Cross Country
Goeduck Gallop
Sunday February 7th 2010
Entry Form Course Map
2010 Race Results
Race Report
February 15, 2009
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Jesse Stevick, the defending men's half marathon champion, repeated today and broke his course record at the fourth annual Geoduck Gallop. Stevick teaches and coaches cross country and track & field at Olympia High School. He established a new course record of 1:11:42 to better his previous record by nearly a minute.
Temperatures were in the low 30's with clear and calm skies and 76 participants hit the roads around The Evergreen State College in the two races.
The women's half marathon was won by Kirsti Houk of Port Orchard. Her excellent time of 1:22:23 was just a minute off the course record.
Three collegiate women were running the race hoping to qualify for the NAIA National Track and Field Championship Marathon in May. Katie Clapp of Eastern Oregon University bettered the "A" standard by 4 minutes with a time of 1:28:43. Evergreen's Diann Leo ran within a minute of the "B" standard to run a personal best by 8 minutes. Clapp's teammate Rachel O'Reilly ran 1:39:52.
Clapp is the fifth NAIA collegian to qualify for the marathon in four years of the event, a total that includes three Geoducks. In 2007 Kjerstein Brashers (Bailey) of Northwest University qualified and went on to earn All-American honors. James Hudson competed in the 2006 NAIA T & F Champs Marathon for ESC. Last season Evergreen had two qualifiers, Emily Uhlig and Brian Rakestraw, who elected to compete in the steeplechase and 10,000 meters respectively.
Jennifer Larin won the women's 10k in a course record 38:41.50 and Ben Crabtree grabbed a 3 second win over 2nd placer Rich Brown in 31:42.
The race is a fund raiser for the Cross Country and Track & Field Teams at Evergreen and runners received a discount on their registration fee with food donations. The pick-up truck load of food will go to the Thurston County Food Bank, who has been the teams chosen charity the last three years.
Date
February 7, 2010
Time
Half Marathon & 10k start at 9:00 AM. Registration and packet pickup begins at 7:30 AM. Raceday registration will close at 8:45 AM.
Location
The Evergreen State College Campus. Registration and packet pickup in the Indoor Soccer Pavilion at the playfields. Directions. Parking is available in F Lot (Overhulse and Driftwood) or in the main parking lot (C-Lot) off the Evergreen Parkway.
Course
The course starts and finishes near the pavilion and takes runners onto the rural roads and bike paths surrounding the campus and follows wide shoulders the majority of the race. The course will be well marked (including mile markers), monitored at intersections and will have water stations. To reduce encounters with the minimal car traffic, there will be an out and back section in the last 4 miles of the course
Background
The original Geoduck Gallop was established in 1984, but only lasted through the following year. Formerly a pledge run/walk, in 2006 it was re-invented as a Half Marathon and a 10k road run/walk. The race was set up as a qualifying course for Evergreen Track and Field Team members wishing to run the standard for the NAIA National Championships Marathon and opened to the public.
Benefits
This year we are proud to announce that we will be joining with The Thurston County Food Bank in an effort to address the issue of hunger in our area. Participants donating a minimum of 4 cans of food* will recieve $5.00 off of their entry fee. Entry fee's will also contribute to the Evergreen Cross Country Team's fundraising efforts.
*Canned food donations such as canned fruit or meat items (tuna fish, spam, chicken) are especially appreciated.
Awards
10k & Half Marathon - Top 3 overall male and female.
Half Marathon - Top 3 overall male and female and top 3 in age group.
10k awards will be at 10:30 AM and 1/2 Marathon awards will start at 12:00 PM.
Half Marathon Age Groups - 0-15,16-19,20-24,25-29,30-39,40-44,45-49,50-54,55-59,60-64,65-69,70+
No age group awards for 10k.