SEASIDE BEACH RUN Seaside, Oregon Overall Winners ======================================================================================== 1966 Jim Gelle 38:32 ~7.5 miles Labor Day, course no river crossing, may have included dry sand UO Hall of Fame, member 1967 Tom Morrow 41:31 ~8 miles Sept 2, course no river crossing, may have included dry sand, longer than the previous year 1968 Bruce Mortenson 39:49 ~8 miles not Labor Day, course no river crossing UO Hall of Fame, member looped around dry sand instead 1969 Steve Savage 37:07.9 ~8 miles not Labor Day, course largely unchanged UO steeplechaser, sub 4 miler 1970 Jon Anderson 36:13 ~8 miles 8/22, course largely unchanged USA Olympian (10k), winner of 1977 Boston Marathon 1971 Kenny Moore 37:53 ~8 miles 8/14, course largely unchanged UO Hall of Fame, member, USA Olympian (marathon) 1972 Ray Hatton (40) 38:23 ~8 miles 8/12, course largely unchanged 1st (perhaps only) masters winner, USATF masters hall of fame 1973 Steve Savage 40:09 ~8 miles 8/18, course largely unchanged 1974 Jon Anderson 36:40 ~7 miles 600yds 8/24, same layout but course not as long due to shorter dry sand loop due to sig beach erosion previous winter 1975 Gary Barger 38:36 7+ miles 8/16, same layout, UO steeplechaser, sub 4 miler (8:38/3:58.8) 1976 Wayne Ristau 38:38 7+ miles 8/21, same layout, first one I ran (16th) SCC/WSU alum 1977 Art Boileau 37:13 7+ miles 8/20, same layout twp-time Canadian Olympian (marathon) 1978 Billy McChesney 37:44 7+ miles 8/12, same layout, TC (10th) UO Hall of Fame, member 1979 James Patterson 35:11 7+ miles 8/11, same layout, TC (6th) 1980 Tom Cushman 36:36 7+ miles 8/16, same layout 1981 Dave Castle 37:55 7+ miles mid August, same layout TC (19th-coming back from injury) OCE/WWU alum 1982 Art Boileau 35:05 7+ miles mid August, same layout. Last time I ran race (4th) 1983 Joe Steward 37:07 7+ miles 1984 Bob Ray 37:50 7+ miles 1985 Alan Knoop 37:45 7+ miles 1986 Michael Lynes 38:08 7+ miles 8/23, Camas WA runner 1987 Art Boileau 37:03 7+ miles 8/29, Seaside Chamber of Commerce drops sponsorship. new sponsor Sunset Empire Park & Rec 1988 Don Clary 37:39 7+ miles 1989 Dave Harding 39:07 7+ miles 7/22, windy, LOHS graduate, raced moved to July to accomodate Hood-to-Coast finish moving to Seaside (from Junction City) 1990 Dave Harding 34:55 7+ miles 7/21, foggy 1991 Dave Harding 35:38 7+ miles 7/20, course shorten due to beach erosion at cove, where Necancum River enters ocean 1992 Dave Harding 26:25 ~8k 7/18, shorten again as "dune shifted with the wind" Does that mean no dry sand??? WTF 1993 Dave Harding 33:46 10k (short) 7/17, windy 1994 Dave Harding 33:08 6 mile 7/16 1995 Dave Harding 35:16 6 mile 7/15 1996 Dave Harding 34:25 6 mile 7/20 1997 Dave Harding 35:32 6 mile 7/19 1998 Dave Harding 40:40 ~7 miles 7/18 lone entrant except for race director, Event to be repackaged with Seaside Centennial Celebration in 1999(not sure anything ever came to fruition