99 Final Standings

The 11th Annual
Ontario Ultra Series
Final Standings for the 1999 Series

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

In the category for Men Under 50, with last year’s winner Victor Hickey concentrating on more international pursuits, Steve Govier of Kitchener stepped into the breach, as last year’s runner up, Ryne Melcher failed to seize the opportunity and move up, and perennial top ten finisher Howard Parker placing a very hard earned and well deserved third place.

In the younger women’s division, in only her second year of competition, Hamilton lawyer Monica Scholz moved up from third place to first, completing ten events in the Series, as well as Umstead, Mohican and Arkansas 100 milers. Meanwhile, last year’s third place finisher, Aimee Runge of Toronto, gave Scholz a run for her money, with her dramatic run at the top falling off the tracks at the last event due to back spasms. Steve Govier’s better half, Virginia, did more than dutifully tag along with her husband by taking the third spot overall.

In the category for Men 50 and up, Richard Urbanski of Coldwater, Ontario moved up dramatically from his 16th place finish last year to claim the title, knocking off perennial winner Ron Gehl in a very tight race, only the second time it’s been done since 1991. Hans Maier of Markham made a very respectable return to competition in claiming the third spot.

Haliburton RD Helen Malmberg was once again able to capture this crown despite acquiring 146 fewer points than the year before, due to lack of better competition in the 50 plus category. She was once again followed by Linda Hodkin, and Deirdra Morrison who knocked off last year’s third place finisher Marion Landry, though neither Morrison nor Landry showed up to contend the last event of the Series.

The Norm Patenaude Award continues to be a very popular goal, with once again 16 completing the 9 events necessary to qualify, with only six repeating from last year.

George and Peggy Sarson presented the Sarson Award Trophy for the top male and female points winners overall regardless of category to Richard Urbanski and Monica Scholz. They also unveiled a new and very impressive permanent trophy plus two equally lovely take-home versions for the winners. In addition, the names of last year’s winners, Victor Hickey and Karin Westfahl, as well as those of 1997, Ron Gehl and Aimee Runge, were added retroactively.

Once again, Esmond Mah’s work on our website continued to be a real unifying factor in a jurisdiction 38% larger than Texas, with timely reporting of results and standings, a plethora of photos taken at every event, and printable entry forms.

Overall growth in participation in the Series slowed slightly to a respectable 5% over the previous year.

GROUP               1994    1995    1996    1997    1998    1999
Male Under 50        171     167     149     167     201     215
Male 50 Plus          29      45      48      82      75      74
Female Under 50       30      33      33      54      78      86
Female 50 Plus         3       3       6      15      14      13
TOTAL RUNNERS        233     248     236     318     368     388

If you participated in 1999, you are automatically on the mailing list. If not, to get on the 2000 mailing list, mail or email your address as follows:

Ed Alexander, 80 Jones Street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8R 1Y1
Email: edsells@idirect.com

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

1999 Final Standings
showing top 50 in each category

(Age as of August 1, 1999)	calculations by Alf Koehn, OUS statistician *only points for 9 best races are shown
`Category A: Men under 50`	Men 50+ \| Women under 50 \| Women 50+

                                   age points races
1 Steve       GOVIER              34 1356    10*
2 Ryne        MELCHER             20 1312    10*
3 Howard      PARKER              49 1118    10*
4 Gord        ENGLAND             46 1100    9
5 Francois    PHILIPPE            32 1062    10*
6 Scott       TURNER              38 1048    7
7 Daryl       HOWES-JONES         47 996     9
8 Robert      UDELL               45 994     9
9 Victor      HICKEY              42 981     6
10 Jim         MARTIN              49 748     6
11 John        REMINGTON           34 721     5
12 John        HAWKINS             38 705     5
13 Greg        BOHUSLAWSKY         47 564     4
14 Esmond      MAH                 49 559     6
15 Dom         REPTA               25 458     3
16 Giles       MALET               38 433     3
17 Ross        INGLIS              29 431     3
18 Les         MICHALAK            48 401     3
19 Michael     GILLESPIE           49 392     2
20 Armand      LeBLANC             42 341     3
21 Grant       HICKEY              35 333     4
22 Robert      WHITE               38 291     3
23 Peter       BARRETT             35 289     2
24 Mark        BOMHOWER            41 285     2
25 John        CULHANE             36 275     2
26 John        DICKSON             48 270     2
27 Raouf       MALLOUH             46 263     2
28 Ian         HILL                49 262     2
29 Joe         HILDEBRAND          43 261     1
30 Rob         GRYFE               33 260     2
31 Fred        JEPSON              49 259     2
32 Scott       MYERS               26 258     2
33 Jim         MUSSELMAN           38 257     1
34 Laurier     QUESNEL             45 253     1
35 James       MORRISON            40 251     2
36 David       McCONKEY            44 249     1
37 Jose        WILKIE              36 245     1
38 Marco       BALESTRIN           37 233     2
39 Grant       CAMPBELL            40 227     2
40 Tom         RESTOULE            49 225     1
41 Vincent     SWENDSEN            37 221     1
42 John        PROHIRA             45 217     1
43 Jeff        STACEY              41 209     2
44 Fred        HANCOCK             46 206     2
45 John        HEALY               36 205     2
46 Scott       EPPLEMAN            32 194     1
47 Pat         O'NEILL             47 193     2
48 Art         WEAVER              48 192     2
49 Simon       LAPORTE             48 185     1
50 Bruce       SMITH               38 183     2
Top
Category B: Men 50 and over
                                           age points races
1 Richard     URBANSKI            52 1473    11*
2 Ron         GEHL                52 1420    10*
3 Hans        MAIER               60 1240    9
4 Doug        BARBER              52 1009    7
5 Ed          CIESIELSKI          60 963     10*
6 Charles     UPSHALL             54 759     6
7 Gordon      DUNCAN              52 718     6
8 Joe         CLEARY              59 680     7
9 Dan         O'CONNELL           52 628     9
10 Jess        HEROUX              53 548     10*
11 Odino       SOLIGO              78 479     6
12 Peter       SUOMELA             50 434     3
13 Tim         KRUG                55 424     5
14 Donald      LANDRY              54 358     3
15 George      SARSON              52 321     3
16 Colin       KINGSFORD           56 288     2
17 William     MALLETT             54 287     3
18 Paul        SMITH               53 286     2
19 Rolly       PORTELANCE          57 251     2
20 Frederick F.DAVIS III           51 247     2
21 Ian         ROSS                53 238     2
22 Leonard     SHELVEY             61 237     4
23 Hans-Dieter WEISSHAAR           59 229     1
24 Fred        HENDRICKS           52 229     3
25 Brian       MAGEE               55 224     2
26 Ron         KEMPEL              56 198     1
27 John        HUNNICUT            54 197     1
28 Terry       BARKER              53 190     2
29 Alex        COWIE               61 184     2
30 Thomas      DEMBINSKI           50 164     2
31 Sheldon     SKIRTEN Sr.         50 145     1
32 William     HORWICH             55 144     1
33 Bruce       HILTON              60 135     1
34 Carl        ANDERSON            63 133     1
35 Paul        JONES               51 129     1
36 Jim         CLARKE              53 129     1
37 Terry       MARTIN              53 127     1
38 Bruce       PELLOW              53 125     1
39 Victor      RUSIN               51 120     1
40 Hans        HERRMANN            51 119     1
41 Chuck       EDWARDS             50 111     1
42 John        CONNOR              53 110     1
43 Mike        BOUSCAREN           55 104     1
44 Allen       GROOME              50 103     1
45 Bill        WAGNER              63   99     1
46 Duff        McLAREN             50   98     1
47 Brian       ELWOOD              58   96     1
48 Jose        FADISTA             61   94     1
49 Stephen     STEIN               50   90     1
50 Dick        DE GRAAF            55   82     1
Top
Category C: Women under 50
                                      age points races
1 Monica      SCHOLZ              32 1314    10*
2 Aimee       RUNGE               33 1269    11*
3 Virginia    GOVIER              32 1058    9
4 Karin       WESTFAHL            27 988     7
5 Kelly       DEVER               27 675     6
6 Suzanne     FARLA               45 532     4
7 Marla K.    HENDRICKS           45 367     3
8 Bonita      NEGLIA              49 318     2
9 Paula       STUHLMACHER         43 266     3
10 Barbara     BELLOWS             45 253     1
11 Wanda       HANCOCK             42 234     2
12 June        DA SILVA            37 229     2
13 Paula       ROBINSON            30 226     2
14 Leslie      NIGH                34 222     3
15 Dana        PARROT              29 175     1
16 Cheri M.    CLIFFORD            38 168     2
17 Marian      FOSTER              29 165     1
18 Prapti      JENSEN              37 145     1
19 Jarka       SYKOROVA            19 143     1
20 Deanna      LINDSAY             40 142     1
21 Heather     MONKEN              38 136     1
22 Margaret    WATSON              ?0 135     1
23 Ali         VERRIDGE            28 135     1
24 Deborah     SHEPPARD            35 128     1
25 Catherine   MEGIAS              35 123     1
26 Jane        MacLEOD             42 122     1
27 Avril       HARCOURT            40 122     1
28 Martina     ORTH-DEMCZYSZYN     32 117     1
29 Rebecca     PETERS              37 115     1
30 Rhea        ATHEY               35 110     1
31 Carla       JOLLER              45 109     1
32 Pat         REA                 44 104     1
33 Kelly       FOLEY               36 104     1
34 Cheryl      STRACHAN            39 101     1
35 Ann         BAYLER              47   98     1
36 Sandra      LEFEBVRE            34   98     1
37 Sylvie      GLAUDE              34   98     1
38 Sandra      KUREK               42   97     1
39 Ellie       ARRODA              38   96     1
40 Linda       FERGUSEN            37   90     1
41 laura       LEEDER              43   88     1
42 Gwen        GOSS                47   86     1
43 Kapadia     SHIRAZ              30   86     1
44 Alison      WHITE               32   85     1
45 Iris        COOPER              40   84     1
46 Cyndie      MERTEN              42   84     1
47 Joanna      HARRIS              22   82     1
48 Karen       O'KEEFE             30   81     1
49 Caroline    DONNELLY            49   80     1
50 Ruta        MAZELIS             41   80     1
Top
Category D: Women 50 and over
                                 age points races
1 Helen       MALMBERG            53 569     7
2 Linda       HODKIN              51 390     4
3 Deirdra     MORRISON            53 258     2
4 Marion      LANDRY              54 250     3
5 Margaret    SHELVEY             62 244     4
6 Sherry      McLEAN              50 144     2
7 Peg         RYAN                51 142     1
8 Mary-Lou    HAMM                51 129     1
9 Milena      KERECKI             50 107     1
10 Marge       POTTER              61   92     1
11 June        SANO                52   77     1
12 Lois        BERKOWITZ           50   77     1
13 Diana       PLEET               52   67     1
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1999 Sarson Award Winners (most points in 9 best races)


Men - Richard Urbanski	Women - Monica Scholz

1999 Norm Patenaude Award Winners (9 or more races completed)
Ed CIESIELSKI Gord ENGLAND Ron GEHL Steve GOVIER Virginia GOVIER Jess HEROUX Daryl HOWES-JONES Hans MAIER	Ryne MELCHER Dan O'CONNELL Howard PARKER Francois PHILIPPE Aimee RUNGE Monica SCHOLZ Robert UDELL Richard URBANSKI

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