Cle Elum Ridge 50 Km Trail Run Cle Elum, Washington Saturday September 22, 2001 Trails 5,400 Feet of Elevation Gain 1. James Kerby, 38 4:47:32 2. Rob Lang, 45 4:50:41 3. Kai Huschke, 30 5:00:32 4. John Pearch, 28 5:00:39 5. Eric Sach, 32 5:03:55 6. Scott McCoubrey, 38 5:08:03 7. Kristin Moehl, 23 F 5:10:06 ! 8. Dave Ross, 50 5:27:04 9. Georgia Daniels, 33 F 5:27:48 10. Kendall Kreft, 42 5:33:44 11. Bill Gaines, 40 5:34:38 12. Troy Trimmer, 32 5:40:18 13. Mark Barnett, 36 5:40:23 14. Sally Marcellus, 48 F 5:41:26 15. Chris Nunn, 32 5:41:41 16. Mark Warner, 42 5:46:45 17. Joe Williamson, 32 5:53:33 18. Marlene Farrell, 26 5:57:24 19. Larry Varin, 39 5:58:05 20. John Bales, 34 5:58:19 21. Kevin Farrell, 26 6:01:00 22. Pete Hansen, 45 6:04:55 23. Sylvan Addink, 59 6:05:48 24. Stephan Gilley, 29 6:11:18 25. Kevin Pazaski, 39 6:13:27 26. Jeff Hagen, 54 6:15:32 27. Jason Quinn, 27 6:16:07 28. Craig Hemmens, 40 6:16:16 29. Ted Russo, 40 6:17:16 30. Carol Stuhley, 39 F 6:17:22 Eva Lust-Wright, 31 F 6:17:22 32. Steve Ellis, 34 6:18:42 33. Karen King, 44 F 6:22:25 34. Keith Senzel, 30 6:23:01 35. Pete Soucy, 44 6:30:26 36. Bob Maxwell, 51 6:30:35 37. Laura Gould, 25 F 6:31:00 38. Jeff Trigg, 31 6:34:44 Earl Boyd, 53 6:34:44 40. Steve Varga, 48 6:38:25 41. Howard Keller, 47 6:38:49 42. Mel Preedy, 68 6:38:55 43. Rich Ruhl, 56 6:39:55 44. Brent Spillsbury, 53 6:45:22 45. Daulot Fountain, 45 6:45:34 46. Ethan Bergman, 49 6:47:38 47. Jed Van Voorhis, 31 6:48:46 48. Gunhild Swanson, 57 F 6:49:25 49. Stephanie Astell, 38 F 6:51:02 Luke Astell, 35 6:51:02 51. John Bauer, 59 6:52:03 52. Mike Donoghue, 59 6:53:24 53. Martin Fagan, 38 6:54:26 54. Ted Mueser, 44 6:55:29 55. Anastasia Telesetsky, 39 F 6:55:49 56. Andrea Korry, 31 F 6:55:54 57. Pat Warner, 56 F 7:06:53 Ron Nicholl, 58 7:06:53 59. Glen Smith, 43 7:07:33 60. Linda Strobl, 52 F 7:10:44 61. Steve Loitz, 45 7:11:01 62. Letta Morehouse, 39 F 7:11:58 63. Kathy Bowen, 50 F 7:13:11 64. Joanna Muench, 35 F 7:21:24 65. Dave Remington, 60 7:25:13 66. Doug Beyerlein, 50 7:25:26 67. Tim Hunnicutt, 50 7:25:42 68. James Klarich, 39 7:27:57 Mary Klarich, 38 F 7:27:57 70. Philip Coates, 34 7:29:06 71. Kelsy Trigg, 32 F 7:32:25 72. Brian Haggerty, 19 7:35:27 Ben Christiancy, 19 7:35:27 74. Marlis DeJongh, 50 F 7:36:19 75. Micah Smith, 45 7:37:59 76. Evica Zuieback, 27 F 7:40:39 77. Brad Lange, 38 7:45:17 78. Cheri Gillis, 49 F 7:52:58 79. Leon Draxler, 59 7:55:01 80. Jack Bettelon, 45 7:58:43 81. Peter Mugglestone, 56 8:02:01 82. Rick Bisconer, 43 8:05:29 83. J. Ellis, 42 8:05:46 Meridith Johnson, 49 F 8:05:46 85. Sally Skinner, 51 F 8:05:54 86. Marlynn Curtiss, 41 F 8:13:14 87. Sharon Carlson, 52 F 8:16:28 88. Robert Framstad, 40 8:16:46 89. Ken Cretelli, 63 8:19:59 90. Steven Burt, 50 8:20:08 91. Ron Warner, 57 8:21:35 92. Jeff Dean, 45 8:21:39 Mark Konodi, 45 8:21:39 94. Debbie Kolp, 47 F 8:41:35 Peter Gillis, 46 8:41:35 96. Sanford Wick, 41 8:41:41 97. Michael Berry, 54 8:42:33 98. Eugene Nunn, 67 8:43:10 99. Jayne Fleming, 56 F 9:02:28 100. Linda Mansker, 51 F 9:09:09 101. JR Phillips, 63 9:17:02 102. John Carlson, 58 9:17:22 103. Phyllis Welker, 49 F 9:32:00 104. Eric Page, 64 10:35:18 105. Janet Cretelli, 61 F 11:12:44 106. Gloria Deem, 54 F 11:16:09 Ray Nicholl, 64 11:17:00 Sweep Janine Duplessis, 46 F 11:17:00 Sweep 108 Starters Jim Kerby won the Seventh Annual Cle Elum Ridge 50 Km in a time of 4:47:32. Krissy Moehl set a new course record as she bettered the women's field with her time of 5:10:36. Krissy, new to the Northwest Ultrarunning scene, finished strong for her first ultra win. This was not a complete surprise considering she recently paced Bill Emerson's win at the Cascade Crest Classic and Dave Terry's 10th place finish at Wasatch. In contrast to Krissy's commanding lead, Jim worked his way up from behind the men's lead pack, slowly picking them off one by one at the 20 mile mark. Jim knew that he was closing on another runner when he saw the dust hanging over the trail from the recent footsteps. First year winner, Rob Lang chased Jim into the finish after taking a bad fall. The runners were greeted with the best ever weather for the Cle Elum run. The clear blue skies and temperatures in the sixties provided excellent running conditions. The dry summer had shut down a local logging operation, which resulted in some tricky debris detours around mile 22. Then, there was the dust. The dust on portions of the trail often seemed like 6" of talcum powder. Dusty conditions along the eastern slopes of the Cascades are not unusual but this year was more than normal. Irregardless, the views from the course were magnificent. A ridge line beyond Windy Pass mostly obscures Mt. Rainier but it still poked its prominent white peak into view. Windy Pass is the high point of the course at 5,700 feet and has now not lived up to its name for the past two years. At 17.3 miles, it is always a relief to know the climb is over and it is "downhill" from there. One large descent before the trail follows the Taneum Creek to the finish. About half of the numerous creek crossings are bridged, though it was reported that many found dry routes around the "wet" crossings. Eight more runners were inducted into the Five Year club and received their Cle Elum Buckles. Many of the first Five Year recipients are now at seven finishes and counting down three more years to receive their 10 year Cle Elum Jackets. The Cle Elum 50 Km continues to be the most popular fall ultra run in the Northwest. Frank Fleetham, Lary Webster, Marcia Korum and their volunteers run a very well organized event. Janine Duplessis and Ray Nicholl (record sweep holder) ran the whole course sweeping and eating everyone else's dust. Next year Frank has promised no dust. Ron Nicholl, 10/5/01