Click here for 2007 RESULTS Hari Iyer had won the Marshall Clark 4 miler in all of the 'odd' years and took second during the 'even' years - would this trend continue? His main competition was Lance Wolfsmith (Sobrato) and the two of them made it a race, covering the first downhill mile at a 4:55 clocking. Going through two miles at 9:49 (4:54) they were still both together. At this point Iyer was getting concerned that the fast pace wasn't going to be enough to drop Wolfsmith so during the third uphill mile (15:07/5:18) Hari started throwing in a couple a small surges. Just past the third mile was the first hill of any consequence which Iyer pushed. He then realized that he could no longer feel or hear Wolfsmith and was finally able to relax and concentrate on the last part of the race. Hari established a new Course Record (20:30.7) which he hasn't held since winning the innagural race back in 2003. Two days later he headed off to Dartmouth for their pre-season XC training - I'd say he's ready. Second place was Lance Wolfsmith (Sobrato) with a 21:10 final time and an Age Group Course Record. The women's race had three-time winner Alicia Follmar and newly transfered standout Rebecca Habtamu going at it. Follmar just finished a fantastic track season at Stanford with a 4:38 equivelant in the 1500 and Habtamu was last years NorCal Junior XC runner of the year. Follmar took the race out at 5:45 for the first mile. She continued to lengthen her lead and finished with a 50 second win over Habtamu. Follmar's time was 23:31 (off of her CR of 23:12). Habtamu (Prospect) ran 24:20 while listening to her radio. It will be interesting to see what this young lady can do this XC season. Age Group Course Records were established by Dustin Benton (26:29.8 12 & under) and Jim Bordoni (25:01.5 50-59) for a total of four new course records for the day. The race had a record high 133 registered runners with 130 finishers, a 97% finisher rate. The race went off without a hitch thanks to the many volunteers and course monitors (many of whom were 'high 5ing' the runners as they went by). Throughout the pack, it is obvious that this race is getting faster and bigger with every passing year. See you in 2008. Click here for 2007 RESULTS