2004 Canandaigua Lake
50 Mile Relay

07/29/09

 

 

2004 Results and Race Photographs

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2004 Team Results / Photos

What would it take to win this year?
Last year five Cornell grad students, the Social Scientists, won the inaugural Canandaigua Relay in 6:48:09. What would it take to win this year?

Team ODR, five over-40 guys from the Oven Door Runners (an informal running group in Rochester) blew away the course record by almost 40 minutes with a Masters Men record 6:08:30. The triumph of experience over youth would have been a great story but that wasn't fast enough to take the race.

The Social Scientists came up from Ithaca to defend their title with a couple new runners and a faster pace.  The Cornell scholars held on against a fast closing Team ODR to prevail in 6:05:48, more than 42 minutes faster than 2003.  That wasn't enough either.

Megan Hyland of Rochester put together a team with 5K speed to burn: Matt's Girlies.  The four young women consistently run 18 and 19 minute 5Ks and Matt has 17 minute credentials.  How would flat 5K speed and twenty-something youth translate to 50 miles with 3500' of gain and loss?  As it turned out, the answer is "very well."  Matt's Girlies broke the old record by more than an hour with a 5:45:13, a new Open Mixed record. But even that wasn't enough.

Team White & Clark, three older runners from the Buffalo area, showed they were serious when Steve White opened with a 6:16 average for the first 10.2 mile leg. Trevor White flew with a 6:08 average for the big climb up the Coye Road hill and back down to the lake. Jim Clark made the 800' Bopple Hill climb and drop into Bristol Springs in a strong 7:20 average, giving the team a 10-minute lead over Matt's Girlies at 17.1 miles.  They scarcely slowed as they extended their lead to 23 minutes at the finish. Their time of 5:21:46 (6:26 average pace) was more than 1:26 faster than last year's best.

What will it take to win in 2005?  Which team will be the first under 5 hours?

 1. White & Clark (Open Men)
Steven White, Trevor White, Jim Clark 		East Aurora  5:21:46! 1st Open Men*
2. Matt's Girlies (Open Mixed)
Megan Hyland, Karen Blodgett, Matt Blodgett, Christina Keck, Audra Knapp		 Rochester  5:45:13 1st Open Mixed*
3. Social Scientists (Open Men)
Scott Condie, Joe Price, Shad Morris, Wes Sine, Steve Sauer		 Ithaca  6:05:48  2nd Open Men
4. Oven Door Runners (Masters Men)
Clyde Sumner, Mark Harrison, John Melville, David Newman, Ted Thull 		Henrietta 6:08:30 1st Masters Men*
5. Who Moved My Beer (Open Men)
Steve Phillips, Robert Dedrick, Brock E. Barry, Eric J. Domroes, Will Wagner 		Avon 6:49:24 3rd Open Men
6.  Corning Pacers (Open Mixed)
Mary Wenck, Jeff Knutson, Robert Kern, David Morgan, Monika Wood 		Corning 6:54:52 1st Masters Mixed*
7. Retrofits (Masters Mixed)
Terry Bluhm, Susan Robinette, John Blanchard, Joseph Taille 		Pittsford 6:56:18 2nd Masters Mixed
8. Just in Time (Open Mixed)
Glenn Widor, Chris Clark, Tammy Lamagra, Anne Lambert, Terri Urzetta		 Fairport 6:57:14 2nd Open Mixed
9. Cheshire Cats (Open Mixed)
Jim Kerr, Christina Eldridge, Polly Mayne, Jan Putnam 		Canandaigua 7:00:23 3rd Open Mixed
10. BB & The Mystery Machine (Open Men)
Joe Hibberd, Angela McGinnis, John Perhamus, John O'Hagan, Ken Bridman		 Canandaigua 7:04:44  
 11. Mudhens (Open Mixed)
Michael Keefer, Chris Frank, Heather Frank, Scott Rasmussen 		Rochester 7:14:37  
12. Crosswinds (Masters Men)
Rebecca Andrus, Robert Andrus, John T. Hicks, Ed Martin, Ed J. Leahy 		Canandaigua 7:16:44 2nd Masters Men
13. Game Farm Girls (Open Women)
Mindi Morris, Ali Condie, Anna Halverson, Janna Hay, Jennie Sanders 		Ithaca 7:16:46 1st Open Women*
14. Chicken & Biscuits (Open Mixed)
Kimberly Hill, Leif Albright, Stacy Pond, Jennifer Mandanas, Julie Koski 		Corning 8:36:44  
! = New relay record.  * = New category record      

2004 Photos / Team Results

Photographer Andrea Randt donated her time to photograph the race.  Click here to see her 184 photos of the race.

Karen Suitor has posted photos from the Martha Stewart Aid Station.  Click here to see her 19 photos.

Click here to see some photos Barry Erickson took while roving the course.  Includes nice snaps of the Martha Stewart Aid Station.

Here's a link to Finish Line photos that Tom and Barry took.  There are finish photos of most runners.

This site was last updated 07/29/09