2024 Club Results

Sinister 7 Ultra, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, July 13-14, 2024

Congratulations to all our Regina runners at the Sinister 7 ultra at Crowsnest Pass in Alberta this weekend. The 100 mile course is on difficult technical trails and climbs and descends 6,600 m. Runners, or relay teams doing the 100 miles have only 30 hours to complete. This year, the difficulty was compounded by super hot, sunny conditions. The 100 mile had a success rate of only 35%. All of our Regina-area 100 milers got caught by the heat and didn’t finish!

In the 50 mile, our fastest runners were Chris Tunison and Jannike Matlock! In the 50 k, the fastest Regina runners were Trevor Norgan and Ashley Marchi! The Prairie Chickens relay team grabbed fourth place in the Men’s division!

Congratulations to:

50 miler

Chris Tunison, 13:50:02,49th M

Jannike Matlock,15:21:11,24th W

Chris Tetlock,15:21:11,74th M

Sean Behiel,18:08:17,111th M

50 km

Trevor Norgan,7:10:29,21st M

Ashley Marchi,7:50:02,22nd W

Mitchell Smith,7:50:50,38th M

Ryan Thomas,8:16:40,48th M

Dennis Dreher,9:34:54,86th M

Regan Tessier,10:18:02,103rd M

Relay Teams

Prairie Chickens (Scott Mitchell,Jordan Sperling,Scott Fraser,Tom Martin,Sandy Bain,Cameron Mang,Justin Cheshire),18:08:21,4th Men’s Team

Lactic Asses (Dallas Hesse,Jason Burns,Gerry Nagy,Shaun Hesse,Shawn Hesse),20:42:59,17th Mixed Team

A Running Joke (Ryan Clark),22:38:00,32nd Mixed

Prairie Dogging It (Brian Loden,Christine Loden),23:11:44,41st Mixed

Sea Wheats (Brad Jamison,Jordin Wilyman,Zach Turcotte,Ashley Jamison),22:54:51,38th Mixed

Simp City (Harley Barrett,Maeve McKinnon),25:55:47,89th Mixed

Hot Dogs Forever (Kristen Schaffer,Preston Schaffer,Matthew van Nus,Nick Dalrymple),26:36:56,100th Mixed

Note - results don’t include age groups

Kid's Race

And, although we don’t report results for distances less than 21 km, these runners in the Kid’s race are sure to be future marathoners and ultra runners: Brooklyn Loden,Charlie Cheshire,Emily Loden,Emma Cheshire,Etta Mang,Henry Cheshire,Julia Mang,Liam Totosy-Martin,Madelyn Loden.

Congrats to all our flatlanders taking on the challenge of the mountains!

Manitoba Marathon, June 15, 2024

Congrats to our Regina runners at the Manitoba marathon and half today. Our fastest marathoner was Jami Mann, and our fastest half-marathoners were Darryl and Sherry Meier. Here are the Regina results. Please comment for misses and errors!

Marathon

Jami Mann,4:16:22,12th W35

Shawndra Watson,4:23:22,4th W50

Natasja Barlow,5:07:55,14th W45

Half-Marathon

Darryl Meier,1:48:04,6th M55

Sherry Meier,2:23:19,21st W50

Debra Anderson, 3:08:11,8th W65

Congratulations, runners!

Banff Marathon, June 15, 2024

Congrats to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener on their Banff marathon finishes. This was the fourth marathon or ultra in four weekends and their seventh of the year. The Banff marathon is quite challenging with an elevation gain of 260 m and at an overall elevation of 1400 m. In addition to this, Jan and Tania were required to stop for nature emergencies when black and grizzly bears were on the course. The grizzly was reported to be enormous - the size of six or seven runners.

Jan finished second in M60 and Tania was fourth. Their times will be adjusted later to subtract the forty minutes they waited for wildlife - total times were 5:49:00 and 5:58:31 respectively. Congratulations!

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon, Snowqualmie, WA, June 8, 2024

Congrats to Kate Dreher on her finish at the Light at the End of the Tunnel trail marathon, travelling from Snowqualmie Washington to North Bend. Kate finished in 4:31:34 for 13th in the W60 division. Well done Kate!

Survivorfest 6 hour Run, Sherwood Park, AB, June 8, 2024

Congrats to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener on their third marathon or ultra three weekends in a row, and their sixth of the year. The duo ran the Survivorfest 12 hour timed run in Sherwood Park, Alberta. They completed 54.3 km despite hail, strong wind and rain. However, Jan said “it wasn’t that bad; we survived “.

Spartan Races, Bozeman, MT, June 1, 2024

Regina has some amazing obstacle course runners, and this past weekend, they showed their mettle in the Montana Spartan races. The 50k ultra had 68 obstacles like barbed wire crawls and sandbag carries. Jason Burns finished in a time of 5:35:03 to win the Men’s 45 age group. Jacqueline Myers, Melissa Burns and Lesley Dovell all finished in 9:12:49 to win the W35, W45 and W50 age groups respectively.

Jess Paul did the 21 km Spartan Beast with 34 obstacles in 4:36:19 to finish 5th in the W45 age group.

Congratulations to these amazing athletes.

Fargo Marathon, ND, June 1, 2024

Congrats to our runners who took part in the Fargo marathon and half, with particular congratulations to Tammy Serbu who nabbed a new PR!

Here are the results, note that the age groups are 10 year brackets.

Marathon

Matthew Speidel 4:44:39,151st M40

Tammy Serbu, 5:07:6,104th W40

Tania Diener,5:18:58,19th W60

Jan Steenkamp,5:34:35,54th M60

Natasha Lumsden,5:57:52,148th W40

Half-Marathon

Basil Pappas,1:58:58,54th M40

Blair Morris,2:14:00,96th M50

Angela Morris,2:36:34,290th W40

Aaron Barlow,3:02:32,224th M40

Christine Barlow,3:02:32,391st W40

Debra Anderson,3:07:11,101st W60

Suffer the Centennial Trail Race, Whiteshell Park, Manitoba, May 25, 2024

Congrats to Terri and Jim Carlson for their runs at the Suffer on Centennial trail race in Whiteshell provincial park in Manitoba. And suffer it was, with 24 hours of steady rain preceding the race, turning the trails to mud. The rain continued throughout the race, and there were also roots, rocks, and puddles to add to the challenge. Both runners did the 25 km event, with Jim finishing in 3:01 and Terri finishing in 3:27. What an impressive accomplishment!

In the same event, Heidi Schmaltz finished the 100 km race as the fourth woman. Those who know Heidi’s irrepressible spirit, would not be surprised to hear her describe the day as simply lovely. Even though she got so chilled in a deep water bog crossing, she had to strip down, change, and sit by the fire in foil wrap! Heidi was assisted by her crew and pacer, Kim and Cat (shown below). Results are not published yet, and when I asked Heidi what her time was, she responded: I don’t know, I wasn’t wearing a watch.!!! (16:42…)

Congratulations to all of our intrepid trail runners!

Saskatchewan Marathon, Saskatoon, May 26, 2024

Congrats to our runners at the Saskatchewan marathon in Saskatoon today. Our fastest marathoners in the Regina area were Yvon Fortier and Brianna Solberg. We had three age group winners: Paula Bzdell and Tania Diener in the marathon, and Sonia Rees (1:31:16,1st W20) and Neil Sharpe (1:52:10,1st M75) in the half-marathon. Our fastest half-marathoners were Morgan Bradshaw and Sonia Rees.

Here are the results for the Regina-area marathon finishers. There were so many Regina half-marathoners, only MM club members are listed below:

Marathon

Yvan Fortier,2:56:58,3M35

Alex Laberge,2:58:28,5M35

Conor Renouf,3:04:23,3M30

Brianna Solberg,3:47:46,4W20

Paula Bzdell,3:47:51,1W50

Mariano Gustilo,3:56:24,20M35

Kirk Dehaven,4:16:46,14M40

Tyler Thurmeier,4:29:44,6M50

Stephanie Laberge,4:51:58,8W35

Chung Pang Siu,5:06:59,18M45

Jan Steenkamp,5:13:48,3M60

Tania Diener,5:18:29,1W60

Ray McKay,5:30:57,34M35

Half-Marathon

Morgan Bradshaw,1:21:40,3M35

Sonia Rees,1:31:16,1W20

Christopher Hall,1:56:28,17M45

Lesley Kitsch,2:09:38,10W45

Nathan Lafoy,2:21:04,30M45

Dale Harvey,2:22:42,7M65

Meagan Strinja,2:38:24,80W35

Anna Valimaki,2:39:54,12W60

Congratulations, runners!

Ottawa Tamarack Marathon, May 26, 2024

Congrats to our runners at the Tamarack Ottawa race weekend. Nancy MacKenzie won the W60 division in the marathon in 3:43:18!

In the half-marathon, Kerri Clark ran 4:21:19 for 519th in W40. Way to go, Kerri!

Vancouver Marathon and Half-Marathon, May 5, 2024

Congrats to our runners at the Vancouver marathon on May 5 - Regina athletes posted some speedy times!

Andrew Shanks and Mallory Murchison were our top marathon leaders, and Rob McLeod was the top age group finisher with a 2nd place in M60, after fighting off cramps for 8 km!

The half-marathon finishers were led by Eric Thiel and Laura Moltz. Laura Moltz won her very competitive age group!

Marathon

Andrew Shanks,2:55:54,22nd M35

Mallory Murchison,3:26:43,9th W35

Lane Rathgeber,3:28:13,26th M50

Rob McLeod,3:30:02,2nd M60

Michael Torrie,3:40:37,69th M45

Charles-Henri Warren,3:50:48,110th M45

Jaimie Mimbs,4:07:47,35th W45

Jennifer Masur,4:15:01,27th W50

Suman Thapa,4:16:07,178th M45

Half-Marathon

Eric Thiel,1:27:58,47th M25

Gary Thiel,1:35:46,12th M55

Laura Moltz,1:44:51,1st W65

Stephen Bardutz,1:51:40,336th M30

Julie Waggoner,1:57:21,120th W35

Nikki McClellan,1:57:29,220th W30

Grace Kwok,1:59:37,393td W25

Brett Waggoner,2:03:13,581st M30

Cameron Symon,2:04:28,601st M30

Carter Wheaton,2:12:12,764th M25

Neekha Patel,2:12:14,743rd W25

Shelley Thiel,2:16:45,40th W60

Alyssa Kohl,2:18:29,668th W30

Congrats to all! 

BC Backyard Ultra, Sicamous, April 27-28, 2024

We think Preston Schaffer set a Sask record in backyard events at the BC backyard in Sicamous this weekend. For those unfamiliar with backyard events, each lap of 6.72 km starts on the hour. The strange distance is set so that if you last 24 hours, you’ll have run 100 miles. If you finish in 35 minutes, you have 25 minutes to eat, sleep, or whateverif you run it in 57 minutes, you only have 3 minutes. Runners keep going until they can’t make a cutoff or they choose to quit.

Preston ran 33 laps - 221 km !!! - and was one of the final four. Crew is so important at this kind of event - Preston’s crew was his wife Kristen plus Chris Tetlock. Preston said, “When someone puts your socks on for you, and puts food in your mouth, that’s team work…Success isn’t possible without a talented team. I’m still trying to figure out how to thank them enough.”

European Marathons, April 21-May 5, 2024

The club had a number of members running marathons in Europe in the April/May time frame. 

Congratulations to Tania Diener and Jan Steenkamp on their Madrid marathon finish on April 28! This marks Tania’s 150th marathon! It was the duo’s third marathon of the year and a new country to boot! Tania finished in 5:32:15, and Jan finished in 5:37:06. 

Milos Kostic finished the Belgrade marathon - his original home town - on April 28 in 5:30:10 at age 83! Milos placed 9th in the M70+ category.

Gay Renouf joined Milos in Belgrade, but also ran Zurich on April 21, and Prague on May 5. Her times were successively 4:23:54, 4:34:25, and 4:27:47, placing her 6th, 1st, and 8th in the W60 age category.

Mountains2Beach Marathon, Ventura, California, April 28, 2024

Huge congrats to Abbey Schmidt who ran her first sub 3:30 marathon and set a two minute PR. Abbey ran the Mountains to Beach marathon in Ventura California on April 28. As the name suggests, the race has a mild downhill drop, but runners had to contend with California heat. Abbey ran 3:29:26 for 18th in the W35 age group. Congratulations Abbey on your hard work and getting this result.

Marathon Des Sables, Morocco, April 14-20, 2024

Roanna and Lloyd Sehn of Estevan survived and excelled at the Marathon des Sables in Morocco, held Apr 14-20. The course covers 253 km in seven days and is it a challenge! The temperatures were in the mid-forties most days - and our Saskatchewaners had to handle that coming off winter training. The course is highly technical with jagged black rocks so sharp they can cut into runners’ shoes; soft sand; and sand dunes. The longest stage, number 3, had a technical descent where runners lowered themselves from rigging bolted into a mountain, and then skied through the sand to finish the descent. Distances each day were 31,41,86,43,32,and 21 km with two days allowed for stage 3. The finish rates were discouraging- 50% for women and 65% for men.

Runners slept in open sided Berber tents shared by 8 runners. The Sehns reported that sand got everywhere. A sand storm hit on the final night, knocking out one pole and requiring the runners to fix the tent in the middle of the night. Possibly the biggest challenge was foot care. With the slicing rocks and ubiquitous sand, both runners suffered bad blisters. And yet…our runners thrived, improving their rankings nearly every day. Both runners finished in 51 hours and 15 min, with Roanna placing 14th (of 46) the Veteran women’s V2 category , and Lloyd placing  94th in the V1 men’s category.

We are super proud of these two tough Saskatchewaners, and pleased that they ran MM’s Canada Goose ultra last year! Congratulations!

Boston Marathon, April 15, 2024

Congrats to our Regina area runners for fabulous running in Boston. Boston runners reported hot conditions (21 degrees - difficult after only winter training!) and runners collapsing on the course.

Our top age group placing was Yvonne Cafik in 143rd place in W60, (although we should note the youngest age groups, 18-39, cover four times the span of years as the other age groups.) Our runners who covered the course the fastest were Morgan Bradshaw and Darbi Edwards in 3:00:04 and 3:17:34 respectively. Here are the Regina-area results:

Morgan Bradshaw, 3:00:04, 1895th M18-39

Darbi Edwards, 3:17:34, 826th W18-39

Sonia Rees, 3:18:29, 893rd W18-39

Gaylene Jeannot, 3:45:48, 261st W50

Yvonne Cafik, 4:09:15, 143rd W60

Brian Mikuliak, 4:22:24, 815th M60

Patrice Krueger, 4:28:08, 264th W60

Lana Thompson-van Eaton, 4:30:54, 279th W60

Alysen Phee, 4:39:36, 1352nd W40

Taipei Half-Marathon, March 10, 2024

Talk about an exotic adventure/race! Head Gopher Dale Harvey just finished the Taipei half-marathon on March 10. It was well attended with 3,500 runners and eight minutes just to reach the start line. The course along the Tamsui River had long undulations. Dale described the country as “safe, welcoming, and inspiring “.

Dale’s time was 2:18:47. Congratulations Dale!

Arizona Half-Marathons, March 2 and 9, 2024

Congrats to Jim and Terri Carlson on their recent Arizona runs. Neither has entered races for more than a year, but they returned in an impressive way! At the Arizona half-marathon in Peoria, Jim ran 1:49:42 to claim second place in the M60 division, while Terri ran the 10k event. A week later, they ran the Mesquite Canyon half marathon in White Tank Mountain regional park. The event has an elevation gain of 521 m! Jim ran 2:24:36 for 36th place man (sorry, no age group results), and Terri ran 2:35:47 to finish as the 19 th overall woman. Check out Jim’s trail rash from a wipeout. Congrats on these notable results!

Napa Valley Marathon, March 3, 2024

Congratulations to our three Regina runners who finished the beautiful but hilly Napa Valley marathon in the rain. Angela Arnold earned a super impressive 5th place in W55 with 4:07:23. Jed Azcueta ran 3:46:44 and Dhon Gumban ran 5:12:36 for 37th and 96th in M40 respectively. Congratulations to a group of great athletes!

Tokyo Marathon, March 3, 2024

Congratulations to the Regina runners who completed the Tokyo marathon. Tokyo is one of the six Abbott major marathons, and as those who are chasing their Abbott six star medal, very difficult to get into! Four lucky Reginans managed to do just that. Gaylene Jeannot finished in a PR of 3:40:07 (1269th); Teresa Saccucci ran 4:04:20 for 2410th; Kyle Smyth ran 4:19:44 for 14367th; and Doug Opseth ran 4:37:32 for 16427th. No age group rankings were found yet, and so at this time, we list only overall rankings.

An especially exciting part of the race is that Teresa Saccucci finished her Abbott six star challenge - check out the photo with Teresa showing off both the Tokyo and the six star medals. Although Teresa is a very fast racer, for her the six star journey wasn’t about achieving race times - she wrote about the life-long friends and the people she’s met along her journey.

Congratulations on a memorable achievement, runners!

Las Vegas Half-Marathon, February 15, 2024

Regina runners got to run the Vegas strip at night at the Las Vegas Rock and Roll half-marathon on February 25. Kerry Strong and Guillaume Laroche both finished in 2:07:25, good for 52nd in W50 and 334th in M40. Cari Bode finished in 2:14:34, good for 173rd in W45-59. Way to go, runners!

Atlanta, Georgia Marathon, February 15, 2024

Congratulations to Jan Steenkamp and Tania Diener who ran a marathon in their 27th state, at the Publix Atlanta marathon. Tania earned third place in W60 in 5:33:27, and Jan was 18th in M60 in 5:25:14. Jan reported that the course was non-stop hills with approximately 870 feet of climbing. Congratulations!

Mesa Half-Marathon, Arizona, February 10, 2024

Congratulations to Florence Michon who finished the half marathon in Mesa on February 10 in the cold and rain. Florence ran 2:02:37 for 6th place in the women’s 60-64 age division. Well done, Florence!

Bermuda Triangle Challenge, January 12-14, 2024

Gay Renouf ran the Bermuda Triangle Challenge - 1 mile on Friday night; 10 km on Saturday; and a marathon on Sunday. The courses are all varied - the mile is in the dark, on the main street with two 180 degree turns past crowds of spectators. The 10 km route is on very hilly country roads, and the marathon course winds through narrow lanes, a bike path and through a tunnel, and on coastal roads past turquoise blue water.Gay ran 4:35:51 in the marathon to win the Women’s 60-69 division. 

The cure for the brrr, January 7, 2024

Congrats to all our runners who braved the prairie winter weather to stamp their mark on 2024. The weather was gentle (-13) and the runners were invigorated! Many runners commented on the spectacular unique ceramic polar bear medals. These were designed and created by our own Wendy Tomyk and Doris Burdon - they put hours into sewing the flannel polar bear ribbons, cutting the polar bears, and figuring out how to hang the bears. The first iteration actually melted the metal hangers in the kiln. Our artists persisted and the medals are beautiful - thank you!

The fastest marathoners were Zoe Clin and Michael Dahlman, both of them going on to run an ultra - 51.8 km for Zoe and 50.0 km for Michael. Our fastest half-marathoners were Lorraine Brezinski and Trevor Hopkin.

Special congrats to Dale Clark, who ran his furthest ever, and was the happiest runner out there!

Full results in the Race Together>Cure for the Brrr tab.