The awards ceremony for the 2016 season was held after the Sooke River 10K awards were completed. There were 3,104 runners in 7 races who crossed the line in 2016 compared to 3,626 runners in 8 races. The top team were the Comox Valley Road Runners with 2,335 pts. with 176 runners. After so many years they finally dislodged PIH who had accumulated 2,132 pts with 156 runners. It was an excellent effort for the Comox club. Well done to CVRR.
Not be outshined, STARR finished in 8th place with 634 pts with 55 finishers. In 2015 STARR finished in 10th place with 651 pts with 60 finishers. Well done to everyone. STARR had 8 runners who qualified by finishing the required races. We had 6 runners earning top 10 awards. Leading the STARRs was Jonathan Dvorak (40-44) with 664.8 pts. He was 8th in a field 18 and 65th OA. He also PB’d in every race which is awesome. Next in was our only woman. Stephanie Croft (40-44) finished off with 649.8 pts. She was 3rd (bronze) from a field of 20 and was 76th OA. Well done Stephanie. Our next runner was Claude LaForce (55-59). Claude had 605.3 pts. He finished 6th in a field 15 and was 116th OA. Our next finisher was Mark Ziegler (60-64). Mark finished the series with 578.8 pts and was 5th in a field of 13 and 148th OA. Next was Lemmie Adam ( 30-34) who finished 532.5 and was 12th in a field of 12 and 200th OA. Bruce Hawkes (70-74), our ironman, completed the series with 485.8 and was 9th in a field of 12 and 253rd OA. Following Bruce was Don Brown (65-69) with 448.8 pts and was 10th in a field of 10 and 275th OA. Closing the STARR was Vince Trahan (70-74). He finished with 374 pts and was 11th in a field of 12. Incidentally Vince also won one of the grand prizes, a pair of Saucony shoes.
Congratulations to all the STARR runners who ran or volunteered in the series. The results were all very much deserved regardless of where you all placed. All divisions were very competitive which made it that more interesting. The important part is you were all out there. Without you there would be no series. Hope to see you all out there for the 2017
series.