Kouros sets U.S. All-Comers record; Godale U.S. Open record
SYLVANIA, Ohio (September 18-19, 1999)--Under mild, pleasant skies, 160 ultrarunners set out to cover as much mileage as they possibly could on the 1.1 mile circuit around Olander Lake. The venue is the base site of the Toledo Road Runners Club, who hosted the American all-day/all-night title event here for the seventh consecutive year, in conjunction with the American Ultrarunning Association. The favorites were defending USA national 24-hour champions Sue Ellen Trapp, 53, of Fort Myers, Florida, and Kevin Setnes, 45, of Eagle, Wisconsin.
Trapp coasted to the easiest of her now total of six 24-hour National titles, besting Lynne Werner of Seattle, Washington by some 15 miles.
Setnes, on the other hand, had his hands more than full, as multiple world-record holder Yiannis Kouros of Athens, Greece (universally regarded as the best long-range ultrarunner in history) unexpectedly entered the evening before the race. Yet not only Setnes, but also Kouros, the latter perhaps expecting to coast to a relatively easy win, and everyone else in attendance was surprised by unheralded 29-year old Mark Godale of Aurora, Ohio. A three-time journeyman member of the USA national 100 Km team with no long-range ultra credentials of note, Godale ran the second greatest 24-hour performance in American history, bettering Setnes' American road record by two miles and falling a few miles shy of Rae Clark's American track record. In doing so, he put an all-night scare into the otherwise unflappable Greek phenom, and pushed Kouros to the fastest official 24-hour performance ever run on American soil. Setnes held onto third place overall, and took the American silver medal behind Godale's first national title.
USA 24-HOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: OLANDER PARK
Sylvania, OH, September 18-19 1999
OPEN MEN
[1) Yiannis Kouros, Athens, Greece (guest) 167.44 miles]
(new official U.S. All-comers road record)
1) Mark Godale, Aurora, OH 162.46 miles
(new official American Open road record)
2) Kevin Setnes, Eagle, WI 147.14 miles
3) Tom Andrews, Minneapolis, MN 139.01 miles
4) Danny Ripka, Minneapolis, MN 137.63 miles
5) Bob Emmons, Burlington, VT 134.79 miles
6) Roy Pirrung, Sheboygan, WI 135.19 miles
[8) Andy Jones, Cincinnati, OH (Canadian citizen) 133.42 miles]
7) Jeff Hagen, Yakima, WA 130.40 miles
8) Scott Eppelman, Richardson, TX 126.01 miles
9) Roger Friede, Eagan, MN 121.32 miles
10) Newton Baker, Montpelier, VT 116.93 miles
MEN'S TEAMS
1) ALARC "A", 398.02 miles
-Tom Andrews
-Danny Ripka
-Roger Friede
2) Badgerland Striders, 390.78 miles
-Kevin Setnes
-Roy Pirrung
-Vince Varone
3) Vermont Green Mountain, 359.67 miles
-Bob Emmons
-Newton Baker
-Ray Zirblis
OPEN WOMEN
1) Sue Ellen Trapp, Fort Myers, FL 131.82 miles
2) Lynne Werner, Seattle, WA 116.01 miles
3) Jan Levet, Pollock Pines, CA 115.46 miles
4) Debbie Jones, Hazelcrest, IL 109.17 miles
5) Peg Ryan, Plainville, MA 103.04 miles
6) Pat Lehman-Jedrek, Fort Wayne, IN 102.22 miles
7) Eileen Eliot, Hollywood, FL 101.42 miles
MASTERS MEN 40-44
1) Danny Ripka, Minneapolis, MN 137.63 miles
2) Bob Emmons, Burlington, VT 134.79 miles
3) Kurt Madden, El Cajon, CA 117.33 miles
MASTERS WOMEN 40-44
1) Elizabeth Fischer-Drew, Minnetonka, MN 101.12 miles
2) Irene Weston, Fairview Park, OH 101.00 miles
MASTERS MEN 45-49
1) Kevin Setnes, Eagle, WI 147.14 miles
2) Tom Andrews, Minneapolis, MN 139.01 miles
3) Lion Caldwell, San Fidel, NM 108.97 miles
MASTERS WOMEN 45-49
1) Lynne Werner, Seattle, WA 116.01 miles
2) Jan Levet, Pollock Pines, CA 115.46 miles
3) Debbie Jones, Hazelcrest, IL 109.17 miles
MASTERS MEN 50-54
1) Roy Pirrung, Sheboygen, WI 135.19 miles
2) Jeff Hagen, Yakima, WA 130.40 miles
3) Ed Dodd, Collingswood, NJ 117.00 miles
MASTERS WOMEN 50-54
1) Sue Ellen Trapp, Fort Myers, FL 131.82 miles
2) Peg Ryan, Plainville, MA 103.04 miles
3) Pat Lehman-Jedrek, Ft. Wayne, IN 102.22 miles
MASTERS MEN 55-59
1) Newton Baker, Montpelier, VT 116.93 miles
2) Frank Probst, Burke, VA 114.59 miles
3) Ed Rousseau, Minneapolis, MN 105.61 miles
MASTERS WOMEN 55-59
1) Eileen Eliot, Hollywood, FL 101.42 miles
MASTERS MEN 60-64
1) Charlie Raper, Maryville, TN 97.40 miles
2) Richard Sitter, Erie, PA 94.26 miles
3) George Isom, Louisville, KY 85.40 miles
MASTERS WOMEN 60-64
1) Louise Miklovic, Maumee, OH 73.66 miles
MASTERS MEN 65-69
1) Bill Workman, Cincinnati, OH 100.50 miles
2) Richard Fedion, North Conway, NH 85.50 miles
MASTERS MEN 70-74
1) Burt Carlson, Mound, MN 84.38 miles
2) Leo Lightner, Rocky River, OH 78.67 miles
MASTERS MEN 75-79
1) Howard Henry, Plymouth, IN 78.87 miles
2) Carlton Mendell, Portland, ME 76.82 miles