Congrats to our Regina runners at Edmonton’s Survivorfest timed event. It was a hot day, but our Regina runners did extremely well. Andrew Skwernuik won the Men’s 12 hour event with 109.2 km, and Chris Tetlock was right behind him with 106 km. Tania Diener finished her first ultra of the year, completing 56.0 km in the 12 hour and finishing as 8th W, and Jan Steenkamp ran his first ultra since overcoming his 2025 leg injury - Jan finished as 4th M in the 12 hour on the B course with 50.9 km!
Way to go runners - we are proud of you!
Congrats to our Regina runners who took on the Conquer the Lake half-marathon in Lake Country, BC on June 7. Katherine Lynas and Shawn Seguin both achieved PRs, and Shawn earned an age group podium! Here are the results - please comment for any misses or errors:
Shawn Seguin,1:26:50,3M35
Katherine Lynas,1:54:48,7W40
Paul Westgate,2:08:11,14M50
Jodine Landman,2:08:12,10W40
Congratulations runners!
Congrats to the Regina runners who completed the Saskatchewan marathon and half-marathon today. It was a warm one, but we got it done! Special congrats to Darbi Edwards, the women’s marathon winner; Christopher Stoppler, our fastest male runner; and Sonia Rees (our former MM member) who was the fourth woman. Lane Rathgeber set a PR (!!) and won his age division, and Prince Singh set a PR and earned his first sub-3 marathon!
Our Pres, Michael Dahlman, was the two hour pace bunny in the half-marathon, and finished within a perfect 3 seconds. Rod Nielsen also did a great job of pacing the 2:30 group, and Abbey Schmidt was the one hour pace bunny in the 10 km. Here are the Regina and MM member results for the marathon and the MM member results for the half-marathon.
Christopher Stoppler,2:51:32,2M45
Prince Singh,2:59:48,3M30
Darbi Edwards,3:07;00,1W
Conor Renouf,3:09:31,5M35
Sonia Rees,3:20:08,2W30
Lane Rathgeber,3:25:42,1M50
Ahmed Shereif,3:37:22,8M40
Tyler Will,3:38:38,7M20
David Landen,3:40:47,8M45
Levi Hurlbert,3:58:57,21M20
Meyer San,4:11:24,25M35
Neil Catchuk,4:12:04,7M50
Lloyd Sehn,4:12:44,8M50
Stephanie Flaman,4:16:38,5W20
Patrick Casin,4:24:45,40M20
Kelsey Bone,4:26:47,6W30
Caitlin Roy,4:36:17,10W35
Chung Pang Siu,4:53:18,23M45
Gay Renouf,4:57:00,1W65
Jordan Kemp,4:57:41,11W30
Clark Denzel Alcalde,5:12:09,63M20
N N See,6:04:43,13W40
Katherine Zimmer,6:05:14,21W20
Jeanette Lye,1:40:15,3W40
Murray Koptie,1:46:35,2M55
Michael Dahlman (pacer),1:59:57,33M40
Danny Ritz,2:10:33,63M35
Greg Chovin,2:11:44,9M60
Tania Diener,2:28:38,6W60
Rod Nielsen,2:29:06,15M55
Dale Harvey,2:56:04,10M65
Jan Steenkamp,2:56:51,15M60
Congratulations to Kathy and Dennis Dreher on their finishes at the Blackfoot ultra near Edmonton on Saturday. The Blackfoot is a trail race colloquially known as Death by 100 hills. Both Drehers ran the 50 km event - Kathy finished in 6:26, and Dennis finished in 6:50. No age groups - but how’s this for a couple of 60 year olds - Kathy was 12th W and Dennis was 37th M! Congratulations!
Congrats to Elizabeth Tomczak on her fourth W finish at the Fargo marathon. It was hot, yet she still posted a 3:10:05! She had a strong finish, passing 6 women in the final stages for the fourth place finish. Here’s a photo of Liz asking Elias if she can quit.
Congrats to the Regina runners at the Ottawa Tamarack race on May 24. Three runners earned top 20 age group results! In the marathon, Julia Totosy ran 3:19:39 for 9th in W40, and her Jaleta Pacers teammate, Shawna Enns, ran 3:21:50 for 11th in W40. In the half-marathon, Kelsie Lenahan ran 1:36:24 for 13th in W40.
Congratulations to all our brave runners at the trail runs of Reesor 50 and Mountain Marathon at the Historic Reesor Ranch and Cypress hills. Superlative results including our Liz Tomczak (check out the latest runner profile) winning the women’s marathon. Our fastest runners were Theo Dow and Ashley Marchi in the 50 mile, and Elizabeth Tomczak and Curtis Timmons in the mountain marathon.
Congrats runners!
Theo Dow,8:23:04,1M35,3Men overall
Ashley Marchi,10:49:04,1st W40
Jason Burns,11:22:42,3M45
Heidi Schmaltz,11:57:57,3rd W40
Thomas Jacobson,12:26:22,7M30
Lloyd Sehn,12:26:43,4M50
Jordan Rabat,12:27:17,8M30
Derek Richardson,12:36:26,9M30
Jordan Nordstrom,12:42:28,15M35
Kalen MacLeod,12:48:15,16M35
Micaiah Audette,13:06:27,4M25
Nikolaos Iagodontis,13:07:09,13M40
Noah Audette,13:22:01,10M30
Mark Nielsen,13:31:04,11M30
Quinten Balzer,13:38:28,12M30
Jason Hubick,13:48:15,1M60
Ara Steininger,13:49:19,2W45
Jenna Bedel,13:49:20,4W40
Megan Ruf,14:20:51,6W40
Kelly Ljunggren,15:07:11,11M50
Elizabeth Tomczak,3:54:42,1st W
Curtis Timmons,4:33:37,5M35
Tristan Hopper,4:58:25,7M35
Tianna Dodds,5:01:52,3W25
Matt Leask,5:07:02,3M40
Stephanie Leduc,5:08:41,4W35
Ryan Baete,5:08:58,3M45
Laura Sullivan,5:10:25,5W35
Chad Fibke,5:13:41,3M30
Katelin Sperling,5:50:24,4W30
Jered Jacobs,5:59:34,10M40
Leslie Frei,6:03:40,1W50
Sheila Durey,6:26:47,2W55
Jacqueline Myers,6:26:48,13W35
Nichole Kaytor,6:28:19,3W50
Melissa Rogers,6:33:42,5W40
Chelsea Beaton,6:35:32,14W35
Chad Fenrick,6:42:57,5M50
Dean Neufeld,6:53:25,9M45
David Wishlow,6:53:26,12M40
Adam Putz,7:08:27,14M40
Sheena Goodbrand,7:28:59,5W45
Wow! Abbey Schmidt just set a six min PR at the Fredericton marathon. Abbey ran 3:23:51 for 5th in W40-49. From the state of her shoes, it looks like the course included some trails. Big congrats!
Congratulations to our Regina runners at the Vancouver marathon and half-marathon on May 3. Our fastest marathoner was Andrew Shanks. Congratulations to Kemp Nguyen on his first marathon!
We had two top ten age group performance at the BMO Vancouver half-marathon: Laura Moltz in W65, and Sandy MacDonald in W75.
Andrew Shanks,2:54:38,19th M35
Braydee Prokopchuk,3:16:06,102nd M25
Dallas Smith,3:35:24, 214th in M30
Abby Morris, 3:54:39, 129th W25
Anthony Israel,4:38:10,695th M30
Benjamin Hamilton,4:40:28,723rd M25
Raymond Santiago,6:27:18,505th M40
Brad Jamison,1:39:52,84th M40
Dillon Wallin,1:44:16,244th M30
Kia Rosenbaum,1:48:16,131st W25
Laura Moltz,1:52:46,4th W65
Rania Iryumugabo,2:27:15,412th W20
Kyle Anderson,2:28:51,883rd M25
Megan Burnett,2:32:50,1219th W25
Erin McKee,2:34:41,1101st W30
Sarah Balfour,2:43:42,1212th W30
Sandy MacDonald,2:58:45,7th W75
Congrats, runners!
Two Regina athletes had the chance to run the Abbott World Major that is the hardest to get entry to - the London marathon. Stephanie Leduc ran 3:55:10 to place 3075th in the W18-39 age division. Yvonne Cafik’s route was more complex. Last week, while running the 5k preceding the Boston marathon, Yvonne experienced numbness and pain in a pelvic injury which she had fractured 4 years ago. She rested all week, and actually finished the marathon in 6:56:05 (709th in W60), much slower than her usual BQ times. As a result, she continues her goal towards earning the Abbot six star medal (missing only Tokyo). Congratulations ladies!
Congratulations to our Regina runners who ran the Boston marathon today! Our fastest man, and best age group performer was Morgan Bradshaw, and our fastest woman was Gaylene Jeannot. Results were:
Morgan Bradshaw,2:46:07,212th M40
Gaylene Jeannot,3:50:32,688th W50
Liping Zheng,4:02:47,544th M55
Lana Thompson-van Eaton,4:12:02,389th W60
Congratulations runners!
Three of our Regina athletes just finished the oldest race in North America - Around the Bay in Hamilton. Peggy Junek ran 2:57:19 for 46th in W50; Patrice Krueger ran 3:10:48 for 22nd in W60; and Patti Sandison Cattell ran the 15 k (recovering from tendinitis) in 1:31:40 for 12th in W60. Weather was reported to be grim - chilly and rainy. Congratulations, you heroes!
Congrats to our four Regina runners who finished the Tokyo marathon. The day before the marathon, race organizers were warning about heat issues - the sun and humidity were real! Our guys suffered in the hot sun but finished well to each gain another star - the term used for completing each of the seven Abbott major marathons.
Michael Dahlman,3:49:12, 4 stars
Angela Arnold,4:28:58, 3 stars
Paula Bzdell,4:30:04, 4 stars
Cheerie Constantino,5:41:42, 2 stars
Age group placing cannot be found as of yet - we will add these when we get them. Congratulations to our local heroes!
Congrats to our three marathoners that took on European races in February. Conor Renouf ran 2:50:26 for 239th in M35 at the Seville marathon in Spain. This extends his streak of running a sub-three marathon each year to 18 years!
Meanwhile, Gay Renouf and Milos Kostic ran the Split marathon in Croatia. Gay ran 4:32:24 for 2nd in W65 and Milos ran 6:14:57 for 5th in M70+. Milos remains one of the few runners in mid-eighties that can run the 42 km.
Congratulations, runners!
Here’s a result that shows it’s not about time! Laura Sullivan ran the Disney marathon (in 4:55) but the Boston-qualifying athlete had goals that were not about running fast! Laura’s goals were to run in costume; to take as many photos with Disney characters as she could and to go on one of the rides during the race! She met all her goals - ran as Princess Jasmine; stopped for over 200 photos; and waited in line to do the Everest roller coaster. Congratulations Laura!