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By Matt Carpenter
www.skyrunner.com
7:30 a.m. Sunday, August 19th, 1962 — 35 starters
Two young men from Kansas came to Manitou Springs and spent 2 and a half months working on the mountain laying railroad ties for the COG railway. After a month they were running up the peak in the morning, working a 9-hour day on the railway, and then running again in the evening. The heavy training paid off!
Mohler took the lead soon after the gun and never looked back. Rose got bad cramps and fell to 5th before he got things back under control. His year’s were yet to come. On the Women’s side Mary Quinn killed the Ascent record by almost 30 minutes!
Thirty of the starters reached the top but several were held there due to two inches of snow, hail and rain that pummeled many of the slower runners. One of the first held back was 11-year-old Tim Morgan (son of the 8th place finisher) who had made the summit in 4:45:00 — less than 5 minutes after the race founder, Dr. Suominen!!!
MEN’S MARATHON POS POS/DIV NAME AGE CITY ST ASCENT DESCENT TOTAL ADJ ASC ADJ TOT 1 1/21 ROBERT MOHLER 22 FORT HAYS KS 2:37:00 1:33:03 4:10:03 2:46:53 4:19:56 2 2/21 JOHN R ROSE 24 FORT HAYS KS 2:39:41 1:34:44 4:14:25 2:49:45 4:24:29 3 3/21 JERRY D JONES 24 OLMSTEAD AFB PA 2:51:25 1:41:20 4:32:45 3:02:13 4:43:33 4 4/21 EDDIE DEMERS 21 WESTERN ST COL CO 2:56:00 1:40:11 4:36:11 3:07:05 4:47:16 5 5/21 ANGUS WOOTEN 27 WILLIMANTIC CT 2:52:20 1:49:06 4:41:26 3:03:11 4:52:17 6 6/21 JOE ARRAZOLA 28 DENVER CO 2:57:41 1:52:10 4:49:51 3:08:53 5:01:03 7 7/21 DUANE E MERCHANT 26 DENNISPORT MA 3:23:42 1:34:26 4:58:08 3:36:32 5:10:58 8 8/21 HUBERT MORGAN 40 PUEBLO CO 3:07:38 1:50:30 4:58:08 3:19:27 5:09:57 9 9/21 JIM BALFANZ 20 WESTERN ST COL CO 3:05:51 1:55:03 5:00:54 3:17:34 5:12:37 10 10/21 DON CHIPPENDALE 18 DENVER CO 3:05:52 1:58:48 5:04:40 3:17:35 5:16:23 11 11/21 DICK YAHN STERLING CO 3:20:52 2:06:56 5:27:48 3:33:31 5:40:27 12 12/21 JOHN FRANCIS 28 EGREMONT MA 3:29:15 2:00:55 5:30:10 3:42:26 5:43:21 13 13/21 JOSE D GALLEGOS 31 COLORADO SPGS CO 3:39:21 2:05:54 5:45:15 3:53:10 5:59:04 14 14/21 BOB RHUE COLORADO SPGS CO 3:55:05 2:18:53 6:13:58 4:09:54 6:28:47 15 15/21 JACK JANELLE AURORA CO 3:38:39 2:36:31 6:15:10 3:52:25 6:28:56 16 16/21 DAVID CORNELL 17 COLORADO SPGS CO 3:28:38 2:50:04 6:18:42 3:41:47 6:31:51 17 17/21 CHARLES WARREN 20 DENVER CO 3:47:37 2:32:14 6:19:51 4:01:57 6:34:11 18 18/21 JERRY QUILLER 20 CSU CO 4:00:57 2:21:59 6:22:56 4:16:08 6:38:07 19 19/21 CHARLES WILLIAMS DENVER CO 3:57:50 2:37:10 6:35:00 4:12:49 6:49:59 20 20/21 RUDY FAHL 64 COLORADO SPGS CO 4:10:28 2:33:29 6:43:57 4:26:15 6:59:44 21 21/21 ARNE L SUOMINEN DR 62 DEL RAY BEACH FL 4:40:00 2:45:00 7:25:00 4:57:38 7:42:38 WOMEN’S ASCENT POS POS/DIV NAME AGE CITY ST ASCENT ADJ ASC 1 1/3 MARY GUINN FELTS 29 COLORADO SPGS CO 4:15:29 4:31:35 2 2/3 KATHERINE HEARD-FAHL 62 COLORADO SPGS CO 5:15:00 5:34:51 3 3/3 JULIA CHASE 19 GROTON CT 5:46:16 6:08:05 UNOFFICIAL BOY’S ASCENT POS POS/DIV NAME AGE CITY ST ASCENT ADJ ASC 22 1/1 TIMOTHY R MORGAN 11 PUEBLO CO 4:45:00 5:02:57 Note: The race started by the COG depot so it was 1.1 miles shorter than the current Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon which start at the Manitou Springs courthouse. This change took place in 1976. The adjustment times are for comparisons only and were made by adding 6.3% to the Ascent time. The adjusted Ascent was then added to the actual Descent time to get the adjusted total.Last regenerated: 1/5/2019 12:04:57 PM
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