Greg Crowther of Seattle, WA, won his second USA ultrarunning title of 2007, running 7 hours, 14 minutes, 31 seconds to win the USA 100 km title at the Mad City 100K in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday. This was just a few weeks after winning the USA 50k Road Championships in 3:04, and winning the 2006 SunMart 50-miler a few months before that. You can find a pre-Mad City interview with Greg here.2005 50k Trail Champion Julie Udchachon from Eagle River, AK, took her first 100k USA title, winning the women's division in 8:09:04. Just a few minutes behind was Devon Crosby-Helms, whom I ran with at the Napa Valley Marathon. Nice work, Devon!
Crowther overcame unseasonably cold conditions (20 degrees and windy) to out-pace renowned ultramarathoner, Scott Jurek by 17:34. Greg was hoping to run sub 6:50 according to his blog. Udchachon's margin of victory was 17:35 over Carolyn Smith. The distance, 100 kilometers, just over 62 miles saw competitors running a scenic 10-kilometer course around Lake Wingra ten times. Over 50 ultramarathoners from around the country were entered.
Here are the top finishers:
Men
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Greg Crowther 7:14:31
Scott Jurek 7:32:05
Kevin Setnes 7:51:49
Roy Pirrung 8:49:28
Robert Pokorny 9:00:13
John Finn 9:25:01
Alarik Rosenlund 9:37:42
Russell De Lap 9:42:04
Joe Winch 9:45:25
Steven Escaler 10:16:55
Mark Miller 10:17:53
Michael Bohl 10:26:21
Kevin Radel 10:28:47
Robert Wehner 10:34:55
Michael Hayden 10:55:14
Women
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Julie Udchachon 8:09:04
Devon Crosby-Helms 8:16:41
Carolyn Smith 8:36:39
Ann Heaslett 8:45:27
Connie Gardner 8:56:08
Francesca Conte 9:11:31
Kim Martin 9:27:00
Kimberly Holak 9:35:24
Mary Gorski 10:55:08
Deedee Grafius 11:27:58
Suzanne Pokorny 12:14:59
(photo courtesy of Glenn Tachiyama)
Cool ! Greg discusses his 10k splits on his blog. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHi Scott - could you e-mail me at colleenwoods@hotmail.com ? I have a question for you and could not locate your e-mail address on your Blog. By the way, your Blog is GREAT and very informative!!!
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Thanks for the report.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Julie. She is impressive! I met her in Quicksilver 2006 - in the beginning and near the 50K finish. We had a short talk. Would love to chat with her next time in the race.
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Thanks for the recap. I was trying to follow this race while it was in progress but updates were a bit infrequent. I was wondering how Greg and Scott would do after training in the more mild temperatures in Seattle and then walking into our Midwestern cold spell.
ReplyDeleteGreg ran a awesome race! He was the only male to qualify for the 100K world championships. Congrats, Greg!
ReplyDeleteI had the honor of Greg looping me many, many, many times at the Bridle Trails 50k this January. His finishing time was 3:19:40, a new course record. Mine was double that plus a bit extra. But for an extremely icy and ankle-turning trail, it was a good run for everyone. :-)
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