Fifty-nine runners from the Woodlands MultiSport coverage area completed a balmy Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 10. Listed below is the complete list of local finishers:
2:56:37 - Mago, Gavish (IND), 30, Spring
3:21:23 - Hudson, Wayne (USA), 46, The Woodlands
3:21:23 - Heg, Vera (USA), 50, The Woodlands
3:25:36 - Meaux, Pam (USA), 50, The Woodlands
3:27:29 - Moschell, Skip (USA), 52, The Woodlands
3:29:57 - Ruiz, Gerardo (MEX), 47, Spring
3:35:45 - Skorve, Johanne (NOR), 51, The Woodlands
3:37:11 - Miller, Randy (USA), 47, The Woodlands
3:39:01 - Snyder, Kerri (USA), 35, The Woodlands
3:46:37 - Nietiet, Ralf (GER), 44, Spring
3:47:47 - Skarpeid, Bernhard (NOR), 51, The Woodlands
3:49:53 - Collins, Kristin (USA), 39, The Woodlands
3:52:34 - Huntsman, Peter (USA), 24, The Woodlands
3:55:44 - Rubio, Ernesto (USA), 44, The Woodlands
3:55:49 - Berg, Joshua (USA), 27, Spring
3:56:04 - Davies, Carrie (USA), 46, The Woodlands
3:56:47 - Raycroft, Ken (USA), 45, The Woodlands
3:56:50 - Olivares, Susana (MEX), 36, The Woodlands
4:01:47 - Bradley, Randy (USA), 48, The Woodlands
4:03:10 - Schrader, Chris (USA), 52, The Woodlands
4:04:51 - Wallsten, Erik (MEX), 35, Spring
4:04:56 - Olanyk, Jennifer (USA), 33, Spring
4:07:06 - Long, Miriam (USA), 37, The Woodlands
4:09:37 - Elorduy, Madeleine (USA), 42, The Woodlands
4:17:21 - Attanucci, Vincent (USA), 57, The Woodlands
4:18:55 - Sultemeier, Matthew (USA), 42, Montgomery
4:19:24 - Jones, Edson (USA), 44, The Woodlands
4:19:27 - Cole, Don (CAN), 50, The Woodlands
4:19:29 - Whittemore, Mark (USA), 49, The Woodlands
4:20:40 - Rios, Gabriela (USA), 40, The Woodlands
4:23:49 - Nichols, Karen (USA), 41, The Woodlands
4:26:27 - Alarcon Ezeta, Jose Luis (MEX), 40, Montgomery
4:28:32 - Nehme, Enrique (MEX), 32, The Woodlands
4:30:39 - De La Garza, Maria (MEX), 43, The Woodlands
4:31:41 - Goudet, Enrique (MEX), 49, The Woodlands
4:32:41 - Noyola, Javier (MEX), 37, The Woodlands
4:37:02 - Elorduy, Gabriel (MEX), 47, The Woodlands
4:38:21 - Fink, John (USA), 51, Spring
4:46:13 - Braniff, Sandra (USA), 38, The Woodlands
4:46:24 - Saracho Martinez, Alberto (MEX), 33, Spring
4:46:32 - Lamneck, Christopher (USA), 38, Spring
4:51:36 - Garcia Ramos, Cecilia (MEX), 39, The Woodlands
4:53:43 - Long, Steven (USA), 35, The Woodlands
4:57:38 - Ganja, Ed (USA), 50, The Woodlands
4:58:12 - Bunch, David (GBR), 39, The Woodlands
4:59:06 - Eaton, Kathleen (USA), 46, The Woodlands
4:59:55 - Michalik, Gloria (USA), 48, Spring
5:00:56 - Braniff, Francisco (USA), 41, The Woodlands
5:12:23 - Mefford, Paul (USA), 27, The Woodlands
5:20:41 - McMurtrey, Jennifer (USA), 31, Spring
5:24:34 - Tejeda, Lorenza (USA), 38, The Woodlands
5:26:53 - Simon, Cecilia (MEX), 32, Spring
5:43:01 - McCoy, Russell (USA), 41, Spring
5:43:12 - Bancroft, Glinda (USA), 54, Spring
5:44:52 - Wilson, Rohan (SRI), 26, Spring
5:47:20 - Curry, Francis (USA), 45, Spring
5:49:02 - Harrigal, Robert (USA), 53, The Woodlands
5:50:18 - Serrato Del Valle, Paula (MEX), 29, Spring
6:59:03 - Middleton, Raymond (USA), 63, The Woodlands
Athletes from the Woodlands MultiSport coverage area performed well at Sunday's Du The Bear Duathlon at Houston's Bear Creek Park.
Finish Strong Racing's Dana Lyons, 52, was second overall, taking the Men's Masters title in the process, as he posted a 2-mile run, 10-mile bike and 2-mile run time of 47:37, just 25 seconds off of 24-year-old Robert Scheffler's winning time.
Outrival Racing's Sheri Okeefe, 50, and Finish Strong's James Griffis, 57, both won their respective age groups in 1:00:07 and 52:54, respectively. Okeefe had the third fastest women's masters time behind winner Joni Moore(54:16) and Shama Cycles' Melanie Sun (54:42).
Griffis was third among all male participants 45 and older.
However, it was the youngsters who also represented the area well.
Sisters Hannah, 13, and Katherine Barron, 15, just a week off an appearance at the IronKids National Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida, won their age groups in respective times of 1:00:55 and 1:02:15.
The Woodlands' Alexandra Bouthillette, 13, a day removed from winning her age group at the 5th annual Memorial Hermann Ten For Texas in 1:24:37, was second to the younger Barron by a minute and 33 seconds.
The boys' 14-and-under age group was stacked like a performance by The Woodlands High School cross country team.
The Woodlands registered finishes from second to fifth as well as a seventh place showing.
Tyler Henthorn, 14, who was third in his age group at Ten for Texas in 1:18:33, was second in 57 minutes and 14 seconds. Ten seconds behind was 12-year-old Nicolas Restrepo to put two area youngsters on the finisher's podium.
Lane Barron, 11; Zachary Henthorn, 14, and Andres Restrepo, 12, rounded fourth, fifth and seventh in times of 59:09, 59:18 and 1:00:22, respectively.
Conroe Triathletes' Casey McDaniel, 51, was fourth in her age group, while Carolina Restrepo, 28, was fifth and Carolyn Barron, 41, was sixth in theirs.
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At the IronKids National Championship on Sunday, October 3, Katherine Barron was third in her age group among 11 competitors while younger sister, Hannah, was sixth among 22 finishers.
Both sisters completed a 300-meter swim, 8-mile bike ride and a 2-mile run.
Their brother, Lane, Restrepo brothers Nicolas and Andres and 6-year-old Raul Luzardo also competed.
The Restrepos completed the same distance as the Barron girls while the younger Barron and Luzardo completed a 150-meter swim, 4-mile bike and 1-mile run.
Men
9 - 1:45:02, Andy Reyes, Conroe, 2010 (*NEW*)
11 - 1:27:48, Matt Ritchie, 2008
12 - 1:26:41, Liam McDowell, The Woodlands, 2007
13 - 1:04:24, Brian Gohlke, The Woodlands, 2006
14 - 1:07:45, Tanner Maloney, The Woodlands, 2009
15 - 1:09:23, Connor Barry, The Woodlands, 2009
16 - 0:57:55, Joseph Mazone, Spring, 2008
17 - 1:02:58, Erik Spjut, The Woodlands, 2007
18 - 1:01:04, Andrew Perry, 2006
19 - 1:09:58, Casey Lainhart, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:11:21, Logan Sutton, 2006)
20 - 1:00:04, Paul Boston, Belton, 2010 (replacing 1:08:40, Juan Acosta, 2008)
21 - 1:02:40, Dustin Harris, 2009
22 - 1:01:28, Adam Banks, 2008
23 - 1:02:01, Andrew Cashion, 2009
24 - 0:58:39, Patrick Hitchins, 2008
25 - 1:00:06, Mead Turner, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:05:09, Danny Veksler, 2009)
26 - 0:53:48, Colin Wolfe, 2006
27 - 0:54:28, Colin Wolfe, 2007
28 - 1:02:25, Scott Peterson, 2009
29 - 0:57:48, Geoffrey Streit, Houston, 2008
30 - 0:56:35, Alan Hedengren, 2008
31 - 0:56:58, Geoffrey Streit, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:02:39, Jose Acosta, 2008)
32 - 0:54:31, Jose Lara, 2008
33 - 1:03:56, Matthew Twombly, 2009
34 - 0:55:09, Ray Martinez, Houston, 2007
35 - 0:54:27, Ray Martinez, Houston, 2008
36 - 0:59:13, David Parkin, The Woodlands, 2008
37 - 0:59:56, Danny O'Callaghan, 2009
38 - 1:03:28, Shawn Emerick, Magnolia, 2010 (replacing 1:03:30, Glenn Winnier, 2007)
39 - 0:59:54, Lee Harlicker, The Woodlands, 2009
40 - 1:01:58, Lee Harlicker, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:02:06, Tom Stilwell, 2009)
41 - 1:06:06, Alfonso Loyo, The Woodlands, 2006
42 - 1:05:11, Alfonso Loyo, The Woodlands, 2007
43 - 0:59:09, John Hill, Kingwood, 2010 (replacing 1:02:19, John Spiller, 2009)
44 - 1:00:23, John Spiller, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:05:13, Wayne Hudson, 2008)
45 - 0:57:00, Jacob Mazone, Spring, 2007
46 - 0:55:11, Jacob Mazone, Spring, 2008
47 - 0:55:30, Joe Flores, Houston, 2007
48 - 1:00:31, Allen Richardson, The Woodlands, 2007
49 - 0:57:18, Joe Flores, Houston, 2008
50 - 1:03:33, Robert Amato, 2007
51 - 1:00:18, Jesse Sturgeon, 2006
52 - 1:05:37, Ed Wandell, Magnolia, 2009
53 - 1:04:44, Edward Fry, Houston, 2008
54 - 1:13:59, Steve Langevin, Conroe, 2008
55 - 1:07:43, James Griffis, The Woodlands, 2008
56 - 1:04:49, Joel Barr, The Woodlands, 2008
57 - 1:06:10, Joel Barr, The Woodlands, 2009
58 - 1:05:50, Joel Barr, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:09:43, Dennis Leary, 2008)
59 - 1:12:38, Tosone Harbin, 2007
60 - 1:14:13, Michael Donelan, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:15:59, Tosone Harbin, 2008)
61 - 1:15:28, Charles Rhodes, 2006
62 - 1:15:19, Rich Vega, Houston, 2008
63 - 1:15:29, Leo Beaulieu, Conroe, 2010 (replacing 1:16:07, Rich Vega, 2009)
64 - 1:16:16, Rich Vega, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:28:18, Ray Thomas, 2008)
65 - 1:16:57, Dick Esselborn, The Woodlands, 2006
66 - 1:18:03, Dick Esselborn, The Woodlands, 2007
67 - 1:28:37, Gary Wood, 2009
68 - 1:16:10, Dick Esselborn, The Woodlands, 2008
69 - 1:21:49, Dick Esselborn, The Woodlands, 2009 (replacing 1:35:34, Joe Rivera, 2009)
70 - 1:38:44, Bill Rowe, 2009
71 - 1:21:56, Jim Braden, The Woodlands, 2006
72 - 1:22:01, Jim Braden, The Woodlands, 2007
73 - 1:45:54, Lou Wilson, The Woodlands, 2009
74 - 1:26:46, Jim Braden, The Woodlands, 2009
75 - 1:29:11, Jim Braden, The Woodlands, 2010 (*NEW*)
77 - 1:42:30, Fred Black, Cypress, 2010 (*NEW*)
79 - 1:50:25, Fred Peirce, 2007
80 - 1:42:58, Fred Peirce, 2008
81 - 1:43:03, Fred Peirce, 2009
Women
10 - 2:03:54, Hope Bryan, Cypress, 2010 (replacing 2:14:18, Alexis Butsch, 2009)
11 - 1:27:18, Aubrey Young, The Woodlands, 2010 (*NEW*)
12 - 1:26:03, Audrey Manchester, 2008
13 - 1:08:21, Katie Jensen, 2008
14 - 1:51:13, Ashley Cason, Spring, 2010 (replacing 2:09:53, Sarah Wehrle, 2009)
15 - 1:19:26, Amanda Lebsack, 2008
16 - 1:22:02, S. Andrea Roldan, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:31:29, Amanda Nelson, 2007)
17 - 1:16:53, Courtney Reich, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:21:09, Hannah Berryhill, 2008)
18 - 1:22:57, Hannah Berryhill, 2009
19 - 1:16:45, Elizabeth McHale, 2009
20 - 1:11:32, Elizabeth McHale, Spring, 2010 (replacing 1:17:04, Amy Hickey, 2008)
21 - 1:25:28, Sarah Summer, 2009
22 - 1:15:13, Amy Hickey, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:23:01, Lourdes Hurtado, 2007)
23 - 1:13:05, Dawn Morgan, 2007
24 - 1:08:48, Amanda Barth, Houston, 2009
25 - 1:04:41, Amanda Barth, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:12:53, Maria Esselborn, 2007)
26 - 1:10:24, Melissa Keith, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:15:02, Elizabeth Forst, 2006)
27 - 1:14:17, Liza Ballis, 2007
28 - 1:09:53, Kelly Swanson, 2009
29 - 1:01:48, Autumn Ray, 2009
30 - 1:11:29, Jennifer Anthony, Spring, 2010 (replacing 1:15:00, Heidi Ann Hall, 2008)
31 - 1:10:02, Christelle Gigant, Spring, 2008
32 - 1:10:17, Kerri Snyder, The Woodlands, 2007
33 - 1:07:49, Amy Bills, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:08:58, Kerri Snyder, 2008)
34 - 1:03:45, Stacy Holden, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:05:32, Melissa Henderson, 2008)
35 - 1:04:30, Kimberly Hager, The Woodlands, 2006
36 - 1:09:30, Kirsten Switzer, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:13:33, Amy Gage, 2008)
37 - 1:14:15, Sherry Bankhead, 2009
38 - 1:02:53, Kimberly Hager, The Woodlands, 2009
39 - 1:07:27, Krista Blevins, The Woodlands, 2009
40 - 1:05:56, Krista Blevins, The Woodlands, 2010 (replacing 1:08:45, Lisa Green, 2006)
41 - 1:12:24, Cindy Taylor, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:15:09, Kathleen Grant, 2008)
42 - 1:13:36, Katie Deshotels, 2007
43 - 1:19:16, Kathleen Grant, Tomball, 2010 (replacing 1:19:33, Deborah Hensen, 2006)
44 - 1:08:53, Jo Ann Blakeley, The Woodlands, 2008
45 - 1:10:16, Rose Rhoton, Houston, 2008
46 - 1:08:30, Vera Heg, The Woodlands, 2006
47 - 1:08:21, Peggy Panzer, Aurora, Colorado, 2009
48 - 1:09:16, Vera Heg, The Woodlands, 2008
49 - 1:09:04, Pam Meaux, The Woodlands, 2009
50 - 1:11:33, Johanne Skorve, The Woodlands, 2009
51 - 1:17:20, Nora Wilson, The Woodlands, 2007
52 - 1:18:32, Judy Hufstetler, Conroe, 2010 (replacing 1:24:58, Trudy Regnier, The Woodlands, 2009)
53 - 1:17:53, Julie Rutledge, Houston, 2007
54 - 1:19:31, Julie Rutledge, Houston, 2008
55 - 1:19:24, Julie Rutledge, Houston, 2009
56 - 1:17:26, Julie Rutledge, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:23:51, Linda Heth, 2009)
57 - 1:31:38, Vickie Rickman, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:35:26, Gloria Mahoney, 2007)
58 - 1:28:23, Sally King, Houston, 2007
59 - 1:17:48, Karen Bowler, Houston, 2009
60 - 1:26:49, Sally King, Houston, 2009
61 - 1:27:49, Sally King, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:35:55, Susan Kove, 2008)
62 - 1:36:39, Maggie Bock, Houston, 2010 (replacing 1:38:15, Susan Kove, 2009)
63 - 1:15:03, Nancy Prejean, 2008
64 - 2:06:36, Elaine Scott, 2008
65 - 1:26:22, Jennifer Jasse, Kingwood, 2010 (replacing 2:19:59, Beverly Youdal, 2006)
66 - 1:43:13, Leona Devine, Conroe, 2008
67 - 2:00:41, Leona Devine, Conroe, 2009
68 - 1:49:06, Leona Devine, Conroe, 2010 (replacing 2:25:08, Judy Marshall, 2007)
69 - 1:36:13, Demi Strawman, 2007
70 - 1:40:31, Kay Duplichan, 2006
71 - 1:42:44, Kay Duplichan, 2007
Saturday's fifth annual Memorial Hermann Ten For Texas brought just a few changes -- five, to be exact -- to the event's top 20 times.
Houston's Geoffrey Streit won the race on Saturday by an easy two-minute and 11-second margin over Kingwood's John Hill, but his time was the only entry to the men's top 20 list.
Fourteen (14) men at Sunday's United Space Alliance Space City 10-Miler beat Streit's winning time while the top 20 times were better than the event's 20th all-best time.
The women, though, were a different story.
Houston's Stacy Holden, 34, a member of the Al Lawrence Running Club, ran Ten For Texas on Saturday and took home a win and the event's third best-time ever - as opposed to the USA 10-Miler - because her husband bought her family Sugarland concert tickets. The realtor would have missed the top three in Clear Lake on Sunday by three seconds.
Joining Holden as new entries in the event's top twenty leaderboard were the second, third and fourth place finishers who all jumped into the top ten women's times over the past five years.
Runner-up Amanda Barth, 25, from Houston and master's winner Krista Blevins, 40, of The Woodlands, both improved their times by four and two minutes, respectively, from last year's race. The Woodlands' Amy Bills, 35, moved into the number nine spot with her 1:07:49 fourth-place finish.
Top 20 placeholders Peggy Panzer and Melissa Henderson finished fifth and seventh, respectively, on Saturday, but with times that failed to crack the top 20. Sixth-place finisher Kirsten Switzer, 36, from Houston, improved her time by 10 seconds from a year ago, which was the 18th all-time best; however, she was bumped from the list by the top four finishers.
The fifth annual Memorial Hermann Ten For Texas experienced a record turnout with 1,669 officially timed finishers.
Men
1. 53:49 - Colin Wolfe, 26, Austin, 2006*
2. 54:27 - Ray Martinez, 35, Houston, 2008*
3. 54:29 - Colin Wolfe, 27, The Woodlands, 2007*
4. 54:31 - Jose Lara, 32, Houston, 2008
5. 55:10 - Ray Martinez, 34, Houston, 2007
6. 55:11 - Vaughn Gibbs, 34, Houston, 2008
7. 55:12 - Jacob Mazone, 46, Spring, 2008
8. 55:24 - Vaughn Gibbs, 35, Katy, 2009*
9. 55:31 - Joe Flores, 47, Houston, 2007
10. 56:35 - Alan Hedengren, 30, The Woodlands, 2008
11. 56:58 - Geoffrey Streit, 31, Houston, 2010*
12. 57:01 - Jacob Mazone, 45, Spring, 2007
13. 57:07 - Jason Johnston, 34, The Woodlands, 2008
14. 57:18 - Joe Flores, 49, Houston, 2008
15. 57:39 - Joe Flores, 50, Houston, 2009
16. 57:46 - Geoffrey Streit, 29, Houston, 2008
17. 57:55 - Joseph Mazone, 16, Spring, 2008
18. 58:28 - Juancarlos Vielma, 34, Houston, 2006
19. 58:39 - Patrick Hitchins, 24, Austin, 2008
20. 59:04 - John Robertson, 35, The Woodlands, 2009
Women
1. 1:01:48 - Autumn Ray, 29, Galveston, 2009*
2. 1:02:53 - Kimberly Hager, 38, The Woodlands, 2009
3. 1:03:45 - Stacy Holden, 34, Houston, 2010*
4. 1:04:32 - Kimberly Hager, 35, The Woodlands, 2006*
5. 1:04:41 - Amanda Barth, 25, Houston, 2010
6. 1:05:32 - Melissa Henderson, 34, Houston, 2008*
7. 1:05:56 - Krista Blevins, 40, The Woodlands, 2010
8. 1:07:27 - Krista Blevins, 39, The Woodlands, 2009
9. 1:07:49 - Amy Bills, 35, The Woodlands, 2010
10. 1:08:21 - Peggy Panzer, 47, Aurora, Colorado, 2009
11. 1:08:26 - Katie Jensen, 13, The Woodlands, 2008
12. 1:08:28 - Liz Pinches, 34, Houston, 2009
13. 1:08:33 - Vera Heg, 46, The Woodlands, 2006 (1:08:30)
14. 1:08:33 - Erin Foley, 34, Houston, 2008 (1:08:31)
15. 1:08:47 - Lisa Green, 40, The Woodlands, 2006
16. 1:08:48 - Amanda Barth, 24, Houston, 2009
17. 1:08:53 - Jo Ann Blakeley, 44, The Woodlands, 2008
18. 1:08:58 - Kerri Snyder, 33, The Woodlands, 2008
19. 1:09:04 - Pam Meaux, 49, The Woodlands, 2009
20. 1:09:16 - Vera Heg, 48, The Woodlands, 2008
The initial Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas participant list was posted for the first time today, Friday, October 8, 2010.
Currently, there are 2,702 registered with 2,038 men and 664 women for a 75% to 25% split. This is actually pretty much in line to what the majority of domestic Ironmans have been running.
The youngest registrant so far is 14-year-old Gilbert Fontenot of Alabama and the two oldest men to register are Paul Martin of The Woodlands and Frederick Ford of Ontario, Canada.
The age group breakdown will shift a little bit because the list shows actual age as opposed to the age that competitors will be racing at in 2011.
The 40-44 age group has 610 registrants - 461 men and 149 women. They are both the largest numbers in any age group for men and women.
The complete detail is as follows:
18-24 -- 49 registrants (42 men; 7 women)
25-29 -- 233 registrants (174 men; 59 women)
30-34 -- 363 registrants (258 men; 105 women)
35-39 -- 578 registrants (443 men; 135 women)
40-44 -- 610 registrants (461 men; 149 women)
45-49 -- 445 registrants (316 men; 129 women)
50-54 -- 259 registrants (205 men; 54 women)
55-59 -- 92 registrants (75 men; 17 women)
60-64 -- 56 registrants (48 men; 8 women)
65-69 -- 11 registrants (11 men)
70-74 -- 2 registrants (2 men)
Almost 300 -- 291, to be exact -- of the 2,702 did not have any data valued in the state field.
To no one's surprise, 1,553 Texans are going to attempt to become Ironman finishers.
The other three most populous states are Florida (117), California (115) and Louisiana (94). That would take four states' total to 1,779 of the 2,702 individuals who have signed up for Ironman Texas.
181 lottery winners made it to the start last year and 168 finished.
The fastest finisher was Germany's Michael Lauk (M40-44) in 10:12:16. In fact, six lottery finishers finished under 11 hours. In total, 13 finishes were under 12 hours.
The fastest female was San Martin, California's Chris Schilling in 12:41:47 in the W40-44 category.
1,653 of 1,778 made it to the finish at Kona a year ago. 125 DNF's.
All but 1 made it out of the water. 5 didn't make it out of T1. 40 didn't finish their bike and another 17 didn't come out for the bell at T2.
30 finished - all professionals - in under 9 hours - and only one female, Chrissie Wellington, of course.
255 made it between 9 and 10 hours.
487 - including 6 lottery winners (1.2%) - made it between 10 and 11 hours.
355 - including 7 lottery winners (1.9%) - made it between 11 and 12 hours.
181 - including 33 lottery winners (18.2%) - made it between 12 and 13 hours.
127 - including 36 lottery winners (28.3%) - made it between 13 and 14 hours.
96 - including 27 lottery winners (28.1%) - made it between 14 and 15 hours.
75 - including 44 lottery winners (58.7%) - made it between 15 and 16 hours.
47 - including 15 lottery winners (31.9%) - made it between 16 and 17 hours.
