92 Final Standings

The 4th Annual
Ontario Ultra Series
Final Standings for the 1992 Series

Six Races: Apple Blossom 60 Km, Short Hills Eight-Hour Trail Run, Sri Chinmoy 6-Hour Run, Bruce Trail Survival Run, Sri Chinmoy 24-Hour Run and Slough of Despond 50 Km Road Race.

Another successful Ontario Ultra Series wound up on a snowy day in mid-October near Wiarton, site of many late season ultras in Ontario over the past seven years. While the series has become smaller in terms of the number of races over the past three years, the enthusiasm of the participants remains strong. This year, almost 350 runners took part in the series and 25 runners ran at least three of the six races.

Ron Gehl won the open men's and over all titles with 942.0 points while Margaret Mason edged out Noor Huda in the last race of the season to take the women's title with 492.2. Gehl won three of the series races and place high in the two others he ran. Mason, however, won her division with simple hard work, never coming close to winning, but always putting in a great performance.

While Chuck Frame and Rolly Portelance were second and third in the open men, Paul DeBiasi and Ed Ciesielski, who finished one and two in the men's 50+ category, actually accumulated more points at 796.2 and 712.4 respectively. Third in the men's 50+ category was Hans Maier. Behind Mason and Noor Huda, who was the only woman to win two races, were American runners Nedra Osbourne and Sarah Freeman who were tied at 252.6 points on the basis of 104 mile performances at the Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour Run in Ottawa.

The Iron Man/Woman title was split three ways with Ed Alexander, Ed Ciesielski and Jess Heroux each completing all six series races. Five other runners: Paul DeBiasi, Chuck Frame, Ron Gehl, Margaret Mason and Hans Maier, completed five races.

OPEN MEN:   
1.  Ron Gehl              45     Kitchener, Ontario    5    942.0
2.  Chuck Frame           49     Union Lake, Michigan  5    669.8
3.  Rolly Portelance      49     Chelmsford, Ontario   4    632.3
4.  Les Michalak          42     Burlington, Ontario   4    590.1
5.  Jess Heroux           46     Burlington, Ontario   6    556.7
6.  Terry Martin          47     Barrie, Ontario       4    552.5
7.  John Cookson          46     Kitchener, Ontario    4    527.0
8.  Ed Alexander          47     Hamilton, Ontario     6    472.5
9.  Richard Lulin         45     Montreal, Quebec      4    440.6
10. Chris Kelk            49     Toronto, Ontario      3    415.8
11. Jim McLean            48     Bobcaygeon, Ontario   2    387.7
12. Jacques Caplette      46     Anjou, Quebec         3    372.1

OPEN WOMEN: 
1.  Margaret Mason        46     Toronto, Ontario      5    492.2
2.  Noor Huda             28     Hamilton, Ontario     4    481.9
3.  Nedra Osbourne        45     Oaks Corners, NY      1    252.6
4.  Sarah Freeman         39     Belmont, Mass         1    252.6
5.  Suzanne Gagnon        31     St-Gervais, Quebec    1    241.6

MEN 50+: 
1.  Paul DeBiasi          57     Etobicoke, Ontario    5    796.2
2.  Ed Ciesielski         53     Hamilton, Ontario     6    712.4
3.  Hans Maier            52     Markham, Ontario      5    631.5
4.  Michel Careau         51     Hull, Quebec          2    405.3
5.  Albert Kampstra       56     Sarnia, Ontario       3    322.7

WOMEN 50+:
1.  Marge Potter          54     London, Ontario       1    158.6
2.  Anne Keeble           57     Ottawa, Ontario       1     57.3

Points were awarded on the basis of a first place finish receiving 100 with all other finishers receiving a proportion of 100 based on the number of entries. One additional point was awarded for each kilometre of each race completed.

IRON PERSON                Points
1.  Ed Alexander              6         2.  Chuck Frame           5
1.  Ed Ciesielski             6         2.  Ron Gehl              5
1.  Jess Heroux               6         2.  Margaret Mason        5
2.  Paul DeBiasi              5         2.  Hans Maier            5

One point was awarded for each race completed in the Series.

Ed Alexander, Series Co-ordinator