June 11, 2000 - Idaho Springs, CO -Jeremy Wright had only the marmots for company as he stormed to a new course record in America's highest road race. The Mt. Evans Ascent climbs 14.5 miles up the highest paved road in North America. From the 10,600 foot starting line at Echo Lake, runners climb to 14,265 feet at the finish, with less than a mile of flat or downhill terrain.
Wright separated himself from the rest of the field before the first switchback, and ran unchallenged as he continued in a mission to establish himself as one of the country's best uphill runners. The three-time member of the US Mountain Running Team has also recorded two victories at the prestigious Pikes Peak Ascent - but just 3 weeks before, he showed that he also has speed on the flats, recording an 8:48 in the Boulder 3000.
Wright's margin of victory on Mt. Evans was an amazing 11 minutes as he recorded 1:44:29 for the 14.5 mile course - lopping 3 minutes off his 1999 course record.
On the women's side, Lisa Goldsmith also recorded a runaway victory. Goldsmith was twice denied a spot in the US Olympic Marathon Trials - both times by mere seconds - but today she was on fire.
Like Wright, she grabbed the lead from the gun surprising spectators who thought Pikes Peak course record holder Lynn Bjorklund would present a bigger challenge. Bjorklund ran a strong second, but was never a threat to the lead of Goldsmith who won in a time of 2:15:06. Bjorklund crossed the line in second 3 minutes later.
In all, 168 runners completed the course on a brisk but sunny morning.
PLACE NAME AGE S CITY ST CLUB TIME PACE ===== =================== === = =============== == ========== ======= ===== 1 Jeremy Wright 26 m Vail CO 1:44:29 7:13 2 Charles Bedford 35 m Denver CO 1:55:54 8:00 3 John Ortega 33 m Colorado Spring CO 1:58:48 8:12 4 Bernie Boettcher 37 m Silt CO 1:59:07 8:13 5 Paul Dewitt 31 m Woodland Park CO 2:00:11 8:18 6 Eric Miller 26 M Colo Spgs CO 2:02:22 8:27 7 Paul Sachs 39 M 2:04:01 8:34 8 Ryan Cooper 26 m Boulder CO 2:04:57 8:38 9 Stephen Camp 38 m Vail CO 2:05:54 8:41 10 Chris Douville 28 m Lakewood CO 2:07:17 8:47 11 Dan Skarva 41 M 2:07:24 8:48 12 Thomas Burkholder 28 m Littleton CO 2:07:49 8:49 13 John Yedo 44 m Denver CO 2:09:00 8:54 14 Adam Feerst 40 m Denver CO 2:10:56 9:02 15 Luis Trias 26 m Boulder CO 2:11:23 9:04 16 Bryan Taylor 23 m Boulder CO 2:12:34 9:09 17 Karl Edgerton 37 m Vail CO 2:14:55 9:19 18 Lisa Goldsmith 35 f Boulder CO 2:15:06 9:20 19 Jerry Lawson 33 M Boulder CO 2:15:46 9:22 20 Cody Hill 27 m Lakewood CO 2:16:38 9:26 21 Jed DeOrsay 31 m Boulder CO 2:17:03 9:28 22 Pete Madsen 30 m Alamosa CO 2:19:08 9:36 23 Lynn Bjorklund 43 f Ely NV 2:19:09 9:36 24 Steven Bono 33 M Boulder CO 2:21:00 9:44 25 Brendan Hemp 36 m Louisville CO 2:21:09 9:45 26 Sean Thielen 27 m Boulder CO 2:21:40 9:47 27 Fred Glogiewicz 43 m Golden CO 2:21:52 9:48 28 Dan Vega 32 M Colo Spgs CO 2:22:42 9:51 29 Karen Bockel 24 f Ft. Collins CO 2:23:17 9:53 30 Lisa Mills 38 f Aurora CO 2:25:33 10:03 31 Valerie Hills 30 f Lakewood CO 2:25:48 10:04 32 Jim Oberheide 55 M Frisco CO 2:27:21 10:10 33 Paul Anderson 41 m Los Alamos NM 2:27:48 10:12 34 Harold Riggio 36 M 2:28:00 10:13 35 Dave Caprera 46 m Evergreen CO 2:28:24 10:15 36 Tom Foreman 43 M 2:29:27 10:19 37 Matt McGowan 32 m Boulder CO 2:30:38 10:24 38 Lori Pietraszewski 24 f Boulder CO 2:30:50 10:25 39 Steve Fossel 32 m Evergreen CO 2:31:23 10:27 40 Jack Swift 26 M Evergreen CO 2:31:24 10:27 41 Lorrie Gee 32 f Littleton CO 2:32:30 10:32 42 Gary Cuffin 49 m Littleton CO 2:34:14 10:39 43 Bobbie Whiteside 39 m Lakewood CO 2:35:00 10:42 44 Tom Robinson 30 m Denver CO 2:35:05 10:42 45 Roger Rains 35 m Ft. Collins CO 2:36:41 10:49 46 Bruce Phillips 38 m Denver CO 2:37:12 10:51 47 Terry Miller 19 m Highlands Ranch CO 2:37:43 10:53 48 Walter Kingsbery 46 m Boulder CO 2:38:31 10:56 49 Scott Murphy 33 m Lakewood CO 2:39:36 11:01 50 Jim Engquist 42 m Colorado Spring CO 2:40:09 11:03 51 Craig Swadburg 33 m Golden CO 2:40:55 11:06 52 Scott McCune 28 M Denver CO 2:41:21 11:08 53 Marnie Harden 47 f Aurora CO 2:41:40 11:09 54 Scott Jonas 41 m Boulder CO 2:42:29 11:13 55 Sean Leenaerts 36 m Golden CO 2:42:46 11:14 56 Ian Decker 30 m Denver CO 2:43:12 11:16 57 Kwame Dawson 29 m Aurora CO 2:43:15 11:16 58 Craig Carver 51 m Denver CO 2:43:23 11:17 59 Thomas Bethke 47 m Denver CO 2:43:34 11:17 60 Gia White 23 f Boulder CO 2:43:39 11:18 61 Bob Tafelski 60 m Littleton CO 2:44:19 11:20 62 Jason Cleckler 30 m Colorado Spring CO 2:44:44 11:22 63 Jim Romero 60 m CO 2:45:53 11:27 64 Sandy White 24 M Estes Park CO 2:46:04 11:28 65 Bob Cooper 52 M Thornton CO 2:46:11 11:28 66 Chris Roussy 24 M Golden CO 2:46:38 11:30 67 Jim Dube 33 m Littleton CO 2:46:51 11:31 68 Beth Darnall 29 f Boulder CO 2:46:55 11:31 69 Steve Pollock 40 M Boulder 2:46:58 11:31 70 Andy Moyer 29 m Denver CO 2:47:21 11:33 71 Dave Cunningham 36 m Westminster CO 2:47:46 11:35 72 Kristi Wasson 25 f Boulder CO 2:48:00 11:36 73 Sue Covington 36 F Littleton CO 2:48:20 11:37 74 Peter Tonsits 38 m Colorado Spring CO 2:50:33 11:46 75 Dave Cunningham 39 m Denver CO 2:50:40 11:47 76 Art Prast 44 m Evergreen CO 2:50:50 11:47 77 Colin Mitchell 50 m Littleton CO 2:51:20 11:49 78 Jim Franklin 34 m Boulder CO 2:51:31 11:50 79 Karen Franklin 29 f Boulder CO 2:51:31 11:50 80 Ben Binger 25 m Boulder CO 2:52:01 11:52 81 Luke Van Horn 23 M Ceresco MI 2:52:06 11:53 82 Scott Reese 36 m Colorado Spring CO 2:52:42 11:55 83 T.J. Carroll 48 M Evergreen CO 2:52:53 11:56 84 Clyde Soles 40 M Boulder CO 2:52:59 11:56 85 Tania Pacev 41 F Littleton CO 2:53:09 11:57 86 Kelly Murphy 48 f Leadville CO 2:53:24 11:58 87 Greg Leger 40 m Colorado Spring CO 2:54:17 12:02 88 Scott Olmer 29 M Westminster CO 2:55:16 12:06 89 Susan Gebhart 45 f Penrose CO 2:55:43 12:08 90 Doug Grande 41 m Avon CO 2:56:10 12:09 91 Scott Morrison 41 m Vail CO 2:56:11 12:10 92 Verne Carlson 67 m Boulder CO 2:56:40 12:12 93 Tammy May 45 f Denver CO 2:56:43 12:12 94 Cindy Martin 42 f Lakewood CO 2:57:14 12:14 95 Gretchen Keisling 23 F Boulder CO 2:57:35 12:15 96 Cisco Quintero 44 M Erie CO 2:57:36 12:15 97 Matthew Watts 43 m Broomfield CO 2:58:13 12:18 98 Ray Buerger 41 M Castle Rock CO 3:01:55 12:33 99 John Teague 25 m Boulder CO 3:02:33 12:36 100 Todd Wilson 38 m Layfayette CO 3:02:57 12:38 101 John Freudenberger 25 m Littleton CO 3:03:05 12:38 102 Frances Summerhill 46 f Englewood CO 3:03:35 12:40 103 Diane Ridgway 51 f Arvada CO 3:03:58 12:42 104 Tim Goodwin 42 m Colorado Spring CO 3:05:37 12:49 105 Heather Ralston 30 F Boulder CO 3:05:42 12:49 106 Jeb Burchenal 38 m Golden CO 3:05:51 12:50 107 Grant Kennedy 42 m Colorado Spring CO 3:06:46 12:53 108 Jack Phillips 36 m Monument CO 3:07:15 12:55 109 Philip Fielder 46 m Colorado Spring CO 3:07:36 12:57 110 Phil Ogren 51 m Westminster CO 3:07:43 12:57 111 Martin Partida 25 M Aurora CO 3:08:04 12:59 112 Steve Fisher 37 M 3:08:52 13:02 113 Larry Strock 47 m Lakewood CO 3:08:59 13:02 114 David Scolman 40 m Lakewood CO 3:09:35 13:05 115 Samuel Walker 49 m Denver CO 3:10:58 13:11 116 David Thompson 39 m Parker CO 3:11:47 13:14 117 Laura O'Connell 31 f Evergreen CO 3:12:34 13:17 118 Charles Peck 52 M 3:12:47 13:18 119 Jim Gillman 40 m Littleton CO 3:13:17 13:20 120 Bob Karinen 49 m Littleton CO 3:14:12 13:24 121 Michael Norman 46 m Highlands Ranch CO 3:14:13 13:24 122 Ed Green 50 m Thornton CO 3:14:51 13:27 123 Ken Eilson 51 m Glenwood Spring CO 3:14:56 13:27 124 Cary Clark 38 M Littleton CO 3:15:33 13:30 125 Tim Ulrich 41 M Littleton CO 3:15:57 13:31 126 Anne Hudson 26 F Boulder CO 3:16:57 13:35 127 David Vindiola 25 m Thornton CO 3:16:59 13:36 128 Oscar Trono 44 m Boulder CO 3:17:59 13:40 129 John Hobbs 55 M Evergreen CO 3:20:43 13:51 130 John McGuire 45 m Denver CO 3:20:57 13:52 131 Gale Meuret 53 m Lakewood CO 3:21:59 13:56 132 Pete Tozer 38 m Arvada CO 3:22:25 13:58 133 Ellen Rickert 47 f Layfayette CO 3:23:15 14:02 134 Bill Faulkner 58 m Broomfield CO 3:23:16 14:02 135 Santino DiGirolano 46 m Castle Rock CO 3:23:35 14:03 136 Bill Linfield 46 M 3:24:08 14:05 137 Brent Nelson 37 m Parker CO 3:24:38 14:07 138 Jason Frye 27 m Westminster CO 3:26:23 14:14 139 Molly Nickerson 20 f Boulder CO 3:27:14 14:18 140 Lyn Bollen 39 f Aurora CO 3:27:43 14:20 141 Jeanne Blatter 42 f Silt CO 3:28:28 14:23 142 Celine de Bourgoin 31 f Atlanta GA 3:28:51 14:25 143 Olga Hnizdil 55 f Littleton CO 3:30:20 14:31 144 Laura Eakin 41 F Clarksville AR 3:31:44 14:37 145 Sharilyn Long 35 f Golden CO 3:33:13 14:43 146 Deborah Barrett 46 f Longmont CO 3:34:40 14:49 147 Barb Hewitt 41 f Lakewood CO 3:35:41 14:53 148 Jaimi Gray 33 f Baily CO 3:35:50 14:54 149 Cheryl Miller 38 f Idaho Springs CO 3:36:31 14:56 150 Mark Slater 49 m Englewood CO 3:36:57 14:58 151 Robert Barker 63 m Colorado Spring CO 3:39:11 15:07 152 Sharon Martin 59 f Evergreen CO 3:41:44 15:18 153 Tim Egan 29 M Littleton CO 3:42:39 15:22 154 Carol Johnson 46 f Lakewood CO 3:43:24 15:25 155 Sue Cohn 44 f Leadville CO 3:45:05 15:32 156 Anne Walls 44 f Broomfield CO 3:45:20 15:33 157 Dick Grauer 62 M Golden CO 3:46:50 15:39 158 Beverly Carver 40 f Colorado Spring CO 3:47:43 15:43 159 Stephanie Martin 28 f Evergreen CO 3:52:01 16:01 160 Larry Preston 48 M Arvada CO 3:54:29 16:11 161 Lisa Snelling 22 f Lakewood CO 3:54:36 16:11 162 Tanya Elder 36 f Lakewood CO 3:55:26 16:15 163 Darin Gaskill 35 m Lakewood CO 3:55:32 16:15 164 Kimberley Buytaert 26 f Lakewood CO 3:55:51 16:16 165 Bill Moyle 61 m Denver CO 3:58:10 16:26 166 Robin Thompson 33 f Colorado Spring CO 4:06:38 17:01 167 Nancy Saxton 37 f Golden CO 4:17:02 17:44 168 Mandy Vindiola 25 f Thornton CO 4:17:03 17:44