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1st
Overall
Green Lakes Endurance Runs
100K |
1st
Overall
Mendon Trail Runs 50K
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Tied
3rd Overall
Finger Lakes Fifties 50 Mile |
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Zsuzsanna Carlson is the 2009
Western New York Ultra Series Runner of the Year. She will receive,
from Fleet Feet
Sports Rochester, a custom-embroidered technical jacket in celebration of
her accomplishments.
Carlson, age 36,
lives in Edison, NJ. She is being honored for her outstanding record
in series races. She scored the most points of all series runners with
her two wins and third place tie. She scored finishes in what are
arguably the two most difficult races in the series: the 50 mile at
the Finger Lakes Fifties and the the 100K at the Green Lakes Endurance Runs.
Carlson's series
results were:
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3rd at Finger Lakes Fifties 50 Mile.
Carlson persevered through through the muddiest
day in recent memory to finish in 10:40:13, tied for 3rd overall.
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1st Overall at Green Lakes Endurance Runs
100K. Carlson's
finished 1st overall in 11:23:55, improving from her 12:17:52 in 2008 and
coming within 7 minutes of the course record 11:17:17 set by Elizabeth
Carrion in 2008.
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1st Overall at
Mendon 50K. Carlson
ran a smartly paced race, first taking the lead on the fourth lap and then
extending her winning margin to nine minutes on the last lap to finish 1st
overall in 5:31:57.
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Carlson had several other notable
races in addition to her series results:
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Boston, Steamtown &
New York Marathons
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MCRRC Greenway Trail
50K - 5:22:50, 2nd woman
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Massanutten Mt. Trails
100 - 32:59:59
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The Ring - Massanutten
Trails (71 miles) - 23:16:15, tied 1st woman
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JFK 50 Mile - 8:32:58
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Record-Breaking Performances by Series Runners
The coordinator of the series wishes to note the following record
breaking performances by runners who completed two or more series
races this year: |
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John Ehntholt - BPAC Open & Masters
Record
Ehntholt, age 43 from Glens Falls, won the BPAC 6 Hour Distance Classic
with 47.23 miles, breaking Todd Baum's 2008 record by 1.73 miles.
He was also the repeat winner of the Can Lake 50K, making him the only
man to win two series races overall this year.
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Elizabeth Hurdman - Can Lake 50 Win &
Veterans Record
Hurdman, age 52 from Toronto, ON, was the first woman
overall in the Can Lake 50, joining the relatively elite group of women
over 50 who have won an ultra. Her Veterans record of 8:54:48 for 50 miles
was almost three hours faster than the prior mark.
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John Kruse - Mendon Trail Runs Veterans Record
Kruse, age 55 from Newark, DE, smashed the Veteran's record at the
Mendon Trail Runs 50K. He finished 2nd overall in 4:41:38, almost
16 minutes under the Tom Perry's 2001 record and exactly 23 minutes
faster than he ran last year. |
Ed Housel - GLER 50K Veterans
Record
Housel, age 50 from Rochester, finished 4th overall in the very
competitive Green Lakes Endurance Runs 50K. His outstanding
4:04:44 broke Mike
Wright's 2008 Veterans record by just under 12 minutes. |
