7th Annual Summer Biathlon at the Altoona
Rifle and Pistol Club: June 23, 2007
by Race
Director Doug Hoover
48
athletes enjoyed a beautiful day at the Altoona Summer Biathlon on
Saturday, June 23 at the Altoona Rifle and Pistol Club. The event
yielded numerous noteworthy results.
WOMEN
* After
three consecutive runner-up finishes, Stephanie Blackstone of Everett,
PA produced her best performance in five tries to finally capture the
overall title. In the process she moved into second place on the
all-time performance list, passing Lucie Bergeyova. She also
broke the 20-29 age group record previously held by Sonja Hinish.
* While
finishing second overall, Ann Sick of Millville, PA bettered her own
masters record and improved to fifth place on the all-time performance
list.
* Katie
Sick of Millville, PA finished third overall and improved on her
previous best. She is currently ranked seventh on the all-time
performance list.
* Patricia
Zerfas of Kensington, MD finished fourth overall with a time that makes
her the second fastest master competitor ever on the Altoona course and
the eighth ranked competitor on the all-time performance list.
* The
greatest record shattering of the day came from Jeanice Naulty of
Birdsboro, PA. She finished fifth overall with a time the broke
the 50-59 age group record by over three minutes and ranks her as the
eleventh competitor on the all-time performance list! The
previous age group record was held by Debi Page.
* Four
other women produced times that rank them among the top-50 all time on
this course: Hannah Sick (23rd), Pamela Scott (28th), Kate Ryan
(39th), and Mary Morgan (44th).
MEN
* Christopher
Fischer of Altoona, PA showed a huge improvement over his previous
performances to capture his first overall title and break the junior
men's age group record by 47 seconds. In doing so, he became just
the third man to break seventeen minutes on the course and is currently
ranked third on the all-time performance list.
* Kyle
Bowman of Kent, OH improved on his previous best as well to capture
third overall and move up to sixth on the all-time performance
list. He is also now ranked second all-time in the 20-29 age
group.
* Challen
Ingraham of Tabernacle, NJ finished fourth overall and shattered the
previous masters record by 51 seconds to become the first master under
eighteen minutes on the course. The previous age group record was
held by Scott Sick. He is one of just nine men ever to break
eighteen minutes on the course. He was also the only competitor
to shoot clean.
* Alden
Sims of Venus, PA improved on his previous best as well, finishing
fifth overall with a time that makes him the third fastest junior ever
on the course and the eleventh ranked man on the all-time performance
list.
* John Sims of Venus, PA cracked the top three all-time in the 50-59 age group with his race.
* Frank Gaval of Sugarloaf, PA came within ten seconds of breaking the 60+ age group record in his first year in that age group.
* Three
other men produced times that rank them among the top-50 all-time on
this course: Jim Beveridge (25th), Don Hoffman (31st), and Ben
Ingle (31st).
Below are
the summary results. The attached file includes complete results,
detailed age-group breakdowns, age-group records, the all-time
performance lists, and an update of the Pennsylvania Biathlon Club
Triple Crown Series. The final two races of the series are at
Black Creek Twp on July 21 and Oil Creek State Park on August 18.
2007 ALTOONA SUMMER BIATHLON
Saturday, June 23, 2007 - Altoona Rifle and
Pistol Club, Altoona,
Pennsylvania
Place
Women
Run Time P
S Final Time
1
Blackstone, Stephanie
21.26 1
2 20.11
2
Sick,
Ann
24.21 5
2 22.06
3
Sick,
Katie
24.02 5
1 22.17
4
Zerfas,
Patricia
24.19 4
2 22.19
5
Naulty,
Jeanice
26.11 5
4 22.56
6
Sick,
Hannah
25.51 5
1 24.06
7
Scott,
Pamela
27.03 2
2 25.33
8
Daley,
Julianne
26.46 2
0 26.16
9
Ryan,
Kate
28.35 2
0 28.05
10 Morgan,
Mary
30.32 3
1 29.17
11 Rose,
Emily
30.00 2
0 29.30
12
Hazenstab,
Karen
32.46 2
1 31.46
13
Donoughe,
Brenda
33.22 3
1 31.59
14 Kelly,
Denise
33.03 3
0 32.18
15 Miles,
Jan
39.19 2
2 37.19
Place
Men
Run Time P
S Final Time
1
Fischer, Christopher
19.39 5
4 16.24
2
Hoover,
Douglas
20.12 4
4 17.12
3
Bowman,
Kyle
19.11 3
2 17.26
4
Ingraham,
Challen
21.43 5
5 17.58
5
Sims,
Alden
20.31 3
3 18.16
6
Manfred,
Matthew
19.05 2
0 18.35
7
Beveridge,
Jim
23.13 5
4 19.58
8T Ingle,
Ben
21.18 2
1 20.18
8T Hoffman,
Don
23.18 4
4 20.18
10 Sick,
Scott
23.07 5
3 20.22
11 Sims,
John
24.16 5
3 21.31
12
Kuminkoski,
Alan
25.17 5
4 22.02
13 Stiner,
Gary
24.18 5
2 22.03
14 Dick,
Jeff
24.29 3
3 22.14
15 Heisler,
Derek
23.16 0
2 22.16
16 Clay,
John
26.29 3
3 24.14
17 Kyle,
Myron
28.24 4
5 24.54
18 Muick,
John
27.58 4
2 25.58
19 Rose,
Jerry
27.14 1
0 26.18
20 Gaval,
Frank
29.56 5
4 26.41
21 Scott,
William
29.11 5
2 26.56
22 Novak,
Stephen
29.08 4
2 27.08
23
Kilheffer,
Jim
30.53 4
4 27.53
24 Svabek,
Michael
28.15 0
0 28.15
25 Walters,
Greg
30.10 2
2 28.40
26 Zappa,
Ben
29.27 1
1 28.42
27
O'Rourke,
Ed
31.00 5
2 28.45
28 Bodin,
David
30.25 4
0 29.25
29 Scott,
Richard
32.19 4
3 29.35
30 Scott,
Mark
31.33 3
2 29.48
31 Boyer,
John
33.06 4
3 30.36
32 Walters,
Kevin
33.58 3
3 31.43
33 Novak,
Richard
34.56 5
3 32.11
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