Hello Badwater Friends!

Please forward this to all your press connections, running friends, clubs, email groups, and other interested parties! Let's spread the word on this amazing race!

Here are links to the three recent articles in the Los Angeles Times, plus our own official press release and the revised, official results.

For all the rest and much more, visit

http://www.badwaterultra.com/2002webcast/

LA Times links (don't wait too long to read these; once they go into the archives, you have to pay to see them):

123 Degrees, 135 Miles and Hours of Pain--a Case Study in Endurance:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-death25jul25005052.story

Winner's Margin Jolts Fellow Ultra Runners: Mother of three beats closest follower by five hours. Running 'is my sanity,' she says.:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-winner26jul26.story

Runners Beat Path to Pioneer's Door:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arnold25jul25.story

Contact: Chris Kostman
adventureCORPS
Pho 510-528-3263
Cell 310-283-1578
Fax 419-818-5393
Email: chris@adventurecorps.com
Website: www.badwaterultra.com
 

For Immediate Release

FEMALE RUNNER MAKES HISTORY BY DOMINATING INTERNATIONAL FIELD OF RACERS IN
WORLD'S TOUGHEST FOOT RACE

Death Valley, CA - Seventy-nine runners from eight countries ran 135 miles non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney on July 23-25, 2002, in the 25th anniversary Sun Precautions Badwater Ultramarathon, presented by adventureCORPS, an event production firm specializing in ultra-endurance and extreme sports events.

Pam Reed, 41, of Tucson, AZ beat all her female and male competitors, winning the race outright with a time of 27:56:47. She broke the women's course record by an astounding one hour and 52 minutes. Reed beat her nearest competitor, a man, by four hours and forty-two minutes. This second finisher, and men's division champion, Darren Worts, 31, of Chatham, NJ completed the distance in 32:38:57. The second female finisher was Linda McFadden, 39, of Modesto, CA with a time 36:50:17, while the second male finisher was Dave Hannaford, 52, of San Anselmo, CA with a time of 33:16:46.

A total of 58 of the 79 runners completed the distance within the 60 hour overall cutoff. Of these, thirty-six will receive the coveted belt buckle for completing the course in under 48 hours.

The international field of athletes, ages 31 to 68 (16 women and 63 men), ran a blistering 135 miles through temperatures of up to 126F°. The Badwater course covers three mountain ranges for a total of 13,000' of vertical ascent and 4,700' of descent. It is the most demanding, extreme, and prestigious ultramarathon in the world.

The first man to complete the course, in a solo, against-the-clock effort, was Al Arnold of Walnut Creek, CA in August of 1977. Arnold, now aged 75, returned to Death Valley this year for the first time in twenty years. He was honored by
becoming the first inductee into the Badwater Hall of Fame and was on hand throughout the race to lend encouragement to the runners and hang finisher medals around their necks at the finish line.

Badwater, Death Valley marks the lowest elevation in the United States at 282' below sea level. The race finishes at the Mt. Whitney Portals at nearly 8,300'. The Portals are the trailhead to the Mt. Whitney summit, the highest point in
the contiguous United States. Competitors travel through places or landmarks with names like Mushroom Rock, Furnace Creek, Salt Creek, Devil's Cornfield, Devil's Golf Course, Stovepipe Wells, Keeler and Lone Pine.

The title sponsor of the 2002 Badwater Ultramarathon is Sun Precautions, the Seattle-based makers of Solumbra 30+ SPF sun protective clothing, medically accepted sun protection for sun sensitive and sun sensible people. Additional race sponsors include E-Caps, Hammer Nutrition, Brave Soldier, Seasons Restaurant of Lone Pine, Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, Panamint Springs Resort, Dow Villa of Lone Pine, the community of Lone Pine, CA, Mediablend.com, CycleDesign.com, MattFrederickDesign.com, Nine Lives Products, and many other
generous companies and individuals.

A live webcast of the race was featured throughout July 23-25 at
http://www.badwaterultra.com/2002webcast/

and remains there for ongoing viewing.

2002 Sun Precautions Badwater Ultramarathon Race Results

Female Entrants (and overall race champion)

Place Last Name First Name Bib # Sex Age Nationality Elapsed
1 Reed Pam 14 F 41 USA 27:56:47 (overall champion)
2 McFadden Linda 9 F 39 USA 36:50:17
3 Scholz Monica 18 F 35 Canada 38:33:30
4 Smith Lisa R. 7 F 41 USA 40:28:22
5 Horn Debra 6 F 43 USA 42:21:00
6 Reicher Jody-Lynn 15 F 39 USA 43:26:00
7 Brunson Angela 2 F 31 USA 45:37:20
8 Rosen Tia B. 16 F 45 USA 46:10:55
9 Schlundt Margaret J. 17 F 49 USA 46:31:16
10 Elia Barbara 3 F 57 USA 47:03:30
11 Miller Toni C. 11 F 50 USA 47:39:13
12 Marchant Kari 8 F 44 USA 53:27:14
13 Supler Blaise 19 F 41 USA 54:33:40
14 Fromm Anita Marie 5 F 31 USA 54:51:25
15 Rambo Ernie 12 F 45 USA 55:03:26

Male Entrants

Place Last Name First Name Bib # Sex Age Nationality Elapsed
1 Worts Darren 86 M 31 USA 32:38:57
2 Hannaford Dave 68 M 51 USA 33:16:46
3 Mueller Peter 78 M 39 Switz 34:52:15
4 Johnson Mark 26 M 38 USA 36:32:00
5 Silver Steven R. 81 M 53 USA 38:36:00
6 Biondic George 33 M 49 Canada 39:33:00
7 Ryerse Jan 29 M 56 USA 40:45:18
8 Ulrich Marshall 1 M 51 USA 40:48:48
9 Lazenby David 46 M 32 UK 41:25:50
10 Graves Jr. Terry 38 M 35 USA 41:44:00
11 Menard Jack 48 M 52 USA 41:57:28
12 Frost Chris 67 M 51 USA 43:14:56
13 Anderson Jay 31 M 46 USA 43:15:10
14 Radich John JR 54 M 47 USA 43:15:10
15 Webb Arthur 84 M 60 USA 43:40:10
16 Sitler Bob 58 M 43 USA 44:33:46
17 Smith Mike 59 M 44 USA 45:12:10
18 Finkernagel Dr. Holger 65 M 58 Germany 45:30:49
19 Hofmann Jürgen 70 M 50 Germany 45:41:48
20 Bialla Vito 32 M 53 USA 45:52:06
21 Cantu Ruben 35 M 59 USA 45:56:52
22 Draxler Leon J. 22 M 60 USA 46:27:50
23 Doman Wendell 63 M 42 USA 46:38:18
24 Remington Dave 55 M 61 USA 46:53:56
25 Jackson David 43 M 43 USA 47:12:30
26 Maples W. Curt 13 M 38 USA 47:21:15
27 Klassen Randy 45 M 49 USA 48:11:02
28 Frixe Eberhard 66 M 52 Germany 48:44:07
29 Weber Uli 85 M 53 Germany 48:44:07
30 Stone Paul 82 M 40 USA 49:06:35
31 Merienne Jean Jacques 24 M 49 France 51:01:41
32 Minter Greg 75 M 41 USA 51:31:01
33 Peterson Keith Alan 52 M 49 USA 52:03:32
34 Rampacek Dr. Christopher 79 M 50 USA 52:29:51
35 Henebry Mike 25 M 58 USA 53:03:05
36 Haviland Michael 40 M 60 USA 53:07:41
37 Nawrocki Rick 50 M 47 USA 53:20:07
38 Doppelmayr Michael 21 M 40 Austria 54:11:53
39 Matsuda Stephan 27 M 46 USA 55:04:27
40 Lundell Don 47 M 40 USA 55:07:23
41 Parker Ian 51 M 51 USA 56:52:14
42 Denness Jack 20 M 67 UK 57:08:56
43 Friedel Winfried 23 M 39 Germany 58:59:19

Did Not Finish

Place Last Name First Name Bib # Sex Age Nationality
DNF Burrows Steve 61 M 51 Canada
DNF Evans Colin Meredydd 64 M 31 UK
DNF Grimes Ronald 39 M 55 USA
DNF Heukemes Achim 69 M 50 Germany
DNF Hodde Jason 41 M 32 USA
DNF Justin Mick 71 M 54 USA
DNF Keltner Karl W. 44 M 40 USA
DNF Lapanja Bob 72 M 48 USA
DNF McCarrick Derek 28 M 67 UK
DNF Mejia Vilma 10 F 50 USA
DNF Mendes Manoel de Jesus 73 M 42 Brazil
DNF Miller Josh 74 M 35 USA
DNF Nagel Dale 49 M 43 USA
DNF Pheffer Bo 53 M 50 USA
DNF Quinn John 77 M 44 USA
DNF Richard Reg 56 M 51 USA
DNF Rothstein Leon 57 M 45 USA
DNF Saffery Clive 80 M 47 UK
DNF Smith James L. 60 M 37 USA
DNF Weber Scott 30 M 49 USA

Chris Kostman
Race Director
http://www.badwaterultra.com