Bandera 100K / 50K / 25K Jan 11-12, 2003 100K 1 9:59:55 Scott Eppelman M Coppell TX 2 10:32:20 Paul Frost M Schertz TX 3 11:34:00 Bill Gardner M Garden Ridge TX 4 11:41:00 Les Michalak M Burlington ON 5 12:08:52 Scott Gordon M Albuquerque NM 6 12:59:47 Bill Patience M Georgetown TX 7 13:16:52 Juan Galvan M Houston TX 8 14:06:47 Pat Munz F Anchorage AK 9 14:43:25 John Prohira M Leroy NY 10 14:51:23 Scott Wood M New Braunfels TX 11 14:54:00 Nancy Halpin F Albuquerque NM 12 15:12:45 Paul Schmidt M El Cajon CA 13 15:12:45 Mark Lindsey M Austin Tx 14 15:49:25 Bill Nictakis M Plano TX 15 16:51:21 Bill VanAntwerp M Herndon VA 16 16:52:09 Linda Hurd F Sugarland TX 17 16:55:21 Mark Raymond M Austin TX 18 18:11:48 Dave Ferry M Nashville TN 19 18:41:48 Duane Grigg M Gainesville MO 20 18:52:35 Henry Hobbs M Bastrop TX 21 18:52:35 Lennie Winkelman M Georgetown TX 22 19:18:23 Keith Whited M Alexandria VA 23 19:31:51 Leo Lavender M Houston TX 24 19:54:05 Stevan Pattillo M Jemez Springs NM 25 20:38:26 Robert Heynen M Austin TX 26 20:41:55 Diane Heynen F Austin TX 27 20:45:46 Steve Williams M Cedar Creek TX 28 21:34:32 Deborah Sexton F Richardson TX 29 21:34:32 Doug Gimenez M Austin TX 30 21:34:32 Pete Cahill M Houston TX 50K 1 4:34:29 Joe Constantino M Houston TX 2 4:37:11 Troy Moon M Cedar Park TX 3 4:41:49 Robert King M Porter TX 4 4:47:18 Ray Woodall M Austin TX 5 4:47:32 Carlos Ibarra M Houston TX 6 4:47:32 David Boyd M Houston TX 7 4:51:24 Pierre Koutani M Houston TX 8 4:59:48 Drew Meyer M Fort Worth TX 9 5:08:42 Britt Starnes M Dallas TX 10 5:15:12 Gregory Loomis M San Antonio TX 11 5:18:31 Jennifer Berry F Dallas TX 12 5:18:31 Kent Keller M Dallas TX 13 5:24:08 Archie Phillips M San Antonio TX 14 5:31:37 Dianna Hager F Denison TX 15 5:34:41 Kathy Duryea F Highland Village TX 16 5:36:54 Todd Leatherwood M Irving TX 17 5:43:58 Bart Childers M San Antonio TX 18 5:48:22 Dennis Drey M Albuquerque NM 19 5:51:07 Mario Felix Martinez M Fayetteville AR 20 5:53:38 Matthew Crownover M Garland TX 21 5:54:38 Kurt Coonrod M Albuquerque NM 22 5:54:38 Joe Sulak M Helotes TX 23 6:11:40 Tracy Fee F Houston TX 24 6:22:55 David Jackson M Dallas TX 25 6:27:23 Chris Hearne M Georgetown TX 26 6:32:02 Melanie Hennis F Converse TX 27 6:42:20 Meredith Novy F Bellaire TX 28 6:42:50 Richard McCormick M Austin TX 29 6:43:10 Kelly Bowles F Albuquerque NM 30 6:44:54 Duane Lewis M Round Rock TX 31 6:47:44 Kathy Cooper F Seabrook TX 32 6:57:17 Garry Elmitt M Austin TX 33 6:58:19 Grace Herrington F San Marcos TX 34 6:58:41 Shaun Schottmiller M Austin TX 35 7:02:05 Michael Clark M Cedar Park TX 36 7:02:21 Wade Keller M Jourdanton TX 37 7:10:56 Michael Arredondo M Irving TX 38 7:14:05 Bill Gomboc M Lexington OK 39 7:16:09 Lee Topham M Porter TX 40 7:23:16 Bill Pustow M Louisville KY 41 7:25:06 Griff Griffin M Denison TX 42 7:40:18 Wayne Lauritzen M Sugarland TX 43 7:58:27 Len DeMoss M Hazelwood MO 44 8:02:00 Gayla Harris F Austin TX 45 8:04:45 Hiram Byrd M Mountain Home AR 46 8:10:54 Michael Quinn M Richmond TX 47 8:26:27 Angela Williams F Plano TX 48 8:26:27 PJ Grogan M Grapevine TX 49 9:12:40 Kelly Eppleman F Coppell TX 50 9:48:01 Robert Beck M Houston TX 51 9:52:35 John Stowers M Petal MS The following runners registered for the 100K (completed 50K) 52 4:23:10 Matt Harrington M Austin TX 53 5:46:00 Scott Demaree M Pasadena TX 54 6:14:29 Chris Wood M Pearland TX 55 6:24:23 James Meyers M Houston TX 56 6:42:31 Michael Martinez M Helotes TX 57 6:42:50 Bradley Youngblood M Fort Worth TX 58 6:48:49 Moe White M Burlington ON 59 7:18:19 David Berdis M Dripping Springs TX 60 7:24:58 Peter Bennett M Houston TX 61 7:44:06 Valerie Khachadourian F San Carlos CA 62 7:48:02 Rick Gastelum M Austin TX 63 7:52:50 Yen Nguyen F Houston TX 64 7:57:00 John Cappis M Los Alamos NM 65 8:03:20 Shan Rooney F Austin TX 66 8:10:00 Trey Taylor M Austin TX 67 8:12:18 Kelly Galloway M Austin TX 68 8:16:55 Terry Shelden M Round Rock TX 69 8:34:58 Kim Sergeant F Galveston TX 70 9:09:21 Liam Douglass M Bastrop TX 71 9:19:29 Buddy Jones M Oklahoma City OK 25K 1 2:02:49 Scott Barrows M San Antonio TX 2 2:14:26 Todd Gerlach M Austin TX 3 2:14:53 Jon Hill M Austin TX 4 2:16:35 Steve Sprinkle M Austin TX 5 2:22:21 John Nichols M El Dorado Hills CA 6 2:22:37 Kurt Stonecipher M Austin TX 7 2:23:49 Colin Wallis M Austin TX 8 2:24:57 Larry Thompson M Dallas TX 9 2:25:47 Bob Wallace M Dallas TX 10 2:26:51 David Corley M Fort Worth TX 11 2:27:54 Shannon Walsch F San Antonio TX 12 2:29:04 Russ Cutting M Universal City TX 13 2:31:47 Glenn Bugay M Springbranch TX 14 2:34:24 Chuck Hobbs M Dallas TX 15 2:34:56 Ruth England F Austin TX 16 2:38:33 George Lowery M Dallas TX 17 2:40:59 Mark Byrd M San Antonio TX 18 2:41:56 Sid Subramanian M Austin TX 19 2:42:02 Mike Lutz M Bulverde TX 20 2:42:05 Tina Runyan F San Antonio TX 21 2:43:18 David Sing M Austin TX 22 2:45:25 Brian Duffy M San Antonio TX 23 2:45:38 Fred Fletcher M Austin TX 24 2:46:05 Shirl Walter M Spring Branch TX 25 2:48:58 Bryan Trammell M Houston TX 26 2:49:17 Ana Maria Wilcox F San Antonio TX 27 2:51:13 Roger Hale M Sherman TX 28 2:53:45 Kerstin Schoenhael F Houston TX 29 2:53:46 Michael Dotson M San Angelo TX 30 2:56:53 Brent Trammell M Dallas TX 31 3:05:16 Julie Katzberg F Austin TX 32 3:05:17 Joe Rodriguez M Round Rock TX 33 3:09:06 Stephen Hampton M San Antonio TX 34 3:10:50 William Burton M Fort Worth TX 35 3:14:55 Scott Appleton M Austin TX 36 3:16:10 Mike Frontz M San Antonio TX 37 3:19:45 Mandy Midgett F San Antonio TX 38 3:25:05 Michael Lannan M Cedar Park TX 39 3:25:43 Brad Garrison M Austin TX 40 3:25:46 Jessica Woodings F Spring TX 41 3:28:34 Weldon Glockzin M Flint TX 42 3:34:45 Kim Risinger F Normal IL 43 3:34:45 James McCoul M Sherman TX 44 3:34:45 Teresa McCoul F Sherman TX 45 3:34:45 John McCoul M Sherman TX 46 3:37:54 Davey Harrison M San Antonio TX 47 3:37:54 Michael Burns M Austin TX 48 3:39:41 Mark Lannan M Pflugerville TX 49 3:47:45 John McCarey M San Antonio TX 50 3:47:52 Jenia Strudel F San Antonio TX 51 3:55:49 Karen Rolirad F San Antonio TX 52 3:55:51 Michael Rolirad M San Antonio TX 53 3:58:21 Andy Ewing M Round Rock TX 54 3:58:21 Jim Sink M Austin TX 55 3:58:40 Catherine Siroishka F Austin TX 56 3:59:53 Layne Roach F Wimberley TX 57 4:01:45 David Stump M SanAntonio TX 58 4:01:45 Lori Evans F SanAntonio TX 59 4:04:06 Karen Kolivosky F Garden Ridge TX 60 4:06:06 Gary Phillips M Mountain Home AR 61 4:06:42 Audrey Griffin F Denison TX 62 4:06:43 Jessica McCoul F Sherman TX 63 4:15:08 Corinne Hale F Sherman TX 64 4:28:33 Andrew McCarroll M Austin TX 65 4:32:06 Paige Fletcher F Austin TX 66 4:36:20 DonnaLou Holland F Spicewood TX 67 4:40:13 Janice Bronikowski F The Woodlands TX 68 4:46:22 Jill Sulak F Helotes TX 69 4:46:39 Ryan Mitchell M San Antonio TX 70 4:55:36 Eva Sanders F San Marcos TX 71 4:55:36 Deb Burley F San Marcos TX 72 4:58:50 Dana Bean F San Marcos TX 73 5:14:05 Robert Schofield M Oakville ON 74 5:55:20 Renee Stanley F San Antonio TX 75 6:02:21 Gib Hafernick M San Antonio TX 76 6:06:56 Stanley Tomasiak M San Antonio TX 196 total runners registered 56 100K 55 50K 85 25K 179 total runners started 50 100K 52 50K 77 25K 177 total finishers 30 100K 51 50K 20 50K runners from the 100K starters 76 25K Percentage finish rate 60% 100K 93% 50K 40% 100K drop to 50K 99% 25K It was a classic battle for the first 50K, but on the second 50K a new contender (Mother Nature) joined the fray and thrashed the field of contenders. A perfect cold, dry, and windless morning, turned to rain by noon that came and went for the remainder of the weekend. The temperature floated about in the high 30s, day and night. Scott Eppelman and Matt Harington slugged it out with Matt finishing just 6 minutes ahead of Scott on the first 50K. But Matt did not continue. His course record setting 4:23:10 marked the fastest 50K split. Scott's 4:29:55 50K split carried over to a course record fastest 100K time of 9:59:55. Paul Frost & Bill Gardner finished second & third. Pat Munz of Alaska set the women's course record with a 14:06:47 followed by Nancy Halpin & Linda Hurd. The second loop was understandably slower as the rain turned the fast flat sections to thick clinging mud. The steep rocky hills that slowed everybody on the first loop became the desired place to be on the 2nd loop. 40% of the 100K field dropped to the 50K finish option on the 2nd loop. The combined near freezing temperature, rain, rocks, and darkness cut through the 100K field, leaving only 30 finishers of the 50 starters. The 50K event was won by Joe Constantino in 4:34:29, followed closely by Troy Moon & Robert King. The women's 50K course record was set by Jennifer Berry in 5:18:31. Second & third were Dianna Hager & Kathy Duryea. 51 of 52 starters finished the 50K. The 25K course record was set by first time trail runner Scott Barrows in 2:02:49. Second, third, & fourth were Todd Gerlach, Jon Hill, & Steve Sprinkle. 76 of 77 starters finished the 25K. The course was difficult enough, spreading the field across a wide finish rate. The 100K went from 9:59 to 21:34, the 50K from 4:34 to 9:52. & the 25K from 2:02 to 6:06. The times would improve some with no rain, but on a hotter day, it might be much slower. The course was very confusing and rugged but marked well enough to only lose a few less diligent runners. The aid stations every 5 miles were managed by some of the most experienced trail runners in Texas and they managed the runners with care and intelligence. It was a very nasty day that was a lot of fun because it was handled very well. Next year's race will be Jan 10, 2004. I have promised our Canadian friends to use snow next year in place of rain. Now that would be grand. Joe Prusaitis- RD jprusaitis@austin.rr.com January 16, 2003