Kentucky Ultra Trail Sojourn #7 Morehead, KY KUTS 7 50 mile finish results name age home 50 mi time 1 David Nerrow 35 Acton MA 7:12:09 2 David Corfman 40 Cincinnati OH 7:50:49 3 Timothy Collins 29 Urbana IL 8:14:07 4 David Jackson 44 Lexington KY 8:24:37 5 Bob Combs 35 Warren OH 8:55:57 6 Gregory Trapp 40 Reynoldsburg OH 9:01:34 7 Bill Losey 31 Warren OH 9:05:35 8 Tanya Cady 49 Sagamore Hi OH 9:09:24 9 Sean McCormick 31 Cincinnati OH 9:09:47 10 Cole Hanley 38 Huron OH 9:23:45 11 Susan Donnelly 40 Oak Ridge TN 9:26:20 12 Roy Heger 48 Medina OH 9:31:31 13 Brian Young 34 Cincinnati OH 9:32:41 14 Bob Engel 47 Cincinnati OH 9:34:22 15 JJ Rochelle 39 Oak Ridge TN 9:59:02 16 Spencer Nelson 33 Champaign IL 10:08:39 17 Bruce Purdy 46 Manchester MI 10:08:39 18 Rob Apple 41 Murfreesboro TN 10:08:39 19 Jay Finkle 39 Roanoke VA 10:14:14 20 Steve Riportella37 DesPlains IL 10:15:58 21 Allan Holtz 53 Oakdale MN 10:29:21 22 Alan Storrow 40 Villa Hills KY 10:39:32 23 Sean Collins 32 Southgate KY 10:39:32 24 Clem Izurieta 36 Ft Collins CO 10:42:38 25 Wee-Haur Pek 32 Singapore 11:11:45 26 Camille Rabon 26 Cullen VA 11:20:54 27 Sam Rabon 30 Cullen VA 11:21:14 KUTS 7 50 km finish results name age home 50 km time 1 Brian Schworm 32 Clearfield KY 3:36:50 2 Ryne Melcher 24 Detroit MI 4:04:23 3 David Nerrow 35 Acton MA 4:06:24 4 Jim Almgren 31 Lexington KY 4:07:47 5 David Scott 42 Urbana IL 4:13:53 6 Ted Niemann 40 Columbus OH 4:13:58 7 David Corfman 40 Cincinnati OH 4:36:00 8 John Haight 41 Clearfield KY 4:36:00 9 Timothy Collins 29 Urbana IL 4:43:50 10 Don Frichtl 46 Paxton IL 4:43:59 11 Chris McMahon 43 Indianapolis IN 4:50:46 12 David Jackson 44 Lexington KY 4:53:30 13 Ken Sirois 56 Springboro OH 4:59:15 14 Jay Korff 34 Nashville TN 5:00:17 15 Randy Coons 45 Crescent Spg KY 5:00:38 16 Kurt Rompot 33 Coralville IA 5:06:31 17 David Haag 40 Simpsonville KY 5:07:54 18 John Stirling xx Louisville KY 5:07:54 19 Bob Combs 35 Warren OH 5:10:43 20 Bill Losey 31 Warren OH 5:10:43 21 Susan Donnelly 40 Oak Ridge TN 5:11:48 22 Mike Montgomery 56 Franklin TN 5:11:48 23 Bob Engel 47 Cincinnati OH 5:15:44 24 Sean McCormick 31 Cincinnati OH 5:15:44 25 Gary Hemmelgarn 52 Dayton OH 5:18:28 26 Brian Young 34 Cincinnati OH 5:22:09 27 Tina McCormick 29 Cincinnati OH 5:25:56 28 JJ Rochelle 39 Oak Ridge TN 5:25:56 29 Scott Ferrari 44 West View PA 5:27:14 30 Cole Hanley 38 Huron OH 5:27:36 31 Roy Heger 48 Medina OH 5:31:50 32 Debbie Miller 51 Louisville KY 5:32:05 33 Morris Miller 51 Louisville KY 5:32:05 34 Tanya Cady 49 Sagamore H's OH 5:32:25 35 Spencer Nelson 33 Champaign IL 5:32:25 36 Gregory Trapp 40 Reynoldsburg OH 5:36:00 37 Kevin Romans xx Louisville KY 5:36:05 38 Wee-Haur Pek 32 Singapore 5:37:25 39 Clem Izurieta 36 Ft Collins CO 5:42:06 40 Debbie Russo 45 Gallatin TN 5:45:58 41 Tim Bailey 43 Owingsville KY 5:51:51 42 Mark Carroll 38 Delaware OH 5:51:51 43 Sarah Levin 37 Wellington KY 5:51:51 44 Steve Riportella37 DesPlains IL 5:53:30 45 Mike Allen 53 Dayton OH 5:54:12 46 Merrily Taylor 45 Milton WV 5:54:21 47 Rebecca Dey 44 Champaign IL 5:55:07 48 Debra Horn 43 Shaker Hghts OH 5:55:54 49 Eric Mitchell 39 Nitro WV 5:56:00 50 Bruce Purdy 46 Manchester MI 5:56:24 51 Rob Apple 41 Murfreesboro TN 5:56:40 52 Mark Donnelly 43 Louisville KY 5:58:53 53 Lynn Phillips 42 Lexington KY 6:02:30 54 Allan Holtz 53 Oakdale MN 6:04:00 55 Javier Cendejas 60 Louisville KY 6:06:41 56 Bill Dey 43 Champaign IL 6:07:56 57 Tom Landis 46 Churubusco IN 6:08:14 58 Robert Lisey 52 Wadsworth OH 6:11:03 59 Brenda Beedlow 33 North Olmsted OH6:11:07 60 Donny Keller 44 Latrobe PA 6:11:24 61 Suzanne Weightman39 Greensburg PA 6:11:24 62 Ken Klein 56 Centerville OH 6:11:57 63 Richard Maloof 42 Indianapolis IN 6:14:42 64 Alan Storrow 40 Villa Hills KY 6:14:57 65 Sean Collins 32 Southgate KY 6:15:14 66 Gary Bird 44 Columbia City IN6:19:20 67 Jim Espich 55 Enon OH 6:19:56 68 Ben Mattingly 25 Lexington KY 6:19:56 69 Bruce Mattingly 51 Morehead KY 6:19:56 70 Shawn Nocita 40 Hollidaysburg PA6:20:40 71 Sam Rabon 30 Cullen VA 6:21:30 72 Camille Rabon 26 Cullen VA 6:21:34 73 Lisa-St Bliss 34 Chicago IL 6:21:59 74 Kathleen Harris 47 Chicago IL 6:21:59 75 Nikki Seger 41 Chicago IL 6:21:59 76 Jean Gerstein 52 Chagrin Falls OH6:22:20 77 Bill Piper 57 Lehighton PA 6:22:53 78 Gary Fell 55 Avon Lake OH 6:23:13 79 Karin Gibbs 37 St Joseph IL 6:34:38 80 Tim Gill 43 Savoy IL 6:34:38 81 Jay Finkle 39 Roanoke VA 6:37:38 82 Anita Walker 36 Carolina B' NC 6:37:38 83 Joe Kazakaitis 53 Oakwood IL 6:54:10 84 Micke Reynolds 50 Dublin OH 7:06:32 85 Rosemary Evans 49 Flemingsburg KY 7:07:36 86 Norm Yarger 63 Belvidere IL 7:09:12 87 Megan Salyer 21 Morehead KY 7:26:28 88 Sarann Mock 71 Cincinnati OH 7:28:20 89 Shirley Sirois 55 Springboro OH 7:31:20 90 Nick Graner 39 Fishers IN 9:58:00 91 Marilyn McGaffin42 Carmel IN 9:58:00 Ninety-nine starters, 91 finished the 50 km, 27 did the 50 mile. Seven did 20 miles. We had nice weather, maybe a little warmer than many were ready for. This was the best KUTS weather since KUTS3. Comments about mud seemed to range from "not bad at all" to "there were places." There was only one comment about course markings. Noone got lost, not even Javier. The Friday night buffet saw nearly all of the runners in attendance. And there were over 50 door prizes given away. Ugly Morehead State University hats, MSU socks, MSU apparell (sp), mag subscriptions, UR posters, Americana CrossRoads CDs, a MSPR t (to Hugh), and the coveted Sheltowee Turtle. This was the third turtle, and it seemed ironic that Norm Yarger would win, since his wife had gotten the first one two years ago. To have started as a NUTS (Non-competetive Ultra Trail Series) event (low-key) KUTS has grown somewhat past that. But the essence of a fun run still pervades this event, even if a few try to make it competitive. This may have been the best KUTS yet. But each one has been unique. We overcame clearing the trails from the ice storm a few weeks ago, which might have caused cancelling the run, to the flooding and having to re-route a section, to a few other problems of keeping up with communications of where each runners was. The cell phones WERE BUSY. We were able to keep track of all of the runners, and other logistical things easily for a change. And it went smoothly for the volunteers. This year I put an addition on the entry form asking for volunteers. Duane Frichtl, Pete Schuler, and Tracy Miller were out there the entire time helping. And there were Sharlyn Izurieta, Debbie Russo's two, Dawn (Nikki's friend), John Sanders, and I expect I'm missing others. All friends of the runners working with a few locals to make everything work this year. And there were volunteers from the Red Cross that Bob Grueninger recruited. And then my friends. Dave Daniels, Fred Howes, Bob Bylund, Phil Martin, Tom Carew, Ed Scott, the Gullett brothers, and a cadre of others who just came by saying they were there to help. A successful run doesn't happen without these people. And I was blessed to have so many helping. It's been a long few days. Little sleep, scampering all over the place. Laughing, smiling, worrying, doing, and it's winding down. Post run tomorrow, but I don't have to get up at 3:40. This was a fantastic wonderful weekend. Herb (barkley is next) Hedgecock, 3/15/03