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^NEWBecky Harman - 2006 Ultra Runner of the Year
The six race directors of the Western New York Ultra Series have unanimously recognized Becky Harman as the 2006 Western New York Ultra Runner of the Year.  Last year, when Harman was named 2005 Ultra Runner of the Year for her record setting wins at at the Highland Forest 1-2-3, the Mendon Trail Run 50K and in the non-scoring 50K at the Finger Lakes Fifties, we remarked that, "It is only a matter of time before she joins the ranks of the elite women who have won an ultra outright."  Well, Harman proved us right three times over with outright wins at the Green Lakes 100K, Canandaigua 50 Mile and Mendon 50K.  More...

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Final Series Standings
Open Women - Becky Harman of Willseyville totally dominated the series with three overall race wins and two additional category wins.  Katie Stettler (Ithaca) was a very solid 2nd place with 290 points including a category win in the Finger Lakes 50 Mile.  Theresa Palmieri (Buffalo) placed 3rd, less than 2 points ahead of Lorrie Tily (Locke) in 4th.  Theresa had a category win at the Canandaigua 50K; Lorrie had a category win in the Green Lakes 50K.  Diane Jozefski (Rochester) placed 5th in the series.

Open Men - With his category win in the Mendon 50K, U of R grad student Ryan O'Dell (Rochester) finally moved 2 points ahead of Todd Baum (Fayetteville) who had been inactive due to injuries since his third series finish at the Finger Lakes 50 Mile.  Ed Housel of Rochester got his third series finish at Mendon and moved up into 3rd place ahead of Binghanton's Ryan Hrebin.  David Groff (Erieville) also got his third scoring finish and moved into 5th ahead of Keith Gregoire (Williamsville) and new father Brian Hooker (Rochester).

Veteran Men - Canadian Jim Newin came from Quebec to race at Mendon and got his third series finish to take a solid 1st place in the series.  Newin ended the year with two wins and a second place in category.  Charlie Leonard (Freeville) got a solid 4th place finish at Mendon and took 2nd place for the series.  Chet Jozefski (Rochester) also had a strong Mendon finish to move ahead of Dave Smith (Williamsville) for 3rd place in the series.  Smith finished the year 4th and Corning's David Weiss was 5th for the series.

Series by the Numbers - 6 events; 9 races; 180 runners; 266 total finishes. Biggest races:  Finger Lakes 50K with 64 finishers, BPAC Six Hour with 45 runners over 26.2 miles; Smallest Races:  inaugural Green Lakes Endurance Runs 100K with 11 finishers, inaugural Canandaigua 50K with 12 finishers.  Fastest race winning pace:  7:05 per mile (Green Lakes Endurance Runs 50K); Slowest race winning pace:  11:08 per mile (Finger Lakes 50 Mile)

See 2005 Final Results for last years standings.  See the Useful Links page for links to Individual Race Results and other helpful information for planning your 2007 race series.