The temperature was 60 degrees at race time but felt warmer since it was sunny and calm. Heat rather than wind, cold or mud slowed many runners for the first time in 8 Sap Runs! Bill Newsham (34:15) and Claudia Sullivan (44:08) were the fastest runners this time. Most said they enjoyed the warm, sunny conditions.
Splashes of mud up and down the backs of runners - the identifying feature of this race in other years, were hard to find. The roads still managed to provide a taste of rural spring, however, to those city-folk who drove out.
Our apologies to those who were inconvenienced by the time mix-up. The original sheet had correctly listed the time as noon and that sheet had been distributed to other clubs and many locations in the greater Burlington area. So when the GMAA newsletter listed the race at 11:00, we could not change the time. A few runners who arrived early could not stay to run. Claudia was in such a hurry to relieve her babysitter that she won the race before speeding off.
Thanks to the large turn-out, the race turned a profit of $69. Special thanks, as always, to our volunteers Anne Taylor, Kay Burger and Patsy McLaughlin, and to the junior helpers Hadley Kaynor and Bess Hassler. We Could not have done it without you!
We served 10 dozen donuts and 10 gallons of cider, and we gave out 7 prizes by random drawing: 1 sniglet calendar, 2 hats, 2 pints of maple syrup, 2 quarts of maple syrup.
We aould also like to thank the runners for their extraordinary neatness - we found but on ekleenex, 2 cups and one water bottle left behind. That's all!
Link to Kaynor's Sap Run History (first
running in 1979)
Results in order of finish follow the age group listing.
WOMEN: 0-19 1. Jennifer Schmitz 47:38 20-29 1. Paula Kneeland 44:41 2. Maria Lee 45:01 3. Kim Callahan 46:56 4. Lauren Major 47:57 5. Sally Bray 49:30 6. Else Overeng 49:46 7. Eileen Carrigan 68:32 30-39 1. Claudia Sullivan 44:08 OVERALL 2. Mimi Whitney 45:34 3. Christina Boerner 45:50 4. Peggy Rogers 49:32 5. Marie Fraeschl 50:22 6. Donna Maguire 53:14 7. Anita Young 54:29 8. Perky Maddocks 56:02 40-49 1. Karen Manson 47:16 2. Martha Heath 53:14 MEN: 0-19 1. Jon Ashley, Jr 43:56 2. Warren Brown 45:44 3. Tom Letsinger 51:12 4. Brian Hynes 53:00 20-29 1. Bill Newsham 34:15 OVERALL 2. Siguart Bjoutegarrd 37:19 3. Jeff Ritchie 38:31 4. Stuart Ashley 43:56 5. Kevin Pasklet 44:53 6. Steve Barett 47:08 7. Paul Daley 48:20 8. Scott Adelman 48:41 9. Allen Maguire 49:16 30-39 1. Barron Littlefield 35:24 2. Perry Bland 36:16 3. Thomas Falz 36:59 4. Geoff Lindeman 37:30 5. Crocker Bennett 38:23 6. Joe Sykes 38:33 7. Dale Rodgers 38:44 8. John McAuliffe 39:04 9. Peter Yates 39:24 10. Steve Titcomb 39:59 11. Kim Maloney 40:36 12. Eric Johnson 40:54 13. John LaVaie 42:11 14. Frank Tsao 42:31 15. Mike Egan 42:32 16. James Scott 42:40 17. Rick Price 42:43 18. Bill Everett 46:51 19. Howie Atherton 46:52 20. Francis Gabel 47:44 21. Mark Kramer 48:38 22. Alec Ireland 49:31 23. Angelo Dorta 49:47 24. Wayne Davies 54:04 40-49 1. Steve Cornish 36:39 2. Charlie Kellogg 37:08 3. John Cade 37:58 4. Tom Crowe 38:16 5. Emery Bassett 38:35 6. Sumner Williams 39:32 7. Peter Monsen 40:19 8. Richard Letsinger 41:31 9. Robert Villemaire 44:35 10. David Jacobowitz 48:16 11. Huck Gutman 49:21 12. William Brown 56:12 50+ 1. Armand Chicoine 46:30 2. Don McDonough 52:51 3. Ed Ziemer 57:31 OVERALL: 1. Bill Newsham 34:15 2. Barron Littlefield 35:24 3. Perry Bland 36:16 4. Steve Cornish 36:39 5. Thomas Falz 36:59 6. Charlie Kellogg 37:08 7. Siguart Bjoutegarrd 37:19 8. Geoff Lindeman 37:30 9. John Cade 37:58 10. Tom Crowe 38:16 11. Crocker Bennett 38:23 12. Jeff Ritchie 38:31 13. Joe Sykes 38:33 14. Emery Bassett 38:35 15. Dale Rodgers 38:44 16. John McAuliffe 39:04 17. Peter Yates 39:24 18. Sumner Williams 39:32 19. Steve Titcomb 39:59 20. Peter Monsen 40:19 21. Kim Maloney 40:36 22. Eric Johnson 40:54 23. Richard Letsinger 41:31 24. John LaVaie 42:11 25. Frank Tsao 42:31 26. Mike Egan 42:32 27. James Scott 42:40 28. Rick Price 42:43 29. Stuart Ashley 43:56 30. Jon Ashley, Jr 43:56 31. Claudia Sullivan 44:08 32. Robert Villemaire 44:35 33. Paula Kneeland 44:41 34. Kevin Pasklet 44:53 35. Maria Lee 45:01 36. Mimi Whitney 45:34 37. Warren Brown 45:44 38. Christina Boerner 45:50 39. Armand Chicoine 46:30 40. Bill Everett 46:51 41. Howie Atherton 46:52 42. Kim Callahan 46:56 43. Steve Barett 47:08 44. Karen Manson 47:16 45. Jennifer Schmitz 47:38 46. Francis Gabel 47:44 47. Lauren Major 47:57 48. David Jacobowitz 48:16 49. Paul Daley 48:20 50. Mark Kramer 48:38 51. Scott Adelman 48:41 52. Allen Maguire 49:16 53. Huck Gutman 49:21 54. Sally Bray 49:30 55. Alec Ireland 49:31 56. Peggy Rogers 49:32 57. Else Overeng 49:46 58. Angelo Dorta 49:47 59. Marie Fraeschl 50:22 60. Tom Letsinger 51:12 61. Don McDonough 52:51 62. Brian Hynes 53:00 63. Donna Maguire 53:14 64. Martha Heath 53:14 65. Wayne Davies 54:04 66. Anita Young 54:29 67. Perky Maddocks 56:02 68. William Brown 56:12 69. Ed Ziemer 57:31 70. Eileen Carrigan 68:32
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