Race Previews

Thanks Final Stretch...

Thursday, 29 August 2013 02:05

St. Croix Valley Olympic & Sprint Preview - It's hard to believe that these races started almost a decade and a half ago. (Thirteen years, to be exact.) It was in 2001 when Final Stretch decided to expand the scope of their running event production business to include multisport races. Since then, FS has produced more tris an dus than any Minnesota race management company. Though we don't have the exact count, it appears that Final Stretch has staged at least 70 multis on Minnesota and western Wisconsin soil.

Thanks Final Stretch.

Time to share some history. The SCVT's Sprint race has endured since 2001. The Olympic race was added in 2003. Here are the overall and non-open-class records for both events. You'll note than most of the CRs have stood for a long time....

ST. CROIX VALLEY SPRINT - (S-.3-B-10-R-4)

OVERALL - Jon Balabuck (Thunder Bay, ONT) - 56:23 (2008) & Becky Youngberg (Eden Prairie) - 1:00:32 (2004)

00-19 - Leif Nordgren - 1:01:15 (2008) & Katie Bono - 1:13:02 (2006)

40-44 - Dan Schueller - 1:00:37 (2002) & Mary Beth Tuttle - 1:06:36 (2007)

45-49 - Bill Baker - 1:01:53 (2003) & Melinda Silbernick - 1:09:09 (2004)

50-54 - Dave Dow - 1:01:04 (2007) & Melinda Silbernick - 1:10:11 (2005)

55-59 - Jim McDonnell - 1:06:34 (2008) & Lisa Wheeler - 1:21:29 (2006)

60-64 - Michael Bono - 1:18:29 (2012) & Suzi Heinrichs - 1:41:45 (2007)

65-69 - Patrick McMorrow (photo L) - 1:11:23 (2012)

ST. CROIX VALLEY OLYMPIC (1.5K-40K-10K)

OVERALL - Brian Bich - 1:57:39 (2009) & Kortney Haag - 2:09:36 (2011)

00-19 - Caius Rickard - 2:20:28 (2008) & Kaitlin Degner - 2:39:49 (2004)

40-44 - Brian Bich - 1:57:39 (2009) & Sue Rubens - 2:18:11 (2007)

45-49 - James Ross - 2:14:01 (2004) & Deb Fisher - 2:27:52 (2003)

50-54 - Greg Taylor - 2:04:42 (2007) & Sheila DiPaola - 2:45:22 (2004)

55-59 - Tom Nelson - 2:17:02 (2003) &

60-64 - Fred Clayton - 2:30:24 (2010) & Connie Foster - 3:16:49 (2012)

ED. We apologize for not having the records set by athletes over the age of 70.

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