2017 Race Booklet

Pre-Race Preparation - Ready to Run?

Iowa’s Distance Classic - Dam signs

Men’s Top Winners

   1 Ty McCormack, 24, Orlando, FL 1:06:16 $3000 2 Benjamin Sathre, 27, Chaska, MN 1:07:09 2000 3 Fernando Cabada, 34, Lakewood, CO 1:07:22 1000 4 Dominic Cabada, 25, Lakewood, CO 1:07:30 800 5 Sammy Rotich, 29, West Des Moines 1:07:43 700 6 Tyler Jermann, 24, Flagstaff, AZ 1:08:03 600 7 Zach Baker, 25, Iowa City 1:08:26 500 8 Abinet Adraro, 30, Albequerque, NM 1:09:14 400 9 Blake Whalen, 21, Dubuque 1:10:03 300 10 Adam Bohach, 32, Decorah 1:10:36 200 11 Austin Bauer, 25, Decorah 1:10:44 100p 12 Jason Thomas, 22, Ames 1:11:28 13 Ben Jaskowiak, 27, Des Moines 1:12:04 14 Charlie Paul, 27, Corallville 1:12:28 15 Brett Rosauer, 26, Iowa City 1:13:07 36 Julius Rotich, 42, Des Moines 1:21:33 300 master 46 Vic Morales, 43, Johnston 1:23:49 150 master

Men Half Marathon . . . Top 10

Zach Baker Ambient Adraro Blake Whalen Adam Bohach

Ty McCormack

Fernando Cabada Dominic Cabada Sammy Rotich Ty Hermann

Ben Satire

Men Under 17 1 Ben Russell, 16, Des Moines 1:31:28

Men 17 - 19 1 Brycen Wallace, 17, Greenfield 1:22:52 2 Chris Wignall, 19, Ankeny 1:23:25 3 Jay Mixdorf, 18, Ankeny 1:26:48

Men 20 - 24 1 Ty McCormack, 24, Orlando, FL 1:06:16 2 Tyler Jermann, 24, Flagstaff, AZ 1:08:03 3 Blake Whalen, 21, Dubuque 1:10:03 4 Jason Thomas, 22, Ames 1:11:28 5 Anthony Kinley, 21, Ames 1:17:35 6 MacCoy Benzen, 21, Minneapolis, MN 1:19:01

Men 25 - 29 1 Benjamin Sathre, 27, Chaska, MN 1:07:09 2 Dominic Cabada, 25, Lakewood, CO 1:07:30 3 Sammy Rotich, 29, West Des Moines 1:07:43 4 Zach Baker, 25, Iowa City 1:08:26 5 Austin Bauer, 25, Decorah 1:10:44 6 Ben Jaskowiak, 27, Des Moines 1:12:04

Men 30 - 34 1 Fernando Cabada, 34, Lakewood, CO 1:07:22 2 Abinet Adraro, 30, Albequerque, NM 1:09:14 3 Adam Bohach, 32, Decorah 1:10:36 4 Phil Young, 31, Davenport 1:14:50 5 Jahaziel Carreon, 32, OK City, OK 1:21:56 6 Scott Brown, 34, Urbandale 1:22:23

Men 35 - 39 1 Nate Canton, 37, North Liberty 1:19:14 2 Ben Kipp, 36, Waukee 1:21:01 3 Timothy Ives, 36, Pleasant Hill 1:23:13 4 Neil Young, 35, Des Moines 1:24:21 5 Joe Lahart, 38, Cedar Rapids 1:24:52 6 Matthew McDermott, 39, W Des Moines 1:25:11

Men 40 - 44 1 Julius Rotich, 42, Des Moines 1:21:33 2 Vic Morales, 43, Johnston 1:23:49 3 Benjamin Stradling, 43, Waukee 1:23:53 4 Tim Roetman, 44, Urbandale 1:27:17 5 James Hollis, 44, Des Moines 1:27:28 6 Nathan Wenck, 40, Carroll 1:28:58

Men 45 - 49 1 Philip Waltermire, 45, Garwin 1:28:01 2 Jay Ellis, 45, Kihei, HI 1:31:23 3 Scott Jones, 46, Ankeny 1:32:35 4 Terry Kruse, 49, Clive 1:33:50 5 Todd Christensen, 48, Altoona 1:33:51p

Men 50 - 54 1 Kent Meier, 52, Story City 1:29:34 2 Terrence Wood, 54, Omaha, NE 1:34:40 3 Jeff Anker, 53, Polk City 1:34:44 4 Troy Ivey, 53, Waverly 1:36:31 5 Tim Vipond, 51, Cedar Rapids 1:36:42p

Men 55 - 59 1 Randy Brecht, 56, Middle Amana 1:32:57 2 Rick Scharff, 55, West Des Moines 1:37:27

Men 60 - 64 1 Joseph Haynes, 62, Ames 1:32:29

Men 65 - 69 1 Paul Braunschweiler, 65, Elkhorn, NE 1:37:51

Men 70 & Up 1 Mike May, 70, Indianola 2:00:06

p = added age division award based on performance

Ben Russell

Julius Rotich Philip Waltermire

Joseph Haynes P. Braunschweiler Mike May

Men Half Marathon . . . Age Winners

Brycen Wallace Nate Canton

Kent Meier

Randy Brecht

Women’s Top Winners 1 Belainesh Gebre, 29, Flagstaff, AZ 1:14:57 $3000 2 Obsie Birru, 28, Des Moines 1:18:46 2000 3 Pasca Cheruviot, 31, Fort Dodge 1:20:59 1000 4 Ashley Carreon, 28, Oklahoma, OK 1:21:56 800 5 Andrea Toppin, 24, St. Paul, MN 1:23:11 700 6 Jen Van Otterloo, 31, Sioux Center 1:23:32 600 7 Brooke Slayman, 27, Fort Worth, TX 1:24:40 500 8 Sara Ibbetson, 36, Ozark, MO 1:26:19 400 9 Samantha Wingert, 30, Cedar Falls 1:27:18 300 10 Jenn Vande Vegte, 39, Sioux Center 1:27:23 200 11 Angela Chaney, 29, Bloomfield 1:28:52 12 Lauren Schwab, 28, Norman, OK 1:30:03 13 Joanne Sackett, 49, Des Moines 1:30:29 300 master 14 Jessica Harasyn, 28, Ames 1:30:51 15 Carrie Weldy, 38, Phoenix, AZ 1:31:15 19 Melissa Belk, 42, Ozark, MO 1:32:32 150 master

Women Half Marathon . . . Top 10

Belainesh Gebre

Brooke Slayman Sara Ibbotson Samantha Wingert

Pasca Cheruviot Ashley Carreon Andrea Toppin

Jenn Vande Vegte

Obsie Birru

Jen Van Otterloo

Women Half Marathon . . . Age Winners

Women Under 17 1 Josie Hovey, 16, Urbandale 1:39:23

Women 17 - 19 1 Gabby Skopec, 18, Coralville 1:34:57 2 Hilary Miller, 19, Milwaukee, WI 1:39:07 3 Emily Poss, 17, Johnston 1:41:43

Women 20 - 24 1 Andrea Toppin, 24, St. Paul, MN 1:23:11 2 Lauren Mordini, 23, Decorah 1:31:23 3 Liz Mosbach, 23, West Des Moines 1:32:25 4 Morgan Kinkade, 20, Manning 1:36:35 5 Bree Gaster, 23, West Des Moines 1:40:39 6 Venassa Miller, 21, West Des Moines 1:40:41

Women 25 - 29 1 Belainesh Gebre, 29, Flagstaff, AZ 1:14:57 2 Obsie Birru, 28, Des Moines 1:18:46 3 Ashley Carreon, 28, Oklahoma, OK 1:21:56 4 Brooke Slayman, 27, Fort Worth, TX 1:24:40 5 Angela Chaney, 29, Bloomfield 1:28:52 6 Lauren Schwab, 28, Norman, OK 1:30:03

Women 30 - 34 1 Pasca Cheruviot, 31, Fort Dodge 1:20:59 2 Jen Van Oterloo, 31, Sioux Center 1:23:32 3 Samantha Wingert, 30, Cedar Falls 1:27:18 4 Traci Kresser, 31, Clive 1:31:56 5 Tiffany Bloyer, 33, Ankeny 1:35:18 6 Kristin Kahn, 32, Newton 1:38:39

Women 35 - 39 1 Sara Ibbetson, 36, Ozark, MO 1:26:19 2 Jenn Vande Vegte, 39, Sioux Center 1:27:23 3 Carrie Weldy, 38, Phoenix, AZ 1:31:15 4 Tracy Daugherty, 36, Pella 1:39:29 5 Melissa Bishop, 36, Cedar Rapids 1:40:04 6 Stephanie Mortenson, 35, Windsor Hts 1:41:14

Women 40 - 44 1 Melissa Belk, 42, Ozark, MO 1:32:32 2 Sara Schwendinger, 40, Des Moines 1:35:46 3 Summer Morgan, 40, Algona 1:36:37 4 Chasity Heins, 40, Waukee 1:39:23 5 Lori Knights, 44, Polk City 1:41:58 6 Amy Sue Alesch, 41, Des Moines 1:43:05

Women 45 - 49 1 Joanne Sackett, 49, Des Moines 1:30:29 2 Tiffany Mosher, 45, Boone 1:43:28 3 Yohnnie Juhlin, 46, Iowa City 1:44:25 4 Angie Williams, 47, Hamlin 1:46:48

Women 50 - 54 1 Bonnie Sons, 51, Shorewood, MN 1:38:54 2 Kathy Hale, 52, Bondurant 1:43:09 3 Beth Schweizer, 51, Urbandale 1:44:35 4 Tracy Nuese, 52, Marshalltown 1:47:07

Women 55 - 59 1 Shelley Greiner, 56, Keota 1:45:58 2 Maria Waterman, 55, Pleasant Valley 1:51:50

Women 60 - 64 1 Andriette Wickstrom, 62, Storm Lake 1:44:29 2 Tricia McClain, 60, Altoona, IA 1:47:11p

Women 65 - 69 1 Marilyn Ver Meer, 68, Pella 1:59:04

Women 70 & Up 1 Terry Rasmussen, 70, Fort Collins, CO 2:47:22

Gabby Skopec Melissa BelkJosie Hovey

Joanne Sackett Shelley GreinerBonnie Sons

Andriette Wickstrom Marilyn Ver Meer Terry Rasmussen

Dam to Dam Half Marathon (13.1 miles)

Saylorville Dam to Center Street Dam

38 Years (1980 to 2017) - 113,658 finishers

Dam Hot - - 7th warmest in Race History

Dam to Dam 5K Winners

Top Men 1 Brogan Austin, 25, West Des Moines 15:14 2 Toby Moore, 35, Waukee 16:53 3 Tin Nguyen, 23, Minneapolis, MN 17:21 4 Justin Brown, 34, Des Moines 17:59 5 Nate Wernimont, 18, Ankeny 18:00 6 Paxton Bennett, 43, West Des Moines 18:13 7 Rocky Hardy, 42, West Des Moines 18:23 8 Christopher Birler, 48, Polk City 18:30 9 Chase Bulten, 19, Manson 18:41 10 Lance Bergeson, 48, Ankeny 18:44

Under 17 Brandon Kesner, 14, Carlisle 19:29 17 - 19 Nate Wernimont, 18, Ankeny 18:00 20 - 24 Tin Nguyen, 23, Minneapolis, MN 17:21 25 - 29 Brogan Austin, 25, West Des Moines 15:14 30 - 34 Justin Brown, 34, Des Moines 17:59 35 - 39 Toby Moore, 35, Waukee 16:53 40 - 44 Paxton Bennett, 43, West Des Moines 18:13 45 - 49 Christopher Birler, 48, Polk City 18:30 50 - 54 Jerry Beenken, 51, Humboldt 22:55 55 - 59 Paul Grinvalds, 59, West Des Moines 19:56 60 - 64 Thomas McBride, 61, Des Moines 21:28 65 - 69 David Miller, 65, Urbandale 24:38 70 & Up Larry Olofson, 70, Boone 28:43

Top Women 1 Rebekah Topham, 20, Griswold 17:58 2 Olivia Huseman, 28, Milford 18:45 3 Kristy Harken, 37, Ankeny 20:35 4 Megan Reedy, 31, Ankeny 21:05 5 Lauren Schulze, 14, Clive 21:10 6 Joanna Topham, 18, Griswold 21:15 7 Miranda Hammes, 21, Newhall 22:03 8 Ava Gannon, 10, Grimes 22:22 9 Christine Comito, 49, Des Moines 22:43 10 Joan Kallen, 40, Johnston 22:45

Under 17 Lauren Schulze, 14, Clive 21:10 17 - 19 Joanna Topham, 18, Griswold 21:15 20 - 24 Rebekah Topham, 20, Griswold 17:58 25 - 29 Olivia Huseman, 28, Milford 18:45 30 - 34 Megan Reedy, 31, Ankeny 21:05 35 - 39 Kristy Harken, 37, Ankeny 20:35 40 - 44 Joan Kallen, 40, Johnston 22:45 45 - 49 Christine Comito, 49, Des Moines 22:43 50 - 54 Michelle Deverell, 54, Mason City 24:28 55 - 59 Janean Griffith, 57, Des Moines 25:57 60 - 64 Andriette Wickstrom, 62, Storm Lake 25:18 65 - 69 Ruth Vander Schaaf, 67, Ames 29:11 70 & Up Eva Stabenow, 75, Dubuque 41:18

Rebekah Topham, Griswold - 17:58Brogan Austin, Des Moines - 15:14

23rd Dam to Dam 5K (1995-2017)

2017 Capital Striders Scholarship winners - - Jessica Bigelow & Ashley Arends (3rd & 4th from left)

Future Dam runners - Youth Run

Dam Celebration - Post Race

Joe Kobes, Dam Founder - Winners - Karen Clark (Honorary Race Director)

Dam friends forever . . .

Dam to Dam - Thank You

2017 Water Stations

Principal Financial Group (2.0 miles)Nationwide Insurance (3.5 miles) Briggs Corp. (4.5 miles) Katie's Crusaders (6.0 miles)Oak Park Neighbors (7.5 miles)Polk County Employees (8.5 miles)UnityPoint Health (10.0 miles)Nationwide Insurance (11.0 miles)NCMIC (11.5 miles also on 5K route)Team RWB/Sogeti USA (Finish line)

2017 Entertainment The Health Allen Band

Short Cut to Nowhere

Federal Cheese

Soul Searchers

David Watson

Isiseretts

Harold and the Boomers

Eddie Arndorfer

Roosevelt Drum Line

Cheryl Cibula - Accordian

Big Joe Kinser Trio

The Yelps

Opus Taylor

39th Dam to Dam - June 2, 2018