Virgil Mountain Madness

Ithacan Mike McGurk, 22, ran away from the field to win the 15-th running of this race. The course had to be shortened by 3.1 miles as a landowner denied us permission to run the course that we used the first 9 years of this race, but Mike would have easily set a course record for even the first 9 years at his pace. Linda Grossman of Rochester had an equally impressive time, also likely to have demolished the women's record on the old 21.1 mile course.

-- Joe Dabes

Virgil Mountain Madness-30K-18 miles (9/3/00)

3800' of climb on rugged and hilly hiking trails

Weather: Humid, 65 - 75 F, Partly Cloudy

1. Mike McGurk,22 2:16:30

2. Carl Johnston,35 2:28:58

3. John vanKerkhove,38 2:29:01

4. Thomas Meyer,25 2:33:57

5. Dennis vanKerhove,40 2:41:33

6. Linda Grossman,35 2:44:25 F

7. Derek Dean,29 2:49:38

8. Terry Delaney,44 2:52:45

9. Alan Lockett,43 2:54:18

10. Joseph FentyJr,35 2:54:57

11. Jason McGrath,26 3:00:07

12. Audrey Balander,44 3:00:38 F

13. John Stiner,38 3:00:45

14. David Jones,42 3:01:24

15. Deborah McCauley,31 3:02:12 F

16. Donna Lockett,42 3:02:56 F

17. Brad Wilson,37,N 3:04:06

18. Mark Mannering,42,N 3:04:07

19. Tom Nix,50 3:08:37

20. Joe Reynolds,56 3:10:18

21. Lorrie Marnell,39 3:11:53 F

22. John McHugh,20,WI 3:21:07

23. Tom Santangelo,25 3:21:21

24. Jennifer Stevens,20 3:21:25 F

25. Joe Dabes,61 3:22:37

26. Andrew Ryder,32 3:28:12

27. Daniel Lopata,31 3:29:56

28. Mark Dixson,42 3:32:08

29. Rayford Pointer,52 3:32:14

30. Joe McHugh,51,WI 3:32:15

31. John Kielbasinski,34 3:32:26

32. Douglas Dziedzic,38 3:36:53

33. Christopher Hoople,37 3:40:05

34. Joy Valvano,38 3:40:26 F

35. Greg Stoutenburg,41 3:40:26

36. David Weiss,51 3:45:38

37. Mark Booth,45 3:46:17

38. Fred Johnson,38 3:46:43

39. Suzanne Aigen,47 3:46:53f

40. Eileen McHugh,46,WI 3:46:55 F

41. Dan Kelley,45 3:49:04

42. Joe Ruggiero,42 3:49:05

43. Pamela Carlucci,44 3:54:11 F

44. Rita vonTonder,48,VA 3:54:42 F

45. John Ives,50 3:59:03

46. John Sholeen,55 4:12:07

47. Jennifer Stanton,27 4:16:54 F

48. Heather Koopman,24 4:16:55 F