The 4th race of the 2015 Island Race Series, the Hatley Park 8K, was held 22 Feb under calm and cool sunny conditions. Another perfect weather day. There were 478 runners, up from 312 in 2014, covering the hilly Royal Roads course.
The overall winner was Andrew McCartenay (25-29) in a fast time of 26:39. The top woman was Alison Hooper in a CR time of 29:43 and 11th OA. The top Male Master was Hugh Trenchard (45-49) in a time of 29:11 and 7th OA. He edged out Jerry Loeb (40-44) by 1 sec. Claire Morgan (40-44) was top Female Master in a time of 30:52 and 22nd OA. A course record was also set in the F65-69 by Roslyn Smith from CVRR with a time of 38:54.
STARR had 9 runners in 6 age divisions on the course. Our band of merry men and women picked up 1 medal and 5 ribbons. Well done everyone.
- Our 1st STARR in was Sarah-Mae Adam (25-29) in a super time of 33:22. Sarah-Mae was 3rd in a field 23 and 60th OA.
- Our 1st man in was Claude Laforce (50-54). He crossed the mat with a 36:34 bettering his 2013 time of 37:56. Claude was 10th in a field of 28 and 110th OA. He was also our top STARR in the 100M dash with a 20:89. He was also 10th in the sprint in his age division.
- Mark Ziegler (60-64) with a time of 38:18. He was 8th in a field 19 and 144th OA.
- Stephanie Croft (40-44). She hit the mat in 40:05 which bettered her 2002 Hatley 8K time of 40:32. She was 9th in a field of 30 and 198th OA.
- Bruce Hawkes was in with a 44:57 and was 6th and 353rd OA.
- Maggie Curtis (40-44) in a time of 46:26. She finished 16th in a large field of 30 and 314th OA.
- Ken Pungente with a 48:26 bettering his 2014 time of 49 flat. He was 9th and 353rd OA.
- Tom Burgess was in with a 49:57 bettering his 2014 time of 52:03. He was 12th and 378th OA.
- Vince Trahan (65-69) with a 54:07 and was 12th in a field of 14 and 427th OA.
Go to racedaytiming.ca for full results.
Congratulations to all our STARR's in todays race. The next Island series race will be the Bazan Bay 5K on 8 Mar.