Sally Herrera Memorial Rio Bravo Runs -10 Miler and 5K
at Nickel Family LLC Private Ranch (Rio Bravo Ranch)
15701 Highway 178, Bakersfield, CA 93306
Saturday, April 18, 2009

  • 2009 Photos HERE.
  • 2009 10 Mile Results HERE.
  • 2009 5k Results HERE.
  • 2009 Entry Form HERE.
  • Previous Noise Coverage HERE.
  • 2009 FaceBook HERE.
  • Last revised on 04/18/09

  • Today was a nice day for a race. It may have gotten a little warm for some but all in all you could not
    ask for a better day. Pete Wonderly (check out his Bentley) was MCing the event and sent out an
    early warning that you had two options at the creek crossing: getting wet or chance running into the
    stinging nettle.

  • Sadly, I did both. I left early to find a place to shoot the creek crossing and I first attempted to go by
    land, ran into the nettle and jumped into the water. So I ended up with wet shoes and stinging legs.
    Plus the sun was right behind the upcoming runners so find a place to shoot was difficult at best. I
    ended up choosing a shadowy shot instead of a bleached out by the morning sun background.



  • One duo who went straight threw the creek were the Bakers. Maggie and her mom Sally went
    blasting threw the water and Maggie had a big smile on her face the whole way. Maggie ended up
    running 22:25 (7:14 pace) for the 5k and came in 7th overall. By the way, she is eleven! I sure hope
    6th place finisher Bryan Peachey (22:24) narrowly missed being caught by Maggie and that he did
    not run her down at the finish. I later found out that she almost caught him.

  • I barely made it up the hill before Anna came flying by in first place with a commanding lead over her
    training partner Bruce Deeter.

  • This is when I realized that i had blown through 500 of the 600 shots my little Canon PowerShot
    could take. This threw a wrench in my plans of wogging (combination of walking and jogging) most
    of the course and taking a lot more photos on the course too. (I still got in six miles according to
    my Garmin GPS watch) so at the four mile aid station, I wogged back to the finish to get my Canon
    Rebel out and shot the finish.

  • As I continued on my way to the first aid station a number of 5k runners were heading back to the
    creek. My plan was to run around the orange orchards in the opposite direction and catch the action.
    As expected I barely started my journey as David Bacus (1:00:39 - pace 6:04) flew by. He was
    followed by Javier Cruz (second overall - 1:05:16 - 6:32 pace). A pack of three was behind him that
    included:     
    3          Steve Dirkse          1:07:17          6:44          1/7          3/26          M3039
    4         Cregg Weinmann         1:12:11         7:14         1/8         4/26         M5059
    5         Chris Felix         1:12:42         7:17         2/7         5/26         M3039           
    Dirske obviously pulled away quite a bit by the end of the race. Click HERE to see the rest of the
    athletes behind them on the orchard loop.

  • By the time I got back to the first aid station (Where the course returned to the creek.) David and
    Javier had finished the middle part of the race and where heading back to the creek. I ran onward
    and snapped photos of the ten milers returning on the out and back part of the course. (Photos of
    them start HERE.) By the time I got to the road crossing, I had used up my memory card so I wogged
    back to the finish line but I did have a couple shots left and had to actually jog to get a few second
    creek crossing photos HERE.

  • Since my little camera was full, I give up my idea of doing the last orange orchard loop backwards
    and shooting runners out on the course. So I decide to hang out with MC Pete and take some
    finishing photos that start HERE. Plus I had some bagels and a breakfast burrito while Pete
    announced the winners and Leslie King and Vicki Rigby (The Texan Now) handed out the medals.

Rio Bravo 10 Miler and 5k
April 18, 2009
10 Mile Results
Place         Name         Time         Pace         Div/Tot         Sex/Tot         Div
1         David Bacus         1:00:39         6:04         1/2         1/26         M2029
2         Javier Cruz         1:05:16         6:32         1/7         2/26         M4049
3         Steve Dirkse         1:07:17         6:44         1/7         3/26         M3039
4         Cregg Weinmann         1:12:11         7:14         1/8         4/26         M5059
5         Chris Felix         1:12:42         7:17         2/7         5/26         M3039
6         Freddie Bingham         1:17:00         7:42         3/7         6/26         M3039
7         Darin Thompson         1:18:17         7:50         2/7         7/26         M4049
8         Gary Enns         1:19:43         7:59         4/7         8/26         M3039
9         Silvia Delgado         1:19:51         8:00         1/10         1/26         F4049
10         Todd Witwer         1:22:56         8:18         2/8         9/26         M5059
11          Myron Smith          1:23:57          8:24          3/7          10/26          M4049
12         Fred Garza         1:26:56         8:42         4/7         11/26         M4049
13         Rian Dembosky         1:27:10         8:43         2/2         12/26         M2029
14         Hayley Tobin         1:27:41         8:47         2/10         2/26         F4049
15          Bob Zeimet          1:28:11          8:50          1/1          13/26          M6069
16          Jeremy Schirdle          1:29:34          8:58          5/7          14/26          M3039
17         Ted Whittington         1:30:18         9:02         3/8         15/26         M5059
18         Jerry Marquez, II         1:30:56         9:06         5/7         16/26         M4049
19         Terry Wilson         1:31:00         9:06         3/10         3/26         F4049
20         Tom Alvarez         1:31:26         9:09         6/7         17/26         M3039
21         Linda Monte         1:33:03         9:19         1/4         4/26         F5059
22         Angelyn Summers         1:33:40         9:22         1/8         5/26         F3039
23          Vickie Rigby          1:33:56          9:24          2/4          6/26          F5059
24          Lauri Taylor          1:34:30          9:27          4/10          7/26          F4049
25          Tonya Sandoval          1:35:22          9:33          2/8          8/26          F3039
26         Ken Berckes         1:35:41         9:35         4/8         18/26         M5059
27         Kalissa Dee Marki         1:36:00         9:36         5/10         9/26         F4049
28         Tom Woodard         1:36:37         9:40         5/8         19/26         M5059
29          Rick Hixson          1:36:37          9:40          6/8          20/26          M5059
30          Danny Garcia          1:37:43          9:47          7/7          21/26          M3039
31         Bruce Wearda         1:38:30         9:51         6/7         22/26         M4049
32          Debbie Thompson          1:39:08          9:55          6/10          10/26          F4049
33          Louis Bravos          1:40:19          10:02          7/8          23/26          M5059
34         Lonnie Stockton         1:40:34         10:04         7/10         11/26         F4049
35         Erin Parker         1:40:47         10:05         3/8         12/26         F3039
36         Kari Wykoff         1:42:28         10:15         8/10         13/26         F4049
37         Zenilda Thompson         1:43:11         10:20         1/2         14/26         F2029
38         Carol Weston         1:43:22         10:21         1/1         15/26         F6069
39         Janice Horcasitas         1:43:55         10:24         3/4         16/26         F5059
40         Laurel Posey         1:44:37         10:28         4/4         17/26         F5059
41         Jane Cherry         1:46:27         10:39         2/2         18/26         F2029
42         Jenny Rous         1:49:44         10:59         4/8         19/26         F3039
43         Cindy Ingalls         1:49:57         11:00         9/10         20/26         F4049
44         Craig Ingalls         1:50:56         11:06         8/8         24/26         M5059
45         Toni Verdin-Dorrell         1:53:51         11:24         5/8         21/26         F3039
46         Mauro Martinez         1:58:36         11:52         7/7         25/26         M4049
47         Mel Miles         1:58:50         11:53         1/1         26/26         M7099
48         Melanie Reed         1:59:23         11:57         10/10         22/26         F4049
49         Liz Eastwood         2:01:09         12:07         6/8         23/26         F3039
50         Kaylyn Regier         2:03:28         12:21         7/8         24/26         F3039
51          Becky Whitehead          2:03:57          12:24          1/1          25/26          F7099
52          Liza Chen          2:07:31          12:46          8/8          26/26          F3039


Rio Bravo 10 Miler and 5K
April 18, 2009
5 Kilometer Results

Place         Name         Time         Pace         Div/Tot         Sex/Tot         Div
1         Anna Vanderstelt         18:56         6:07         1/3         1/23         F2029
2         Bruce Deeter         19:28         6:17         1/4         1/16         M5059
3         Chris Eucce         20:04         6:29         1/3         2/16         M2029
4         Alex Quan         20:04         6:29         1/1         3/16         M1319
5         Pam Boyles         21:11         6:50         1/10         2/23         F4049
6         Bryan Peachey         22:24         7:14         1/5         4/16         M3039
7         Maggie Baker         22:25         7:14         1/2         3/23         F0112
8         Joey Aguilar         22:51         7:22         1/1         5/16         M4049
9         Paul M. Gonzalez         22:59         7:25         2/4         6/16         M5059
10         Sam Afifi         24:36         7:57         2/5         7/16         M3039


  • THREE WOMEN IN THE TOP SEVEN! WELL, MORE LIKE TWO WOMEN AND A GIRL! If Sally
    Baker (Maggie's mom) had not stopped to work the aid station, there would have been four women
    in the top ten.

11          Klaus Benamy-Hackel          24:43          7:59          3/4          8/16          M5059
12          Mike Taylor          25:24          8:12          4/4          9/16          M5059
13          Linda Wilson          25:38          8:17          2/3          4/23          F2029
14         Brent Goodspeed         26:49         8:39         3/5         10/16         M3039
15         Andrea Araujo         26:50         8:40         1/6         5/23         F3039
16         Chad Funkhouser         27:06         8:45         4/5         11/16         M3039
17         Justin Wilson         27:23         8:50         2/3         12/16         M2029
18         Bill Smith         28:43         9:16         1/2         13/16         M6069
19         Sandra Gong         28:48         9:18         1/2         6/23         F5059
20         April Goodspeed         29:08         9:24         2/6         7/23         F3039
21         Heidi Funkhouser         29:09         9:25         3/6         8/23         F3039
22         Lynda Greeson         29:58         9:40         2/10         9/23         F4049
23         Mandi Grantham         30:59         10:00         3/3         10/23         F2029
24         Ben Wageman         31:04         10:02         5/5         14/16         M3039
25         John Johnston         31:07         10:03         2/2         15/16         M6069
26         Lorraine Ramirez         31:40         10:13         3/10         11/23         F4049
27         Eric Fahsbender         32:14         10:24         3/3         16/16         M2029
28         Gloria Aguirre         32:26         10:28         4/10         12/23         F4049
29         Kath McWhorter         33:11         10:42         5/10         13/23         F4049
30         Margaux Hein         35:17         11:23         2/2         14/23         F0112
31         Danette Baker         35:35         11:29         6/10         15/23         F4049
32         Kathryn Hein         35:37         11:30         7/10         16/23         F4049
33         Teresa Peachey         36:19         11:43         4/6         17/23         F3039
34         Delphia Gloss         37:41         12:10         5/6         18/23         F3039
35         Patricia Cote-Sanders         39:57         12:54         2/2         19/23         F5059
36         Lisa Galan de Marti         39:58         12:54         8/10         20/23         F4049
37         Shannon Olmstead         42:21         13:40         9/10         21/23         F4049
38         Katrina perez         50:09         16:11         6/6         22/23         F3039
39         Yvonne Powers         51:00         16:27         10/10         23/23         F4049
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