I enjoy working with the stats although as I near 40,000 records it can be a bit unwieldy updating a couple of the all-time spreadsheets. Link to all of the spreadsheets are below.
Links to all-time stats:
Top 25 in 5 year age groups - women
Top 25 in 5 year age groups - men
Recap of 2023:
Records set
The Women’s open, masters, and seniors teams all set records as this was the first year of 5 scoring instead of 3. Delta Dental swept those three categories. The Floodwater team took nearly 16 minutes off of the men’s veterans team record.
55-59 age group record by Erik
Vandendries, breaking his own record from 2021 by 42 seconds. 70-74 age group
record by Ricahrd Larsen, 5:33 under the old record.
Top 5 finishes – Eric Blake moved into
first with 16.
State records – Kathryn O’Regan set the
PA record with a 1:21:11.
Single Age records set by:
Men
Joseph Gray – 39
Eric Blake – 44
Erik Vandendries – 58
Richard Larsen – 71
Women
Jasmin Bella – 15
Meghan Davis – 22
Amber Ferreira – 41
Christin Doneski - 52
Not records but impressive:
The Chelenga’s (both finished 2nd) ran the 2nd fastest time for a married couple (2:17:53) trailing only Simon Gutierrez/Magdelena Thorsell (1998) time of 2:13:32
Top 10 finishes – Eric Blake into 2nd
with 17 and Joseph Gray into 8th with 12. Amber Ferreira into
a tie for 2nd with 9 and Kasie Enman into a tie for 4th
with 8.
Top 5 finishes – Joseph Gray into tie for
3rd with 12.
Sub 1:20 – Kasie Enman moves into a tie
for 2nd with 7.
Sub 1:10 – Eric Blake moves into a tie for 2nd with 16 and Joseph Gray 8th with 11.
Sub 1:05 – Blake leads with 15, Gray 4th with 11.
5 year age groups
40-44 Amber Ferreira #4
50-54 Christin Doneski #2
70-74 Jacqueline Gareau #2 & Carol Morenz #5
80+ Sally Swenson #4
35-39 Joseph Gray #3
40-44 Eric Blake #4
65-69 Matthew Curran #4
Most finishes – William Morse, Ronald
Paquette and Everett McBride join the ‘300 mile club’ with 41 finishes (they
are tied for 5th most finishes).
The Women’s open, masters, and seniors teams all set records as this was the first year of 5 scoring instead of 3. Delta Dental swept those three categories. The Floodwater team took nearly 16 minutes off of the men’s veterans team record.
Men
Joseph Gray – 39
Eric Blake – 44
Erik Vandendries – 58
Richard Larsen – 71
Jasmin Bella – 15
Meghan Davis – 22
Amber Ferreira – 41
Christin Doneski - 52
The Chelenga’s (both finished 2nd) ran the 2nd fastest time for a married couple (2:17:53) trailing only Simon Gutierrez/Magdelena Thorsell (1998) time of 2:13:32
Sub 1:10 – Eric Blake moves into a tie for 2nd with 16 and Joseph Gray 8th with 11.
Sub 1:05 – Blake leads with 15, Gray 4th with 11.
40-44 Amber Ferreira #4
50-54 Christin Doneski #2
70-74 Jacqueline Gareau #2 & Carol Morenz #5
80+ Sally Swenson #4
40-44 Eric Blake #4
65-69 Matthew Curran #4
