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1985 Events | Magnificent Mendenhall Mudpuddle Meet | Ten Mile | Full Screen | |
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| Event Name | Magnificent Mendenhall Mudpuddle Meet 1985 |
| Race Name | Ten Mile |
| Event Location | Auke Lake, Juneau |
| Event Description | The ninth Magnificent Mendenhall Mudpuddle Meet, ten miles on Saturday 27 April 1985, starting and finishing at the University of Alaska-Juneau parking lot at Auke Lake at 10 a.m. Rick Thibodeau won in 54:12. Alan Graves, the defending champion, led for the first six and a half miles and took a 50-metre advantage as far as the Montana Creek Road intersection, where he, Thibodeau and Glenn Frick opened a gap on the rest of the field. Thibodeau surged at the Mendenhall River bridge and led by 50 to 100 metres before a steady uphill after the 7-mile mark. Graves finished second in 54:51 and Frick third in 56:29 - third here in 1984 too, and 51 seconds faster than he ran it then. Michelle Ramsey was the overall women's winner in 1:08:23. Sandra Knapp won the women 40-and-over division and Ethel Smith the women 27-39. The course circled the university lot twice, then followed the Glacier Highway south and the Loop Road past Floyd Dryden, across the Mendenhall River bridge and past DeHarts before the final stretch back to the campus. Graves called the weather the worst in the race's nine years and said it was the only time he had met a headwind all the way around the loop. The meet was run for the ninth year by Juneau Parks and Recreation, Juneau Special Olympics and the University of Alaska-Juneau, as a fund-raiser for Special Olympics. Entry was $1 and every entrant carried sponsors at a minimum pledge of 50 cents a mile; a $50 cash prize went to the runner earning the most in pledges. Registration ran from 9 a.m. and closed 15 minutes before the start. T-shirts went to the first 40 men and first 40 women, with awards to the top three in each age group. Entries went through Diane Watson, recreation supervisor at Juneau Parks and Recreation. SOURCES: a Parks and Recreation advertisement in the Juneau Empire of Friday 19 April 1985, page 17, giving the date, course, divisions and fees; the report "Thibodeau wins windy Mudpuddle" by Richard F. Schmitz in the Empire of Monday 29 April 1985, page 6; the divisional finish list published the same day; and an undated preview, "Mudpuddle 10-miler raises funds for Special Olympics". NOTE ON THE FIELD: the report calls it a field of 54 finishers and the published list numbers 1 to 54, but 55 runners are named - Judy Murphy appears without a place number. Her time is recorded here as printed. The list also places Jack Hodges 14th in 1:04:21 behind a 13th-place 1:04:39; that is as printed and has not been corrected. |
| Event Director | DefaultRaceDirector Unassigned |
| Relay / Team Event? | no |
| Event Date | 1985-04-27 10:00:00 |
| Race Distance | 10.00 miles or 16.09 km |
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Top Performances 1985 Overall mudpuddle 10.00miles Only performances until race date are included |
Male Guy Thibodeau 52:51 (1983) Arturo Rodriguez 53:38 (1982) Kelly Miller 53:42 (1983) Guy Thibodeau 53:44 (1981) Rick Thibodeau 54:12 (1985) Rick Thibodeau 54:21 (1983) Female Susie Norvell 1:06:36 (1982) Rosemary Gute 1:06:57 (1981) Paige Dilts 1:08:02 (1984) Michelle Ramsey 1:08:23 (1985) Fran Conger 1:08:54 (1984) Page Dilts 1:09:00 (1983) |
| # | Name | Hails From | Gender | Time | Pace per mile | EC Age Class | EC Pts |
| 1 | Rick Thibodeau | Juneau,AK | M | 00:54:12 | 5 minutes 25 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 2 | Alan Graves | Juneau,AK | M | 00:54:51 | 5 minutes 29 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 3 | Glenn Frick | Juneau,AK | M | 00:56:29 | 5 minutes 38 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 4 | Andrew Grossman | Juneau,AK | M | 00:57:20 | 5 minutes 44 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 5 | Gerald Buckley | Juneau,AK | M | 00:57:41 | 5 minutes 46 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 6 | Ron Flint | Juneau,AK | M | 00:59:28 | 5 minutes 56 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 6 (TIE!) | Steve Schmitz | Juneau,AK | M | 00:59:28 | 5 minutes 56 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 8 | Ben Van Allen | Unknown | M | 01:01:33 | 6 minutes 9 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 9 | Charles O'Clair | Unknown | M | 01:02:33 | 6 minutes 15 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 10 | Ron Robbecke | Kent,WA | M | 01:02:57 | 6 minutes 17 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 11 | Bill Jackson | Unknown | M | 01:04:21 | 6 minutes 26 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 11 (TIE!) | Jack Hodges | Juneau,AK | M | 01:04:21 | 6 minutes 26 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 13 | Ken Humphries | M | 01:04:26 | 6 minutes 26 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 14 | Mark Guillaume | Unknown | M | 01:04:39 | 6 minutes 27 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 15 | Jim Wilson | M | 01:07:07 | 6 minutes 42 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 16 | Fred Schmitz | M | 01:08:03 | 6 minutes 48 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 17 | Gordon Harrison | Juneau,AK | M | 01:08:47 | 6 minutes 52 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 18 | David Zugsberger | Juneau,AK | M | 01:08:58 | 6 minutes 53 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 18 (TIE!) | Evan McKinney | Unknown | M | 01:08:58 | 6 minutes 53 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 20 | Art Peterson | Juneau,AK | M | 01:10:37 | 7 minutes 3 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 21 | Marc Livingston | Unknown | M | 01:10:52 | 7 minutes 5 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 22 | Gary Moeller | M | 01:11:13 | 7 minutes 7 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 23 | Ben Haight | Juneau,AK | M | 01:11:49 | 7 minutes 10 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 24 | Eric Olsen | M | 01:11:55 | 7 minutes 11 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 25 | Chuck Knerem | Unknown | M | 01:11:58 | 7 minutes 11 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 26 | Denis Rehfield | M | 01:12:35 | 7 minutes 15 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 26 (TIE!) | Pete Crandall | M | 01:12:35 | 7 minutes 15 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 28 | Willes Gabier | M | 01:13:50 | 7 minutes 23 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 28 (TIE!) | Eric Simpson | Juneau,AK | M | 01:13:50 | 7 minutes 23 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 30 | Frank Arnold | M | 01:14:26 | 7 minutes 26 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 31 | Dick Stokes | M | 01:15:32 | 7 minutes 33 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 32 | Frank Maier | Juneau,AK | M | 01:15:49 | 7 minutes 34 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 33 | Rob Nauheim | M | 01:18:00 | 7 minutes 48 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 34 | David Bruce | Unknown | M | 01:24:45 | 8 minutes 28 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 35 | Ed Kalwara | M | 01:24:52 | 8 minutes 29 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 36 | Michael Kron | Unknown | M | 01:34:48 | 9 minutes 28 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 37 | Lawrence Oldaker | M | 01:36:27 | 9 minutes 38 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 38 | Tom Kron | Unknown | M | 01:38:49 | 9 minutes 52 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 39 | John Ellis | M | 01:54:59 | 11 minutes 29 seconds per mile | 0 |
| # | Name | Hails From | Gender | Time | Pace per mile | EC Age Class | EC Pts |
| 1 | Michelle Ramsey | Unknown | F | 01:08:23 | 6 minutes 50 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 2 | Ethel Smith | F | 01:12:20 | 7 minutes 14 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 3 | Sandra Knapp | Unknown | F | 01:12:49 | 7 minutes 16 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Shaw | Juneau,AK | F | 01:13:04 | 7 minutes 18 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 5 | Christy Moeller | Unknown | F | 01:15:14 | 7 minutes 31 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 6 | Carrie Rehfield | F | 01:16:14 | 7 minutes 37 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 7 | Lynette Dihle | Unknown | F | 01:16:51 | 7 minutes 41 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 8 | Frances Arnold | F | 01:17:33 | 7 minutes 45 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 8 (TIE!) | Beverly Miller | F | 01:17:33 | 7 minutes 45 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 10 | Laura Pillifant | F | 01:18:00 | 7 minutes 48 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 11 | Patricia Stack | Juneau,AK | F | 01:19:52 | 7 minutes 59 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 12 | Tracy Taylor | F | 01:21:21 | 8 minutes 8 seconds per mile | 0 | ||
| 13 | Pauline Strong | Juneau,AK | F | 01:23:06 | 8 minutes 18 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 14 | Judy Murphy | Unknown | F | 01:30:53 | 9 minutes 5 seconds per mile | 0 | |
| 15 | Carla Powell | F | 01:31:21 | 9 minutes 8 seconds per mile | 0 |