(Mt. Hood, OR -- August 5, 2017) -- More than 40 racers took the challenge of running (or walking) the 1.2 mile long, 631 foot elevation gain 4th annual Uphill Challenge today at Mt. Hood Meadows. Five category records were set, including the fastest woman record established in 2014 by Rachel Lynn - the first year of the event. Gracie Schenkel shaved six seconds off posting a time of 13:10.87 a new record for women! The fastest man in the challenge was Rory Jenkins with a time of 11:02.39, just twelve seconds off the record set by Bernard Seeger in 2014.
Category record setters were:
- Lucy Hafer (38:23.76) in the 4 and under women category, taking eight minutes off her record pace from last year
- Gracie Schenkel (11:02.39) in the 25 - 29 women category
- Nikol Allison (15:11.95) in the 40 - 44 women category knocking over 4 minutes off the previous record
- Benjamin Balazs (11:15:31) in the 10 - 14 men's category knocking over a minute and a half off the previous record
- Rory Jenkins ((11:02.39) in the 30 - 34 men's category almost 2 minutes faster than the previous category record
2017 Uphill Challenge Results
| BIB |
NAME |
Age |
AGE RANGE |
GENDER |
ELAPSED TIME |
| 134 |
Jenkins, Rory |
32 |
30-34 |
Male |
11:02.39 |
| 119 |
Balazs, Benjamin |
13 |
10-14 |
Male |
11:15.31 |
| 118 |
Woosley, Nathan |
27 |
25-29 |
Male |
13:10.06 |
| 136 |
Schenkel, Gracie |
27 |
25-29 |
Female |
13:10.87 |
| 121 |
Balazs, Patrik |
14 |
10-14 |
Male |
13:33.49 |
| 100 |
Rutherford, Alexandra |
17 |
15-19 |
Female |
14:46.10 |
| 130 |
Allison, Cody |
23 |
20-24 |
Male |
14:55.28 |
| 113 |
Bell, Dan |
39 |
35-39 |
Male |
15:05.58 |
| 129 |
Allison, Nikol |
42 |
40-44 |
Female |
15:11.95 |
| 126 |
Babad, Clifford |
18 |
15-19 |
Male |
15:41.84 |
| 131 |
Bracale, Billy |
46 |
45-49 |
Male |
15:53.91 |
| 101 |
Zdenek, Michael |
36 |
35-39 |
Male |
15:55.75 |
| 132 |
Bracale, Ryly |
12 |
10-14 |
Male |
16:59.55 |
| 105 |
Chenier, Craig |
36 |
35-39 |
Male |
17:04.17 |
| 135 |
Bergner, Gunter |
62 |
60-64 |
Male |
17:56.37 |
| 137 |
Hutchkiss, Caleb |
34 |
30-34 |
Male |
18:17.81 |
| 117 |
Johnson, Peter |
60 |
60-64 |
Male |
18:53.34 |
| 110 |
Hafer, Miranda |
10 |
10-14 |
Female |
20:16.61 |
| 116 |
Trulsen, Jill |
64 |
60-64 |
Female |
21:46.02 |
| 108 |
Hafer, Josey |
8 |
5-9 |
Female |
22:35.68 |
| 112 |
Russell, Fred |
64 |
60-64 |
Male |
23:37.64 |
| 120 |
Balazs, Kailua |
10 |
10-14 |
Female |
23:44.04 |
| 111 |
Russell, Bonnie |
67 |
65-69 |
Female |
23:51.80 |
| 122 |
Ullom, Elisabeth |
27 |
25-29 |
Female |
24:33.46 |
| 107 |
Hafer, Anna |
12 |
10-14 |
Female |
24:44.54 |
| 133 |
Bracale, Xander |
7 |
5-9 |
Male |
25:44.9 |
| 123 |
Friedrich, Neil |
33 |
30-34 |
Male |
25:49.1 |
| 124 |
Stevens, Kelly |
31 |
30-34 |
Female |
25:49.8 |
| 98 |
Compton, Kevin |
39 |
35-39 |
Male |
26:35.97 |
| 99 |
Compton, Shawnetta |
40 |
40-44 |
Female |
26:36.19 |
| 102 |
Zilka, Caleb |
5 |
5-9 |
Male |
27:01.37 |
| 104 |
Zilka, Tomas |
35 |
35-39 |
Male |
27:03.01 |
| 114 |
Marine, Alexandria |
44 |
40-44 |
Female |
28:36.69 |
| 115 |
Marine, Finley |
9 |
5-9 |
Female |
28:36.87 |
| 103 |
Zilka, Sebastian |
7 |
5-9 |
Male |
37:44.00 |
| 125 |
Zilka, Peter |
63 |
60-64 |
Male |
37:44.00 |
| 128 |
Hafer, Lucy |
4 |
0-4 |
Female |
38:23.76 |
| 106 |
Hafer, Becky |
37 |
35-39 |
Female |
38:24.09 |
| 109 |
Hafer, Kelly |
38 |
35-39 |
Male |
39:47.5 |
| 127 |
Hafer, Eliza |
2 |
0-4 |
Female |
39:.46.5 |