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Ascension Six Hour Run (Hamilton)

Hamilton, Ontario (UW) - Ron Gehl of Kitchener won the Ascension Six Hour Run Saturday in downtown Hamilton - the same day that 100,000 demonstrators swamped the city to protest cutbacks and layoffs by the Ontario government.

The run raised $700 for the Ascension Breakfast Club, a program operated by the Church of the Ascension to feed hungry school children. The route was a 380.02-metre loop around the block by the church. Although the huge crowd of demonstrators gathered only a short distance away, the run went off without any problems.

Ascension Six Hour Run
Hamilton ON - 24 FEB 1996
(loop quarter 380.02 metres
Race Director: Fern Harthun
(distance in kilometres)
1. Ron Gehl ON 71.440
2. Luke Hohenadel ON 71.060
3. Chris Wytyzak ON 64.600
4. Tony Martin ON 64.220
5. Les Michalak ON 62.320
6. Jim Moses ON 53.960
Bruce Hilton ON 53.960
8. Greg Bohuslawsky ON 52.060
9. Grant Campbell ON 51.300
10. Odino Soligo ON 50.540
Jim Glen ON 50.540
12. Michael Gehl ON 50.160
Roger Parsons ON 50.160
14. Nabil Khairallah ON 49.780
15. Helen Malmberg ON 49.020
16. Aimee Runge ON 48.640
17. Dan Gurton ON 44.840
18. Barry Bowslaugh ON 42.560
19. Jesse Heroux ON 42.180
Elliot Aronoff ON 42.180
21. John Cookson ON 20.520
22. Les Dickens ON 19.760