16th Annual Avalon Benefit 50M

Avalon, CA

January 11, 1997

An impressive total of 174 runners, all of whom started at 5:04AM, finished the 16th annual running of the Avalon Benefit 50M. Brian Hian of Encinitas, CA was the overall winner for the second consecutive year with a race record 6:05:31, while Anne Langstaff of Elcajon, CA was a first-time winner of the women's competition.

All the entrants secured pledges for running the race, raising $10,900 to benefit the Avalon Hospital, Avalon High School scholarships, the Catalina Conservancy, the Isthmus Little Red School Hose and the Bill Putnam Health Care Fund.

1	Ben Hian		6:05:31
2	Gabriel Flores		6:28:48
3	Matthew Toepke		6:37:10
4	Tim Twietmeyer		6:42:38
5	Doug Spencer		6:42:38
6	David Capoi		6:43:44
7	Robert Youngren		6:53:08
8	Dan Barger		6:56:07
9	Rob McNair		7:08:03
10	Jim Kornell		7:10:17
11	Patrick Gunnarsson	7:15:11
12	Danny Westergaard	7:18:09
13	Gene Joseph		7:22:16
14	Bruce Mace		7:24:50
15	Steven Funke		7:24:50
16	Richard Hillestad	7:28:54
17	Rick Spady		7:42:59
18	Jeff Thompson		7:44:25
19	Jim Hinkley		7:47:07
20	Ernesto Henriquez	7:49:13
21	Joe Hildebrand		7:50:48
22	Anne Langstaff -1f-	7:54:29
23	Manuel Garcia		7:54:44
24	Jon Priest		7:54:55
25	Mark Kahler		7:55:46
26	Barbara Warren -2f-	7:58:26
27	Joe Galope		8:00:15
28	Eric Edmunds		8:06:20
29	Gene Thibeault		8:06:20
30	Bob Silverman		8:06:20
31	William Harns		8:13:11
32	Bob Ulloa		8:15:18
33	Joe Franko		8:19:37
34	Linda Bialla -3f-	8:22:57
35	Bill Braun		8:24:26
36	Roger Weingaertner	8:25:18
37	Michael Soltesz		8:25:46
38	Jennifer Henderson	8:26:54
39	Chris Leavell		8:26:54
40	Dan Harshburger		8:26:54
41	Michael Neal		8:28:56
42	Nancy Nunn		8:32:00
43	Doug Cline		8:38:18
44	Don Hoogerhyde		8:39:22
45	Jay Grobese		8:40:53
46	Peter Lyon		8:41:24
47	Thomas Cheney		8:41:24
48	Steve Shaw		8:42:31
49	Vito Bialla		8:45:35
50	Fenton Cross		8:46:30
51	Jeff Padilla		8:47:12
52	Joe Nowakowski		8:51:03
53	Matthew Kavanaugh	8:51:12
54	Steven Healy		8:52:14
55	Dan Whittemore		8:54:11
56	Mark Chamley		8:55:39
57	Patrick Clark		8:56:26
58	Tom O'Hern		8:57:00
59	Bob DeWitt		8:57:00
60	Dan Dempster		8:58:59
61	David Saine		8:59:08
62	Joe Magruder		8:59:08
63	Cindy Busarow		8:59:36
64	David Jones		9:00:20
65	Kevin Tiller		9:06:21
66	Lorrie Snow		9:07:13
67	Rico Ramirez		9:07:49
68	Kent Holder		9:09:09
69	Craig Chambers		9:10:20
70	Michael Devlin		9:10:25
71	R.C. Pruitt		9:11:09
72	Maureen McGrath		9:11:09
73	David Emmons		9:15:04
74	Dave Niederhaus		9:20:04
75	Ed Arasim		9:20:56
76	Elizabeth Hodges	9:21:26
77	Delbert Ruckle		9:21:26
78	Clark Bunton		9:22:26
79	Bill Gebbie		9:23:58
80	Byron Nuthall		9:23:58
81	Laurie Phillips		9:25:06
82	Les Martisko		9:25:20
83	Gudrun Fink		9:25:42
84	Stan Jensen		9:28:03
85	Abel Flores		9:28:53
86	Janice O'Grady		9:29:12
87	Sharlene Cadwallader	9:29:31
88	Erika Cronshagen	9:30:09
89	John Stewart		9:30:49
90	Robert Davis		9:31:59
91	Iris Harakuni		9:33:53
92	Herman Cohen		9:39:43
93	Mike Campbell		9:39:56
94	Chris Cole		9:40:30
95	James Hamilton		9:41:40
96	Betty Frankum		9:41:39
97	Suzanne Williams	9:43:06
98	Richard Jones		9:43:24
99	Joseph Rizza		9:44:36
100	Jeff Vinion		9:45:27
101	John Ingrow		9:47:21
102	Gary Ruttenberd		9:50:01
103	Kenneth Nagy		9:50:01
104	Laura Albert		9:52:01
105	Charles Fritz		9:53:28
106	David Timmer		9:54:53
107	Ron Perlans		9:59:01
108	Geri Kilgariff		10:02:40
109	Suzi Thibeault		10:02:40
110	URO
111	Greg Minter		10:05:17
112	Mary Barry		10:06:29
113	Kathy Harshburger	10:07:38
114	Hal Winton		10:09:13
115	Jennifer Janis		10:10:34
116	John Korzick		10:14:35
117	Brad Norris		10:16:06
118	Pam Galbraith		10:20:30
119	Kathy Kusner		10:23:12
120	Bill Dickey		10:23:12
121	Kristi Grall		10:24:42
122	Karen Hamilton		10:26:12
123	Gary Miller		10:27:54
124	Heather Crook		10:27:54
125	Kristin Leaf-James	10:31:16
126	Bobby Porter		10:31:45
127	Mary Yee		10:31:45
128	Claudia Newson		10:34:21
129	Jennifer Evans		10:34:21
130	Craig McClurg		10:34:59
131	Scottie Fye		10:34:10
132	Erma Hutton		10:35:17
133	Judy Overholtzer	10:35:17
134	Susan Cross		10:37:37
135	Evelyn Rodriguez	10:37:37
136	Michael Roberts		10:38:35
137	Becky Davidson		10:42:44
138	Eric Hodges		10:43:53
139	Ross Lewis		10:43:59
140	John Love		10:45:10
141	Cherine Fanning		10:45:24
142	Christa Flynt		10:49:16
143	David Flynt		10:49:24
144	Ilsebill Wolfe		10:50:15
145	Kathy Sanchez		10:50:49
146	Ellen Engelke		10:51:47
147	Lon Neumann		10:53:47
148	Chuck Wolfe		10:58:35
149	Cassandra Johnson	11:02:22
150	Carol Noonan		11:03:27
151	John Schmill		11:05:08
152	Bob Norton		11:05:15
153	Pat DeVita		11:05:15
154	Tani Simpson		11:05:53
155	Nancy Shura		11:11:54
156	Ralph Whittington	11:19:32
157	Richard Mitchell	11:20:22
158	Alan Sugarman		11:20:22
159	Donald Matthias		11:29:04
160	Bill Price		11:34:45
161	Pat Moses		11:36:51
162	Bob Moses		11:36:51
163	Stuart Sorensen		11:37:47
164	Cathy Valdez		11:37:47
165	Dallas Jonew		11:46:18
166	Patty Landis		11:46:33
167	Jeff Overfield		11:49:37
168	Dan Lister		11:49:37
169	Suzie LaSoya		11:53:00
170	Karen Tallman		11:55:14
171	Clark Yogi		12:09:42
172	Shannon Lyons		12:51:42
173	Ken Glenn		12:56:30
174	Marlene Henry		12:56:30