Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:15:15 -0700 Subject: Silver State 50-50 (very long) The 9th annual 50-50 started at 6am (well, 6:11am) with a registered field of 127 hopeful competitors. We have a limit of 125, but extended it because of the closing of "The Nugget" this year. The previous 3 days had brought plenty of rain, colder temperatures and dampened spirits to the 116 who braved the starting line: five of whom had switched from the 50 mile race to the 50km in hopes of avoiding the onslot of muddy conditions that awaited them. Greg Atchley (NV) and Michael Carlson (ID) took the 50 mile field at a great pace climbing the first 3500' to the 6 mile aid. They worked the next 10 miles in concert only to be run down by Sean Crom (NV) who kept the hammer down on the long 8.2 mile hill that comes after the 27 mile mark. Greg, not one to sit and wait, made a wonderful attempt to close the distance and managed to get to within 3 minutes for a great 2nd place finish. Karen Libsch (UT) dominated the women's field, with Helen Hull (CA) trying to close the gap, only to be turned away by the ever incessant mud and snow conditions. Bruce Linscott (CA) had a mission in this year's running of the 50km, having been 2nd for the previous 2 years. He, like Sean, put the hammer down on the 8.2 mile hill (which comes at 14 miles in the 50km) to put the rest of the field far in the rear. Making sure he wasn't a bride's maid this time!! On the women's side, Wendy Ackermann had a great day putting away Mo Bartley (CA), but with only 6 minutes separating them at the finish line. Of the 116 starters, 102 finished in the allotted time (13 hrs.) and 3 toughed it out anyway to give 105, although they were over the limit. The elements out did the other 11 souls. This was a wonderful experience for many, even with the hardships, and we'd like to thank our GREAT aid station volunteers (whom we've already received phone, fax and e-mail about) for their "above and beyond the call of duty" efforts. Ken & Roland Silver State 50km - May 18, 1996 - Reno, NV 1. Bruce Linscott, 38 5:57:32 2. Charles Ehm, 26 6:27:31 3. Joe Schlereth, 46 6:28:54 4. John Edgcomb, 37 6:37:37 5. Greg Nacco, 36 6:37:38 6. Charles Crompton, 48 6:46:26 7. John Trent, 33, NV 6:50:53 8. Tom Wright, 51 6:53:30 9. Ryan Singleton, 24 6:55:16 10. Gard Leighton, 61 7:06:24 11. Lou Martin, 43 7:08:39 12. Fred Call, 35, ID 7:14:04 13. Bernard Coudurier, 44 7:17:32 14. Ken Cicinelli, 30 7:17:48 15. Edward Frisch, 56, NV 7:32:33 16. Dan Fowkes, 34 7:35:30 17. Wendy Ackermann(F), 30 7:35:39 18. Michael Lavelle, 40 7:37:22 19. Jim Berryman-Shafer, 42, NV 7:40:55 20. Mo Bartley(F), 41 7:41:49 21. Joe Livak, 54, NV 7:51:03 22. Greg Fernbacher, 34 7:51:39 23. Scott Abrams, 39, NV 8:05:02 24. Dwaine Batt, 60 8:05:34 25. Eric Ianacone, 49 8:05:40 26. Bob Dickinson, 41 8:06:58 27. Kathy Welch(F), 42 8:07:32 28. Joanie Mork(F), 42 8:10:10 29. Thomas Larson, 38 8:12:14 30. David Kim, 53 8:13:59 31. Barry Fisher, 51 8:14:21 32. Lisa Deaton(F), 43 8:18:17 33. Karl Gerdes, 47 8:18:36 34. Michael Pardo, 45 8:30:21 35. George Palermo, 43 8:30:46 = Joan Scannell(F), 50 8:30:46 37. Raymond Scannel, 46 8:30:47 38. Ron Dunlap, 57 8:33:00 39. Steve Heckert, 36 8:52:38 40. Terry Cray(F), 40, NV 8:54:09 41. John B. Rhodes, 48, NV 8:54:10 42. Toni Miller(F), 43 8:59:50 = Shirley Church(F), 54 8:59:50 44. Steve Galvan, 57, NV 8:59:51 45. Lisa Macias(F), 31 9:02:10 46. Laurette Fox(F), 43 9:10:53 47. Fred Holabird, 42, NV 9:11:34 48. John Gunther, 50, NV 9:11:35 = Rena Schumann(F), 34 9:11:35 50. Frank Ives, 53 9:14:08 = Harold Carling, 61 9:14:08 52. Chrissy Duryea(F), 35 9:14:09 53. Jay Anderson, 39, NV 9:30:25 54. Gary Ide, 44, NV 9:31:25 55. Miryam Kadkhodayan(F), 33 9:38:08 56. Joseph Holmberg, 55 9:56:05 57. Claudia Berryman-Shafer(F), 47, NV 10:00:56 58. Tony Jankowski, 43 10:04:50 59. Tonya Mauldin(F), 49 10:22:41 60. Robert Mathis, 31, OR 10:23:52 61. Janet Rivara(F), 40 10:35:50 = Lucinda Fisher(F), 54 10:35:50 63. Carl Yates, 68 10:52:43 64. Karen Ide(F), 46 12:06:11 65. Leslie Nacanisi(F), 49 12:57:12 Bruce Brusten, 51, NV 15:28:43 Silver State 50mi - May 18, 1996 - Reno, NV 1. Sean Crom, 40, NV 8:26:20 2. Greg Atchley, 29, NV 8:29:02 3. Stan Wingate, 36 9:28:04 4. Joe Braninburg, 52, NV 9:41:34 5. Michael Carlson, 36, ID 9:46:24 6. Karen Libsch(F), 26, UT 10:18:44 7. Mike Hernandez, 43 10:28:58 8. Gary Henslee, 44 10:38:56 9. Bogdan Ambrozewicz, 42 10:40:44 10. Thomas Gallaher, 39, NV 10:53:27 11. Mark Falcone, 39 10:57:49 12. Helen Hull(F), 37 11:01:00 13. Bill Finkbeiner, 40 11:10:09 14. Robert Johnson, 25, NV 11:13:15 15. Fernand Michaud, 53, NV 11:16:38 16. Leslie Mattingly-Vitale(F), 42 11:18:44 17. Steven E. Harrold, 49 11:28:29 18. Mike Baume, 35 11:29:19 19. John Peacock, 57, NV 11:33:11 20. Paul Rork, 48 11:40:46 21. Marty Coffey, 46 11:40:49 22. Jeff Mailloux, 36,ID 11:44:06 23. Paul Akiyama, 52, NV 11:47:41 24. Thomas Windsperger, 48 11:59:09 25. Chris Holabird, 42 12:00:54 26. Matthew Janney, 40, OR 12:00:55 27. Floyd Whiting, 55, NV 12:06:12 28. Larry Blattel, 43 12:12:46 29. Chris Unrein, 41, ID 12:12:50 30. Martin Hillyer, 58 12:23:49 31. Jeri Simms-Masters(F), 39, UT 12:26:59 32. Denis Zilaff, 43 12:33:32 33. Bruce Mauldin, 48 12:34:03 34. Janice Levet(F), 45 12:34:04 35. Wayne Kocher, 58, NV 12:43:17 36. Linda Elam(F), 50 12:43:18 37. Masters Flamingo, 36 NV 12:45:54 Colleen Ford(F), 34, UT 13:17:00 John N. Chappel, 64, NV 13:46:25