58 Legacy Runners at United Space Alliance 10-Miler
After today's running, there have been 58 runners who have participated in all four (4) United Space Alliance 10-Milers.
I'll have some statistics below, but there have been two runners who have lowered their times each year -- Brenda Opliger and Christopher Bittinger.
Opliger, 49, ran the first year in 2:36:01.4 followed by showings of 2:33:49.2, 2:25:52.2 and 2:23:32 this year. Bittinger, 39, saw his times go from 1:18:12.1, 1:06:30.7, 1:05:00.7 and 1:01:49 today.
There are eight (8) possible patterns of how times can go from one year to the next. Here is the distribution of the 57 runners and their year-to-year times.
Up-Up-Down -- 15
Up-Up-Up -- 2
Up-Down-Down -- 1
Down-Up-Up -- 10
Down-Up-Down -- 24
Down-Down-Up -- 4
Down-Down-Down -- 2
You'll notice that 51 had an up from 2004 to 2005 due to the excessive heat and humidity that we had last year.
The four (4) that were unable to join Opliger and Bittinger in continuing to drop their times were Bonnie Jo Barron, Christopher Rampacek, Paul Roche and Tom Stilwell.
Bonnie Jo, meanwhile, joins Eva Luckey, Donna Sterns, Margaret Montgomery, John Yoder, Rudy Rocha, Francisco Perez and Ben Harvie as the only runners to finish in the top three of their age group each year. In fact, Rudy Rocha is the only one to take first place in his age group every single year.
Rocha, Perez and Yoder are the only ones to run it under an hour all four (4) years.
The oldest? Margaret Montgomery. The youngest? Raul Quiros.
The complete list is as follows:
Andrea Chan, Annie Hadow, Ben Harvie, Bonnie Jo Barron, Brenda Opliger, Chris Bittinger, Chris Preston, Christopher Rampacek, Cindy Sosa, Dan Dick, Deb Clifford, Denise Correll, Donna Sterns, Douglas Paddon-Jones, Edwin Quarles, Eva Luckey, Felix Lugo, Francisco Garza, Francisco Perez, Gail Sabanosh, Ignacio Ybarra, Jack Lippincott, James Leonard, Jay Bevan, Jesus Garza, John Yoder, Jose Luis Martinez, Jose Reyes, Julie Ward, Karen Lancer, Kathryn Vidal, Kay Stewart, Kevin Ward, Lent Rhodes, Lynn Trafton, Margaret Montgomery, Mario Carbone, Mark Anderson, Mark Fraser, Martin Stupel, Matthew Chauvin, Myron Dianiska, Nathan Weber, Paul Roche, Raul Quiros, Richard Werner, Robert Walters, Roger Redding, Rosemarie Schmandt, Rudy Rocha, Skip Teel, Terrie Gorney, Terry Johnson, Tim Bowler, Tom Chandler, Tom Stilwell, Tonya Arnold, Yong Collins
Congratulations!
I'll have some statistics below, but there have been two runners who have lowered their times each year -- Brenda Opliger and Christopher Bittinger.
Opliger, 49, ran the first year in 2:36:01.4 followed by showings of 2:33:49.2, 2:25:52.2 and 2:23:32 this year. Bittinger, 39, saw his times go from 1:18:12.1, 1:06:30.7, 1:05:00.7 and 1:01:49 today.
There are eight (8) possible patterns of how times can go from one year to the next. Here is the distribution of the 57 runners and their year-to-year times.
Up-Up-Down -- 15
Up-Up-Up -- 2
Up-Down-Down -- 1
Down-Up-Up -- 10
Down-Up-Down -- 24
Down-Down-Up -- 4
Down-Down-Down -- 2
You'll notice that 51 had an up from 2004 to 2005 due to the excessive heat and humidity that we had last year.
The four (4) that were unable to join Opliger and Bittinger in continuing to drop their times were Bonnie Jo Barron, Christopher Rampacek, Paul Roche and Tom Stilwell.
Bonnie Jo, meanwhile, joins Eva Luckey, Donna Sterns, Margaret Montgomery, John Yoder, Rudy Rocha, Francisco Perez and Ben Harvie as the only runners to finish in the top three of their age group each year. In fact, Rudy Rocha is the only one to take first place in his age group every single year.
Rocha, Perez and Yoder are the only ones to run it under an hour all four (4) years.
The oldest? Margaret Montgomery. The youngest? Raul Quiros.
The complete list is as follows:
Andrea Chan, Annie Hadow, Ben Harvie, Bonnie Jo Barron, Brenda Opliger, Chris Bittinger, Chris Preston, Christopher Rampacek, Cindy Sosa, Dan Dick, Deb Clifford, Denise Correll, Donna Sterns, Douglas Paddon-Jones, Edwin Quarles, Eva Luckey, Felix Lugo, Francisco Garza, Francisco Perez, Gail Sabanosh, Ignacio Ybarra, Jack Lippincott, James Leonard, Jay Bevan, Jesus Garza, John Yoder, Jose Luis Martinez, Jose Reyes, Julie Ward, Karen Lancer, Kathryn Vidal, Kay Stewart, Kevin Ward, Lent Rhodes, Lynn Trafton, Margaret Montgomery, Mario Carbone, Mark Anderson, Mark Fraser, Martin Stupel, Matthew Chauvin, Myron Dianiska, Nathan Weber, Paul Roche, Raul Quiros, Richard Werner, Robert Walters, Roger Redding, Rosemarie Schmandt, Rudy Rocha, Skip Teel, Terrie Gorney, Terry Johnson, Tim Bowler, Tom Chandler, Tom Stilwell, Tonya Arnold, Yong Collins
Congratulations!
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