The 27th Annual Bakersfield Police Department "Memorial Run" will be held Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009 at the Park at River Walk (Stockdale & Buena Vista).2009 Photos HERE. (Still uploading and available for purchase too)
2009 5k Results HERE.
Today's 5k was a fast one with many former high school harriers coming home to renew old high school rivalries. In the end CSUB's Ryan Lucker (Stockdale) took the win with a 15:52 clocking.
He was followed by Andrew Ariey's (Bakersfield High) training partner and fellow Cal Poly SLOer, Michael Marlin who beat his host 16:11 to 16:16. Ariey finally beat former East High runner Oscar Fuentes (Cal Poly SLO) who ran 16:19. Another former Driller (John Purcell) ran 18:14 for 6th place overall.
Because the valley meet is this Thurday, very few high school runners competed today. Adam Ralls (North) ran 18:16 for 7th and he was followed by Chris Hernandez (Ridgeview) who ran 18:38. Future Driller Scott Van Matre ran 22:23 for 33rd place. Stockdale's Cynthia Lopez (whose team just won an SWYL title) won the 15 -19 group with a 20:08 clocking.
The first women was CSUB's Lina Nunez (East) who came in 12th overall in a time of 19:25. Looking down the 20 to 29 list, I see that tv news anchor Jennifer Duck ran 26:59 for 88th place.
The wizard of the keyboard and race results magic, Jonathan Wykoff won the 40 - 49 age group with a 19:33 clocking and a 13th place finish. To prove age is just a number, Brian Nelson (Arvin XC coach) ran 18:08 for the 50 to 59 win and an 8th place overall finish.
But topping these performances was 58 year old Lupe Eberly's 23:21 and 62 year old Herve Pastre's 18:46 clocking for 9th place overall! These two would be wekcome additions on many local high school cross country squads btw. A couple other fine performances were Marvis Friesen's 30:03 win in the 60 to 69 age group and Becky Whitehead running 32:50 for the 70 to 79 win.
Boot camper Natalie Dilley ran 26:37 annd came in second in the 30 - 39 age group and running camper Pamela Plyler ran 27:59
2009 10k Results HERE. Because of the construction of a new road just before the aid station, the 10 k was longer then before. I have been told the turn around was the same which made the course long because one has to head north a ways to run under the road before heading west again.
Several GPS watches had the course between 6.3 and 6.35 miles long and a 10k is suppose to be 6.2 miles. A tenth of a mile adds 36 seconds for someone running 6 minute pace and a minute for those running 10 minute miles. to get your 10k time from today's result, multiple your time by 0.98
The overall 10k winner was last year's winner too. Keith Hankins and his dog ran 32:21 which is a very fast time for Bakersfield. Usually sub 36 and sometimes sub 40 takes the win around here. His adjusted time would be 31:50 or so which is around 5:10 pace. His 5k split was as fast as Lucker's winning time of 15:52 I bet. Bakersfield's David Bacus ran 34:27 for second in the 20 to 29.
Former Ridgeviewer, Linda Gonzales won the 15 to 19 age group with a 48:13 clocking. Amanda Beardsley won the 20 to 29 with a 41:10 clocking which was 6 minutes faster then second place.
5th in this age group was one of my running campers, Lyndi Wilson (Centennial) who ran 53:03 (sub 52 adjusted time). Her mom, Denise Jorgensen (another running camper) caught Lyndi in the final miles and ran 52:28 (sub 51:30 adjusted) for fourth place in the 40 to 49.
There were a couple fast unfamiliar faces at today's race. one of those was Toshi Hosaka who won the 30 to 39 age group in a time of 36:51. A familiar face was KGET's Kiyoshi Tomono who ran 49:30.
In the 30 -39 were a couple more of my running campers. Lisa Sorenson ran 59:32 (58:20 adjusted time), Meagan Gonzalez ran 1:11:21 (sub 59 adjusted time) and Nicki Gilbert ran 1:12:14 (sub 71 minutes adjusted time).
Pam Boyles was second overall women with a time of 42:37 in the 40 - 49 and running camper David Plyler ran 45:35.
In the men's 50 to 59 Chris Posey won in a time of 43:29 and was followed by Klaus Benamy - Hackel who ran 46:26. In a time of 1:21:27 was 72 year old Emma Williams who with her husband Hal hosted the BTC Hart Park for many years.
2009 Law Enforcement HERE.
The first Law Enforcement runner in the 5k was a women. Casey Holman ran 21:28. In the 10k they have SWAT BPD in a time of 25:42 which would be a world record btw. After them was Damacio Diaz who ran 40:01. I also see that Bob Barton ran 50:49 despite recently giving blood (he told me this as he ran by). His daughter Ashley is an outstanding runner for Liberty and came in fourth in the SEYL meet this week. She also won the Ron's Run 10K. Speaking of parent/child combos, Tabitha Raber ran 1:01:47 and her daughter Sara Stidham (Bakersfield High) ran 1:00:53.
Race Preview:
The cost of the race is $20 if received by 11/3 or $25 the day of the race. Registration will be open at 0630 with the fun run 2k will begin at 0800 and the timed 5k and 10k will begin at 0830. All proceeds pay for the education of children who are survivors of BPD officers killed in the line of duty. For further information contact Andrea Pflugh at 661-326-3685. Download an entry form.
