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TrailBlazers In Action: Race Results | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

2004

Tsali Challenge
Team Girls Love Dirt: 7th place All Female Class. Jennifer Frierson (paddle), Sherry Olson (run), Ava Carr (bike)

Ocmulgee Heritage Trail AR
TeamBONK: 3rd place coed elite. Ron Sanders, Brig Newman, Kim Head

Verizon Urban Challenge Atlanta
Team Running With Scissors: 3rd place out of 75 teams. Jason Grech & Alicia Treadway.

Midnight Rush AR
Team Mighty Dogs 2: 1st place coed elite, fastest time splits in run, paddle, bike. Ardie Olson, Patricia Williams /Smith & Allen McAdams

Balance Bar Sprint
Team Northside: 6th Place Co-ed Division (Brad Prater with Scott Abston &Katie Hulsey)
Team Grech: 12th Co-ed (Jason Grech with Justin Grech & Andrea Plawchan) 3:55:57.

PHEAR
NADS/Cycleworks: 2nd Place, with Al Grubb and Carlos Garriga.

Riverbend Challenge
AR Action Figures: Batteries Not Included: 3rd Place Co-ed Team (Mike Dillon, Lou von Oldenburg, Janine Douglass)

FL Coast 2 Coast
Mighty Dog: 3rd Place (Brandon Patterson, Rob Howell, Colleen Pitts, & Ardie Olson; Support: Sherry Olson & David Cook)

Save The World AR
Team BONK: 2nd Place, Coed & Overall
with Ron Sanders, Brig Newman, Kim Head

NOC 8-hr AR
Enduralete.com: 2nd Place, TBARC Members Jim Farmer & Tom Sell along with Heather Stone

Running With Scissors: 3rd Overall/3rd Co-ed, Jason Grech, Alicia Treadway, Mark MacLanchlan

Towanda: 3rd Female; Deborah Frischknecht, Judy Hezlitt,Tonya Smith

Talon AR
Mighty Dog: Ardie Olson, placed lst Solo and Overall

Blue Ridge Mtn AR
Mighty Dog: 3rd Place (Colleen Pitts, David Cook & Ardie Olson; Support: Sherry Olson)

Tuck & Roll: 43rd Place (Cathi Cannon, Mike Dillon, Lou von Oldenburg; Support: Janine Douglass)

Sandmann AR
Team Newman : 1st Place, Under 13 division. Hayden & Brig Newman

Running With Scissors: 3rd Place elite division. Jason Grech & Sabrin Gatlin

Canoochee River Race
Team Black Cat: lst Place Co-Ed, rec canoe division. Ardie and Sherry Olson.

AWAC 04
Team Mighty Dog: lst Place Co-Ed 3 person and lst Place Overall. David Cook, Colleen Pitts and Ardie Olson

NGAR 04
Team Mighty Dog 2nd place, full course. Team: David Cook, Colleen Pitts and Ardie Olson; Support Crew: Sherry Olson and Russell Partain

Team 50 Somethings with Bill Pfluegar and Cathy and Zach Doppel, win the Master's Division and are only Master's team to finish race.

 

2003

AWAR 03:
1st place overall and 1st place 2-person team - NADS -- Jay Scott and Jim Guthrie
2nd place overall and 1st place 3-person coed - 50 Somethings - Bill Pflueger and Zach and Cathy Doppel
2nd place 3-person coed - Bonk - Ron Sanders, Brig Newman

Balance Bar Sprint AR / Atlanta
Team TNT Go Adventure with Mark Mayer & Kevin Fordham, finished 25/70 coed
Team Will & Pace with Cathi Cannon, Namrita Kumar, & Bill Guite, finished 24/70 coed

Mountain Sports Festival
Team Running with Scissors
with Jason Grech, Sabrina Gatlin, & Josh Weisner, finished 10th in the co-ed division, full course.
Team ATB/Will & Pace with Namrita Kumar, finished 29th overall, placing first in the A3/Alternate Course 3 division.

Planet Adventure 30hr AR
Team "Flown the Coop"
with Ed Rinderle, Jennifer Iredale, David J. Cook & Ardie Olson placed 6th overall, with a time of 23h:53m.

Ascent Outdoors AR at Natchez Trace State Park, TN, Team Memphis Chiro with Ardie Olson placed 1st in the co-ed division

Benchmark Appalachian Adventure (Ohio), Team Memphis Chiro with Ardie Olson, placed 1st in the 4 person co-ed division.

Ozark Challenge 30hr AR
Team X-Ray
with Ardie Olson placed 2nd in the 4 person co-ed division

RiverBend Challenge
Ricky Lasater
placed 1st in Male Solo division.
Jim Farmer placed 4th in Male Solo division.

Altamaha Wilderness Adventure Challenge
Team TrailBlazers/ Perceptible Motion
with Jim Williams and Matthew Baird placed 4th in 2-person division.
Team Bonk, with Ron Sanders & Kevin Tumlin, 1st place in 2-person division, 3rd overall
Team Menage a Trois with Christine Carpentier, Shelley Pittman, and Bill Pflueger finished 2nd in 3-person co-ed division

Florida Coast 2 Coast
Team Lost World Adventures
won the elite division.
Team N.A.D.S. places 3rd elite.
Team Water Turkey 7th place elite/2nd place amateur

Appalachian Extreme
Team "HairyScary Evolutions.com/ATB"
with Colleen Pitts, Jon Barker, Paul Cox & Jeff Plank finished 5th place in the 4-person coed alternate course; 11th place overall.

NOC 8hr
Team "Running in Slippers"
with Jon Barker, Rich Owen & Kristin Brusuelas finished 3rd overall/3rd co-ed.

Endorphin Fix
Team WaterTurkey,
with Chris O'Connell, finished 2nd place in the Male Solo Division (Pro Course).

Carolina Sprint AR #1:
Team Rhymes with Bucket, with David Cook, finished 1st place Co-Ed Division.
Team Grits Guts & Glory, with Carol Butterworth, finished 3rd place Female Division.

Gulf Coast Conquest:
Team Hand Shandy
, with Jon Barker, Jeff Westerfield, Karen Rubado, Rich Owen, finished in 4th place (46.5 hours!)

NGAR:
Haas Bins, with Star Affolter, Andy Meyer, and Steve Underwood. won the Masters division (fourth in co-ed and sixth overall).

Team Mighty Dog, with Vickie Mouw, David Cook and Ardie Olson, finished third place co-ed.

Team Lost Girl Adventures, Paul ‘Darlo’ Hewitson and Tim Abbott, 2nd Place 2-person male, 5th overall.

Team Waffle House, consisting of Marc Apple, Jennifer Iredale and Jason Kron, finished unofficially in 60th place.

Other News:
Running with Scissors got a mention in the first issue of Adventure Sports Mag (pg 18) for humorous team name.

2002

USARA Nationals:
Running with Scissors, with Colleen Pitts, Paul Cox, Jamie Guthridge, Ernie Chilcott finished 5th place in Adventure Class (29h:10).

LostWorldAdventures.com, with Tim Abbott, Shannon Greenhill, Matt Schaltenbrand & Chris Brown finished 9th overall (23h:45).

Endorphin Fix 2002:
Running with Scissors, with Colleen Pitts, Paul Cox, Jamie Guthridge, Ernie Chilcott finished 3rd place (45h:23), qualifying them for the USARA National Championship

Raging Russell 2002:
Team "Salomon Wouldn't Sponsor Us", with Jon Barker, Jason Coughlin, & Joe Petramale finished 1st overall (7:19)

Team Fortitude, with Avril Copeland, Allen McAdams, Bryan Goble and Eva Shen (support) finished 1st coed, 2nd overall (7:35)

Robb Stanek, Colleen Pitts, & Jason Grech of Team WorldAR.com/MoleTracks finished 2nd inthe coed division (8:32)

Craig ? & Amy Neal of Team Grind placed 7th in the coed division (9:00)

Team 50 Somethings, with Vernon Winters and Zach & Cathy Doppel, finished 8th in the coed division (9:06).

Muddy Buddy 2002:
Team Skint Back
placed 15th in the all-male division.

Hi-Tec Richmond 2002:
Cathi Cannon
of Team TNT-Collin's Angels finished 9th in the Women's category with a time of 4:42:55.

Save The World AR 2002:
Kevin Tumlin
of Team Atlanta had a first place finish in the coed division (4th overall) with a time of 6:59.09.