Bitter cold and icy roads greeted runners at the first Snowstorm Classic of 1999.  With the temperature barely above 0 degrees, 62 hardy souls amazed and bewildered their family and friends by scampering 10,000 meters around and through Springfield’s Forest Park.  A trio of newcomers broke free at the start, and despite a wrong turn at one point, chased each other to the finish line with Kevin Somers notching his first Snowstorm Classic victory in 36:56 followed in short order by Chris Gould (37:04) and Rodney Furr (37:13). Kristine Ross ran an impressive 42:41 under the difficult conditions to capture women’s honors with a ferocious kick by Kathy Colwell earning second in 44:24 and Heather Wenninger taking third in 45:59.  The wintry weather prevented any age records.

 1  36:56  Kevin Somers         21M   ---
 2  37:04  Chris Gould          33M   SMAC
 3  37:13  Rodney Furr          35M   ---
 4  37:57  Steve O'Neil         47M   CMS
 5  38:20  Hunter Gehlbach      25M   ---
 6  38:34  Mike Kelleher        41M   GSH
 7  38:43  Celio Hernandez      45M   GSH
 8  38:57  Mark Hines           48M   CMS
 9  41:13  Jim Sullivan         33M   GSH
10  41:31  Frank Rucki          49M   CMS
11  42:09  Kevin Morris         18M   ---
12  42:28  David Stoddard       38M   ---
13  42:36  John Cote            36M   GSH
14  42:41  Kristine Ross        34F   GSH
15  42:50  Art Roberts          54M   GSH
16  43:03  Ken Grindle          41M   ---
17  43:16  Richard Clark        44M   SMAC
18  43:23  Gary Scranton        42M   ---
19  43:44  Jim Halton           51M   GSH
20  44:08  Tom Whelan           40M   ---
21  44:24  Kathy Colwell        35F   GSH
22  44:25  Peter Stasz          51M   GSH
23  44:36  Tom Dwyer            40M   GSH
24  44:57  Ed Buckley           40M   EORC
25  45:04  Tom Ripke            34M   GSH
26  45:11  Scott Colwell        41M   GSH
27  45:20  Brian Goddu          49M   GSH
28  45:35  Jim Lyons            33M   ---
29  45:49  Marty Kan            52M   GSH
30  45:59  Heather Wenninger    15F   GSH
31  46:38  Dawn Roberts         27F   GSH
32  47:54  David Benoit         40M   ---
33  48:30  Gary Barsalou        44M   ---
34  48:37  Tom Regnier          38M   SMAC
35  49:35  Jesse Regnier        11M   SMAC
36  49:51  Betty Quinn          48F   ---
37  50:22  David Gubala         37M   SMAC
38  50:53  Mary Misiaszek       32F   GSH
39  51:02  Erv Landry           59M   ---
40  51:04  Theresa              Furr  34F un
41  51:19  Bill Bennett         51M   ---
42  52:07  Patrick Kennedy      58M   GSH
43  52:30  Bill Pierquet        44M   ---
44  52:34  Bob Massaro          55M   EORC
45  53:28  Dick Barker          57M   ---
46  53:39  Diane Taslitt        42F   ---
47  53:41  George Cramer        48M   EORC
48  53:51  Cindy Roy            39F   ---
49  53:53  Kevin Korney         36M   ---
50  57:24  Mike Butler          26M   ---
51  58:40  Tim McAneany         60M   ---
52  58:55  Janet Romayko        53F   HTC
53  59:10  Rich Ollari          36M   ---
54  60:32  Mary Gubala          33F   GSH
55  60:47  Bruce Kurtz          62M   SMAC
56  60:52  Don Grant            56M   SMAC
57  60:54  Kelly Sullivan       32F   GSH
58  62:20  Dick Osgood          50M   ---
59  64:03  Mike Passmore        61M   GSH
60  67:09  Kevin Psonak         25M   ---
61  67:48  Jan Komaiszko        43M   GSH
62  68:27  Linda Belkas         43F   ---