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Last Week's Race Results

With the second of our two original club founders now residing in the Midwest, Santa Cruz Endurance has been undergoing some changes. But last week's race results show that nothing has changed on the race course as SCE members continued to put up great running and swimming performances.

On Thursday, Dan Wirls and Elizabeth Dane Stampley took to Stevens Creek Reservoir for the first Splash and Dash series race. Dan took first overall and Liz came in 4th for the women.

Saturday morning's rain didn't stop Ryan Hoffman and Max Selleck from taking on the trails out at the Nisene Marks Marathon, Half-Marathon & 5K Run. Ryan won the half in a very solid 1:28:11. After already running the Boston and Big Sur Marathons this spring, Max completed another challenging marathon course, finishing 14th overall and 3rd in his age group.

It's a nice start to the new SCE era!

Run For Shelter and Marine Discovery Run Results 2011

Santa Cruz Endurance members were spread thick over the local races on the weekend. Long dedicated to finding shelter for the seals...or something...SCE were inspired to dominate the podiums.

First the Run For Shelter 10K and 5K in Watsonville

10K
Shoshanah Orzech 2nd Overall, 1st 35-39 AG
Monica Martinez 4th Overall, 1st 25-29 AG

5K
Steve Yatson 3rd Overall, 1st 40-44 AG
Charmin Wolles 2nd Overall, 1st 40-44 AG
Margaret Ellis, 3rd Overall, 1st 35-39 AG

Hang on EVERYONE won their age group? Why do we have such a problem convincing people SCE is not just for fast people?

Charmin, Monica, Shoshanah and Laura

Next, the Marine Discovery Run 10K and 5K put on by Finish Line Productions.

10K
Polly Feyereisn, 4th Overall, 2nd 20-29 AG
Will Hahn, 3rd 30-39 AG (PR 44:02!)

5K
Kim Thomas, 2nd overall, 1st 40-49 AG
Martin Spierings, 2nd overall, 1st 30-39 AG
Andrew Walgren, 4th overall, 1st 10-14 AG in a 18:55!

Full results here.

Kim on the way to 2nd at Marine Discovery Run 5K

Who wants to be the next SCE blogger? C'mon, you can't do better than this?

Wildflower Triathlon Results 2011 | Big Sur Marathon | Leona Divide

Club records tumbled this weekend all over California. Eric Clarkson placed 25th in the pro division at Wildflower Triathlon on the weekend in a club record time of 4:34:14. Read his race report. Other results at Lake San Antonio, Michael Chase raced the Mountain Bike Triathlon with a time of 1:27:54 and Eileen Chase 3:33:54 in the Olympic Distance. Ryan Hoffman finished a competitive 40th in the Collegiate Olympic distance race in 2:28:01.

Cari Martin ran 50 miles at Leona Divide in 8:42:58 good for 5th overall. She is the first female club member to do that distance. Official results.

Max Selleck, who ran the Boston marathon a couple of weeks ago ran a stunning 3:11:12 at the Big Sur Marathon. Aracelly Clouse ran a 3:13:26 to place 6th woman overall in the Big Sur Marathon.

Dan McKinnon ran a personal record of 1:23:39 to finish 3rd overall in the Avenue of the Giants Half Marathon. Congrats Dan! Results here.

Updated 05/05/11

Operation SCE Wharf to Wharf 2011

Following the success of the recent Spring Marathon Project SCE is offering a coached interval workout on Thursday nights and an informal Sunday morning run to train its runners up for two big redezvous in July. The Santa Cruz Wharf to Wharf which SCE dominated last year with 13 runners making the Top 100. We will also be putting a team together for the Team Competition of the San Francisco 2nd Half Marathon a week later.

We hear it all the time. Athletes are interested in SCE but are worried about "not being fast enough". We disagree, you're not fast enough...yet. But we understand that being around some of the stars of SCE can be intimidating and as such one of our members Aimee Escalante has volunteered to help. Aimee is experienced helping novice runners. She will be available to introduce new athletes to SCE, help them feel comfortable joining in our group workouts and to assure them they won't be left behind. You'll find our athletes are very supportive of new runners.

The cost of SCE membership has been reduced to $60 for the rest of our season (valid 07/31/11). All you have to do is to sign up on our membership page (if you're not already a member) to join in the fun.

If you wish to have more personalized coaching to complement the SCE workouts both coaches, Martin Spierings and Aaron Jacobsen, are available to help you achieve your goals.

2011 Santa Cruz Half Marathon Results / Skyline to the Sea Results / AR50 results

Andrew flys around the bend. Photo: Tedd Siegel

A busy weekend of racing, both road and trail, local to Santa Cruz and SCE was out in force.

Ryan Hoffman completed the Santa Cruz Half marathon in 1:18:48 good for 9th overall and 4th in his age group. Dan Wirls was rightfully awarded first in his age group but was beaten on elapsed time (see team director's blog/rant on this very subject) by just 5 seconds. Aimee Escalante was also out there representing. Full results found here.

13 year old phenom Andrew Walgren set a smoking 38:29 PR at the 10K event, needless to say this won him his age group, and had him 6th overall. Julie Stockwell finished 5th woman with a 41:29 PR in the same event.

Rohanna McCord finished 3rd woman overall in the marathon distance pc trails Skyline-to-the-Sea race. Cari Martin fell on her head and still finished 8th woman overall in the 50K

Rohanna slams some Coke at Skyline-by-the-Sea

Stephen Wassather came 13th overall at the 50 mile American River 50 mile race yesterday in 6:49, winning his age group and smashing the SCE club record. Adam Blum crossed the line in 8:20.

But wait there's more. The Artichoke half marathon was held in Pescadero and Liz Dane finished 5th overall with Margaret Ellis not far behind. From experience official results to this race will be hard to find.

Please comment with corrections or other SCE racers we may have missed.

SCE Names Squad for 2011 Lake Tahoe Relays

Santa Cruz, Calif. (April 2, 2011) - Santa Cruz Endurance announced today the 14 runners that will fill the two sponsored teams, SCE FinishLineProductions and SCE McKinnon Construction, at the upcoming Lake Tahoe Relays, June 11.

Aaron Jacobsen, Adam Blum, Benoit Pelczar, Dan McKinnon, Gaylia Lynn Osterlund, Jenn Betancourt, Jeremy Page, Julian Sunn, Kara Henry, Leslie Schaeffer-Haverstock, Maria Laura Reyes Durazo, Ryan Hoffman, Shoshanah Orzech and Stephen Wassather make up the squad. Team management remain tight lipped about the final composition of the teams but industry insiders believe that SCE will field two mixed teams of 4 men and 3 women each in an attempt to dominate the mixed team category. SCE looks certain to improve on its 6th place in the Mens team division in last year's race results.

The teams are sponsored by event production company Finish Line Productions and local construction company McKinnon Construction.