Standings at the completion of the eleven race series with results from the Ascension 50 Km Trail Run, Bruzer Sportsgear Ganaraska 50 Km, Sulphur Springs 50 Km Trail Run, Sri Chinmoy Kingston 6 Hour, Niagara 100km/50Mile/50Km, Damn Tuff Ruff Bluff 50 Km Trail Run, Camp Heidelburg 50 Km Run, Bruce Trail Survival 33 Km Trail Run, Haliburton 100Mile/50Mile/50Km, Ottawa Sri Chinmoy 24 Hour, and the Slough of Despond 50 Km Road Race.

In the category for Men Under 50, Victor Hickey, 41, an officer with the Canadian Armed Forces, battled all year with 19 year old Ryne Melcher, with the former eventually prevailing primarily on the strength of his performance at the Ottawa 24 Hour. Heidelburg race director Tony Martin, 34, once again placed third, despite a relatively stronger performance this year.

In the younger women's division, last year's sixth place finisher Karin Westfahl got into the spirit of things, garnering an incredible (at least a few years ago) 1440 points, good enough for third place in the open men, followed by friend Kelly Rintoule and by Monica Scholz, who began her ultra career with the first race of the Series, mostly out of curiosity as I understand it.

In the category for Men 50 and up, Ron Gehl continued his lock on first place, which he has held every year since 1991 except 1994.  Runner-up Charles Upshall gave him a run for his money by doubling his point total from 1997, while the indomitable Fred Davis became the first person outside Ontario to place.  It is worthy of note that Fred also did three 100 milers in sixteen days this year, in the Series at Haliburton and Ottawa, then at Toledo.

Similarly, Haliburton RD Helen Malmberg continued to batter the opposition, with also-rans Linda Hodkin and Marion Landry never in serious contention.

Interest in achieving the Norm Patenaude Award increased, with 16 participants completing the 9 events necessary to qualify, one more than the 8 events the 14 runners did last year.  And only 5 of the winners were repeating from last year.

A new award was announced this year by sponsor Edward Sarson Productions, the Sarson Award Trophy for the top male and female points winners overall regardless of category. The most worthy inaugural year winners were Victor Hickey and Karin Westfahl.

The final big stride forward was the creation of the Ontario Ultra Series site on the World Wide Web.  An estimated 5-10% of participants availed themselves of this site to download entry forms, while race photos, results and Series standings were posted and available to all within two or three days after each event.

Overall participation in the Series, the primary goal of the Series founders, continued to increase unabated, with 1998 showing an average 15+ per cent increase over 1997.  As a benchmark, the author reminisces finishing tied for 9th behind Andy Jones 1st place in the Sagamok 60 km race in 1990, and being dead last!

                                      Number of Runners
GROUP             1994   1995   1996   1997   1998
Male Under 50      171    167    149    167    201
Male 50 Plus        29     45     48     82     75
Female Under 50     30     33     33     54     78
Female 50 Plus       3      3      6     15     14
                   233    248    236    318    368

If you participated in 1998, you are automatically on the mailing list.  If not, to get on the 1999 mailing list, mail or email your address as follows:
 
Ed Alexander, 80 Jones Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8R 1Y1
Email:  edsells@idirect.com 

Alfred Koehn, Series Statistician
Ed Alexander, Series Co-ordinator

FINAL STANDINGS
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 starters.  One additional point was awarded for each kilometer of each race completed.  Only a maximum of a runner's 9 best events were factored, as indicated by the asterisk.

showing top 50 in each of 4 categories
(Age as of August 1, 1998)

Men 50+ | Women under 50 | Women 50+  | Sarson and Norm Patenaude Awards

 Category A: Men under 50
    LAST      First         AGE   PTS RACES
 1  Victor    HICKEY        41   1606    9
 2  Ryne      MELCHER       19   1496   11*
 3  Tony      MARTIN        34   1311    9
 4  Francois  PHILIPPE      31   1088   10*
 5  Gord      ENGLAND       45   1083    8
 6  Howard    PARKER        48    956   11*
 7  Scott     TURNER        37    930    7
 8  Esmond    MAH           48    900    8
 9  Luke      HOHENADEL     39    810    5
 10 Grant     CAMPBELL      39    724    7
 11 John      CAOUETTE      36    528    4
 12 Fred      BROOKS        45    524    4
 13 John      REMINGTON     35    494    3
 14 Michael   GILLESPIE     48    460    3
 15 Les       MICHALAK      47    456    3
 16 Tom       RESTOULE      48    418    3
 17 John      HAWKINS       37    389    3
 18 Fred      JEPSON        48    379    3
 19 Steve     GOVIER        34    372    3
 20 Peter     SUOMELA       48    355    2
 21 Paul      RAYMOND       44    352    3
 22 Robert    UDELL         44    339    4
 23 David     McCONKEY      42    317    2
 24 Kazue     SHINNO        31    309    2
 25 John      CULHANE       35    291    2
 26 Jim       NEWIN         45    286    2
 27 Mark      TARNOPOLSKY   35    281    2
 28 Paul      BRAUN         34    279    2
 29 John      SACCO         45    274    2
 30 Daryl     HOWES-JONES   46    273    3
 31 Francois  GAUTHIER      47    265    1
 32 Alan      ANDERSON      44    263    2
 33 Ed        MARK          37    262    2
 34 Jonathan  STRAYER       40    260    1
 35 Giles     MALET         37    255    2
 36 Peter     JUKNYS        45    253    2
 37 Jason     HODDE         28    250    1
 38 Egor      EGAN          43    244    2
 39 Marco     BALESTRIN     37    241    2
 40 Ian       HILL          48    240    1
 41 Steve     BURROWS       46    238    2
 42 Art       SCAMMELL      39    236    2
 43 Peter     KRONENBURG    28    232    1
 44 Jeff      COOPER        45    230    2
 45 Grant     HICKEY        35    229    3
 46 Robert    WHITE         37    225    3
 47 Bill      LADIEU        47    219    1
 48 Simon     LAPORTE       47    219    1
 49 Roger     PARSONS       45    217    2
 50 Paul      COOKE         40    211    1

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Category B: Men 50 and over
    LAST      First        AGE    PTS RACES
 1  Ron       GEHL          51   1522   10*
 2  Charles   UPSHALL       53   1367   11*
 3  Frederick DAVIS III     50   1339   10*
 4  Doug      BARBER        51   1226   10*
 5  Jim       MOSES         63   1099   10*
 6  Gordon    DUNCAN        51    828    8
 7  Joe       CLEARY        58    767    9
 8  Bruce     HILTON        60    678    5
 9  Rolly     PORTELANCE    55    564    4
 10 Jess      HEROUX        52    513    9
 11 Odino     SOLIGO        77    446    5
 12 Tim       KRUG          54    423    5
 13 Donald    LANDRY        53    381    3
 14 Ian       ROSS          52    346    3
 15 Paul      SMITH         52    330    2
 16 Richard   URBANSKI      51    318    3
 17 William   MALLETT       53    302    3
 18 Michel    VOYER         50    295    1
 19 George    SARSON        51    250    3
 20 Dan       O'CONNELL     51    238    3
 21 John      COOKSON       51    237    3
 22 Edwin     ALEXANDER     53    231    3
 23 Bill      WANDEL        55    222    1
 24 Terry     MARTIN        52    213    1
 25 John      SIMON         59    208    1
 26 Arthur    MOORE         61    207    2
 27 Brian     MAGEE         53    198    2
 28 Andrew    MacLEOD       50    198    2
 29 Bob       GRACIE        50    194    1
 30 Claude    LeTOURNEAU    51    183    1
 31 Brian     ELWOOD        57    181    2
 32 Colin     KINGSFORD     55    158    1
 33 Jim       McLEAN        54    150    1
 34 Jim       EMMERT        55    147    1
 35 Dave      KANNORS       51    135    1
 36 Robert    McCLUSKEY     50    132    1
 37 Joe       HARRISON      54    124    1
 38 Nabil     KHAIRALLAH    50    122    1
 39 Terry     BARKER        52    121    1
 40 Don       VILLENEUVE    58    121    1
 41 Richard   LULIN         50    119    1
 42 Pierre    CAPLETTE      52    118    1
 43 Norm      FRANK         67    114    2
 44 Ed        CIESIELSKI    59    113    1
 45 Hans      MAIER         57    113    1
 46 Angus     HAGGARTY      59    113    1
 47 George    MENDE         56    112    1
 48 Frank     NICHOLSON     52    112    1
 49 William   BROOMFIELD    55    109    1
 50 Hunter    GOIN          68    108    2

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Category C: Women under 50
    LAST      First        AGE    PTS RACES
 1  Karin     WESTFAHL      26   1440   10*
 2  Kelly     RINTOULE      18    939    9
 3  Monica    SCHOLZ        31    870    9
 4  Aimee     RUNGE         32    755    7
 5  Sherry    McLEAN        49    665    6
 6  Deanna    LINDSAY       39    493    4
 7  Ruta      MAZELIS       39    482    4
 8  Susan     ROBERTSON-BAR 48    445    5
 9  Bonita    NEGLIA        48    301    2
 10 Stephanie GRAHAME       26    236    2
 11 Sarah     FREEMAN       48    225    1
 12 Tanya     CADY          45    221    2
 13 Daniele   CHERNIAK      36    172    1
 14 Cathy     KUENEHAN      28    148    1
 15 Beth      FREEDMAN      36    143    2
 16 Caroline  NESTOR        29    142    1
 17 Virginia  GOVIER        31    140    2
 18 Hildegard O'CONNELL     49    136    2
 19 Sandra    BOCOK-POWELL  41    130    1
 20 Carole    ROSASCO       39    129    1
 21 Heather   MONKEN        36    123    1
 22 Beth      GARVER-TATOM  31    120    1
 23 Jean      MACKENZIE           116    1
 24 Jane      CALLAGHAN     37    115    1
 25 Barbara   FRIESEN             111    1
 26 Rose      WILSON        44    109    1
 27 Hilda     DENBOER             108    1
 28 Maria     MONCRIEFFE    36    107    1
 29 Cindy AnneJOHNSTON      47    106    1
 30 Margaret  WATSON              105    1
 31 Kelly     DEVER         25    100    1
 32 Julie     GEHL          19     99    1
 33 Catharine VANDENBERG           99    1
 34 Connie    SCHANK               98    1
 35 Teresa    NOVICK        38     97    1
 36 Catharine MEGLAS               97    1
 37 Rhea      ATHLEY               96    1
 38 Ann       FLEMING       44     96    1
 39 Michelle  GEREGHTY             95    1
 40 Jan       MONYAK        40     94    1
 41 Patricia  CAMPBELL             94    1
 42 Lisa      BURROWS              92    1
 43 Linda     FERGUSEN             91    1
 44 Cherri    CLIFFORD      37     89    1
 45 Ghislaine GELICAL              87    1
 46 Sandra    KUREK         35     86    1
 47 Shirley   LISTER        41     83    1
 48 Mary      FANNELY-LUND         81    1
 49 Anong     PUSTOW        35     80    1
 50 Jodie     KENDRICK             79    1

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Category D: Women 50 and over
    LAST      First        AGE    PTS RACES
 1  Helen     MALMBERG      52    715    9
 2  Linda     HODKIN        50    334    3
 3  Marion    LANDRY        53    312    3
 4  Diana     PLEET         51    266    4
 5  Marge     POTTER        60    254    3
 6  Ghislaine BEAULIEU      54    178    1
 7  June      SANO          50    150    2
 8  Bernice   GOY           54    102    1
 9  Karin     HUNDLEY       56     84    1
 10 Sharon    KERSON        56     65    1
 11 Baiba     St. JOHN      54     56    1
 12 Georgie   GILLIS               48    1
 13 Gwenn     FRENCH               46    1
 14 Margaret  SHELVEY       56     41    1

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Sarson Award Winners (most points in 9 best races) 

Men - Victor Hickey	Women - Karin Westfahl

Norm Patenaude Award Winners (9 or more races completed) 

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