Max King reigns supreme at the Xterra Trail Running National Championships

At last weekend’s NW Mountain Running Championships Joe Gray (Lakewood, WA) edged out Max King (Bend, OR) for 1st place and $800 in prize money. Before yesterday’s Xterra Trail Running National Championships Max told Joe that this would be a “rematch”. True to his name, the King (Max) reigned supreme beating not only Joe Gray [...]

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Percent back – All time list Men & Women

Percent behind the winner is just another way to look at results.  I in no way mean to diminish any result as ultimately (for scoring purposes) the only result that really matters is ones overall place.  The percent back can help to see how deep a field is (for example if 30 guys finish within [...]

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All time list – Percent back Juniors

Percent behind the winner is just another way to look at results.  I in no way mean to diminish any result as ultimately (for scoring purposes) the only result that really matters is ones overall place.  The percent back can help to see how deep a field is (for example if 30 guys finish within [...]

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All-time list, World Mountain champs – US Men

Rank  Place  Name     Year      Location and Country
1       1    Jay Johnson      1987 Lenzerheide-Valbella, Switzerland 
2       2    Dave Dunham      1993 Gap, France 
3       5    Scott Gall       1999 Sabah, Malaysia 
4t      9    Dave Dunham      1992 Susa, Italy 
4t      9    Jay Johnson      1990 Telfes, Austria 
4t      9    Pablo Vigil      1987 Lenzerheide-Valbella, Switzerland 
7t      10   Simon Gutierrez  2006 Bursa, Turkey 
7t      10   Simon Gutierrez  2005 Wellington, NZL 
9       11   [...]

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US Women’s all-time list – Mountain World Champs

Rank  Place   Name                  Year 
1       3   Laura Haefeli           2007  Ovronnaz, Switzerland
2t      8   Laura Haefeli           2005  Wellington, NZL
2t      8   Anita Ortiz             2003  Girwood, Alaska-USA
2t      8   Christine Lundy         2007  Ovronnaz, Switzerland
5       9   Nicole Hunt             2006  Bursa, Turkey
6       10  Rachael Dobbs           2006  Bursa, Turkey
7t      11  Anita Ortiz             2004  Sauze d’Oulx, Italy
7t      11  Anita Ortiz             2002  Innsbruck, Austria
7t      11  Brandy [...]

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All time list – US Junior Women at World Champs Mountain running

Rank   Pl.  Name                     Year            Location            Country
1      3       Alex Dunne             2008 Crans Montana, Switzerland
2      4       Anna Lieb                2007 Ovronnaz, Switzerland
3      8       Maria Dalzot            2007 Ovronnaz, Switzerland
4      19     Dominique Colberg 2004 Sauze d’Oulx, Italy
5      24     Kathryn Helmerick  2005 Wellington, NZL
6      25     Caitlin  Zeigle          2004 Sauze d’Oulx, Italy
7      26     Jennifer Hockman    2004 Sauze d’Oulx, Italy
8      29     Mary Hallissey         2005 [...]

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Joe Gray and Max King duel at Mt. Hood

Fresh from his 16th place finish at the World Mountain Running Championship the previous weekend, Joe Gray (Lakewood, WA) edged out Max King (Bend, OR) to win the Northwest Mountain Running Championships at Mt. Hood. This race was also the final race in the La Sportiva USATF-Oregon Mountain Running Series. The top male and [...]

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Skyline to the Sea 50k

I have looked forward to running the inaugural Skyline to the Sea 50k ever since I learned about it in the Spring. The concept is fabulous – a point to point 50k running from high on the dividing ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains (Bay Area, CA) to the Pacific Ocean at Waddell Beach.
The course [...]

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All-time list @ Worlds – US Junior Boys

Junior Men
Rank Place First Last Year Location Country
1 5 Tim Smith 2008 Crans Montana Switzerland
2 12 Andrew Benford 2006 Bursa         Turkey
3 13 Levi Grandt 2008 Crans Montana Switzerland
4 17 Christian Thompson2007 Ovronnaz Switzerland
5 22 Eduardo Pasko 2002 Innsbruck Austria
6 28 Christian Thompson2005 Wellington NZL
7 31 Jon Stevens 2008 Crans Montana Switzerland
8 33 Rory Egelus 2005 Wellington NZL
9 35 Andrew Payton 2003 Girwood, Alaska USA
10 38 Eduardo Pasko 2003 Girwood, Alaska USA
11 40 Rory Egelus 2003 Girwood, Alaska USA
12 41 Jonny Stevens 2005 Wellington NZL
13 42 Trevor Hanlin 2002 Innsbruck Austria
14 43 Zach Rivers 2006 Bursa         Turkey
15 44 Jonny Stevens 2007 Ovronnaz Switzerland
16 45 Matt Winter 2002 Innsbruck Austria
17t 47 Rory Egelus 2006 Bursa         Turkey
17t 47 Jon  Horn 2005 Wellington NZL
17t 47 Brett Wilson 2003 Girwood, Alaska USA
20 50 Paul Petersen2008 Crans Montana Switzerland
21 51 John Ricardi 2004 Sauze d’Oulx Italy
22 57 Jon Horn 2006 Bursa         Turkey
23 59 Alex Jodidio 2007 Ovronnaz Switzerland
24 60 Rory Egelus 2004 Sauze d’Oulx Italy
25 63 Zach Rivers 2007 Ovronnaz Switzerland
26 67 Todd Skelton 2004 Sauze d’Oulx Italy
27 68 Andrew Payton 2004 Sauze d’Oulx Italy

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Jay Johnson – Mountain running gold medalist

You might find the interview with Jay on the US Mountain running team site to be interesting.  It is a quick read.
http://www.usmrt.com/spot0907_jjohnson.html

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