| July 16 |
Walter Cantwell and Katrina Blomkvist |
Walter was the top male Harrier and Katrina was the top female Harrier at the Great Sooke 12.3K Foot Race this Sunday. |
| July 9 |
Dr. A., Dr. F.O., Exag., and BBK |
For winning the inaugural Harriers World Championship Fluff Bowling Tournament and collecting the coveted 40 year old trophy. |
| July 2 |
Steven Shelford |
Steven was the only Harrier to race both the Twilight Shuffle on Thursday night then the Sidney Days 5K on Sunday morning. Steven was second Harrier home in both events. |
| July 2 |
Alex Coffin |
Alex finished third overall and top Harrier in the Sidney Days 5K, only six seconds behind winner Aaron Holmgren. |
| June 25 |
Chris Kelsall |
The Exaggerator was top Harrier and ran his first race ever with a pace of under 6 minutes per mile by posting a 23:50 at the Twilight Shuffle finishing 20th overall of 319 finishers. |
| June 25 |
Jim Finlayson |
For placing second overall to Kenyan Julius Gwako in the ScotiaBank Half Marathon in Vancouver with an stunning time of 1:05:43. Jim's time is the fastest run by a Canadian this year. Bruce Deacon won the First Half Half Marathon in 1:07:47 in February. |
| June 10 |
Chad Depol |
Chad won the Do It For Dad 10K at Beaver Lake in 34:17 (?) for the second consecutive year. |
| June 10 |
Randy Jones |
Randy was the the only Harrier to do the double on the weekend, running well in both the Arbutus 8K on Saturday and the Do It For Dad 10K on Sunday. |
| June 10 |
Sandy Stewart and Sandy Mullen |
Sandy and Sandy were the top Harriers in BOTH the Firefighters 10.2K and the Arbutus 8K. Sandy Stewart was 4th overall in both races and Sandy Mullen was 2nd overall in Arbutus and 4th in the Firefighters 10.2K. |
| June 3 |
Sandi Begg |
In her first ever tri, Sandi won the Novice Division in the Panorama Triathlon. |
| May 21 |
Ken Bonner |
Another great marathon for marathon man Ken Bonner. He ran 3:31:54 (chip), 3:32:04 (gun) to finish 2nd in his age group at the Capital City Marathon in Olympia, Washington. |
| May 14 |
Alex Coffin |
Alex visited Ottawa for the National Capital Marathon weekend and had a good race in the 10K with a 33:54. |
| May 7 |
Dan Harlow |
Dan had one of his best races of the year, winning the M55 age group at the first Sooke River 10K. |
| May 7 |
Carlos Castillo |
Carlos won the 50-mile race at the Harriers Elk/Beaver Ultras for the second year in a row. He and Mike Suminski had a great race, never more than four minutes apart throughout! |
| May 7 |
Rob Reid |
Rob was the top master in the Vancouver Half Marathon, 8th overall in 1:16:09. |
| May 7 |
Paddy McCluskey |
Paddy ran 2:29 to finish 6th overall in the Vancouver Marathon. He just missed being top Canadian and winning a trip to Japan! |
| April 30 |
Jim Finlayson |
Jim ran a good race in tough conditions at the Times-Colonist 10K, running 31:44 through the wind. |
| April 16 |
Sandy Mullen, Mika Lavaque-Manty, Rob Reid |
These three ran the 105th Boston Marathon on Monday. Sandy ran 3:45, Rob 2:51 and Mika 2:48. |
| April 9 |
Sandy Stewart |
Sandy ran another PR, this time 36:48 for 10K and was the top finisher of 33 Harriers in the Port Alberni Paper Chase 10K. |
| April 9 |
Phil Cornforth |
Phil lowered his best 10K time of 2001 from 44:30 at Mill Bay to 41:50 at Port Alberni. He's finished in the top-10 in his age group in every series races, but has gradually improved from 9th early in the series to third in the past two races. |
| April 2 |
Logan Wakefield |
14-year-old Logan won the M0115 age group at the Merville 15K, his first ever age group win, in his longest ever race. |
| April 2 |
Katrina Blomkvist |
Katrina won a gold medal in the F1619 age group and had her highest ever points score in the series in her first ever 15K. Her 10K split was also a 10K PR by over 2 minutes! |
| March 26 |
Graeme Benn |
A superb gold medal in the M0115 division at the Pioneer 8K for 12-year-old Graeme Benn. A star of the Harriers' future and present! |
| March 19 |
Pioneer 8K Volunteers |
Thanks to everyone who helped organize a successful Pioneer 8K on the weekend. Nothing by positive comments have been received, thanks to the hard work of dozens of Harriers and friends. |
| March 12 |
Sandy Stewart |
Sandy had a gigantic personal best performance at the UVic 5K. His time of 17:12 was a PR by 50 seconds and his score of 764 beat his previous best by 24 points! |
| March 5 |
Matt Fedoruk & Colleen Grady |
Matt was 5th OA and 2nd in his age division running 1:18:46 at the Comox Half Marathon. Colleen (Dr. Bodypierce) was 2nd female OA and 1st in her age class in 1:29:10. It was the fourth consecutive Series race where she has won Bob's Bonus Buds. |
| February 26 |
Christine Thate |
Christine organized an excellent club run from the Fifth Street Grill on Sunday. About 35 runners took to the Cedar Hill Golf Course trail and 33 stayed for brunch in the pub. All 33 received a draw prize! |
| February 19 |
Chad DePol & Colleen Grady |
Chad ran an awesome race to finish only 5 seconds behind Steve Osaduik and Colleen Grady was the top-finishing female Harrier for the third time this year in the Hatley Castle 8K. |
| February 12 |
Rob Reid, Matt Fedoruk & Jack Miller |
Rob for finishing 8th OA in 1:14:32, top master for the second consecutive week, Matt for finishing 3rd in his age division and 20th OA in 1:18:04 and Jack for winning the M50 division, 34th OA in 1:19:30 at the Vancouver First Half Half Marathon. There were 1,993 finishers. |
| February 5 |
Rob Reid & Katrina Blomkvist |
Rob for his highest Series finish this year (4th OA in 41:03) in the Cedar 12K. He was top master. Katrina won her first medal ever by finishing third in her age class. There were 366 finishers at Cedar. |
| January 29 |
Katrina Blomkvist & Niki Upton |
Batgirl and Triki Niki sailed through the hilly 9.5 mile Goldstream Club Run (their longest training distance) with no trouble and a smile upon finishing. |
| January 22 |
Mike Stone & Sandy Stewart |
Mike (35:36) and Sandy (37:21) ran huge P.R.'s at the Mill Bay 10K, race number 2 in the New Balance Island Race Series. |
| January 15 |
Paddy McCluskey & Sandi Begg |
These two were the first in 2001 to collect Bob's Bonus Buds for being the top male and female Harriers at the Bazan Bay 8K. |
| January 8 |
Paddy McCluskey & Ulla Marquette |
Paddy and Ulla were named the Gunner Shaw Most Valuable Runners for 2000 at the Harriers Annual Awards Ceremony. |
| January 1 |
Brian Travelbea |
Brian was closest to his predicted time - only 5 seconds off - out of 80 runners in the annual Harriers 10K New Years Day Memorial Run. |
