The 2nd race of the 2017 Island Race Series, the Cobble Hill 10K, was held 22 Jan. Under a calm, cold and rainy 3 deg. sky, 424 runners (down from 488 2016) crossed the finish line. The overall (OA) winner was Jevin Monds (25-29) from Edmonton in a time of 33:30. The top woman was Erin Burrett (35-39) from the Bastion running club in Nanaimo. The top Male Master was Craig Odermatt (45-49) from PIH in a time of 34:08 and 3rd OA. In her 2nd win of the series, the top Female Master was Heather MacDonald from the Island Striders in a time of 37:44 and 24th OA. STARR had a small field of 3 competing. First to cross was Jonathan Dvorak ( 40-44) with a time of 42:27. He was 8th in a field of 19 and 69th OA. Next came the seniors. Mark Ziegler (60-64) came in at 47:25 and was 6th in a field 18 and 155th OA. Closing out the STARR’s was Bruce Hawkes (75-79) with a sub hour time of 58:01. In his 177th consecutive Island Series race, Bruce was 3rd in a field of 7 and 310th OA. Well done Bruce.
Two senior records fell by the wayside in this 2017 edition. In the Mens division, John Woodall from PIH was in with a 1:02:34 breaking Maurice Tarrant’s 2015 record time of 1:07:06. In the woman’s division, Maree Kennell also from the Harriers came in with a 1:01:43 smashing the old record of 1:15:16 set by Gloria Sherwood in 2016. Congratulations to our new record holders.
Congratulations to all our STARR runners on an excellent showing. The 3rd series race will be the Sooke River 10K on 5 Feb.