Hatley Castle 8km - 2016

The 17th Annual Hatley 8K, 4th race of the 2016 Island Race Series, was held 21 February on the hilly course through the Royal Roads University grounds. Cloudy, cool and calm conditions were the order of the day for the field of runners.

There were a total of 394 finishers compared to 478 in 2015. The men and women were almost even…201 versus 193.

The overall (OA) winner was UVic Vikes Olivier Collin (25-29) in a time of 25:07. On the woman’s side, Chantelle Groenwood (25-29) of Vancouver captured top honours with a 29:20 and 13th OA.

The top Male Master was PIH’s Shane Ruljancich (40-44) with a 27:40 and 4th OA. The top Female Master was Marion Bryan (40-44) from the Comox Valley Road Runners in a time of 36:55 and 83rd OA.

Eight runners, representing STARR, captured 5 top 10 ribbons in various age groups.

  • First in was Jonathan Dvorak (40-44) with a PB of 33:11. He was 7th in a field 23 and 44th OA.
  • the next STARR in was Claude LaForce (55-59) with a 36:33 PB and was 6th in a field 22 and 79th OA. Claude was also the grand prize winner of the shoes and a 4L jug of chocolate milk.
  • Mark Ziegler (60-64) was next over the line with a 38:36 and was 7th in a field 20 and 121st OA.
  • Our first and only STARR lady Stephanie Croft (40-44) was in with a 39:17 and was 4th in a field of 21 and 136th OA.
  • Lemmie Adam (30-34) was next in with a 42:39 and was 11th in a field 14 and 204th OA.
  • Bruce Hawkes (70-74) was in with a 48:35 and 9th in a field of 14 and 231st OA.
  • Don Brown (65-69) had a 48:35 and was 13th in the field of 15 and 298th OA.
  • Closing out the STARR field was Vince Trahan (70-74) in a 59:10 and was 13th in the field and 374th OA.

There were also 14 Sooke area runners finishing the course.

  • Doug Van Ek (20-24) 35:49 4/6,
  • Christie Macintyre (30-34) 36:30 4/27
  • Luke Spycher (01-15) 37:07 1/1
  • Victoria Van Ek (45-49) 38:00 3/16
  • Maki Pfeiffer (40-44) 38:03 3/21
  • Robyn Van Ek (20-24) 38:28 3/11
  • Magnus Hanton (40-44) 39:50 15/23
  • Jess Petersen (35-39)40:33 10/23
  • Jacklyn Evans (30-34) 41:08 11/27
  • Bob Butterworth (75-79) 42:47 1/7
  • Laura Barnes (35-39) 44:54 14/23
  • Kathrine Schroeder (50-54) 50:11 17/25
  • Sandra Fawcett (60-64) 57:49 10/11
  • Sylvia Jones (65-69) 1:09:01 9/9.

Good job by everyone covering this hilly course.

The next series race is the Bazan Bay 5k in Sidney 6 March. See you all at the start line.

amanda johnston