The 4th race of the 2017 Island Race Series, the 16th Annual Bazan Bay 5K, was held 5 Mar 17 . There were 524 finishers (2016 552 runners) covering the course. The weather was a light drizzle with light wind conditions and with a temperature hovering around 3 degrees. The Overall (OA) winner was Joshua Kozelj from UVic Track(16-19) in a time of 15:17. The overall female winner was Alison Hooper (25-29) with a 17:01 and 20th OA. Well done to both. The top Male Master was Shane Ruljancich (40-44) who came in with a 16:17 and was 10th OA. The top Female Master was Heather McDonald (40-44) with a 18:01 and 44th OA. There was a good turnout of 21 runners from the Sooke area competing in the race. STARR had 9 runners covering the flat course and picking up 1 medal and 3 ribbons in the event. In his 5th Bazan Bay run, the 1st STARR to cross was Jonathan Dvorak (40-44) posting a 20:16 and was 9th in a field of 21 and 106th OA. Next in was Mark Ziegler (60-64), in his 8th Bay run, came in with a 23:13. He was 10th in a field of 20 and 213th OA. Next to hit the line was our Ironman Bruce Hawkes (75-79). This was Bruce’s 16th consecutive bay run. He was in with a 27:33. He placed 3rd in a field of 9 and 348th OA. Our 1st lady in was Anna Rutherford (35-39) with a 31:05 and placed 17th in a field of 25 and 419th OA. next to follow was Georgia Wark (01-15) in a time of 33:56. She placed 10th in a field of 12 and was 456th OA. Next in was Vince Trahan (70-75) also in his 16th consecutive Bazan Bay outing. Vince was in with a 38:25. He was 12th in a field of 13 and 483rd OA. Robin Wark (40-44) was the next one to hit the mat. He had a 41:22 and was 19th in the field of 21 and 497th OA. Close by was Lila Wark (01-15) finishing with a 41:41 and was 12th in the field and 498th OA. Closing out out our STARR field was Jill Wark (40-44) who came in with a 47:42 and was 29th in the field of 30 and 517th OA. Four records in the senior divisions were set today. In the F50-54 female group, Lucy Smith ran a 18:24 breaking Nancy Baxendale’s 2012 record of 18:35. In the F65-69 division Fay Amos set a record with a time of 23:51 breaking PIH Edith Price 2016 record of 24:20. PIH's John Woodall set another record in the 85-89 division with a 29:22 breaking Jim McLean 2016 record of 32:26. in the M90-99 Jim Silvester beat his own 2016 record of 59:28 when he completed the course in 57:12. Congratulation to all the new record holders. A big thank you to all the TWC volunteers who were out in the cool and sometimes inclement weather. A big thanks to Mike Suminski from FR Victoria who lent his booming voice as our race announcer. The next race will be the Sooke River 10K next week. See you all there.