Zane Grey Highline Trail 50 Saturday, April 28, 2001 Mogollon Rim, Arizona Here are some notes from this year's event, followed by the results. * Three years ago, Arizona's own Dennis Poolheco first ran this race. He got lost in the first 8 miles, ended up back at the start and went home. Now he knows how to make it to the finish in style. Dennis won this year in 8:47:53. And he was just shooting for a 9:25. * Ruth Zollinger from Utah broke the women's course record by over 35 mintues, finishing in 10:25:51. She was 4th overall. * James Bonnett-Castillo, 14, is our youngest finisher. At 70, Pierce Cornelius is our oldest. Everyone else is inbetween. * This year's Best Ass Contest was the liveliest yet, with more than just asses being bared. Kurt Blumberg ran bottomless. Mona Landfield flashed her chest at the aid stations. And Mark Henderson finished wearing his shorts on his head, shoes on his feet and nothing else. * Many thanks to our most incredible volunteers. Since this is an out-of-town event, they gave up their weekend to make the race a big success. A few even came from out of state (Larry Gassan, Randy Gehrke, Andrea Feucht). And some runners who pulled up injured at the last minute showed up anyway to help us out (Ian Torrence, John Greer, Debbie Leftwich, Kate Hansen). All very much appreciated! * This was the last Zane Grey Highline Trail 50 to be race directed by Linda Van and myself. Garrett Ford from Tucson has expressed an interest in taking it over next year, so stay tuned for more details. FINISHERS: 1. Dennis Poolheco, 40 8:47:53 2. Karl Meltzer, 33 UT 8:51:30 3. Andy Jones-Wilkins, 33 10:20:09 4. RUTH ZOLLINGER, 35 UT 10:25:51 5. Eric Clifton, 42 NM 10:39:04 6. Scott Gordon, 39 NM 10:48:28 7. Scott Mason, 28 UT 10:50:43 8. Scott Modzelewski, 38 11:03:40 9. Curtis Anderson, 38 CO 11:04:48 10. Vince Stack, 47 11:09:52 11. PAM REED, 40 11:11:52 12. Rob Lang, 44 BC 11:14:09 13. Art Bourque, 38 11:35:15 14. HONEY ALBRECHT, 41 11:35:50 15. Todd Salzer, 27 CO 11:40:23 16. Mark Lisak, 44 CO 11:56:40 17. Mark Henderson, 41 TX 11:57:18 18. Tyler Curiel, 45 TX 12:01:00 19. Jay Loesche, 43 12:11:11 20. James B-C, 14 12:12:01 21. Ken Greco, 33 12:15:52 22. Ron Harding, 52 12:16:50 23. SALLY MARCELLUS, 47 BC 12:20:05 24. Steve Olson, 39 12:22:01 25. Tom Knutson, 50 MN 12:25:13 26. Kristen Kern, 36 NM 12:34:45 27. Grizz Randall, 56 UT 12:49:55 28. Rich Fisher, 53 NV 12:56:45 29. Bob Bachani, 45 12:57:28 30. PAT MUNZ, 45 AK 12:58:40 31. Dennis Werth, 59 CO 13:09:30 32. Jay Anderson, 45 CA 13:12:30 33. Gene Joseph, 48 13:16:28 34. Christopher Martin, 30 13:21:30 35. Rodger Wrublik, 44 13:24:09 36. Fred Stafford, 44 WA 13:28:31 37. NANCY HALPIN, 40 NM 13:33:08 38. Pierce Cornielius, 70 OR 13:34:00 39. David Keough, 45 13:43:19 40. John Diroll, 44 UT 13:47:17 41. Karsten Solheim, 64 13:52:05 42. Fred Abramowitz, 49 NM 13:54:08 43. Ed Furtaw, 53 NV 13:55:09 44. MONA LANDFIELD, 39 CA 14:00:57 45. Matt Palocsay, 24 CA 14:00:57 46. John Smithson, 44 14:07:21 47. Don O'Dell, 33 CA 14:09:38 48. Dale Perry, 43 CO 14:21:50 49. STEPHANIE ASTELL, 37 WA 14:37:11 50. Michael Schiff, 46 CA 14:38:16 51. Bill Smith, Jr., 53 MD 14:38:46 52. Rod Gray, 42 14:42:12 53. Alfred Sauld, 54 WI 14:49:18 54. James Sullivan, 49 FL 14:51:40 55. SUSAN GARDNER, 37 NM 14:53:18 56. Leon Draxler, 59 WA 14:54:20 57. Gary Giannunzio, 55 MI 14:59:30 58. Rayne Gray, 29 15:02:07 59. Steve Frederickson, 54 WA 15:10:18 60. Ron Warner, 57 WA 15:13:59 61. Tom Ford, 60 15:14:02 62. DARLA DEMLONG, 41 15:32:20 63. Rick Kelley, 50 15:32:20 64. GINNY LAFORME, 50 NM 15:34:50 65. Duane Arter, 40 19:54:00 ARMPIT FOOD: Eric Benson, 40 Del Ruckle, 55 OH CL Johnson, 69 CO Josh McLaughlin, 29 NM Peter Franks, 55 CO Kurt Blumberg, 55 CO Tom Crull, 58 TX Rich Limacher, 51 IL LORIE HUTCHISON, 37 UT Vince Devlin, 63 Submitted by: Geri K, co-RD gkilgariff@yahoo.com 4/29/01