Klondike 'Trail of '98' International Road Relay - 2002 Final Results
Here are the complete team and top individual results of the 2002 Klondike Trail of '98 International Road Relay, a 10-stage, 110-mile relay held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7, between Skagway, Alaska, and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. There were 129 teams in this year's relay - the 20th time it has been held. Some teams were given 300-, 600- or 900-second penalties for making substitutions during the race; penalties are noted and included in final team times.
Photos and articles about the race appeared in the Sunday, Sept. 8, edition of the Juneau Empire. They can be found by searching the newspaper archives on the Internet at http://www.juneauempire.com.
More information about the race, including complete individual results listed by leg, can be found at http://www.sportyukon.com.
Top 15 teams overall - 1. Sporthill-TNP, Anchorage, 10 hours, 37 minutes, 21 seconds; 2. Darwin's Tribe, Juneau, 11:54:04; 3. Vestigial Appendages, Juneau, 12:11:57; 4. Smokin' Ole Geezers, Juneau, 12:21:50; 5. Mic Mac Toyota, Whitehorse, 12:26:27; 6. The Classics, Anchorage, 12:46:03; 7. North 60 Jet "A," Whitehorse, 12:46:39; 8. Severed Appendage Revenge, Thorne Bay, 12:49:59; 9. The Smokin' Love Muffins!, Anchorage, 12:58:53; 10. Totally Fit Peak Performers I, Anchorage, 13:05:58; 11. MIT Ashdown House Harriers, Philadelphia, 13:26:18; 12. Sportees Time Travellers, Whitehorse, 13:47:53; 13. Pull My Finger, Whitehorse, 13:56:09; 14. Sole Sisters, Anchorage, 14:00:58; 15. Lady GuDivas, Douglas, 14:01:20.
Top 20 Juneau/Southeast-based teams - 1. Darwin's Tribe, Juneau, 11:54:04; 2. Vestigial Appendages, Juneau, 12:11:57; 3. Smokin' Ole Geezers, Juneau, 12:21:50; 4. Severed Appendage Revenge, Thorne Bay, 12:49:59; 5. Lady GuDivas, Douglas, 14:01:20; 6. "Oooo, That's A Hard One!," Juneau, 14:42:11; 7. Sole Train, Juneau, 14:57:03; 8. WP&YR Highballers, Skagway, 300-second penalty, 14:59:53; 9. Slo Mo Sapiens, Juneau, 15:00:04; 10. Gustavus Roadrunners, Gustavus, 15:02:06; 11. Shakin' Not Stirred, Sitka, 15:17:25; 12. La Bamba, Juneau, 15:29:43; 13. Hard Women are Good to Find, Juneau, 15:33:20; 14. Soggy Sneakers, Juneau, 15:35:43; 15. The Grateful Tread, Juneau, 15:44:31; 16. Fast Women ... and We Run Too!, Juneau, 15:45:46; 16. Holy Smolts, Juneau, 15:48:12; 17. Xtratufs, Juneau, 16:17:15; 18. Ah-Rested Development, Juneau, 16:31:23; 19. Unconventional Athletic Scholars, Auke Bay, 16:36:09; 20. Sitka Volunteer Fire Dept., Sitka, 16:36:18.
Open (Men) - 1. Sporthill-TNP, Anchorage (Kevin Donley, Frode Lillefjell, Marten Martensen, Jens Beck, Lars Flora, Jerome Ross, Chris Myers, Todd Boonstra, Warren Hancock, Adam Verrier), 10:37:21; 2. Mic Mac Toyota, Whitehorse, 12:26:27; 3. MIT Ashdown House Harriers, Philadelphia, 13:26:18; 4. "Oooo, That's A Hard One!," Juneau, 14:42:11; 5. Super Heros, Anchorage, 15:04:53; 6. Holy Smolts, Juneau, 15:48:12; 7. Woofin' 'n' Hoofin', Fairbanks, 16:34:22; 8. Shin Sprints, Juneau, 16:43:32; 9. Team Prince of Whales, Klawock, 16:57:35; 10. Team Ten 16, Haines Junction, 17:13:12; 11. Free Radicals, Juneau, 17:17:51; 12. The Frail of '98, Whitehorse, 17:21:23; 13. Lowered Expectations, Douglas, 17:53:20; 14. Insomaniacs, Whitehorse, 17:56:59; 15. Still Chuggin', Whitehorse, 18:00:53; 16. Fly-by-Night Running Club, Mayo, 18:07:27; 17. Scrambled Legs and Achin', Whitehorse, 18:25:01; 18. Old Dukes, Fort Wainwright, 300-second penalty, 18:38:58.
Women - 1. Sportees Time Travellers (Janet Clarke, Andrea Rodger, Michelle Toews, Josie Martin, Helen Stappers, Jeanette van Esbroeck, Colleen O'Brien, Lisa Evans, Sue Bogle, Dawna Lewis), Whitehorse, 13:47:53; 2. Sole Sisters, Anchorage, 14:00:58; 3. Hard Women are Good to Find, Juneau, 15:33:20; 4. Fast Women ... and We Run Too!, Juneau, 15:45:46; 5. Xtratufs, Juneau, 16:17:15; 6. Tutshi Trekkers, Whitehorse, 16:46:39; 7. Another Roadside Attraction, Juneau, 17:01:11; 8. Medicine Chest Pharmacy, Whitehorse, 17:24:51; 9. The Given Go's, Juneau, 300-second penalty, 17:45:01; 10. Team Valkyrie, Petersburg, 18:02:34; 11. Team Diva, Anchorage, 18:04:36; 12. Poetry in Motion, Juneau, 18:05:14; 13. Team Survivor Perseverance, Douglas, 18:38:27; 14. Pine Dental, Whitehorse, 18:48:50; 15. Harriets Harriers, Douglas, 19:21:43; 16. The Dawson Dustkickers, Dawson City, 300-second penalty, 19:27:33; 17. Better Late Than Never, Juneau, 19:29:47; 18. Mo'lasses, Juneau, 600-second penalty, 20:29:04.
Mixed - 1. Darwin's Tribe (Amy Nelson, Jamie Bursell, Emma Wolf, Mike "Dodge" Haney, Thomas Casey, Shawn Miller, George Johnson, Frank Sprtel, Don Eagle, John Bursell), Juneau, 11:54:04; 2. Vestigial Appendages, Juneau, 12:11:57; 3. Severed Appendage Revenge, Thorne Bay, 12:49:59; 4. The Smokin' Love Muffins!, Anchorage, 12:58:53; 5. Pull My Finger, Whitehorse, 13:56:09; 6. Beasts of Burden, Anchorage, 14:14:47; 7. Organ Express, Anchorage, 14:33:21; 8. Digestive Repercussions, Columbus, Ohio, 14:54:53; 9. S.L.U.T.S, Anchorage, 14:55:51; 10. WP&YR Highballers, Skagway, 300-second penalty, 14:59:53; 11. Slo Mo Sapiens, Juneau, 15:00:04; 12. Totally Fit Peak Performers II, Anchorage, 15:00:18; 13. Gustavus Roadrunners, Gustavus, 15:02:06; 14. Pagan Soles, Girdwood, 15:07:21; 15. Totally Fit Peak Performers 3, Anchorage, 15:12:42; 16. Shakin' Not Stirred, Sitka, 15:17:25; 17. Vanier Clydesdales, Whitehorse, 15:27:27; 18. Running is Relative(s), Whitehorse, 15:30:03; 19. Soggy Sneakers, Juneau, 15:35:43; 20. The Grateful Tread, Juneau, 15:44:31; 21. Rural Rubber Boots, Whitehorse, 15:51:36; 22. Well Read Runners, Whitehorse, 16:12:52; 23. Eh-Team, Anchorage, 16:13:29; 24. Great Pretenders, Anchorage, 16:17:42; 25. Citizens Against Running Seriously, Whitehorse, 16:25:41; 26. Just Because, Atlin, 16:43:55; 27. Wild Things at Marsh Lake, Whitehorse, 16:46:40; 28. Dread the Tread, Whitehorse, 16:47:45; 29. ... Because, Fort Nelson, 16:54:08; 30. Just Out On A Pass, Whitehorse, 16:56:50; 31. Drinkers with a Running Problem, Whitehorse, 16:56:55; 32. Frantasticks, Juneau, 16:59:04; 33. Nahanni Rapid Runners, Whitehorse, 16:59:44; 34. Team SNAFU, Skagway, 17:01:04; 35. WGH Hyperventilators, Whitehorse, 17:08:08; 36. Yukon Do It, Anchorage, 17:17:55; 37. Flight Risk, Ketchikan, 17:24:43; 38. Action Electric Sole Mates, Whitehorse, 17:30:03; 39. Slackmaster's, Haines, 600-second penalty, 17:38:34; 40. Dips in the Road, Douglas, 17:41:07; 41. Wannabee's, Whitehorse, 17:54:43; 42. Short Tailed Weasels, Whitehorse, 17:56:01; 43. Remax Roadkill 2002, Whitehorse, 17:56:23; 44. FH Collins Chalkdusters, Whitehorse, 17:58:00; 45. Fairway Market Couch Cowboys, Skagway, 17:59:43; 46. Why the heck am I here again? ..., Fort Nelson, 18:16:15; 47. Super K, Juneau, 18:24:34; 48. A2H3, Anchorage, 18:25:19; 49. Rusty Runners, Douglas, 18:25:33; 50. Plum Tuckered, Whitehorse, 19:03:24; 51. Permanent Fun, Juneau, 19:11:38; 52. The Breakfeast Club, Douglas, 19:13:12; 53. Holy Smokes, Whitehorse, 19:15:46; 54. It's Just Us, Whitehorse, 20:09:53; 55. Bonaventure, Whitehorse, 20:45:05.
Masters open (Men) - 1. Smokin' Ole Geezers (Al Graves, Jim Douglas, Steve Davis, Brian Goettler, Glenn Frick, Thomas Meyer, Andy Grossman, Bob Marshall, Jerry Buckley, Guy Thibodeau), Juneau, 12:21:50; 2. North 60 Jet "A," Whitehorse, 12:46:39; 3. Sorrento Swifts, Whitehorse, 14:24:46; 4. La Bamba, Juneau, 15:29:43; 5. Exceed the Limit, Anchorage, 20:53:11.
Masters women - 1. Lady GuDivas (Dawn Walsh, Kathy Coghill, Gayle Nixon, Heather Lende, Sue McCarthy, Lisa Kirsch, Deborah Rudis, Shelly James, Debbie Groves and Martha Bellisle), Douglas, 14:01:20; 2. Les Femmes de Tundra, Fairbanks, 14:36:33; 3. Alkan Air's Flying Feet, Whitehorse, 15:53:06; 4. Running with Heat, Whitehorse, 300-second penalty, 18:51:31; 5. Sam & Andy's Chimichanga Chicks, Whitehorse, 19:20:00.
Masters mixed - 1. The Classics (Patricia Shipley, Dan Zimmerman, Tim Middleton, Carroll Pope, Joel Wattum, William Grether, Peggy Cobey, Kyle Gauthier, Rick Wilson, Jacques Boulet), Anchorage, 12:46:03; 2. Totally Fit Peak Performers I, Anchorage, 13:05:58; 3. Sole Train, Juneau, 14:57:03; 4. Soggy Joggers, Sitka, 17:13:02; 5. Metcalfes + Friends, Juneau, 17:23:43; 6. Happy, Joyous & Hilly, Anchorage, 19:17:53.
Corporate - 1. Skinny Raven (Kikkan Randall, John Craft, Tasha Adams, Daniel Greenhalgh, Chad Burris, Kendra Besh, Franceska Fairbanks, Sara Miller, Jim Settle), Anchorage, 14:31:02; 2. Preston, Lackowicz & Shier, Whitehorse, 15:27:02; 3. Chicken Run, Eagle River, 15:29:27; 4. SEARCHING for Gold, Homer, 15:54:36; 5. Trial Runners, Whitehorse, 16:02:43; 6. Davis Writrunners, Whitehorse, 300-second penalty, 16:07:41; 7. The Arrestors, Whitehorse, 16:14:06; 8. Ah-Rested Development, Juneau, 16:31:23; 9. Unconventional Athletic Scholars, Auke Bay, 16:36:09; 10. Sitka Volunteer Fire Dept., Sitka, 16:36:18; 11. Trans North Terminators, Whitehorse, 16:44:06; 12. The Compensators, Whitehorse, 16:49:53; 13. Jaws of da Feet, Kamloops, 16:53:32; 14. The 4D's, Anchorage, 900-second penalty, 16:53:34; 15. Yukon Energy Dam Runners, Whitehorse, 16:53:56; 16. Northwestel Freedom Runners, Whitehorse, 17:29:52; 17. NMI Road Rash, Whitehorse, 18:21:07; 18. Yukon Electrical Killer Watts, Whitehorse, 300-second penalty, 19:17:10.
Walkers (completed four legs) - 1. Walk Don't Run '02, Whitehorse, 7:32:26; 2. Sleepwalkers, Whitehorse, 8:39:19.
Individual top-three leg leaders
Women
Leg 1 (8.8 miles): 1. Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, Skinny Raven, 1:03:48; 2. K.K. Prussian, Thorne Bay, Severed Appendage Revenge, 1:06:26; 3. Carrie Gabb, Whitehorse, Scrambled Legs and Achin', 1:09:41; Leg 2 (5.8 miles): 1. Nina Kemmpel, Anchorage, The Smokin' Love Muffins, 43:40; 2. JoAnn Quigg, Juneau, Vestigial Apppendages, 47:37; 3. Jane Lanford, Fairbanks, Les Femmes de Tundra, 51:29; Leg 3 (7.6 miles): 1. Emma Wolf, Whitehorse, Darwin's Tribe, 51:26; 2. Lachelle Crotteau, Juneau, Severed Appendage Revenge, 52:58; 3. Shannon Donley, Anchorage, Sole Sisters, 55:52; Leg 4 (13.3 miles): 1. Adrien Huffman, Anchorage, Yukon Do It, 1:17:38; 2. Anne Wilkas, Anchorage, Sole Sisters, 1:31:21; 3. Heather Lende, Haines, Lady GuDivas, 1:35:34; Leg 5 (14 miles): 1. Helen Stappers, Whitehorse, Sportees Time Travellers, 1:36:18; 2. Sue McCarthy, San Diego, Lady GuDivas, 1:42:07; 3. Jay Cherian, Whitehorse, Rural Rubber Boots, 1:44:00; Leg 6 (16 miles): 1. Jeanette van Esbroeck, Whitehorse, Sportees Time Travellers, 1:53:33; 2. Maura Sullivan, Whitehorse, Vanier Clydesdales, 1:57:18; 3. Michelle Sebern, Gustavus, Gustavus Roadrunners, 1:57:39; Leg 7 (8.8 miles): 1. Lori Deschamps, Anchorage, Sole Sisters, 1:00:04; 2. Cindy Birnie, Whitehorse, Bonaventure, 1:00:25; 3. Dorli McWayne, Fairbanks, Les Femmes de Tundra, 1:03:16; Leg 8 (12.3 miles): 1. Kyle Gauthier, Kasilof, The Classics, 1:25:02; 2. Franceska Fairbanks, Anchorage, Skinny Raven, 1:28:41; 3. Lisa Evans, Whitehorse, Sportees Time Travellers, 1:30:29; Leg 9 (11.1 miles): 1. Gretchen Klien, Ketchikan, Severed Appendage Revenge, 1:15:18; 2. Sue Doherty, Ketchikan, Vestigial Apppendages, 1:16:32; 3. Debbie Groves, Juneau, Lady GuDivas, third place, 1:18:30; Leg 10 (11.9 miles): 1. Ada Johnstone, Whitehorse, North 60 Jet "A," 1:25:08; 2. Sue Ford, Juneau, Team Survivor Perseverance, 1:30:05; 3. Becky Steer, Anchorage, Sole Sisters, 1:31:52.
Leg 1: 1. Kevin Donley, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 56:25; 2. Devon McDirmid, Whitehorse, Mic Mac Toyota, 59:12; 3. Bill Parry, Whitehorse, North 60 Jet "A," 59:45; Leg 2: 1. Frode Lillefjell, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 37:32; 2. John Craft, Anchorage, Skinny Raven, 42:01; 3. Alain Masson, Whitehorse, Mic Mac Toyota, 43:43; Leg 3: 1. Hajo Brumund, Whitehorse, North 60 Jet "A," 49:31; 2. Marten Martensen, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 49:32; 3. Erik Duerr, Philadelphia, MIT Ashdown House Harriers, 49:46; Leg 4: 1. Jens Beck, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 1:18:31; 2. Mike Haney, Richmond, Va., Darwin's Tribe, 1:16:23; 3. Ken Maas, Juneau, Vestigial Appendages, 1:19:13; Leg 5: Lars Flora, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 1:18:31; 2. Tom Casey, Juneau, Darwin's Tribe, 1:21:00; 3. Brent Langbakk, Whitehorse, Mic Mac Toyota, 1:21:45; Leg 6: 1. Jerome Ross, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 1:27:25; 2. Shawn Miller, Juneau, Darwin's Tribe, 1:35:18; 3. Robert Sowers, Sitka, Vestigial Appendages, 1:36:31; Leg 7: 1. George Johnson, Juneau, Darwin's Tribe, 53:54; 2. Chris Myers, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 56:29; 3. Andy Grossman, Juneau, Smokin' Ole Geezers, 1:00:58; Leg 8: 1. Frank Sprtel, Takoma Park, Md., Darwin's Tribe, 1:08:38; 2. Todd Boonstra, Galena, Sporthill-TNP, 1:09:00; 3. David Tappe, Anchorage, Severed Appendage Revenge, 1:12:36; Leg 9: 1. Warren Hancock, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 1:03:07; 2. Don Eagle, Juneau, Darwin's Tribe, 1:08:11; 3. Jerry Buckley, Juneau, Smokin' Ole Geezers, 1:12:35; Leg 10: 1. Adam Verrier, Anchorage, Sporthill-TNP, 1:03:55; 2. Guy Thibodeau, Juneau, Smokin' Ole Geezers, 1:11:15; 3. Mike Crotteau, Juneau, Severed Appendage Revenge, 1:12:29.