Ancient Oaks 100 Mile Endurance Run Titusville FL Dec. 12, 2009 The 11th annual Ancient Oaks 100-Mile Endurance Run was held this past weekend at the Enchanted Forest Nature Sanctuary in Titusville, Florida. The race began at 7:00 am sharp on Saturday morning and consisted of 29 loops of a 3.46-mile trail course for a total of 100.3 miles with a 32-hour time cutoff. The course included loose sand, grassy trails, slightly rolling woodchip paths, serpentine single-track in deep old-growth forest, two plastic-wood boardwalks, and a smidgen of asphalt and concrete pavement. A total of 55 entrants began the race, and 22 runners completed the entire 100-mile distance. David James, 31, of Bridgeport CT destroyed the old course record of 19 hours 19 minutes with an incredible 16 hour, 41 minute, 34 second performance. Joe Ninke, 40 of Sebastian FL was second in 19:52:37, and 44-year-old Cheryl Lager of Newport News VA finished third overall in 22:58:06 to cap an incredible comeback. Cheryl was more than two hours behind early women's leader Shannon McGinn with less than six loops to go when Shannon faltered, allowing Cheryl's rock-steady pace to propel her into the lead with about five miles left in the race. MgGinn, 33, of Rahway NJ went on to record her first 100-mile finish in 25:28:19 as second-place female. Complete results are shown below. I'd like to offer my deepest thanks to each and every person who pitched in and helped make this year's race a huge success, including Sue Anger, Keys 100 and Palm 100 Race Director Bob Becker, Jim Sullivan, Frank Norris, founding Ancient Oaks 100 Race Director Stu Gleman, Robin Siegel, and Val Aistars. Also much appreciated was the donations that runners and crew made that helped provide the pizzas that were delivered Saturday evening. This race was a LOT of fun and I look forward to presenting the 12th annual Ancient Oaks 100-Mile Endurance Run in 2010. Sincerely, Mike Melton Co-Race Director Ancient Oaks 100-Mile Endurance Run mike at mcmelton.com Place Name Bib No Gender/Age Laps Time Pace Distance 1 Cheryl Lager 24 F/44 29 22:58:06 13:44/M 100.340 2 Shannon McGinn 30 F/33 29 25:28:19 15:14/M 100.340 3 Juli Aistars 29 F/51 29 29:20:25 17:33/M 100.340 4 June Leland 25 F/56 29 29:42:47 17:46/M 100.340 5 Sherry Meador 31 F/40 29 31:00:04 18:32/M 100.340 6 Sandy Melton 33 F/53 22 23:47:27 18:45/M 76.120 7 Karen Pearson 36 F/45 21 23:32:48 19:27/M 72.660 8 Juli Bane 40 F/46 21 23:40:18 19:33/M 72.660 9 Karen Riddle 38 F/56 19 29:37:00 27:02/M 65.740 10 Molly Sheridan 42 F/51 18 18:08:36 17:29/M 62.280 11 Lisa Hoehne 19 F/28 17 15:13:30 15:32/M 58.820 12 Robin Siegel 43 F/60 16 30:08:08 32:40/M 55.360 13 Sharon Zelinski 1 F/45 15 12:28:21 14:25/M 51.900 14 Terri Hayes 54 F/66 15 17:46:44 20:33/M 51.900 Place Name Bib No Gender/Age Laps Time Pace Distance 1 David James 52 M/31 29 16:41:34 9:59/M 100.340 2 Joe Ninke 34 M/40 29 19:52:37 11:53/M 100.340 3 Adam Goodrich 17 M/28 29 24:19:43 14:33/M 100.340 4 Brad Cory 8 M/34 29 24:30:08 14:39/M 100.340 5 Mike Smith 44 M/52 29 24:49:59 14:51/M 100.340 6 John Turner 4 M/50 29 25:38:54 15:20/M 100.340 7 James Schroeder 41 M/62 29 26:25:40 15:48/M 100.340 8 Doug Failla 11 M/48 29 26:53:17 16:05/M 100.340 9 Claude Hicks 18 M/49 29 27:20:39 16:21/M 100.340 10 Matt Mahoney 27 M/54 29 27:21:54 16:22/M 100.340 11 Eric Fogleman 12 M/49 29 27:42:18 16:34/M 100.340 12 Amos Whitwam 51 M/23 29 27:51:05 16:39/M 100.340 13 Harry Good 16 M/59 29 28:00:44 16:45/M 100.340 14 Shane Sampson 3 M/46 29 28:14:00 16:53/M 100.340 15 Phil Rosenstein 39 M/39 29 28:42:33 17:10/M 100.340 16 John Dodds 10 M/58 29 28:49:43 17:14/M 100.340 17 Daniel Gerber 14 M/30 29 30:21:48 18:09/M 100.340 18 Charles Thomsen 47 M/58 23 29:09:28 21:59/M 79.580 19 Ray Krolewicz 23 M/54 21 27:17:48 22:32/M 72.660 20 Scott Maxwell 2 M/59 20 17:28:59 15:10/M 69.200 21 Eddie DeMasi 55 M/32 20 17:52:03 15:30/M 69.200 22 Bill Andrews 48 M/58 20 18:08:36 15:44/M 69.200 23 Rich Nuzzi 35 M/39 20 18:23:26 15:57/M 69.200 24 Carl Camp 7 M/48 19 19:54:28 18:10/M 65.740 25 Long Vu 50 M/60 19 21:38:01 19:45/M 65.740 26 Jeff Gleacher 15 M/45 18 16:32:11 15:56/M 62.280 27 John Pyle 37 M/53 18 17:26:19 16:48/M 62.280 28 Robert Bartholomew 5 M/52 18 19:23:17 18:41/M 62.280 29 Stu Gleman 0 M/65 18 21:16:18 20:30/M 62.280 30 Melchor Varela 56 M/48 18 28:02:25 27:01/M 62.280 31 Steve Durbin 53 M/54 15 10:01:21 11:35/M 51.900 32 Andy Velazco 49 M/61 15 12:44:51 14:44/M 51.900 33 Doug Dawkins 9 M/57 15 14:31:00 16:47/M 51.900 34 Steve Strait 46 M/68 15 15:13:30 17:36/M 51.900 35 David Hughes 20 M/64 13 11:55:06 15:54/M 44.980 36 Cas Camara 6 M/46 13 12:37:56 16:51/M 44.980 37 Jeff Stevens 45 M/xx 11 9:50:26 15:31/M 38.060 38 Rick French 13 M/57 11 11:16:48 17:47/M 38.060 39 Mark Lewin 26 M/68 6 6:18:03 18:13/M 20.760 40 Mark Jackson 21 M/32 4 2:44:49 11:55/M 13.840 41 Mike Keenan 22 M/50 4 2:51:20 12:23/M 13.840