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2006
USATF National Club Ekiden
(AKA Marathon Relay)
Championship
Hosted by the Colorado Colfax
Marathon in Denver
Four teams representing the Big Sky
Distance Project and the BSDP's sister club (Moving Comfort-Montana)
traveled to Denver for the competition.
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Trip Theme: “Okay,
here’s the deal…”
Eleven of the team runners van-pooled to
Denver, intending to stay one night in Douglas, Wyoming on the way down,
but they drove on through after the manager of the local "Rat-Hole-Tel" said
“Okay, here’s the deal…” when explaining why there were no "non-smoking"
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Dig Sky Distance Project & Moving
Comfort- Montana
Back Row (left top right): Don
Sundberg, Ray Matteson, Scott Creel, Jeff Braun.
Middle Row: Tony Banovich, Rhea
Fuller, Jennifer Thomas, Danielle Salois-Shahan,
Marie Boyd, Steve Simpson, Mary Thane,
Tom DeLuca, Dave Coppock, Mark Burke.
In A Row By Herself: Susan
Kaluza
Kneeling: Nicole Hunt, Michele
Bazzanella, Kathy Aragon, Karen Gall, Ray Hunt. |
393 relay teams started
along with ~800 marathoners at 6 a.m.
on Sunday, May 21, 2006 on a point-to-point course through Aurora, Denver and
Lakewood (see profile below). Relay runners were required pass a timing chip
instead of a baton. The chip had to be scanned on the timing mat at the start,
at each exchange zone, and at the finish.
The four Montana teams fared well, raking in a combined
$4750 in prize money in the
Ekiden competition. Want to see which BSDP
member predicted team results
worst?
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Prize Money Breakdown
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USATF Clubs |
Open |
Masters |
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Place |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
Women |
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1st |
$5000 |
$5000 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
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2nd |
$4000 |
$4000 |
$500 |
$500 |
$500 |
$500 |
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3rd |
$3000 |
$3000 |
$250 |
$250 |
$250 |
$250 |
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4th |
$2000 |
$2000 |
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5th |
$1000 |
$1000 |
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