With Memorial Day’s 32nd Annual BolderBoulder, runners kicked off their summer racing seasons. I’m sure everyone did a great job, and hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves immensely especially with the fabulous sunshine and warm temperatures (does it not seem like Memorial Day is either chilly and rainy, or beautiful? There’s never an in-between), but I’ve got to give a shout-out to the BRC team members who represented Colorado Springs and the surrounding areas with style!
Cassie Slade, hats off to you for winning the women’s citizens race! Cassie’s 35:11 gave her a nearly 40 second victory over her nearest competitor. Wendy Thomas was the fourth overall woman, soon-to-be Hanson’s Distance Project runner but current BRC team member Lavenna Mullenbach was 16th for the women. Ali Nagelkerk (formerly Williams) finished 19th in the women’s Elite race to lead Team Colorado to their 9th place berth, followed by Team Colorado runners Kristen Fryburg and Laura Bennett. Women’s Team USA of Renee Metivier, Amy Hastings and Magdalena Lewy-Boulet took third overall.
In the men’s citizen’s race, former Adams State Grizzly Brian Medigovich took home victory in 30:14. Local Ryan Hafer, a Harvard Alum and originally a Coronado Couger, took an impressive third. BRC runners Jason DeLaney, Greg Reindel, Robby Young, Art Siemers (also the Colorado School of Mines track/xc coach), Tommy Neal, and Jesse Chettle placed 8th, 10th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 35th. Whew.
In the men’s Elite race, Team Colorado of Brent Vaughn, James Carney, and Aaron Braun took 2nd in the team competition while men’s team USA took 5th. Way to go, boys.
Obviously to anyone who’s familiar with the Colorado racing scene there are a million familiar names on the results list, if I could list them all this would be ridiculous. So everyone, whether you ran, walked, or cartwheeled your way through the 10k, congrats! We hope you enjoyed it.
Happy trails to all, enjoy the sunshine and warm weather! ~Shannon
