Januschka 85 Rice Earth Day Photo courtesy of 8 46:22 Bill Bauck 85 Perham Perham Turtle Fest 9 46:24 Bill Bauck 85 Perham TC Tom Ruen. 10 47:37 Rogers Anderson 86 Bloomington Run the Valley 11 48:20 Rogers Anderson 86 Bloomington Get in Gear 12 48:33 Rogers Anderson 87 Bloomington Heart of the City 13 49:03 Rogers Anderson 87 Bloomington Brian Kra Memorial
8 Kilometers 1 1:16:26 Bill Fraser 86 Edina Ogara's Irish Run
10 Kilometers 1 1:11:30 Roger Hauge 85 Excelsior MDRA Victory 2 1:34:17 Bill Fraser 86 Edina MDRA Victory
Half Marathon 1 2:38:05 Roger Hauge 85 Excelsior Urban Wildland
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 45 Women 90-94 Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Florence Rawn 1 1 Indomitable Florence Rawn now has 10 titles. That’s 10 in a row.
Top Performances
5 Kilometers 1 52:51 Florence Rawn 90 Cloquet Fitger's
Florence Rawn, holding her 2015 Runner of the Year award, will need to fi nd more space for her 2016 award.
Photo courtesy of USATF Minnesota.
Men 90-94
Name Tot 1M 5K 8K 10K 15K 10M 20K 1/2 25K 30K 20M Mar Burt Carlson 2 1 1 Allen Johnson 2 2 Burt Carlson upped his ROY title total to nine in 2016. Allen Johnson is just getting started - his tie with Burt gives him his fi rst title.
5 Kilometers 1 49:36 Allen Johnson 90 Edina Gray Ghost 2 52:28 Burt Carlson 90 Mound Steve Williams Meml
10 Kilometers 1 1:46:47 Burt Carlson 90 Minneapolis Get in Gear
Burt Carlson (42) tied with Allen Johnson for the 2016 M90-94 ROY title.
Photo courtesy of Tom Ruen.
46 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Minnesota All Time Age Records Set in 2016
Here are the performances from 2016 that have made their way start to fi nish -- and whose straight-line is less than 30% of the on to the list of Minnesota All Time Age Records. If the course length of the course. Performances run on courses that meet the is offi cially “aided,” the time is marked with an “a.” In order to drop provision but have a start-fi nish distance greater than 30% qualify as a U.S. long distance running record a performance may be accepted for records if it can be shown that there was no must have been run on a course whose elevation does not drop by tailwind. more than one meter per kilometer of the course distance from Women - 1 Mile Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 9:08 a Mya Fuller 2 Saint Paul 2016.07.17 Hopkins Main Street 9:36 Charlotte Madsen 3 St. Paul 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 10:43 Emily Chartier 4 Cloquet 2016.09.24 Cloquet River Run 8:05 Lucy Manthei 6 Farmington 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 6:57 Hadley Knight 8 Apple Valley 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:55 Daisy Islas 9 Apple Valley 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:48 Daisy Islas 10 Apple Valley 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 5:38 a Daisy Islas 10 Saint Paul 2016.07.17 Hopkins Main Street 5:51 Molly Moening 11 St Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:19 Kelsey Thelen 12 Farmington 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 4:48 Tabor Scholl 19 Kremmling CO 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:01 Cynthia Jerop 21 St. Paul 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 5:36 Beth Ehrhardt 22 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:10 Emily Gapinski 22 St. Paul 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 4:56 Melanie Holman 23 Eden Prairie 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:48 Katy Moen 24 South Saint Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:42 Maddie Van Beek 24 Fargo ND 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:48 Kristen Findley 25 Portland OR 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:54 Melissa Agnew 25 Richfi eld 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:24 Kari Putterman 26 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:58 Nikki Paradis 27 St Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:07 Elizabeth Spehar 28 Lakeville 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:35 Heather Kampf 29 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:46 Meghan Peyton 30 Bloomington 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:38 Christy Cazzola 30 Marietta GA 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:40 a Christy Cazzola 31 Marietta GA 2016.09.11 Minnesota 5:43 Sara Conrad 36 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:57 Kelly Heltemes 38 Chanhassen 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:27 Melissa Gacek 40 St Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:50 Heather Himler 41 Shakopee 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:44 Manuela Knispel 44 Shorewood 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:12 Danielle Gordanier 45 St Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:33 a Deb Gormley 50 Plymouth 2016.09.11 Minnesota 6:15 Bonnie Sons 50 Shorewood 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:19 Kimberly Anderson 51 Chanhassen 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:30 Tracy Serreyn 52 Lakeville 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:56 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 6:32 Cindy Lewandowski 54 Sartell 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:37 Laurie King 55 Lakeville 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 7:20 Carla Lavere 56 Minnetonka 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 7:42 Karen Manske 60 Stillwater 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:30 Julie Virkus 63 St Louis Park 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:25 Julie Virkus 63 St. Louis Park 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 7:11 a Diane Stoneking 68 Minneapolis 2016.07.17 Hopkins Main Street 7:27 Diane Stoneking 68 Robbinsdale 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 7:09 a Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.07.17 Hopkins Main Street 9:03 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 8:48 Rosemary Harnly 69 Red Wing 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 7:43 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 8:10 Marilyn Schnobrich 74 Duluth 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 8:41 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 13:21 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 12:51 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 47 Men - 1 Mile Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 9:43 Jack Tate 4 St Louis Park 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 8:47 Henry Baker 6 Bethel 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 8:09 James Jensen 6 Hastings 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 6:30 Caleb Morris 9 Farmington 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 6:26 Hudson Snesrud 9 Cloquet 2016.09.24 Cloquet River Run 5:47 Will Harder 11 Rosemount 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 4:40 John Starkey 15 Chaska 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:48 Ben Olson 16 Coon Rapids 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 4:14 a Elisha Kipruto 21 New Brighton 2016.09.11 Minnesota 4:06 Abbabiya Simbassa 22 Minnetonka 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:05 Chad Noelle 23 Stillwater OK 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:05 a Abbabiya Simbassa 23 Minnetonka 2016.09.11 Minnesota 4:08 Matt Hillenbrand 24 Seattle WA 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 3:56 Ben Blankenship 26 Eugene OR 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:22 Ben Sathre 26 Chaska 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:10 Jonathan Peterson 27 Richfi eld 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:07 Craig Miller 28 Madison WI 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:03 Lex Williams 29 Ann Arbor MI 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:03 Brandon Hudgins 29 Boone NC 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:00 Garrett Heath 30 Winona 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:49 Michael Hartnett 33 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:38 John Keane 35 New Brighton 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:26 Jacob Christensen 36 Plymouth 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:39 Rich Maleniak 37 St. Paul 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 4:45 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:32 Kenny Miller 39 Wadena 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:28 Joey Keillor 41 Rochester 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:41 Mike Madsen 43 St Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:26 a Lance Elliott 45 Edina 2016.07.17 Hopkins Main Street 4:35 Lance Elliott 45 Edina 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:56 Brad Moening 47 St Paul 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 4:47 W. Scott Lindell 48 Sartell 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:06 Jim Larranaga 50 Chanhassen 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 4:53 a Patrick Billig 54 Roseville 2016.09.11 Minnesota 5:17 Craig Christians 55 Bellevue NE 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:17 Patrick Eastman 55 Victoria 2016.06.18 Farmington Dew Run 5:20 Marc Embler 58 North Charleston SC 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:23 Paul Brown 58 Waconia 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 5:29 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 5:19 a Perry Bach 59 Lakeville 2016.09.11 Minnesota 5:33 Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:25 a Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis 2016.09.11 Minnesota 6:02 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:17 Denny Jordan 64 Roseville 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:43 a Gary Olson 65 Finland 2016.09.11 Minnesota 6:03 Rick Hlebain 65 St Joseph 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 5:52 Rick Hlebain 65 St. Joseph 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 6:24 Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown 2016.09.24 Cloquet River Run 6:50 Jim Graupner 71 Lake Elmo 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 7:27 Rick Kleyman 76 Plymouth 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 6:30 a Dan Conway 77 Superior WI 2016.09.11 Minnesota 6:44 Sherwood Sagedahl 77 Fairmont 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 8:44 Alan Phillips 82 St. Cloud 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer 13:48 Dick Olson 83 Burnsville 2016.05.12 Medtronic TC 11:23 Bill Fraser 86 Edina 2016.07.06 Hoska Midsummer
48 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Women - 5 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 31:58 Bella Crook 5 Farmington 2016.08.07 Pine Tree Classic 26:08 Sophia Francishelli 6 Anoka 2016.10.30 Anoka Halloween Gray Ghost 15:54 Maddie Van Beek 24 Fargo ND 2016.05.30 Brian Kraft Memorial 16:17 Meghan Peyton 30 Bloomington 2016.05.30 Brian Kraft Memorial 19:30 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls 2016.05.30 Brian Kraft Memorial 52:51 Florence Rawn 90 Cloquet 2016.04.16 Fitger's
Men - 5 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 14:48 Hamza Ali 18 Minneapolis 2016.10.08 TC 14:21 Abbabiya Simbassa 23 Minnetonka 2016.09.05 Steve Williams Memorial 15:32 Joey Keillor 41 Rochester 2016.05.30 Brian Kraft Memorial 16:44 Patrick Billig 53 Roseville 2016.05.30 Brian Kraft Memorial 23:01 Sherwood Sagedahl 77 Fairmont 2016.09.11 Defeat of Jesse James Days
Women - 8 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 31:49 Wanda Gau 53 Little Falls 2016.03.19 Ogara's Irish Run 36:44 Andriette Wickstrom 61 Storm Lake IA 2016.03.19 Ogara's Irish Run 42:05 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.07.14 Park Point 43:22 Kathleen Peterson 73 Outing 2016.07.14 Park Point
Men - 8 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 1:16:26 Bill Fraser 86 Edina 2016.03.19 Ogara's Irish Run
Women - 10 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 42:54 Daisy Islas 9 Apple Valley 2016.04.30 Get in Gear 44:12 Daisy Islas 10 Rosemount 2016.09.05 MDRA Victory 39:55 Wanda Gau 53 Little Falls 2016.04.30 Get in Gear 44:41 Julie Virkus 64 St. Louis Park 2016.09.05 MDRA Victory 1:26:53 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis 2016.09.05 MDRA Victory 1:26:15 Dorothy Marden 79 Minneapolis 2016.10.08 TC - 6.48 miles
Men - 10 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 35:14 Patrick Billig 54 Roseville 2016.09.05 MDRA Victory 1:00:16 Alan Phillips 82 St. Cloud 2016.09.05 MDRA Victory
Women - 15 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 1:23:57 Jaiden Landsom 12 Kasota 2016.04.16 Hot Chocolate 1:05:29 Ashton Horsley 18 The Plains OH 2016.04.16 Hot Chocolate 1:02:27 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls 2016.08.07 MDRA 1:08:16 Andriette Wickstrom 61 Storm Lake IA 2016.08.07 MDRA 1:11:18 Julie Virkus 64 St. Louis Park 2016.09.11 Defeat of Jesse James Days 1:23:48 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.08.07 MDRA 1:35:14 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester 2016.08.07 MDRA A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 49 Women - 10 Miles Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 1:12:17 Daisy Islas 9 Rosemount 2016.03.19 Hot Dash 1:23:47 a Ella Bakken 13 Eden Prairie 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:09:12 Meredith Campbell 19 Excelsior 2016.04.09 Goldy's Run 54:18 a Mara Olson 23 Boulder CO 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 1:00:19 Lauren Rice 24 Minneapolis 2016.03.19 Hot Dash 52:49 a Jordan Hasay 25 Beaverton OR 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 53:01 a Aliphine Tuliamuk 27 Santa Fe NM 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 53:13 a Gwen Jorgensen 30 St Paul 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 55:20 a Stephanie Bruce 32 Flagstaff AZ 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 56:01 a Brianne Nelson 35 Golden CO 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 1:05:03 a Kara Parker 47 St Paul 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:11:35 Darla O'Connor 49 Woodbury 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 1:06:14 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 1:14:54 Andriette Wickstrom 61 Storm Lake IA 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 1:12:57 a Julie Virkus 64 St Louis Park 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:25:24 a Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:28:16 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.09.17 Bear Water 1:40:05 Kathleen Peterson 73 Outing 2016.07.23 Lift Bridge 1:46:57 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 1:34:14 a Marilyn Schnobrich 75 Duluth 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:41:51 a Sandra Dalquist 76 Rochester 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 2:48:42 Jeannine Julson 87 Bloomington 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split)
Men - 10 Miles Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 1:23:15 Judson Schulz 10 Minneapolis 2016.03.19 Hot Dash 54:04 Dan Nielsen 22 Andover 2016.04.09 Goldy's Run 47:53 a Matt McClintock 22 Blowing Rock NC 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 52:56 Patrick Jenkins 24 La Crosse WI 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 53:19 Dan Greeno 28 Richfi eld 2016.09.13 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 47:33 a Timothy Ritchie 29 New Haven CT 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 52:00 Trevor Zimak 32 Thunder Bay ON 2016.03.19 Hot Dash 56:26 Doron Clark 38 Minneapolis 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 51:22 Zachary Hine 38 Colorado Springs CO 2016.09.12 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 50:35 a Eric Loeffl er 39 Minneapolis 2016.10.09 USATF Championships 57:04 Jeff Renlund 49 Chaska 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 57:08 a Patrick Billig 54 Roseville 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 57:56 a John Van Danacker 54 Rockford 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:03:55 a Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:13:27 Michael Bjornberg 62 Minneapolis 2016.09.17 Bear Water 1:12:04 a Harry Cottrell 70 Hermantown 2016.10.09 Medtronic TC 1:43:06 Alan Phillips 82 St. Cloud 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split)
Women - Half Marathon Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 2:04:23 Carrie Cleveland 7 Canby 2016.08.20 Healthy Human Race 2:42:10 a Addie Perkins 9 Lakeville 2016.10.16 Mankato 1:20:57 a Brynn Harshbarger 20 Dilliner PA 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 1:15:11 a Cynthia Jerop 21 Lakeville 2016.10.16 Mankato 1:28:52 a Terri Cassel 54 Tulsa OK 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 1:27:36 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes 1:38:29 Donella Neuhaus 60 Minneapolis 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes 1:38:24 Andriette Wickstrom 61 Storm Lake IA 2016.08.20 Healthy Human Race 1:38:05 Andriette Wickstrom 61 Storm Lake IA 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes 1:56:54 Gloria Jansen 69 White Bear Lake 2016.08.20 Mora 2:06:42 a Marilyn Schnobrich 74 Duluth 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 2:16:40 a Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 2:22:54 Sandra Dalquist 75 Rochester 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes 2:50:43 a Ann Nelson 80 Fairway KS 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 50 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Men - Half Marathon Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 1:20:37 a Acer Iverson 14 Roseville 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 1:06:59 a Kevin Castille 44 Lafayette LA 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 1:17:12 a Patrick Billig 54 Roseville 2016.10.29 Monster Dash 1:22:56 a Bobby Paxton 59 Minneapolis 2016.06.18 Garry Bjorklund 1:23:52 a Bobby Paxton 60 Minneapolis 2016.10.29 Monster Dash 2:15:49 Alan Phillips 82 St. Cloud 2016.09.11 Jeff Winter City of Lakes
Women - 25 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 2:07:03 Andriette Wickstrom 61 Storm Lake IA 2016.04.02 MDRA Ron Daws
Women - 30 Kilometers Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 2:17:44 Rochelle Wirth 53 Duluth 2016.05.07 Run Around Woman Plus
Women - 20 Miles Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 2:53:24 Patricia Langum 55 Maple Grove 2016.09.17 Bear Water 3:12:21 Carol Brouillard 68 Spring Lake Park 2016.09.17 Bear Water
Men - 20 Miles Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 3:12:11 Herb Byun 72 Lino Lakes 2016.09.17 Bear Water
Women - Marathon Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 2:32:18 Sarah Kiptoo 27 Santa Fe NM 2016.10.09 Medtronic Twin Cities 3:05:04 Wanda Gau 54 Little Falls 2016.10.09 Medtronic Twin Cities 3:29:47 Donella Neuhaus 60 Minneapolis 2016.10.09 Medtronic Twin Cities 4:19:19 Carol Brouillard 69 Spring Lake Park 2016.10.09 Medtronic Twin Cities
Men - Marathon Time (a) Name Age Address Date Race 2:08:51 Dominic Ondoro 28 Santa Fe NM 2016.10.09 Medtronic Twin Cities 2:10:21 Elisha Barno 31 Santa Fe NM 2016.10.09 Medtronic Twin Cities
A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 51 Top Times of 2016
Our rankings attempt to single out those who dominated their The open standards are loosely based on 2014 world records. age/gender group by running fast over a range of distances. The standards were last updated in early 2015. To rate performances across age group boundaries, we use the Age-Graded Table prepared by World Masters Athletics (WMA). Here are the best performances on Minnesota roads in 2016 as measured by the WMA standards. They include standards for open class athletes as well as masters. measured by the WMA standards. Minnesotans % Name City Age Time Race 93.0 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 63 6:25 Hoska Midsummer 92.9 Garrett Heath Winona 30 4:00 Medtronic TC 92.7 Gwen Jorgensen St Paul 30 53:13 USATF Championships 92.3 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 64 1:12:57 Medtronic TC 91.9 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 64 44:41 MDRA Victory 91.9 Lance Elliott Minneapolis 45 4:26 Hopkins Main Street 91.8 Gloria Jansen White Bear Lk 69 7:09 Hopkins Main Street 91.8 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 63 6:30 Medtronic TC 91.5 Heather Kampf Minneapolis 29 4:35 Medtronic TC 91.3 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 63 44:21 Get in Gear 90.8 Abbabiya Simbassa Minnetonka 23 4:05 Minnesota 90.8 Heather Kampf Minneapolis 29 4:37 Minnesota 90.6 Abbabiya Simbassa Minnetonka 23 48:33 USATF Championships 90.6 Meghan Peyton Bloomington 30 16:17 Brian Kraft Memorial 90.5 Abbabiya Simbassa Minnetonka 22 4:06 Medtronic TC 90.4 Abbabiya Simbassa Minnetonka 23 14:21 Steve Williams Memorial 90.2 Patrick Billig Roseville 53 16:44 Brian Kraft Memorial 90.1 Gabriele Grunewald Minneapolis 29 4:39 Medtronic TC 90.1 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 63 1:37:23 Garry Bjorklund 89.9 Diane Stoneking Robbinsdale 68 7:11 Hopkins Main Street 89.7 Debra Gormley Plymouth 50 5:33 Minnesota 89.7 Patrick Billig Roseville 54 4:53 Minnesota 89.3 Ben Sathre Chaska 26 1:05:19 Garry Bjorklund 89.3 Julie Virkus St Louis Pk 63 21:32 Torchlight 89.2 Patrick Billig Roseville 54 57:08 Medtronic TC 89.1 Eric Loeffl er Minneapolis 39 50:35 USATF Championships 89.0 Jonathan Peterson Richfi eld 27 4:10 Medtronic TC 89.0 Wanda Gau Little Falls 53 39:55 Get in Gear 88.9 Gloria Jansen White Bear Lk 69 7:23 Minnesota 88.9 Lance Elliott Edina 45 4:35 Medtronic TC 88.9 Robert Economy Victoria 52 16:50 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.9 Wanda Gau Little Falls 54 1:06:14 Jeff Winter City of Lakes (split) 88.8 Joey Keillor Rochester 41 15:32 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.8 Wanda Gau Little Falls 54 1:27:36 Jeff Winter City of Lakes 88.6 Kathi Madden Duluth 59 6:21 Minnesota 88.5 Joey Keillor Rochester 41 4:28 Medtronic TC 88.5 Wanda Gau Little Falls 54 19:30 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.4 Ben Sathre Chaska 26 14:41 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.4 Katy Moen S St Paul 24 16:42 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.4 Rob Molke Minneapolis 25 1:06:01 Garry Bjorklund 88.4 Wanda Gau Little Falls 54 5:56 Hoska Midsummer 88.3 Kenny Miller Wadena 39 15:24 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.3 Patrick Billig Roseville 53 34:54 Get in Gear 88.2 Bobby Paxton Minneapolis 59 17:57 Brian Kraft Memorial 88.2 Patrick Billig Roseville 54 35:14 MDRA Victory 88.1 Wanda Gau Little Falls 53 31:49 Ogara's Irish Run 88.0 John Van Danacker Rockford 54 57:56 Medtronic TC 88.0 Meghan Peyton Bloomington 30 4:46 Medtronic TC
52 A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook Visitors % Name City Age Time Race 95.4 Dominic Ondoro Santa Fe NM 28 2:08:51 Medtronic Twin Cities 94.3 Ben Blankenship Eugene OR 26 3:56 Medtronic TC 94.3 Elisha Barno Santa Fe NM 31 2:10:21 Medtronic Twin Cities 93.5 Elisha Barno Santa Fe NM 30 2:11:26 Grandma's 93.4 Jordan Hasay Beaverton OR 25 52:49 USATF 10 Mile Championships 93.0 Aliphine Tuliamuk Santa Fe NM 27 53:01 USATF 10 Mile Championships 92.8 Maddie Van Beek Fargo ND 24 15:54 Brian Kraft Memorial 92.8 Weldon Kirui Grosse Pte Woods MI 27 2:12:26 Grandma's 92.7 Sam Chelanga Tucson AZ 31 47:25 USATF 10 Mile Championships 92.6 Noah Droddy Boulder CO 26 47:28 USATF 10 Mile Championships 92.5 Sara Hall Redding CA 33 53:33 USATF 10 Mile Championships 92.5 Timothy Ritchie New Haven CT 29 47:33 USATF 10 Mile Championships 92.4 Kevin Castille Lafayette LA 44 1:06:59 Garry Bjorklund 92.0 Martin Hehir Flagstaff AZ 23 47:48 USATF 10 Mile Championships 91.9 Chris O'Hare Boston MA 25 4:02 Minnesota 91.9 Duncan Phillips Austin TX 26 4:02 Medtronic TC 91.9 Ford Palmer Palermo NJ 25 4:02 Minnesota 91.9 Suehiro Ishikawa Sayama SAI 36 1:04:02 Garry Bjorklund 91.9 Travis Burkstrand Seattle WA 26 4:02 Medtronic TC 91.8 Jonathan Grey Boston MA 28 47:54 USATF 10 Mile Championships 91.8 Macdonard Ondara Santa Fe NM 31 1:03:34 Garry Bjorklund 91.8 Matt McClintock Blowing Rock NC 22 47:53 USATF 10 Mile Championships 91.7 Ben Payne Colorado Springs CO 35 48:15 USATF 10 Mile Championships 91.7 Kimutai Cheruiyot Chapel Hill NC 30 2:14:02 Grandma's 91.6 Brandon Hudgins Boone NC 29 4:03 Medtronic TC 91.6 Lex Williams Ann Arbor MI 29 4:03 Medtronic TC 91.6 Riley Masters Seattle WA 26 4:03 Minnesota 91.3 Jordan McNamara Eugene OR 29 4:04 Minnesota 91.3 Tyler Pennel Blowing Rock NC 28 48:10 USATF 10 Mile Championships 91.2 Andrew Bumbalough Concord MA 29 48:13 USATF 10 Mile Championships 91.2 Daniel Herrera Portland OR 23 4:04 Minnesota 91.2 Riley Masters Seattle WA 26 4:04 Medtronic TC 90.9 Brian Shrader Flagstaff AZ 25 48:22 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.9 Nathan Martin Jackson MI 26 48:22 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.9 Stanley Kebenei Oakland CA 26 48:23 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.8 Chad Noelle Stillwater OK 23 4:05 Medtronic TC 90.8 Emily Lipari Brighton MA 23 4:37 Minnesota 90.8 Jack Bolas Chapel Hill NC 28 4:05 Minnesota 90.8 Kirubel Erassa Grayson GA 23 4:05 Minnesota 90.8 Mara Olson Boulder CO 23 54:18 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.8 Rodgers Gesabwa Marrietta GA 28 2:15:24 Medtronic Twin Cities 90.7 Maddie Van Beek Fargo ND 25 54:23 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.6 Christy Cazzola Marietta GA 30 4:38 Medtronic TC 90.5 Natosha Rogers Littleton CO 25 54:31 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.3 Ben Bruce Flagstaff AZ 34 48:53 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.2 Isaac Mwangi Grand Prairie TX 29 4:07 Minnesota 90.2 Jane Kibii Auburn CA 31 2:30:01 Medtronic Twin Cities 90.1 Christy Cazzola Marietta GA 31 4:40 Minnesota 90.1 Craig Miller Madison WI 28 4:07 Medtronic TC 90.1 Harun Abda Eugene OR 26 4:07 Minnesota 90.1 Johnny Crain Blowing Rock NC 24 48:48 USATF 10 Mile Championships 90.0 Elizabeth Waywell Guelph ON 58 3:09:57 Grandma's 90.0 Jordan Chipangama Flagstaff AZ 27 1:04:50 Garry Bjorklund 89.9 Mark Leininger Greenville SC 25 48:56 USATF 10 Mile Championships 89.8 Alex Monroe Lyons CO 24 48:57 USATF 10 Mile Championships 89.8 Jacob Chemtai Albuquerque NM 29 2:16:51 Medtronic Twin Cities 89.7 Diriba Degefa Yigezu New York NY 28 4:08 Minnesota 89.7 Ian Butler Boulder CO 25 49:01 USATF 10 Mile Championships 89.7 Jacob Chemtai Santa Fe NM 29 2:16:59 Grandma's 89.7 Lindsey Scherf High Falls NY 30 55:01 USATF 10 Mile Championships 89.7 Matt Hillenbrand Seattle WA 24 4:08 Medtronic TC 89.7 Morgan Uceny Newton MA 31 4:41 Minnesota A Minnesota Runner’s Yearbook 53 Kirt “The Amazing” Goetzke 28 qualifying performances in 2016
All photos this page courtesy of Tom Ruen.
20 qualifying performances in 2016:
Michael Bjornberg Gloria Jansen Rosemary Harnly