The Bear 100
September 28-29, 2001
Preston, Idaho

1. Hal Koerner III        21.49.26 !
2. Tom Hays               22.38.09
3. Ruth Zollinger  (F)    23.56.51 !
4. Tim Seminoff           26.56.11
5. Dean Tucker            27.24.04
6. Dennis Haslett         28.18.30
7. Betsy Kalmeyer (F)     28.26.02
8. Mary Workman (F)       28.50.26
9. Rock Horton            29.10.17
10. William Rideg         31.15.05
11. Dennis Baniewicz      31.41.19
12. Virgil Bass II        31.44.47
13. Errol Jones           32.06.26
14. Ted Schuster          32.10.05
15. Robert Lisey          32.49.25
16. Jim O'Neil            32.50.15
17. John Medinger         32.53.58

29 Starters; 17 Finishers; 59%

Hal Koerner and Ruth Zollinger both set impressive course records.
Betsy Kalmeyer completed a most studly Mountain Slam:  Hardrock,
Leadville, Wasatch and The Bear.

Since the race has a 35-hour time limit and there were several folks
behind me, I was rather startled to learn that I managed to finish
last.  Those behind me either dropped or missed the cutoffs.  Pretty
cool: I won a race once (out of 120 ultras) but have never before been
dfl!

Thanks to RD Leland Barker and crew for a tremendous amount of work.
The course is a very demanding one, with lots of elevation (much of it
is above 8000 feet), lots of rocks, and one stretch (from mile 93 to
95) that rivals the worst quality "trail" of anything I have seen in a
race.  The aid was good, and the course was exceptionally well marked.

Aloha,
Tropical John