Vancouver Island Runner Steals Haney Harrison 100KM Victory Haney Harrison 100KM Ultra Saturday November 3rd, 2001 Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia: Rob Wall of Campbell River, BC came from behind to steal victory in the Haney Harrison 100KM road race, overtaking early leader Michael Misteli of Switzerland with just 8 km to go. Wall, a member of Canada's 100KM national team, finished in a time of 8:39:16. Misteli, winner of the Toronto 100KM earlier this year, was 2nd in 8:50:37. The women's race was dominated by rookies to the 100KM distance. Margaret Paxton of Squamish ran a steady race setting a women's course record in 10:26:31. 2nd Place went to Slovenian runner Tanja Angleitner in 11:03:27. This year's weather conditions were perfect for road running, featuring mild temperatures of 7C (45 deg) at the 4 a.m. start rising to 12C (55 deg) on a sunny autumn afternoon. 21 runners toed the start line, with 19 competitors (7 of these first timers to the 100K distance) making it to the beachfront finish line in Harrison Hot Springs. This was the 5th edition of the Ultra race held in conjunction with the 20th Annual Haney Harrison Relay, a point to point course which starts in Haney, British Columbia (a suburb of Greater Vancouver) and winds along scenic rural roads in British Columbia's Fraser Valley to finish by the beach on the Esplanade in the idyllic resort community of Harrison Hot Springs. At the awards banquet, all of the ultrarunners received a standing ovation from the crowd of relay runners who also seemed to be trying to grasp the concept of running a full 100KM. Finally, a vote of thanks has to be given to those volunteers who contributed a 17 hour day of volunteer work Results: 1 Robert Wall 8:39:16 2 Michael Misteli 8:50:37 3 Ted Russo 9:10:46 4 Matthew Sessions 9:51:10 5 Brian Van Oene 10:02:36 6 Bruce Grant 10:11:18 7 Tom O'Brennan 10:12:17 8 Mark White 10:26:11 9 Margaret Paxton F 10:26:31 (1st Female) 10 Rob MacDonald 10:32:06 11 Leland Wakelin 10:54:47 12 Imre Sorban 10:59:00 13 Tanja Angleitner F 11:03:27 14 Jon Mahoney 11:29:22 15 John Little 11:41:39 16 Chris Hutchins F 11:43:21 17 Sarah Gallazin F 12:02:13 18 Peter Sadler 12:13:13 19 Ron Adams 12:34:21 21 starters -30- Full results (including split times) available soon at http://www.raceheadquarters.com under the heading "Results" For more information contact: Ron Adams, Haney Harrison 100KM, Ultra Co-Ordinator North Vancouver, B.C. Capilano@ATTglobal.net or RMAdams@wimsey.com 11/4/01