Helen Klein 50-Mile Nat. Championship 15 November 1997 Sacramento, CA The following results are from the Helen Klein 50-Mile USATF National Road Championship run 11/15/97. Sponsored by MLO Products, Ultrafit, Fleet Feet Fair Oaks, Roseville, El Dorado Hills, Osteonics, Liberty Tattoo. Men's Champions: Brian Teason, First 50-Mile Champion, (US Open National Champion) Kevin Setnes, Second 50-Mile Champion, 1st Master (Master National Champion) Brian Purcell, Third 50-Mile Champion, 1st 40-44 Rae Clark, Fourth 50-Mile Champion, 1st 45-49 Joe Schieffer, Fifth 50-Mile Champion, 2nd 45-49 Mike Palmer, 2nd 40-44 Bob Lapanja, 3rd 40-44 Danny Dreyer, 3rd 45-49 Wayne Miles, 1st 50-54 John Montgomery, 2nd 50-54 Jeff Vieyra, 3rd 50-54 David Kim, 1st 55-59 Jim Drake, 2nd 55-59 Gary Ritchie, 3rd 55-59 Roger Daniels, 1st 60-64 Gard Leighton, 2nd 60-64 Bill Dodson, 3rd 60-64 Ken Karcher, 1st 65-69 Ray Piva, 1st 70-74 Frank Rodriguez, 2nd 70-74 Mike Tselentis, 3rd 70-74 Women: Chrissy Duryea-Ferguson, First 50-Mile Champion (US Open National Champion) Janet Runyan, Second 50-Mile Champion Rena Schumann, Third 50-Mile Champion Holly Neault-Zinow, Fourth 50-Mile Champion Lorraine Gersitz, Fifth 50-Mile Champion, 1st 40-44 Kathy Welch, 2nd 40-44 Christine Flaherty, 3rd 40-44 Janice Levet, 1st 45-49 Toni Miller, 2nd 45-49 Brenda Hill, 3rd 45-49 Linda Elam, 1st 50-54 Barbara Elia, 2nd 50-54 Diane Eastman, 1st 55-59 Dixie Madsen, 1st 60-64 Juliane Scheberies, 2nd 60-64 All championship winners pending confirmation by USATF. Greg Soderlund, RD Race Results: Place Last Name First Name S/A State FINISH TIME 1 Andersen Carl M/37 CA 5:26:12 2 Teason Brian M/36 FL 5:28:56 3 Setnes Kevin M/43 WI 5:36:03 4 Purcell Brian M/41 CA 5:46:03 5 Clark Rae M/45 CA 5:57:18 6 Schieffer Joe M/46 CA 6:06:09 7 Dreyer Danny M/48 CA 6:26:49 8 Duryea-Ferguson Chrissy F/36 CA 6:41:41 9 Ferguson Stan M/34 CA 6:42:23 10 Miles Wayne M/51 CA 6:47:16 11 Gregorich Ken M/39 CA 6:49:50 12 Flores Raul M/42 KS 7:00:54 13 Runyan Janet F/39 CO 7:03:29 14 Sanderson Philip M/29 CA 7:09:59 15 Schumann Rena F/36 CA 7:13:10 16 Engemann Mark M/37 CA 7:17:09 17 Daniels Roger M/61 OR 7:19:09 18 Neault-Zinow Holly F/36 WI 7:20:44 19 Leighton Gard M/63 CA 7:23:39 20 Montgomery John M/51 CA 7:23:53 21 Travers John M/45 CA 7:28:00 22 Kim David M/55 CA 7:32:28 23 Vieyra Jeff M/50 CA 7:36:06 24 Gersitz Lorraine F/43 CA 7:38:22 25 Palmer Michael M/44 CA 7:38:24 26 Looney Earl M/49 CA 7:38:45 27 Mazaud Jean-Paul M/45 CA 7:40:09 28 Penny David M/34 CA 7:40:21 29 Welch Kathy F/44 CA 7:41:45 30 Flaherty Christine F/44 CA 7:50:00 31 Drake Jim M/57 CA 7:54:41 32 Lapanja Bob M/43 CA 7:55:11 33 Whittemore Dan M/45 NH 7:57:36 34 Piva Ray M/71 CA 8:03:30 35 Guter Bruce M/43 CA 8:05:06 36 Levet Janice F/46 CA 8:07:18 37 McNairy Fred M/42 CA 8:08:17 38 Dunnels Patricia F/44 CA 8:25:30 39 Elam Linda J. F/51 CA 8:27:06 40 DuBos Tom M/38 CA 8:28:34 41 McFadden Linda F/35 CA 8:32:30 42 Adams Mark M/34 CA 8:32:55 43 Kaplan Allan M/42 CA 8:33:43 44 Barger Marlow M/45 CA 8:34:44 45 Simone Mike M/30 CA 8:35:45 46 Miller Toni F/45 CA 8:39:24 47 Yokoi Ray M/28 CA 8:43:27 48 Dodson Bill M/62 NM 8:43:28 49 Kocher Wayne M/60 NV 8:46:05 50 Fesler Dennis M/49 CA 8:47:16 51 Russell Ty M/47 CA 8:47:17 52 Evans Jeanette F/27 CA 8:48:57 53 Vernon Jim M/33 CA 8:48:57 54 Page Christopher M/50 B.C. 8:52:27 55 Sage Greg M/44 CA 8:53:35 56 Scalise Tina F/42 CA 8:56:03 57 Elia Barbara F/53 CA 8:56:42 58 Grether Joann F/40 CA 8:56:44 59 Hamilton Mike M/44 CA 9:00:40 60 MacMillan Frank M/43 MD 9:08:24 61 Madsen Dixie F/60 CA 9:09:34 62 Vertrees Ron M/60 CA 9:11:26 63 Ritchie Gary M/57 CA 9:14:06 64 Latimer Doug M/59 CA 9:16:32 65 Hill Brenda F/49 NV 9:16:47 66 Monroe Lon M/50 CA 9:17:46 67 Rhodes Lee M/64 CA 9:19:46 68 Ambrozewicz Bogdan M/44 CA 9:22:32 69 Savage Charles M/50 CA 9:23:31 70 Eastman Diane F/55 CA 9:24:52 71 Rhines G. D. Tarzan M/32 CA 9:30:31 72 Jankowski Tony M/45 CA 9:33:30 73 Gaal Steve M/63 CA 9:35:53 74 Karcher Ken M/68 ID 9:40:51 75 Durr George M/51 CA 9:44:23 76 Mayhew Debra F/44 CA 9:44:53 77 Crouse Ken M/42 CA 9:51:16 78 Bartel Richard M/52 CA 9:52:07 79 Lindquist Link M/70 CA 9:52:29 80 Dempsy Jim M/38 CA 9:57:14 81 Andrews Bill M/46 CA 10:03:31 82 Edwards Bob M/71 CA 10:03:31 83 Volkenand Rob M/66 OR 10:04:55 84 Wing Lucille F/40 CA 10:05:41 85 Felder Lisa F/50 CA 10:05:54 86 Baues Reinhold M/46 OR 10:06:56 87 Shough Dave M/50 CA 10:09:28 88 Howes Cindy F/40 CA 10:11:33 89 Scheberies Juliane F/63 CA 10:36:47 90 Johnson Cassandra F/51 CA 10:45:47 91 Cheatham John M/49 CA 10:53:28 92 Adams Ron M/49 CA 11:31:57 93 Rodriguez Frank M/72 CA 11:55:21 94 Molina David M/54 CA 11:55:37 95 Tselentis Mike M/70 CA 11:58:57 128 starters 95 finishers 74% finishing rate