Bazan Bay 5km - 2016

The 15th Annual Bazan Bay 5K, the 5th race of the 2016 Island Race Series, was held 6 Mar along the Sidney waterfront. From 1996 to 2001 it was the Bazan Bay 8K.

There were 552 finishers, down from 618 in 2015, crossing the line at this year’s event. The weather had a little of everything…a little bit of cloud, a bit of rain and ending in the sunshine…all within 30+ minutes.

The overall winner was Matt Sharpe (25-29) from the Running Room Athletic Club with a time of 15:18. The top woman from NB/Speed River was Hillary Stellingwerff (35-39) in a time of 16:52 and 19th OA. Jim Finlayson (40-44) was the top Male Master with a 15:31 and 4th OA. Top Female Master was Marilyn Arsenault (45-49) from the Island Striders with a 17:28 and 35th OA.

STARR had 10 runners finishing the fast course and capturing 7 top 10 ribbons in various age groups.

  • Our top STARR was Jonathan Dvorak (40-44) with a PB of 18:59. He was 10th in a large field of 29 and 74th OA. Well done for sure.
  • Next in was Claude LaForce (55-59) with a 21:29 and was 7th in a field of 21 and 148th OA.
  • Not far behind was Mark Ziegler (60-64). Mark crossed the line with a 21:50 and was 4th in a field of 25 and 157th OA.
  • Our 1st lady in was Stephanie Croft (40-44) wth a 22:29 and was 4th in another large field of 29 and 188th OA.
  • Next in was Lemmie Adam (30-34) with a time of 24:43 and was 11th in a field 19 and 287th OA.
  • Bruce Hawkes (70-74) was our next STARR to cross. Hawkes had a 26:26 and was 10th in a field 15 and 339th OA.
  • One of our youngest STARR’s was Georgia Wark (01-15). She was in with a 32:25 PB. Well done Georgia. She was 7th in a field of 9 and 465th OA.
  • Our next finisher was Vince Trahan (70-74) with a 36:13 and was 14th in the field and 500th OA.
  • Closing out the STARR field was the father and daughter combo, Robin (40-44) and Lila Wark (01-15) with 44:01’s. Lila was 8th in a field of 9 and 530th OA and Robin was 27th in a field of 29 and 531st OA. Good job to all the STARR’s.

There were also 27 finishers from the Sooke area.

  • Howard Manderson (45-49) 19:11/ 12/26
  • Doug Van Ek (20-24) 20:05 / 7/10
  • Luke Spycher (01-15) 20:33 / 2/9
  • Tim Ayres (35-39) 20:45 /9/26
  • Christie Macintyre (30-34) 21:03 / 4/34
  • Robyn Van Ek (20-24) 22:07 / 5/18
  • Magnus Hanton (40-44) 22:21 / 16/29
  • Victoria Van Ek (45-49) 22:37 / 6/39
  • Dave Cummings (45-49) 23:12 / 21/26
  • Jacklyn Evans (30-34) 24:26 / 16/34
  • Shane Morgan (35-39) 24:35 / 23/26
  • Laura Barnes (35-39) 24:49 / 15/23
  • Bob Butterworth (75-79) 25:33 / 2/10
  • Donna Ferguson (65-69) 26:50 / 2/9
  • Taylor Cummings (16-19) 26:52 / 8/8
  • Maki Pfeiffer (40-44) 28:37 19/29
  • Dane Pfeiffer (01-15) 28:37 / 7/9
  • Megen Mabberley-Seysener (40-44) 29:22 / 20/29
  • Teresa Lennox (45-49) 29:29 / 28/39
  • Jessica Murdoch (20-24) 30:45 / 15/18
  • Byron Henderson (65-69) 32:34 / 9/13
  • Sandra Fawcett (60-64) 32:44 / 18/26
  • Elysia Pradine (20-24) 36:04 / 18/18
  • Sylvia Jones (65-69) 37:44 / 9/9
  • Kelly Dvorak (45-49) 45:28 / 37/39
  • Erin Sterling (45-49) 45:28 / 38/39
  • Jill Wark (40-44) 48:16 / 28/29.

Well done and congratulations to all the finishers.

The 6th race of the Series, the Comox Valley Half-Marathon will be held 20 Mar. Good course and excellent food and draws for this event. See you there.

amanda johnston