The Fifteenth running of the Dick Collins Firetrails 50 miler had
beautiful weather, a record number of starters, a good finishing
percentage and an unfortunate breakdown in communications which had
several of our volunteers plus police and a Park District helicopter out
looking for Dan Baglione after he was safely home. The results follow:

 1. Brian Purcell, 41              7:04:37
 2. Joe Kulak, 29, CO              7:07:31
 3. Greg Nacco, 37                 7:25:00
 4. Ken Gregorich, 38              7:25:37
 5. James Ross, 33                 7:38:50
 6. Michael Loney, 26              7:52:04
 7. Dave Covey, 36                 7:54:26
 8. Will Aarsheim, 28              7:58:52
 9. Erol Ackdoe, 30                7:59:53
10. Wayne Miles, 51                8:01:02
11. Jed Tukman, 26                 8:03:25
12. Suzie Lister(F), 32            8:14:16
13. Kevin S.L.J. Sawchuk, 32       8:14:17
14. Roger Dellor, 55               8:30:40
15. Jean-Paul Mazaud, 45           8:40:32
16. Todd Holmes, 41, CO            8:42:12
16. Mark Romalia, 38, CO           8:42:12
18. Philip Ramsey, 31              8:45:06
19. Maryann Murphy(F), 33          8:45:09
20. Tom Sloan, 49                  8:51:27
21. David Kim, 54                  8:58:31
22. Rena Schumann(F), 36           8:59:02
23. Doug White, 40                 9:00:51
24. Eric Robinson, 29              9:05:17
25. Masters Flamingo(F), 36, NV    9:10:59
26. Mark Overhoff, 36              9:11:03
27. Wally Hesseltine, 54           9:18:33
28. Michael Soltesz, 41            9:20:48
29. Jack MacBroom, 40              9:21:53
30. Ron Howard, 46                 9:24:05
31  Richard Pon, 46                9:29:49
32  Scott Clark, 32                9:30:59
33. Bill Menard, 46, FL            9:31:13
34. Christine Flaherty(F), 44      9:33:48
35. Barry Nelson, 38               9:34:07
36. Clement K. Choy, 50            9:34:19
37. Earl Looney, 49                9:34:23
38. Pete Petri, 39                 9:37:45
39. Darrell R. Schlee, 57          9:38:14
40. Topher Gaylord, 28             9:38:27
41. Stan Jensen, 44                9:45:02
42. Kellie Sheehan(F), 44          9:46:44
43. Elizabeth Sotoodeh(F), 39, NV  9:55:33
44. Mike Palmer, 43               10:06:35
45. Hollis Lenderking, 47         10:07:50
46. Linda Lee(F), 41              10:09:43
47. Robert C. Rowe, 42            10:12:58
48. Michael B. Willbanks, 42      10:13:07
49. Kent Holder, 58               10:16:11
50. Michael Saal, 49              10:24:33
51. Jeff Vieyra, 50               10:24:25
52. Barry Fisher, 53              10:28:15
53. Tina M.M. Scalise(F), 42      10:30:41
54. Linda J. Elam(F), 51          10:30:57
55. Ron Vertrees, 60              10:34:58
56. Jon Aujay, 37                 10:39:04
57. Fred Liebes, 51               10:42:51
58. Richard Aleshire, 52          10:48:03
59. Richard Laine, 68             10:51:47
60. Charles Savage, 49            10:54:53
61. Steve Gaal, 63                10:56:14
62. Cathy Hilton(F), 39           10:57:44
63. Bill Andrews, 45              10:58:51
64. Ken Crouse, 41                11:00:10
65. Carol La Plant(F), 50         11:03:04
66. Jim Wholey, 51                11:12:21
67. Lon Monroe, 50, NV            11:12:55
68. Brenda K. Hill(F), 49, NV     11:12:59
69. Terry G. Cray(F), 41, NV      11:14:33
69. John B. Rhodes, 50, NV        11:14:33
71. Linda Parr(F), 46             11:23:41
72. Barbara Elia(F), 53           11:25:02
73. Eric Homrig, 41               11:33:09
74. Lisa Felder(F), 50            11:38:58
75. Linda Kircher(F), 52          11:45:33
76. Link Lindquist, 70            11:55:04
77. Claudia Newsome(F), 47        11:56:33
78. Steve Reagan, 44              11:56:47
79. Ellen Freiberg(F), 40         11:56:50
80. Rob Volkenand, 66, OR         11:56:54
81. Mike Campbell, 43             12:07:26
82. Bob Ross, 54, OR              12:11:56
83. Todd Phillips, 39             12:12:43
84. Mike Tselentis, 70            12:13:21
85. Pat Wellington(F), 49         12:26:58
86. Soon Nemeth(F), 49            12:37:35
87. John E. Scott, 60             12:45:06
88. Dina Kovash(F), 59            13:04:18
89. Frank E. Rodriguez, 72        13:42:56

101 Starters; 89 finishers (88%)

Data from John Buenfil & Stan Jensen

Last updated: October 22, 1997