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GETTING BIRTHDAY-DUNKED between events in the
. rs
Chmbe s dual.meet clash with Timberline Thursday is
ninth-grader Rachel Hunt (right). Dunkers include big
sister Jennifer Hunt (middle) and ninth.grader Tiffany
Bryden (left).
Birthday mission a moral-victory success
Hunt & pals hunt Blazers
The (",limber chlorine girls survived a mid-
meet distraction of annual significance last
week and gave thvored Timberline a run for
its money in a Pac-9 League dual meet.
Going to gang-dunking lengths (see photo
abow;) to commemorate fresh teammate
Rachel Ilunt's birthday, they regained and
sustained their focus sufficiently to ring up
a 70-point total against the more experi-
enced Blazers and wind up only 34 points in
it rrt) ars.
And their brand-new 14-year-old? Rachel
marked the occasion as well, making her
exhibition debut in diving.
Three of her SHS teammates combined
crack the wtvmv'a circle no fewer than five
timc,, by th(, way. Swiss exchange student
Katrin EbersoM won the 200 individual
medley and the 500 free as well. Junior
Samantha McDowell matched her double,
copping the top spots in the 50 and 200 free-
style races, And classmate Jonelle Kasperski
outswam all in the 100 back.
SHEI/rON 70, TIMBERLINE 104
200 medley relay - Timberline A (Crowell,
Salter, Williams and Haslam)2:14.29, Shel-
ton A (Hattie Wallace, Rebecca Speigle,
Samantha McDowelI and Katrin Ebersold)
2:17.88, Shelton B (Lindsay Tozier, Kalina
Jazuk, Jonelle Kasperski and Katie Mc-
Elliott) 2:22.49, Timberline B (Wallace,
Meader, Stroup and Anderson) 2:25.34, Tim-
berline C (Jenks, Allinsen, Sturnan and
Meader) 2:36.00, Shelton C (Mandy Crossen,
Melissa Kasperski, Megan Powers and Jayni
McGhee) 3:19.28.
200 free - Samantha McDowell iS)
2:17.50, Raquel Lavone (T) 2:22.76, Michelle
Scheidt (T) 2:35.81, Kristen Bornemann (T)
2:41.45, Whitney Travis (S) 2:52.49, Jordan
Gorsch (S) 2:54.04.
200 individual medley - Katrin Ebersold
(S) 2:37.50, Eliz Williams (T) 2:37.98, Dani-
ka Washington (T) 2:45.69, Heather Hanson
(T) 2:53.13, Hattie Wallace (S) 3:15.81, Ash-
LAUNCHING INTO HER individual-
medley event against the Blazers
is Climber ninth-grader Ashley
Gottula.
Icy Gottula () 3:18.54.
50 free-'Samantha McDowell (S) 29.19,
Jennifer Anderson (T) 31.9, Summer Stur-
nan (T) 32.06, Hayley Travis (S) 32.56, Katie
McElliott (S) 32.84, Julia Nasham (T) 34.38.
Diving - Memory Meader (T) 101.65,
Rachel Hunt (S) and Autumn Hart (S) both
exhibition.
100 fly - Sara Crowell (T) 1:02.58, Jonelle
Kasperski (S) 1:18.75, Danika Washington
(T) 1:19.63, Rebecca Speigle (S) 1:22.22, Jes-
sica Stroup (T) 1:29.90, Melissa Kasperski
(S) 1:43.09.
100 tree - Eliz Williams (T) 1:02.88,
Heather Hanson (T) 1:07.54, Lindsay Tozier
(S) 1:07.9, Jennifer Anderson (S) 1:12.29,
Katie McElliott (S) 1:16.29, Tiffany Bryden
(S) 1:19.79.
500 free - Katrin Ebersold (S) 6:27.03,
Summer Sturnan (T) 6:50.6, Kristen Borne-
mann (T) 7:15.84, Hayley Travis (S) 7:41.58,
Ashley Gottula (S) 7:58.50, no sixth.
200 free relay - Timberline A (Salter, Wil-
son, Hanson and Anderson) 2:02.23, Timber-
line B (Crowell, Stroup, Bornemann and
Washington) 2:04.02, Shelton A (Katie Mc-
Elliott, Hattie Wallace, Whitney Travis and
Hayley Travis) 2:16.56, Shelton B (Kalina
Jazuk, Katie Platt, Jordan Gorsch and Tiffa-
ny Bryden) 2:19.57, Timberline C (Meader,
Lra W., Jensen and Haslam) 2:31.59, Shel-
C (Heather McGhee, Melissa Kasperski,
Ahrens and Ashley Gottula) 2:31.88.
100 back- Jonelle Kasperski (S) 1:17.03,
Raquel Lavone (T) 1:18.6, Michelle Scheidt
(T) 1:19.41, Lindsay To-zier (S) 1:21.20,
Becky Jenks (T) 1:23.97, Melissa Kasperski
(S) 1:25.69.
100 breast - Michelle Salter (T) 1:20.26,
Rebecca Speigle (S) 1:23.57, Kalina Jazuk (S)
1:27.29, Memory Meader (T) 1:27.78, Jamie
Allinsen (T) 1:32.72, Melissa Kasperski (S)
1:40.32.
400 free relay - Timberline A (Crowell,
Salter, Lavone and Williams) 4:14.49, Shel-
ton A (Katrin Ebersold, Samantha McDow-
ell, Lindsay Tozier and Rebecca Speigle)
4:24.52, Timberline B (Washington, Sturnan,
Scheidt and Hanson) 4:47.78, Shelton B
(Jonelle Kasperski, Hayley Travis, Jordan
Gorsch and Tiffany Bryden) 5:07.85, Shelton
C (Heather McGhee, Katie Platt, Ashley
Gottula and Whitney Travis) 5:34.85, Tim-
berline C (Wallace, Mender, Haslam and
Allinsen) 5:36.44.
CLIMBER pops up for air to the stereo
enc,ouragement of little sister Whitney (center) and
Page 26- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, October 14, 1999
teammate Jordan Gorsch (left) en route to fourth place
in the 500 free Thursday night.
Rival of yore Miguel Galeana:
ter'n e
By STEVE PATCH
A key rival behind one of the
greatest success stories in High-
climber distance-running history
returned to the scene of his
Christmastown exploits the week-
end before last and cruised to
course-record victory in the sec-
ond annual Oyster Sprint.
Going by "Miguel" nowadays,
half a dozen years after winning
back-to-back state 1600-meter
championships as Hoquiam High
phenom Michael Galeana, the
25-year-old Mexican transplant
breezed through the rolling five-
miler in 24:45.79.
That eclipsed the old record,
set last year by Olympia's Bryan
Friedman, by four seconds shy of
a full three minutes.
UNEXPECTED? Guess again.
Last year, fresh from a successful
collegiate career at Montana
State University, our diminutive
ex-Grizzly ran the 3,000-meter
steeplechase in 8:39 - or fast
enough to qualify for no less than
the U.S. Olympic Trials that are
coming up next spring.
And only scant days before his
Oyster Sprint triumph Galeana
demonstrated his readiness for
that challenge by running the
10,000 meters in a personal-
record 29:45 on the track.
And the longer race isn't even
his specialty, what with his being
predominantly a 1500-meter and
steeplechase competitor in col-
lege.
LOCAL FAME? Galeana re-
membered the source of it too -
responding with that familiar,
friendly smile of his when the
subject came up seconds after
he'd claimed the Oyster Sprint
chute.
"Oh, sure I remember Aaron,"
he said, referring to his premier
rival the year 1992 grad Aaron
Taylor put Shelton High School
on the cross-country map by win-
ning Climberville's first-ever indi-
vidual state championship in the
sport. "Yeah, I remember every
time we ran against Shelton hav-
ing to go against him and (Seth)
Morgan, too. And they were
tough."
SPEAKING OF which, our
champ's Oyster Sprint competi-
tion was notably tough as well,
despite the relative ease by which
the 25-year-old distanced himself
from the other college-caliber run-
ners when he needed to.
Indeed, thoroughly demolish-
ing the old course record as
well were Miguel's South Sound
Running Club teammate and
close friend Todd Pehowski
(25:11.19) of Olympia and fellow
ex-collegian Mark VanEycke
(25:I5.53) of Tacoma.
Pehowski, a former Virginia
Tech standout in his fifth year in
Olympia, placed third in the re-
cent Lakefair 10K in a notably
strong field.
Our friend Friedman? Shel-
ton's defending champ finished
fifth overall this time around, in
28:12.81.
WOMEN'S WINNER was
Bryan's wife, Robyn Friedman.
She claimed the chute in
31:13.48.
Defending champ Joan Mar-
chioro, who won with a 31:36 last
year, finished second overall this
time, clocking in at 31:53.89.
Tops among local runners was
early-Nineties Climber standout
Joy Russell. Busy with her nurs-
ing career now and a couple years
away from the training regimen
that saw her compete successfully
in college, Joy nonetheless ran
sub-seven-minute miles to finish
second in the women's 20-29 age
division, claiming the chute in
34:31.39.
LOCAL FAVORITE Val Wit-
tenberg, a perennial Forest Fest
Run winner and long-time fixture
on the local footrunning scene,
clocked in at 35:24.65 to take run-
ner-up honors in the women's 40-
49 age bracket.
And newly retired Shelton
Middle School PE teacher Harlan
Buitenveld finished in 36:41.29 to
cop second in the men's 50-59 age
division.
Other Shelton runners in the
race included Mike Sims, Charles
MIGUEL GALEANA wins
Oyster Sprint II.
Gay, Mike McCarty, Chad Tilton,
Shirley Radke, Allen Radke, Bar-
bara Riley, Bill Dewey, Mary
Hrbacek, Billy Hrbacek and Car-
rie Fleming.
In all, nearly 130 completed
the race. That marked an in-
crease of nearly 50 runners over
the inaugural go-around, advised
race director Lynn Palensky.
Runners came from all over the
Northwest, she added, naming
the likes of Wenatchee, Enum-
claw, Aberdeen, Forks, Silverdale,
Fort Lewis, DesMoines, Centralia
and of course Olympia, Tumwa-
ter, Lacey and Tacoma.
CHAMP MIGUEL? Although
back in '92 he followed Climber
great Taylor into the chute every
outing in the cross-country sea-
son, he evened the score during
his year-older Climber rival's se-
nior track season by winning
what many local fans still consid-
er one of the greatest high-school
metric-mile duels ever, breaking
the tape in 4:17.4 to Climber Aar-
on's 4:17.7 in a district champion-
ship showdown contested in 85-
degree heat.
The following week, while
Taylor was taking second in the
800 meters, he donned his first
state crown in the 1500 in a race
that saw Aaron mistakenly take
Lap 3 to be the gun lap and wind
up an exhausted fourth overall
when he might well have won if
he hadn't miscounted.
Galeana now works as a sales-
man at South Sound Running in
Tamwater. Finally completely re-
covered from the hamstring pull
a trip to collegijte
that cost him .k. nd
nationals in New Orleyiont,°°-
of his '98 season a= ,? _.,,,r.
State, he's enjoying most e!
aging success., he hlsSaYS'uPc°°" ""
looking forward to
bid for the 2000 OlympicS,
,, 2nd ANNUAL OYSTER SPRINT
(4.97 miles)
MEN
Ages 15-19
David Hind 32:03.47
Michael Burns 47:16.61
Ages 20-29 _. o4.45.79
Miguel Galeana (Tumwat?,'d2.81
Bryan F.ed.00n
Lewis Taylor (Olympia/o7.: =
Scan Perez (Fort LeWiS) 32:.-"
Greg Woods 33:49.45 --
Ignatius Palumbo Jr. 36:23.s
Russel Harper 48:19.29
John Halestadt 49'59 92
Rick Leo 51:08.00
Ages 30-39 • • -=.1119
i Ol pJa),' '
Todd Pehowsk ( ym 0=p15.53
Mark VanE cke (Tacoma/', 76
• Y Tacoma/=':"
Bnan VanEycke ( . ^o 45.94
Mike Ramsey (OlympiSL-°='.30.35
Forest Kimbler (olym__ p}a =o.--
Greg Walchli 29:07.3u
Tom Perkins 29:26.98 _, o0.54
M ichae, Kaputa 0Ne. n,at?;'23
Dave Smith (Olympla) o=. •
Allen Spaulding 32:34.Z
Maudcio JalomO 34:13.2
Jon Agosfi 35'34.15 . ,o'17
Duncan Barros (Lacey) • '
Jason Gordon 37:13.
Eric Larsen
John Becker
Michael Ulrich
Santiago Enriquez
Mike McCoy 39:58.92
Jeff Mercer 40'22.18 _. aa
Jay Becker (EnumclaW)40:.'0'.
Ronald Lynch (Olylpl:"
Dean Stolz (Olymplal .- ,,'
Brett Taylor (Olympia) 4:o ....
Ages 40-49 , ,.59.
Greg Boeh (Gig Hamu,i --:',,= 49
William Taylor (olymp}a)3]:°"' ,
Mark Knight 32:19.06 . ,,.,-X}/$
Steve Brokens (Silverdale) ,i$1
Jay Lindbergh (Lakewood) :"'
Glenn Ande
Drake Nicholson
Jacek Anu,,
Randy
Charles
Robert Carter 34:11.47 .,
Paul Taylor (Olympia) 34:21 .
Steve Ryser 34:25.14
Warren Feerer 34:58.14 -^
M ke McCarty (Shelton) 36:41 .w
Don Seely (Olympia) 36:42.63
Bill Dewey (Shelton) 37:16.74
Tom Healy 37'35 53 ,
• .38;..
Paul Fame (Tacoma) '.41'
Dan McNamara (olympla.}.
Wes Williams (olympia) '*"'"
Peter Gregory 49'16 Su
4
Ages 50-59 .... ,,iton) 38:4t'z"
Hadan Buitenvelo to""'- " -,, J
Dan Barth (Centralta) 36:,=.'-
Michael Watson 37:14.
Gary Spies
Byron Zarp
Allen Radke
Mike Si
Gaylord
Billy Hrbacek (Shelton
Ages 60-69
Fred Freeman 39:34541.07.6
Bob Brown (McKennal "
Paul Fouch 42"29 36
Bud Wells 43:46.03 . ,=.44.5
Joel Graham (Olym,pif-.:88
Fred Vinson (Lacey/'*"'
WOMEN
Ages 14 end under - , 42:27'1
Alyssa Williams (ely mpl d
Ages 20.29
Robyn Friedman
Joy Russell (Shelton
Michelle Bryan
Johnston
Paul
Trojans win
The Hood Canal Trojans won
their season opener in junior-high
football last week, downing Ever-
green Christian 7-6.
Tailback Be Tinaza got the
Trojans on the board with a TD
jaunt in the fourth quarter to end
a scoreless stalemate.
Levi Roadman's successful
PAT pass to Preston Simmons
wound up being the game-winner,
as ECS failed to convert after
drawing to within a point by way
of a long TD pass in the dying mo-
ments of the game.
Canal coach Greg Segai lauded
the pertbrmance of his entire de-
fensive unit and singled out line-
men Colin Hart and Jordan
Brown along with cornerback Tin-
aza, who had two interceptions
and "several key tackles," he said.
Earlier, the Trojans debuted by
way of a four-school jamboree.
Linebacker Kerry Underwood
was the leading tackler there, ad-
vised Segai, while Hart, Jesse
Wagner and Andrew Burkhart
had "solid games," he said.
Shoe Isaksen
Lisa Swlhart I
Anna Warwick
Dana Woods
Rebecca Nolan
Beth Becker
Katherine Carter
Meredith McCann.Leo
Melissa Meeks (OlyrnP
Ages 30-39
Joan Marchioro I
Corrine Maudns
Colleen Speer
Kristl Strom
Carla Pickard
Pam Smith
Led Adamson
Ages 40-49
Cindy
Valede Wittenberg
Jennifer Bames
Robin Roberts
Judy Ditrich
Brooke Quam
Shirley
Carrie Fleming
Rosanne NIcholson
Susan Seely (Olym
Mary Hrbacek t
Ages 50.59
Lynn Rose
Madene I
Barbara Johnson
Barbara Rik
Patdcia Zarp
Kathleen Plato
Carol B-Jackson
Kathy Leltch
Penny
Joyce Graham
GETTING BIRTHDAY-DUNKED between events in the
. rs
Chmbe s dual.meet clash with Timberline Thursday is
ninth-grader Rachel Hunt (right). Dunkers include big
sister Jennifer Hunt (middle) and ninth.grader Tiffany
Bryden (left).
Birthday mission a moral-victory success
Hunt & pals hunt Blazers
The (",limber chlorine girls survived a mid-
meet distraction of annual significance last
week and gave thvored Timberline a run for
its money in a Pac-9 League dual meet.
Going to gang-dunking lengths (see photo
abow;) to commemorate fresh teammate
Rachel Ilunt's birthday, they regained and
sustained their focus sufficiently to ring up
a 70-point total against the more experi-
enced Blazers and wind up only 34 points in
it rrt) ars.
And their brand-new 14-year-old? Rachel
marked the occasion as well, making her
exhibition debut in diving.
Three of her SHS teammates combined
crack the wtvmv'a circle no fewer than five
timc,, by th(, way. Swiss exchange student
Katrin EbersoM won the 200 individual
medley and the 500 free as well. Junior
Samantha McDowell matched her double,
copping the top spots in the 50 and 200 free-
style races, And classmate Jonelle Kasperski
outswam all in the 100 back.
SHEI/rON 70, TIMBERLINE 104
200 medley relay - Timberline A (Crowell,
Salter, Williams and Haslam)2:14.29, Shel-
ton A (Hattie Wallace, Rebecca Speigle,
Samantha McDowelI and Katrin Ebersold)
2:17.88, Shelton B (Lindsay Tozier, Kalina
Jazuk, Jonelle Kasperski and Katie Mc-
Elliott) 2:22.49, Timberline B (Wallace,
Meader, Stroup and Anderson) 2:25.34, Tim-
berline C (Jenks, Allinsen, Sturnan and
Meader) 2:36.00, Shelton C (Mandy Crossen,
Melissa Kasperski, Megan Powers and Jayni
McGhee) 3:19.28.
200 free - Samantha McDowell iS)
2:17.50, Raquel Lavone (T) 2:22.76, Michelle
Scheidt (T) 2:35.81, Kristen Bornemann (T)
2:41.45, Whitney Travis (S) 2:52.49, Jordan
Gorsch (S) 2:54.04.
200 individual medley - Katrin Ebersold
(S) 2:37.50, Eliz Williams (T) 2:37.98, Dani-
ka Washington (T) 2:45.69, Heather Hanson
(T) 2:53.13, Hattie Wallace (S) 3:15.81, Ash-
LAUNCHING INTO HER individual-
medley event against the Blazers
is Climber ninth-grader Ashley
Gottula.
Icy Gottula () 3:18.54.
50 free-'Samantha McDowell (S) 29.19,
Jennifer Anderson (T) 31.9, Summer Stur-
nan (T) 32.06, Hayley Travis (S) 32.56, Katie
McElliott (S) 32.84, Julia Nasham (T) 34.38.
Diving - Memory Meader (T) 101.65,
Rachel Hunt (S) and Autumn Hart (S) both
exhibition.
100 fly - Sara Crowell (T) 1:02.58, Jonelle
Kasperski (S) 1:18.75, Danika Washington
(T) 1:19.63, Rebecca Speigle (S) 1:22.22, Jes-
sica Stroup (T) 1:29.90, Melissa Kasperski
(S) 1:43.09.
100 tree - Eliz Williams (T) 1:02.88,
Heather Hanson (T) 1:07.54, Lindsay Tozier
(S) 1:07.9, Jennifer Anderson (S) 1:12.29,
Katie McElliott (S) 1:16.29, Tiffany Bryden
(S) 1:19.79.
500 free - Katrin Ebersold (S) 6:27.03,
Summer Sturnan (T) 6:50.6, Kristen Borne-
mann (T) 7:15.84, Hayley Travis (S) 7:41.58,
Ashley Gottula (S) 7:58.50, no sixth.
200 free relay - Timberline A (Salter, Wil-
son, Hanson and Anderson) 2:02.23, Timber-
line B (Crowell, Stroup, Bornemann and
Washington) 2:04.02, Shelton A (Katie Mc-
Elliott, Hattie Wallace, Whitney Travis and
Hayley Travis) 2:16.56, Shelton B (Kalina
Jazuk, Katie Platt, Jordan Gorsch and Tiffa-
ny Bryden) 2:19.57, Timberline C (Meader,
Lra W., Jensen and Haslam) 2:31.59, Shel-
C (Heather McGhee, Melissa Kasperski,
Ahrens and Ashley Gottula) 2:31.88.
100 back- Jonelle Kasperski (S) 1:17.03,
Raquel Lavone (T) 1:18.6, Michelle Scheidt
(T) 1:19.41, Lindsay To-zier (S) 1:21.20,
Becky Jenks (T) 1:23.97, Melissa Kasperski
(S) 1:25.69.
100 breast - Michelle Salter (T) 1:20.26,
Rebecca Speigle (S) 1:23.57, Kalina Jazuk (S)
1:27.29, Memory Meader (T) 1:27.78, Jamie
Allinsen (T) 1:32.72, Melissa Kasperski (S)
1:40.32.
400 free relay - Timberline A (Crowell,
Salter, Lavone and Williams) 4:14.49, Shel-
ton A (Katrin Ebersold, Samantha McDow-
ell, Lindsay Tozier and Rebecca Speigle)
4:24.52, Timberline B (Washington, Sturnan,
Scheidt and Hanson) 4:47.78, Shelton B
(Jonelle Kasperski, Hayley Travis, Jordan
Gorsch and Tiffany Bryden) 5:07.85, Shelton
C (Heather McGhee, Katie Platt, Ashley
Gottula and Whitney Travis) 5:34.85, Tim-
berline C (Wallace, Mender, Haslam and
Allinsen) 5:36.44.
CLIMBER pops up for air to the stereo
enc,ouragement of little sister Whitney (center) and
Page 26- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, October 14, 1999
teammate Jordan Gorsch (left) en route to fourth place
in the 500 free Thursday night.
Rival of yore Miguel Galeana:
ter'n e
By STEVE PATCH
A key rival behind one of the
greatest success stories in High-
climber distance-running history
returned to the scene of his
Christmastown exploits the week-
end before last and cruised to
course-record victory in the sec-
ond annual Oyster Sprint.
Going by "Miguel" nowadays,
half a dozen years after winning
back-to-back state 1600-meter
championships as Hoquiam High
phenom Michael Galeana, the
25-year-old Mexican transplant
breezed through the rolling five-
miler in 24:45.79.
That eclipsed the old record,
set last year by Olympia's Bryan
Friedman, by four seconds shy of
a full three minutes.
UNEXPECTED? Guess again.
Last year, fresh from a successful
collegiate career at Montana
State University, our diminutive
ex-Grizzly ran the 3,000-meter
steeplechase in 8:39 - or fast
enough to qualify for no less than
the U.S. Olympic Trials that are
coming up next spring.
And only scant days before his
Oyster Sprint triumph Galeana
demonstrated his readiness for
that challenge by running the
10,000 meters in a personal-
record 29:45 on the track.
And the longer race isn't even
his specialty, what with his being
predominantly a 1500-meter and
steeplechase competitor in col-
lege.
LOCAL FAME? Galeana re-
membered the source of it too -
responding with that familiar,
friendly smile of his when the
subject came up seconds after
he'd claimed the Oyster Sprint
chute.
"Oh, sure I remember Aaron,"
he said, referring to his premier
rival the year 1992 grad Aaron
Taylor put Shelton High School
on the cross-country map by win-
ning Climberville's first-ever indi-
vidual state championship in the
sport. "Yeah, I remember every
time we ran against Shelton hav-
ing to go against him and (Seth)
Morgan, too. And they were
tough."
SPEAKING OF which, our
champ's Oyster Sprint competi-
tion was notably tough as well,
despite the relative ease by which
the 25-year-old distanced himself
from the other college-caliber run-
ners when he needed to.
Indeed, thoroughly demolish-
ing the old course record as
well were Miguel's South Sound
Running Club teammate and
close friend Todd Pehowski
(25:11.19) of Olympia and fellow
ex-collegian Mark VanEycke
(25:I5.53) of Tacoma.
Pehowski, a former Virginia
Tech standout in his fifth year in
Olympia, placed third in the re-
cent Lakefair 10K in a notably
strong field.
Our friend Friedman? Shel-
ton's defending champ finished
fifth overall this time around, in
28:12.81.
WOMEN'S WINNER was
Bryan's wife, Robyn Friedman.
She claimed the chute in
31:13.48.
Defending champ Joan Mar-
chioro, who won with a 31:36 last
year, finished second overall this
time, clocking in at 31:53.89.
Tops among local runners was
early-Nineties Climber standout
Joy Russell. Busy with her nurs-
ing career now and a couple years
away from the training regimen
that saw her compete successfully
in college, Joy nonetheless ran
sub-seven-minute miles to finish
second in the women's 20-29 age
division, claiming the chute in
34:31.39.
LOCAL FAVORITE Val Wit-
tenberg, a perennial Forest Fest
Run winner and long-time fixture
on the local footrunning scene,
clocked in at 35:24.65 to take run-
ner-up honors in the women's 40-
49 age bracket.
And newly retired Shelton
Middle School PE teacher Harlan
Buitenveld finished in 36:41.29 to
cop second in the men's 50-59 age
division.
Other Shelton runners in the
race included Mike Sims, Charles
MIGUEL GALEANA wins
Oyster Sprint II.
Gay, Mike McCarty, Chad Tilton,
Shirley Radke, Allen Radke, Bar-
bara Riley, Bill Dewey, Mary
Hrbacek, Billy Hrbacek and Car-
rie Fleming.
In all, nearly 130 completed
the race. That marked an in-
crease of nearly 50 runners over
the inaugural go-around, advised
race director Lynn Palensky.
Runners came from all over the
Northwest, she added, naming
the likes of Wenatchee, Enum-
claw, Aberdeen, Forks, Silverdale,
Fort Lewis, DesMoines, Centralia
and of course Olympia, Tumwa-
ter, Lacey and Tacoma.
CHAMP MIGUEL? Although
back in '92 he followed Climber
great Taylor into the chute every
outing in the cross-country sea-
son, he evened the score during
his year-older Climber rival's se-
nior track season by winning
what many local fans still consid-
er one of the greatest high-school
metric-mile duels ever, breaking
the tape in 4:17.4 to Climber Aar-
on's 4:17.7 in a district champion-
ship showdown contested in 85-
degree heat.
The following week, while
Taylor was taking second in the
800 meters, he donned his first
state crown in the 1500 in a race
that saw Aaron mistakenly take
Lap 3 to be the gun lap and wind
up an exhausted fourth overall
when he might well have won if
he hadn't miscounted.
Galeana now works as a sales-
man at South Sound Running in
Tamwater. Finally completely re-
covered from the hamstring pull
a trip to collegijte
that cost him .k. nd
nationals in New Orleyiont,°°-
of his '98 season a= ,? _.,,,r.
State, he's enjoying most e!
aging success., he hlsSaYS'uPc°°" ""
looking forward to
bid for the 2000 OlympicS,
,, 2nd ANNUAL OYSTER SPRINT
(4.97 miles)
MEN
Ages 15-19
David Hind 32:03.47
Michael Burns 47:16.61
Ages 20-29 _. o4.45.79
Miguel Galeana (Tumwat?,'d2.81
Bryan F.ed.00n
Lewis Taylor (Olympia/o7.: =
Scan Perez (Fort LeWiS) 32:.-"
Greg Woods 33:49.45 --
Ignatius Palumbo Jr. 36:23.s
Russel Harper 48:19.29
John Halestadt 49'59 92
Rick Leo 51:08.00
Ages 30-39 • • -=.1119
i Ol pJa),' '
Todd Pehowsk ( ym 0=p15.53
Mark VanE cke (Tacoma/', 76
• Y Tacoma/=':"
Bnan VanEycke ( . ^o 45.94
Mike Ramsey (OlympiSL-°='.30.35
Forest Kimbler (olym__ p}a =o.--
Greg Walchli 29:07.3u
Tom Perkins 29:26.98 _, o0.54
M ichae, Kaputa 0Ne. n,at?;'23
Dave Smith (Olympla) o=. •
Allen Spaulding 32:34.Z
Maudcio JalomO 34:13.2
Jon Agosfi 35'34.15 . ,o'17
Duncan Barros (Lacey) • '
Jason Gordon 37:13.
Eric Larsen
John Becker
Michael Ulrich
Santiago Enriquez
Mike McCoy 39:58.92
Jeff Mercer 40'22.18 _. aa
Jay Becker (EnumclaW)40:.'0'.
Ronald Lynch (Olylpl:"
Dean Stolz (Olymplal .- ,,'
Brett Taylor (Olympia) 4:o ....
Ages 40-49 , ,.59.
Greg Boeh (Gig Hamu,i --:',,= 49
William Taylor (olymp}a)3]:°"' ,
Mark Knight 32:19.06 . ,,.,-X}/$
Steve Brokens (Silverdale) ,i$1
Jay Lindbergh (Lakewood) :"'
Glenn Ande
Drake Nicholson
Jacek Anu,,
Randy
Charles
Robert Carter 34:11.47 .,
Paul Taylor (Olympia) 34:21 .
Steve Ryser 34:25.14
Warren Feerer 34:58.14 -^
M ke McCarty (Shelton) 36:41 .w
Don Seely (Olympia) 36:42.63
Bill Dewey (Shelton) 37:16.74
Tom Healy 37'35 53 ,
• .38;..
Paul Fame (Tacoma) '.41'
Dan McNamara (olympla.}.
Wes Williams (olympia) '*"'"
Peter Gregory 49'16 Su
4
Ages 50-59 .... ,,iton) 38:4t'z"
Hadan Buitenvelo to""'- " -,, J
Dan Barth (Centralta) 36:,=.'-
Michael Watson 37:14.
Gary Spies
Byron Zarp
Allen Radke
Mike Si
Gaylord
Billy Hrbacek (Shelton
Ages 60-69
Fred Freeman 39:34541.07.6
Bob Brown (McKennal "
Paul Fouch 42"29 36
Bud Wells 43:46.03 . ,=.44.5
Joel Graham (Olym,pif-.:88
Fred Vinson (Lacey/'*"'
WOMEN
Ages 14 end under - , 42:27'1
Alyssa Williams (ely mpl d
Ages 20.29
Robyn Friedman
Joy Russell (Shelton
Michelle Bryan
Johnston
Paul
Trojans win
The Hood Canal Trojans won
their season opener in junior-high
football last week, downing Ever-
green Christian 7-6.
Tailback Be Tinaza got the
Trojans on the board with a TD
jaunt in the fourth quarter to end
a scoreless stalemate.
Levi Roadman's successful
PAT pass to Preston Simmons
wound up being the game-winner,
as ECS failed to convert after
drawing to within a point by way
of a long TD pass in the dying mo-
ments of the game.
Canal coach Greg Segai lauded
the pertbrmance of his entire de-
fensive unit and singled out line-
men Colin Hart and Jordan
Brown along with cornerback Tin-
aza, who had two interceptions
and "several key tackles," he said.
Earlier, the Trojans debuted by
way of a four-school jamboree.
Linebacker Kerry Underwood
was the leading tackler there, ad-
vised Segai, while Hart, Jesse
Wagner and Andrew Burkhart
had "solid games," he said.
Shoe Isaksen
Lisa Swlhart I
Anna Warwick
Dana Woods
Rebecca Nolan
Beth Becker
Katherine Carter
Meredith McCann.Leo
Melissa Meeks (OlyrnP
Ages 30-39
Joan Marchioro I
Corrine Maudns
Colleen Speer
Kristl Strom
Carla Pickard
Pam Smith
Led Adamson
Ages 40-49
Cindy
Valede Wittenberg
Jennifer Bames
Robin Roberts
Judy Ditrich
Brooke Quam
Shirley
Carrie Fleming
Rosanne NIcholson
Susan Seely (Olym
Mary Hrbacek t
Ages 50.59
Lynn Rose
Madene I
Barbara Johnson
Barbara Rik
Patdcia Zarp
Kathleen Plato
Carol B-Jackson
Kathy Leltch
Penny
Joyce Graham