Winners repeat at Buffalo Run
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Buffalo Run winners are: (left to right) Susan Matter (female half-marathon overall winner); Bryant Jacobs (male half-marathon overall winner); Amy Pavlock (female 7-mile overall winner); Tyler Courville (male 7-mile overall winner); Nicole Brist (female 4-mile overall winner); Paden Alexander (male 4-mile overall winner); Eli Williams (male 1-mile overall winner); and Leila Marsh (female 1-mile overall winner).
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ST. IGNATIUS – For 30 years, the annual Good Old Days Buffalo Run has drawn runners from all over the country. However, for the first time in anyone’s recollection, the run sponsored by St. Luke Community Healthcare had a runner from Waterloo, Belgium, entered in the 4-mile race. He was Ben Kestner, who joined 150 runners from as far away as Macon, Ga., in the annual event benefiting the St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce.
Three of this year’s overall winners were repeat champions.
Leila Marsh of St. Ignatius knocked 34 seconds off her winning time from a year ago to finish first in the 1-mile run in 8:44.
Tyler Courville of St. Ignatius, who won the half-marathon in 2011, was the top male finisher in the 7-mile run this year with a time of 41:51. And Amy Pavlock of Missoula, who was the No. 1 4-miler a year ago, won the 7-mile women’s race with a time of 49:22.
The No. 1 runner in the half-marathon was Bryant Jacobs of Missoula with a time of 1:24:50. Susan Matter of Kalispell was the top female half-marathoner with a time of 1:45:01.
Eli Williams of Boise, Idaho, was the first male in the 1-mile run, with a time of 9:19.
In the 4-mile race, the top male runner was Paden Alexander of St. Ignatius with a time of 24:28, and Nicole Brist of Whitefish finished first overall for the females with a time of 28:09.
The St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce will be receiving a check for $2,384 from St. Luke Community Healthcare as a result of the 30th running of the annual Good Old Days Buffalo Run.
Other age category winners:
1-mile – Male
U-10: Brian Largent
31-40: Richard Cramer
41-50: John Williams
60 and up: Ray Frey
1-mile - Female
U-10: Megan Broussard
21-30: Jen Largent
31-40: Christy Broussard
41-50: Charlotte Hall
60 and up: Melvina Krantz
4-mile – Male
U-10: Zoran LaFrombois
10-15: Kyle Couture
21-30: Sean Mullins
31-40: Justin Krantz
41-50: Ben Lestner
51-60: Paul Soukup
61 and up: Al Buhr
4-mile – Female
U-10: Ahni Umphrey
10-15: Karen Cook
21-30: Molly Briggeman
31-40: Liz Courville
41-50: Anna Marie Leafty
51-60: Linda Briggeman
60 and up:
Sharon Toussaint
7-mile – Male
10-15: Mathew Cook
21-30: Josh Vollinkaty
31-40: John Manuel
41-50: Jack Duffey
51-60: Robert Martinez
60 and up: Pat Mallory
7 mile – Female
21-30: Kaci Briggeman
41-50: Sussanah Micholson
Half-marathon – Male
16-20: Stephen Cook
21-30: Jason Komens
41-50: Mark Van Deveer
51-60: Tom Halner
60 and up: Burk Foster
Half-marathon – Female
21-30: Brittany Katzer
31-40: Ruschel Hilmo
41-50: Sue Gelber
