Ninth Annual Space Coast 1986 50km Race (Ultra marathon)                                                                 
                                                                    
December 28, 1986 on the beach, Cocoa Beach, Florida                                                                 
                                                                    
Conditions cool but windy. 10-20 mph head wind last 25km.                                                                 
low temperature 59*-high temperature 68*                                                                 
Total of 54 runners took part in event, which ran round trip                                                                 
from Sydney Fischer Park to Melbourne's Paradise Beach.                                                                 
                                                                    
Course Records:                                                                 
MEN- Carlos Talbott            25  (1982)  3:15:22                  
WOMEN- Leslie McPherson        31  (1981)  4:45:29                  
                                                                    
MEN                                                                 
place overall finish-name      home town                age     time
1   01.  Chris Gibson          New York, NY              34  3:29:27
2   02.  Ken Terry             Edgewater, FL             36  3:52:22
3   03.  David VanEtten        Tampa, FL                 23  3:54:26
4   04.  Paul Martin           Lincoln, NE               35  4:12:14
5   05.  Mark Stansbury        Winter Springs, FL        43  4:13:55
6   06.  David Dyer            New Smyrna, FL            28  4:17:22
7   07.  Ed Leaman             Palm Bay, FL              28  4:23:33
8   08.  Dean Barnett          Winter Haven               ?  4:25:15
9   09.  Thomas Knight         Tampa, FL                 31  4:26:35
10  10.  Michael Sheffey       Maitland, FL              44  4:40:02
11  11.  Richard Whitmore      Indialantic, FL           39  4:42:19
12  12.  Jim Armstrong         W.Melbourne, FL           35  4:46:25
13  13.  Guy Meilleur          Raleigh, NC               36  4:51:38
14  14.  Richard Greiner       Satellite Beach, FL       47  4:56:09
15  16.  David Balfour         New York, NY              48  5:16:07
16  17.  Thomas Thorn          Medford, NJ               46  5:17:17
17  18.  Jim Blount            Orlando, FL               57  5:24:09
18  21.  Jim Herr              Micanopy, FL              43  6:10:17
19  22.  Martin Krauss         Montreal, Canada          49  6:10:51
20  23.  Harold Tucker         Melbourne Beach, FL       69  6:35:36
21  24.  Gary Michel           Orlando, FL               33  6:40:35
22  25.  Robert Marsh          Cape Canaveral, FL        46  6:43:11
                                                                    
WOMEN                                                                 
1   15.  Danielle Cousins      Tempe, Arizona            29  4:56:08
2   19.  Samana Balfour        New York, NY              50  5:27:39
3   20.  Patricia Dixon        Merritt Island, FL        51  6:01:40
4   26.  Patricia Callahan     Ft. Lauderdale, FL        48  6:54:44
                                                                    
TEAMS  (25 km per member)                                                                 
MEN                                                                 
1   Michael Ledbetter          Troy State, AL            19         
    William Hibbard            Troy State, AL            19  3:26:47
                                                                    
2   David Wheeler              Cocoa, FL                 40         
    Gary Castner               Satellite Beach, FL       41  4:01:17
                                                                    
3   Michael Coyle              Orlando, FL               34         
    John Kemp                  Kissemmee, FL             45  4:06:52
                                                                    
4   Thomas Ward                Melbourne Beach, FL       49         
    Scott Maxwell              Melbourne Beach, FL       36  4:15:10
                                                                    
5   Mark Weimer                Satellite Beach, FL       54         
    Donald Dore Sr.            Indian Harbour Beach, FL  57  4:17:00
                                                                    
6   Brian Greenberg            Melbourne, FL             40         
    Vincent Ferrando           Merritt Island, FL        30  4:27:47
                                                                    
WOMEN                                                                 
1   Angela Saldana             Cocoa Beach, FL           59         
    Patricia Dixon             Merritt Island, FL        51  6:01:40
                                                                    
MIXED                                                                 
1   Patricia Stafford          Clermont, FL              47         
    Dan Blaine                 Cocoa Beach, FL           46  4:30:26

Submitted by Don Dore Jr. on May 4, 2008.
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