Deam Lake 2008
On January 12th, a little over 100 participants gathered at the Buzzard's Roost starting location at Deam Lake near Borden, Indiana. The weather was absolutely beautiful for the beginning of January...so much so that I had to apologize for John Distler for not maintaining the tradition of cold and wet. It was sunny with temperatures in the 40s, perfect for running. Since we had so many people gathering early for the meet, we began the starts around 10:40. On the Red Course, OLOU's Dan Mattingly captured first place with plenty of time to spare, coming in at 97:16. He was followed by Bill Garman (129:30) and Robert Boll (132:25). Chris O'Bryan, of Apollo HS, was the first high school competitor to finish on the red, with a time of 155:17. On the Orange Course, Chris Kamuf, of Apollo HS, was first overall with a time of 82:24. A mere six seconds behind was OLOU's Mary and Jeff Hamilton (82:30), followed by OLOU's Paul Vice (85:22). Jude and Eric Beverle finished first on the Yellow Course with a time of 36:16. John Sparks and Jeff Goddard, of Madison Southern HS, finished in second (40:30) followed by OLOU's Barry Bridges (43:47). I would like to thank a lot of people for helping with this event, but first and foremost, I need to thank Mike Robinson. In all reality, he was the co-director of this meet as he helped a lot with setting the course and registering participants in the middle of the initial chaos. He also drug me out into the cold and wet on Sunday morning to pick up the courses (see John, it WAS raining on some portion of the meet! I was just off a day!) I also need to give a very special thanks to Bretnea Turner of Apollo High School for helping with registration and for being in complete and organized control of the finish line. Thanks also go out to Paul Vice for being Paul...which means bringing the meet equipment, controlling the money, and helping with registration (I'm glad you got out on a course!). Thanks to Alison for delivering the controls to my doorstep (literally!) and helping keep things organized during registration. Thanks to Rich Mazzoli for arriving early on the day of the meet and setting the entire Yellow Course. And thanks to Dan Mattingly for printing the maps, for without those, it would have been a rather dull day overall. If I left anyone out, please accept my apologies and let me know and I'll correct this report to include you! Oh...and thanks for all of you who participated, it makes the day all worthwhile to see so many people taking part in one of our meets...Thank you all! -Shawn Smith RED COURSE - 7.86 km 1. Dan Mattingly 97:16 OLOU 2. Bill Garman 129:30 3. Robert Boll 132:25 4. Brent Hatfield 154:27 OLOU 5. Chris O'Bryan 155:17 AHS 6. Kevin Hardesty 157:12 AHS 7. Jacob Cates 174:51 NHHS 8. Louis Smith 177:19 OLOU 9. Greg Porter 211:35 NEOC Keefe/Koch/Strothman DNF OLOU Mike Newman DNF Kling/Holley/McNalley DNF OLOU (Green Course) Distler/Elliott DNF OLOU (Green Course) ORANGE COURSE - 5.14 km 1. Chris Kamuf 82:24 AHS 2. Mary & Jeff Hamilton 82:30 OLOU 3. Paul Vice 85:22 OLOU 4. Justin Joiner 92:08 HCCHS 5. David Herrera 93:32 BGHS 6. Jose Mosquera 96:10 BGHS 7. Dublas Gonzalez 97:44 BGHS 8. Kipp Trummel 97:50 9. Steven Luttrell 100:50 AHS 10. Duncan Miller 102:16 BGHS 11. Jim Carter 107:14 OLOU 12. Logan/Ewart 120:00 OLOU 13. Brittany Ellzey 123:59 AHS 14. Derek McCarty 125:17 AHS 15. Adam Crabtree 126:22 AHS 16. Miller/Rogers/VanWinkle 133:24 MSHS 17. Adis Mujic 138:14 BGHS 18. Aaron Stallard 148:36 AHS 19. Keasha Bryant 160:34 AHS 20. Megan Filback 162:40 AHS 21. Emir Hajdarevic 174:47 BGHS 22. Michael Shoulders 181:16 HCCHS 23. Robert Crick 183:14 HCCHS 24. Nathan Rearden 184:33 AHS 25. Amy Keugel 184:44 AHS 26. Lee West 187:16 AHS 27. Dustin Riggs 190:06 NHHS 28. Tiffany Belcher 223:25 BGHS 29. Patrick Bowers 223:34 BGHS 21 DNFs YELLOW COURSE - 3.24 km 1. Jude & Eric Beverle 36:16 2. Sparks/Goddard 40:30 MSHS 3. Barry Bridges 43:47 OLOU 4. Helm/Winstead 46:20 MSHS 5. Merriman/Ward 46:31 OLOU 6. Sherrie Book 53:18 HCCHS 7. Dedrea Costa 54:20 BGHS 8. Barrick/Pickle 55:12 MSHS 9. Merriman/Vallance 61:30 OLOU 10. Hannah Settle 62:44 NHHS 11. Katlynn Greer 64:36 BGHS 12. Clayton Beck 69:48 BGHS 13. Julia Avila 69:50 BGHS 14. Hevika Torres 69:50 BGHS 15. Moore/Bah 75:40 BGHS 16. Josh Hepner 77:54 17. Thompson/Addison 80:20 MSHS 18. Tom & Kailen DeSchane 85:27 19. Jennifer Poe 101:04 HCCHS 20. Andrea Dougherty 101:04 HCCHS 21. Terry Mickler 159:55 OLOU Steven Lay DNF? (No punch card)