Jasper-Banff Relay

21st and Final Run

June 3 & 4, 2000

Wapiti Striders results - all results and places are unofficial until official results have been compiled and released

Almost perfect conditions greeted the runners for the 21st and final Jasper-Banff Relay. Although the sun shone brightly, the temperature kept the body cool as the lead runners headed south. Clear skies, little or no wind, and moderate temperatures throughout the night, made the task that much easier.

Our team finished in 31st place in a time of 22 hours, 48 minutes. Unofficial team results are shown below. Times and placings were taken from the results posted at the end of each section and may not reflect true times. Results will be updated as the official results are released.

Only 116 teams got to the starting line as a number of teams had trouble fielding enough runners. Over 25% of them did not complete the run in under the required 24 hours.

Bill Corcoran ran a very strong first leg, completing the 19.3 kms in 74 minutes and putting the team in 6th place. Joe Radench had the 6th fastest time over section 6, leaving the team in 10th place. In going back over the team results for the past 20 years, only Brian Harms had run a faster time over the section. Not too many teams would be able to add a substitute of Joe's quality three days before the run.

The grizzly bear that forced the cancellation of section #11 last year was back for another try but the race was not impacted. Runners only had to stay near the support vehicle as they passed through the danger area. However, a bear on #14 did have an effect. Janet Smith and many others were forced to hitch a ride for a short distance around the area but there was no effect on the overall time.

All runners on the team had competed with the Striders before as no new runners made the team. Leigh Goldie and Andy Beal were members from the original team of 1980.

Runner	elapsed time	total time	pace	team position	individual position
Bill Corcoran	1:14:14	1:14:14	6:11	6	6
Marlene Corcoran	1:24:48	2:39:02	7:28	16	43
Leigh Goldie	1:10:22	3:49:24	7:46	15	35
Mike Dutove	1:22:18	5:11:42	8:20	21	70
Andy Beal	1:10:04	6:21:46	6:38	14	8
Joe Radench	1:13:19	7:35:05	7:04	10	7
Craig Sharun	1:16:38	8:51:43	7:43	13	71
Bob MacNeill	1:33:23	10:25:06	8:41	22	100
Rhonda Howard	1:21:13	11:46:19	7:58	26	62
Todd Wilson	1:21:47	13:08:06	7:09	25	28
Paul Oostra	1:21:45	14:29:51**	6:48	23	4
Patrick Coppens	1:26:38	15:46:29	8:40	21	83
Jim Smith	1:50:33	17:37:02	8:46	29	97
Janet Smith	1:11:26	18:48:28	8:39	33	84
Harvey Syrota	1:24:42	20:13:10	8:01	33	69
Kyle White	1:01:30	21:14:40	7:07	27	18
Cal White	1:35:39	22:50:19	7:35	31	60

** Paul's time in the official results shows him finishing in 1:11:45 for a total of 14:19:51. Timne recorded by me at the end of the section was 14:29:00 for a 1:21:00 split. We are not sure just what the official time and place should be.

The MRI/Gord's Running Store team from Calgary was first in 17:59 while the Tech Shop North/Mean Mountain Men from Edmonton were second in 18:27.

Check out some pictures from the race.