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Buckeye Trail 50K 2003 Results

July 26, 2003

Kam Lee,            4:31
Mike Ryan,          4:39
Tim Clement,        4:48
Robin Hutchinson,   4:58
Connie Gardner,     5:10F
Ron Ross,           5:10
Robie Black,        5:15
Rich Henderson,     5:18
Sarah Wheeler   ,   5:18F
Bob Pokorny,        5:22
Wayne Vereb,        5:22
Roy Heger,          5:31
Mike Cargill,       5:31
Steve Vellky,       5:38
Stephen Godale,     5:41
Dawn Malone,        5:48F
Kevin Ball,         5:48
Bill Wagner,        5:57
Mike George,        6:05
Tom Aspin,          6:11
Bill Bogar,         6:16
Glenn Dumonthier,   6:28
Brandon Russell,    6:51
Jim Sullivan,       7:01
Tom Bieniosek,      7:02
Mark Elderbrock,    7:12
Dave Janosko,       7:18
Paul Yoe,           7:40
Joe Jurczyk,        7:40
Kathy Firlotte,     7:46F
Dolores Manhoff,    7:46F
Paul Morgan,        8:01
Nancy Gamble,       8:58F
Frederick Davis II, 8:58
Nancy Lisey,        9:29F
48 starters

The 10th Annual Buckeye Trail 50K (BT50K) was held just days after much of the 
local area experienced flash flooding.  The high waters of the Cuyahoga River 
washed away parts of nearby towpath and closed down the Cuyahoga Valley Line,   
the train that runs north and south through the area, having taken away much of 
the land under its tracks.  Luckily, none of the short towpath section that is 
part of the the BT50K was unrunnable.  While the recent rains did not cause any 
excessive problems with footing during the run anywhere along the trails, the 
remnants of the damage were plainly visible.  Streams that had risen above their 
walls left silt-  covered areas of land near the BT50K course

In the event Kam Lee won his second straight BT50K while Connie Gardner, a week 
after completing the Vermont 100, was the first female finisher for the second   
time at the summer version of the BT50K.  Stephen Godale survived food poisoning 
from the night before the run and showed his intestinal fortitude to become the 
only runner to complete all 10 BT50K's.