La Luz Trail Run - 2011 Results

The official results are yet to be posted. If it's anything like the past few years it could be a couple days. I do know that unofficially, Kris Houghton ran to a third straight win (and second straight title). Rachael Cuellar claimed her seventh course title over a very tough field, denying Erica Baron a third-straight victory  (Baron did not start the race), and leaving Magdalena Donahue empty handed in a search for her first La Luz title.

The comments section is open for any other race details or stories from the day. I'll add updates and times as they come in.

>>>Results are posted. Some surprises and some fast aggregate times. The womens' defending champ did not line up to start the race. Cuellar got separation by the start of the trail portion (1.2mi) and ran away with her seventh title. Seventy+ runners snuck in under 2hrs. Better than 1hr 43min was needed for a top 20 position. A total of 343 finishers made it to the crest at or before cut-off. Terrific race.

Full results here:  La Luz Trail Run - 2011 Results

Update (8/16):   Seems the Dukes Track Club out of Albuquerque cleaned up, nabbing 4 of the top 5 overall placings broken up by 2009 runner-up and NMSU runner Ryan Fenton who ran as a bandit. Pre-race contender Jesse Armijo had to run conservatively after learning he'd be running on the national half-marathon team later this month.

I should add that a friend of mine and long time NM runner mentioned to me just the other day that his PR on the course back in 1985 was 1hr 23min, about two minutes quicker than this year's winning time. Waquie won it that year in 1hr 15min, my friend tells me his time was good for 20th place. That's messed up.

Overall
Place	First	Last	Gen.	Age	Time
1	Kristopher	Houghton	M	30	1:25:16
2	Andrew	Gisler	M	25	1:28:53
3	Loren	Wohletz	M	26	1:30:30
4	Jesse	Armijo	M	28	1:32:25
5	Rachael	Cuellar	F	29	1:34:31
6	Brent	Broome	M	31	1:34:53
7	Troy	Madalena	M	18	1:35:35
8	Vincent	Sheehan	M	53	1:36:00
9	Jason	Taylor	M	38	1:36:40
10	Joshua	Coon	M	26	1:37:24
11	Aaron	Padilla	M	26	1:38:57
12	Daryl	Dagel	M	37	1:39:07
13	Chris	Ellefson	M	21	1:40:14
14	Michael	Carey	M	36	1:41:36
15	Grant	Soehnel	M	28	1:41:51
16	Miguel	Sandoval	M	27	1:42:10
17	Dustin	Hillerson	M	26	1:42:17
18	Christopher	Keleher	M	43	1:42:31
19	Trevor	Manzanares	M	23	1:42:45
20	James	McIntosh	M	49	1:42:54

Women
Place	First	Last	Gen.	Age	Time	Overall
1	Rachael	Cuellar	F	29	1:34:31	5
2	Magdalena	Donahue	F	29	1:43:38	24
3	Molly	Krehlik	F	26	1:47:08	33
4	Linsey	Sandoval	F	27	1:57:18	58
5	Bree	Morrison	F	31	1:58:08	63
6	Valerie	Compton	F	55	1:59:09	69
7	Marisa	Sandoval	F	24	1:59:13	70
8	Whitney	Dreier	F	27	2:00:27	76
9	Julie	Dunston	F	32	2:00:28	77
10	M.L.	Rauch	F	46	2:01:10	81

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