Location: start at the Sewage Treatment Plant turnoff on Thane Road; finish near the Federal Building by the Lutheran Church
Course: through downtown Juneau, climbing Franklin and Harris Streets to Basin Road, then back-tracking to the finish. A steep hill climb and a tour of downtown Juneau and Basin Road. The 2.3-mile course omits Basin Road and turns at 4th and Franklin
Start Time: 10:30 AM, registration from 9:30 AM at the starting point
Registration Fee: 5 dollars, or 15 dollars for a family
The second annual Sperl-Gamble Memorial, in memory of Juneau-Douglas High School students killed in the Viet Nam War. Entry fees fund a scholarship for a JDHS graduate.
Rick Thibodeau won in 25:53, running side-by-side with Alan Graves before kicking to a 50-foot lead in the last mile.
The run honours Juneau-Douglas High School students killed in the Viet Nam War, among them Donald Sperl, Charles Gamble Jr., Michael Stevens and Kirk Barkley. Entry was $5, or $15 for a family, and the fees went to a scholarship fund; the first award of $800 had gone to JDHS graduate Brian Holst, then a freshman at Notre Dame, and the 1985 recipient was to be announced on 15 May. The scholarship committee was working to build the fund to a self-sustaining level and considering a raffle as a further fund-raiser. Karl Schoeppe was among the organisers. Registration opened at 9:30 a.m. at the starting point.
SOURCES: the preview "Memorial five-mile run on tap" with a course map, and a short result note headed "Thibodeau wins run", both Juneau Empire, 1985.
Only the first two finishers were published. Alan Graves is recorded without a time because the Empire did not print one; his placing is from the report.
