Tilly, Wirum set pace

Anchorage Daily News, August 8, 2009

Sam Tilly and Polly Wirum set the pace for a field of 70 runners Saturday in the Alaska Wildlife Alliance 5 kilometer run at Westchester Lagoon. Tilly breezed to the men's victory in 17 minutes, 55 seconds and Wirum placed sixth overall and was the fastest woman by 47 seconds with a time of 21:15.

Alaska Wildlife Alliance 5-K

Women (top 15) -- 1) Polly Wirum 21:15; 2) Andrea Love 22:02; 3) Katie Buss 22:26; 4) Kristen Sholton 22:35; 5) Kelly Quinn 23:51; 6) Ashley Strauch 25:11; 7) Chris Parker 26:13; 8) Margaret Brady 26:14; 9) Mary Vavrik 26:23; 10) Melanie Truba 26:55; 11) Lael Bach 27:46; 12) Nicole Cleary 29:13; 13) Margaret Stock 31:29; 14) Courtney Owen 31:46; 15) Katie Bates 31:50.

Men (top 15) -- 1) Sam Tilly 17:55; 2) John Wirum 19:21; 3) Tracy Ryan 19:59; 4) Ron Downey 20:31; 5) Mark Dent 21:10; 6) Mark Paterson 21:56; 7) Robert Bowker 23:15; 8) Neil O'Donnell 23:17; 9) Tom Downey 23:24; 10) Jim Lieb 24:23; 11) Jason Chestnut 25:06; 12) Ian Frame 25:48; 13) Kameron Perez-Verdia 25:55; 14) Jim Tilly 26:07; 15) Thomas Higgins 26:11.