Walchli Wins 2004 Tongass
Marathon
August 23, 2004
Monday
Ketchikan, Alaska - The Tongass Marathon sponsored by the Ketchikan
Running Club is Ketchikan's premier running event of the year.
The Tongass Marathon took place on Saturday with the race winding
through the Tongass National Forest on a combination of US Forest
Service trails and unpaved back country roads.
Gregg Walchli of Seattle,
Washington won the Marathon (26.2 miles)
Photo by Carl Thompson
The winner of the Marathon (26.2 miles) was Gregg Walchli, 42
years of age of Seattle, Washington with a finish time of 3 hours,
27 minutes, and 28 seconds. Claiming second place was Rob Turlington,
37 years of age of Ketchikan with a finish time of 3 hours, 41
minutes and 36 seconds.
Susan Doherty of Ketchikan
was the winner of the Half Marathon (13.1 miles) with a finish
time of 1 hour, 39 minutes and 52 seconds. The second place winner
of the Half Marathon was Rhea Kahle of Ketchikan with a finish
time of 1 hour, 48 minutes, and 25 seconds.
Bill Elberson of Ketchikan
placed 4th place in the Tongass Marathon (26.2 miles)
Photo by Carl Thompson
Other Tongass Marathon categories
& winners:
Marathon Walkers
1st Place Cindy Craig of Ketchikan
Half Marathon Walkers
1st Place Laurie Gillett of
Ketchikan
Two Member Teams
1st Place Gretchen Klein and
Spence Cameron of Ketchikan
Four Member Teams
1st Place the Four Amigos:
Rick Hardcastle, Gregg Singstad, Tom Fowler and Ray Lapinski
of Ketchikan
Six Member Teams
1st place Cruise West: Heidi
Woxland, Nate Nortan, Steve Hamberger, Aidon Thomas, Brendan
Mix, and Heather Woxland
Download the complete race
results:
 2004
Tongass Marathon Results - August 21, 2004
And they're off....start
of the faster runners.
Photo by Carl Thompson
Four crewmen from the
USCGC Acushnet....
Photo by Carl Thompson
Eugene DeFronzo of
Connecticut, who has run a marathon in every state at least 3
times and is now working on the fourth time around. He
has also run marathons on every continent including Antarctica.
Photo by Carl Thompson
Claudia Seaver of Ketchikan...
Photo by Carl Thompson
Marathon halfway point...Gregg
Walchli of Seattle gets a drink.
Photo by Carl Thompson
Monopoly Pieces man
a refreshment stand. Pictured in the background
in the red shirt is Ketchikan City Mayor Bob Weinstein...
Photo by Carl Thompson
Source of Race Results:
Ketchikan Running Club
Web Site
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