Mac Forest 50K - 11 Years, 22 Different Winners            

Ken Ward, Rookie RD

 

The tradition continues.  For the eleven McDonald Forest 50K's held in

Corvallis, Oregon, the course has never been the same twice.  We like to say there

are 22 course records.  Likewise, no man or woman has ever won the race more

than once.  This year, John Ticer, 49, from Eugene, and Penny McDermott, 31 of

Corvallis were added to the long list of winners.  The infamously muddy Mac

course was tame this year, completely dry under a beautiful 70 degree bright

Northwest sun.  The flowers were spectacular, the snowy Three Sisters were viewed,

and everybody was having good fun.

 

This was the first year the Mac had to be put on without the infinite wisdom

of the founder Clem LaCava.  Father Clem retired after last year's race nearly

did him in, and we tried to carry on Clem's race as best we could.  The good

news was that Clem got to run his race again, and see the enthusiastic high

school volunteers around the course.  Even though you can take the director out

of the race, you can't take the race out of the director.  In the weeks before

the race, Clem again devoted countless hours to helping us try to take this

on.  As the 16th largest ultra in the US last year, it probably was a poor race

to choose for a first time director.  Clem made that so much easier.

 

In the men's race, John Ticer was unbelievable.  Dustin Gilbert of Seattle,

and Matt Daniels of Corvallis, had a several minute lead at mile 20.  The wily

veteran Ticer just laid back cooly to let the boys have their fun.  At mile

27, John took it up a notch, passing the leader Dustin like he was strolling

along.  Dustin later said, "since I'd been resting a little before John went by,

I decided to tuck in behind him for awhile and see if he'd tire out.  Then I

looked at my heart rate and it was 180.  That was a little too much to

maintain."  On overhearing this, John Ticer just said "Ken, if my heart rate was 180

I'd be dead."  I said, "But John, your legs would still be flying."  If anyone

thought John would be slowing down, they don't know John too well.  In just

those last five miles, John ended up winning by almost five minutes.

 

In the women's race, Maine transplant and new Corvallisite Penny McDermott

won in just her second ultra.  She also passed the front runner, Vaia Errett of

Bozeman, Montana, with a few miles to go and won by just 45 seconds, coming in

14th overall.  Although the course was easier than last year's monster, the

6,500 feet of elevation gain still makes a very challenging 50K, as shown by

the 4:29 winning time in an extremely competitive Northwest ultra field.  This

year the Mac had it's first 70+ year old finisher, Bill Robbins of Corvallis,

who finished in a fantastic time of 6:54, well up at 109th in the field of 153

finishers.

 

All in all, everyone seemed to have a great time out there.  As always, the

volunteers were awesome.  Montrail, Hammer and Sporthill provided great

sponsorship.  At the finish, the homemade soup and pottery awards seemed appreciated,

and the bluegrass band started a party that didn't stop until Clem's house

late at night with Big Steve Loitz cracking lawyer jokes like usual. The race is

a benefit for local high school cross country teams, who have been given well

over $20,000 by "Clem's Sultry Ultra".  Hope to see you all next year in

sunny Oregon in early May for all our annual traditions at the Mac!

 

McDonald Forest 50K Preliminary Results   

Corvallis, Oregon

May 13, 2006

Trails

1.  John Ticer, 49                                             4:29:43

2.  Dustin Gilbert, 36, WA                                4:34:08

3.  Neil Olsen, 38                                             4:35:02

4.  Sean  Meissner, 32                                      4:36:22

5.  Tom Moritz, 36                                           4:40:07

6.  William Emerson, 42                                    4:47:35

7.  David Terry, 44                                           4:47:47

8.  Scott McCoubrey, 43, WA                         4:57:26

9.  Jason Hawthorne, 35                                   4:59:02

10.  Steve Smucker, 52                                    4:59:50

11.  Craig Ralstin, 47, WA                               5:03:36

12.  Cameron Hanes, 38                                   5:07:34

13.  Jason Moyer, 32                                       5:07:46

14.  Penny McDermott, 31                               5:09:45

15.  Mike Burke, 55                                         5:10:17

16.  Vaia Errett, 31, MT                                   5:10:27

17.  James Varner, 28, WA                              5:11:49

18.  Andrew Bryenton, 24                                5:16:16

19.  Art Renda, 44                                           5:16:58

20.  Tia Gabalita, 37                                         5:17:31

21.  John Price, 48                                           5:18:51

22.  Tom Hayes-McGoff, 55, MT                    5:19:54

23.  Calvin Knight, 40                                       5:22:25

24.  Matt Fehrenbacher, 33                              5:27:12

25.  Paul Curran, 31                                         5:27:52

26.  Chip Collins, 43                                         5:27:53

27.  Todd Temple, 36                                       5:28:14

28.  Chris Kraybill, 35                                      5:28:31

29.  Alison Hanks, 25, WA                              5:29:36

30.  Kevin Troyer, 31                                       5:29:36

31.  Bob Coll, 45                                             5:30:10

32.  John Helgesson, 24                                    5:32:22

33.  Mitch Parker, 45, WA                               5:32:29

34.  Bill Rupp, 39                                             5:34:10

35.  Stan Nowakowski, 50                               5:35:16

36.  Steve Roberge, 34, WA                            5:36:34

37.  Adam Gaston, 33, WA                              5:37:11

38.  Don Demetriades, 45, MT                         5:38:52

39.  Linda Samet, 40                                        5:38:56

40.  Clay Hathorn, 45                                       5:40:45

41.  Johnny Speedo, 46, WA                           5:41:16

42.  Chad Hamilton, 35                                    5:41:48

43.  Matthew Nahorniak, 34                             5:46:23

44.  Scott Cheers, 35                                       5:46:24

45.  Eric T. Martin, 29                                      5:47:09

46.  Liz McGoff-Hayes, 45, MT                       5:47:20

47.  Ben Hemson, 37                                        5:47:50

48.  Colin Cigarran, 21                                     5:47:50

49.  Christel Elliott, 27, WA                              5:47:50

50.  Rod Beckner, 40                                       5:49:44

51.  Peter Idema, 55                                         5:51:50

52.  Todd Glender, 34                                      5:52:03

53.  Eb Engelmann, 64                                     5:52:37

54.  Caroline Klug, 39                                      5:55:14

55.  Mark McDermott, 44                                5:55:31

56.  Josh Munk, 28                                          5:56:30

57.  Ingerid Aase Smith, 34                              5:56:57

58.  Richard Bae, 34                                        5:58:07

59.  Wendy Jacobs, 38, WA                            5:58:35

60.  Frank Kenny, 46                                       5:58:41

61.  Clem LaCava, 57                                      6:00:48

62.  Anne  Miller, 41                                        6:01:02

63.  James W Susman, 41                                6:02:53

64.  Owen McCarty, 30                                   6:03:28

65.  D.J. Hansen, 28, WA                                6:05:20

66.  John Stumbo, 45                                       6:07:00

67.  Ben Benjamin, 59                                      6:10:01

68.  Erin Wolford, 42                                       6:10:47

69.  Anne  Crispino-Taylor, 48                         6:10:53

70.  Herb Reeves, 52, WA                               6:12:14

71.  James Murez, 37                                       6:12:41

72.  Janelle Perry, 31                                        6:12:47

73.  Steve Petersen, 51                                     6:14:08

74.  Michele Adams, 38, WA                           6:15:56

75.  Bruce Yeadon, 49, WA                             6:15:58

76.  Chris Hacker, 42, CA                               6:16:28

77.  Glenn Tachiyama, 35, WA                        6:17:39

78.  Van Phan, 49, WA                                    6:17:39

79.  Chris Warren, 38, WA                              6:20:15

80.  April Turple, 37                                         6:20:18

81.  Jim Roy, 54                                               6:21:00

82.  Karen Gnass, 44                                       6:22:18

83.  Karen King, 49, WA                                 6:22:21

84.  Dan Fontanini, 57                                      6:22:26

85.  Kris Ryding, 43, WA                                 6:25:27

86.  Stuart Johnston, 48, WA                           6:26:22

87.  Daniel Twardzik, 31, WA                          6:27:08

88.  Malia Merris-Devine, 35                            6:27:45

89.  David Zahler, 37                                        6:29:23

90.  Jamshid Khajavi, 52, WA                          6:29:30

91.  Jon Gnass, 50                                            6:29:32

92.  Bill Ames, 51, WA                                    6:30:24

93.  Donald Mukai, 57, WA                             6:31:16

95.  Gail Snyder, 47                                         6:35:42

96.  Larry Carroll, 66, WA                               6:37:52

97.  Gary Lear, 50                                            6:38:14

98.  Phil Vaughn, 59                                         6:41:15

99.  James Lofgren, 63                                     6:41:17

100.  Mark Pearson, 60                                   6:41:57

101.  Roen Hogg, 44                                        6:42:28

102.  Scott Martin, 33                                      6:44:16

103.  Anna Bates, 44, WA                               6:44:42

104.  Lynette McDougal, 38                             6:45:09

105.  Sean  Harrasser, 39                                 6:47:16

106.  Kamm Prongay, 56                                 6:51:13

107.  Liz Kellogg, 43                                        6:51:13

108.  Glenn Failla, 43                                       6:51:14

109.  Bill Robbins, 70                                       6:52:56

110.  Kevin Rutherford, 41                               6:54:23

111.  Paul Cornish, 42, WA                             6:54:41

112.  Sue Hanson, 48                                       6:54:42

113.  Susan Nelson, 49                                    6:54:43

114.  Jamie Lamb, 35, WA                              6:54:50

115.  Tim Hunnicutt, 54, WA                            6:56:02

116.  John Bandur, 68, WA                              6:57:14

117.  Melissa Berman, 53                                 6:59:19

118.  Anthony J.W. Gewald, 56, WA               6:59:33

119.  Robert "Beast" Lynes, 67, WA                7:00:16

120.  Rita Van Doren, 40                                 7:00:44

121.  Martha Rocky, 51                                   7:01:00

122.  Randall K Law, 47                                  7:01:00

123.  Joshua Hough, 30                                    7:01:49

124.  Steve Payne, 56                                      7:02:05

125.  Scott Kruis, 44                                        7:05:56

126.  Jeff Perry, 47                                           7:06:04

127.  Tom Field, 43                                          7:09:22

128.  Derek Snelling, 36                                   7:09:24

129.  Brad Snelling, 37, TX                              7:09:24

130.  Robert Yerex, 46                                    7:10:16

131.  Peg Gautheir, 49                                      7:13:17

132.  Sara Heskett, 39                                     7:13:29

133.  Brie Hyslop, 25, WA                               7:14:54

134.  Niki Bowerman, 26, WA                         7:14:54

135.  Jerry Duncan, 62                                     7:17:06

136.  Tom Pelsor, 61                                        7:17:44

137.  Anita Schiltz, 41, WA                              7:19:07

138.  Jim Archer, 61                                         7:22:07

139.  Craig Smith, 28                                       7:26:23

140.  Jim Ridlington, 61                                    7:29:21

141.  Robert Hester, 43, WA                           7:31:41

142.  Clay Eppler, 32                                       7:31:41

143.  Steve Loitz, 50, WA                                7:32:37

144.  Colleen Moyer, 54                                  7:32:37

145.  Barbara Ringstad, 37                               7:32:37

146.  Curtis Ringstad, 49                                  7:32:37

147.  Melanie Harriff, 29                                  7:41:40

148.  Sally Stafford, 60                                     7:45:46

149.  Elizabeth Schale, 29, NC                         7:55:56

150.  Bob Ross, 62                                          8:25:43

151.  Shogan Naidoo, 39                                 8:26:15

152.  Larry Holthusen, 41, WA                        9:08:54

153.  E. David Granum, 59                               9:22:40

154.  Gary Parcher, 59, WA                            9:24:34