Los Alamos, New Mexico, May 21. Nick Clark and Angela Shartel were winners of the rugged Jemez Mountain 50 Mile. Clark successfully defended his 2010 title and broke Kyle Skaggs’ course record in the process, beating everyone else in the field by more than ninety minutes. Shartel, from San Diego, becomes the first sea-level winner in the six-year history of the event, which starts and finishes at 7500 feet elevation, and reaches 10,450 feet at the top of Caballo Mountain.
Men
1. Nick Clark, 37, Fort Collins, CO, 8:07:45 (course record, old record 8:08:15 by Kyle Skaggs, 2008)
2. Brendan Trimboli, 23, Boulder, CO, 9:38:07
3. Benjamin Dunn, 38, Crested Butte, CO, 9:39:56
4. Nick Pedatella, 25, Boulder, CO, 9:48:36
5. Corey Hanson, 34 Bellvue, CO, 9:55:00
Women
1. Angela Shartel, 37, San Diego, CA, 11:05:22
2. Suzanne Lewis, 35, Salt Lake City, UT, 11:24:14
3. Leah Fein, 31, Durango, CO, 12:00:16
4. Missy Miller, 44, Durango, CO, 12:18:49
5. Amy Lane, 26, Herndon, VA, 12:21:50
Complete results are available at http://www.highaltitudeathletics.org/jmtr/docs/JMTR_2011_50m.pdf
Photo at top: Nick Clark, en route to a new course record
Above: Angela Shartel nears the summit of Caballo Mountain
(photos by Rachel Granzow)