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10 BEARS DEN

The 10 Bears is awarded for mastering the sport of ultrarunning. It is aclock and a standing Grizzly Bear mounted on a large slab of native

Montana juniper or cedar. It is earned by a runner who completes 10 LeGrizz events as a registered entrant. The runs do not need to becompleted consecutively, and there is no time limit, but there is a penalty

for not finishing: No credit for a completion. This award is unique in thesport of ultra running, as it takes at least 10 years to earn. Learning to

run ultras is an undertaking that takes years, has nothing to do withaccidentally finishing one's first ultra attempt, and is different for

everyone. The 10 Bears Award is a measure of the commitment,perseverance, injury management and mental tenacity one must developto persist in the sport. An occasional DNF or missed year is simply part of

a runner's development. This award, unlike recognition for winning orsetting a record time, emphasizes! finishing. It places a premium on the

patience needed to incorporate necessary recovery periods (with their

attendant physical deterioration) into one's lifestyle, to stop and smell the

roses rather than just stop and smell. It provides incentive to learn pacing,or to tough it out when a fast time is not going to happen. And it makes

one hell of a belt buckle.

The Chief 10 Bears Award enhances membership in the 10 Bears Den by recognizing lifetime achievement. It is

conferred on a runner with 20 completions. It is derived from the legacy of Paruasemena, a Comanche Chief whose

oration at the Medicine Lodge Peace Treaty in 1867 is still regarded as the finest ever delivered by a native

American.

After completing one’s 20th run, a candidate may participate in a First People’s Confirmation, as elements found in

Native American culture furnish the most appropriate perspectives available for honoring the accomplishment.

Skookumtumtum (Steve) Heaps

Year of Award: 1991Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 47Hometown: Spokane & Greenacres WA

Performance Data

1982 7:26:48

1983 8:09:021984 8:21:11

1985 7:23:57 - Men's Masters Winner1986 7:14:221987 7:47:16

1988 7:46:39

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1989 7:53:31

1990 7:49:491991 8:27:38 - 10 Bears awarded

1992 9:49:161993 7:54:431994 7:58:56

1995 8:24:251996 8:57:52

1997 8:36:401998 9:27:311999 10:22:38

2000 9:17:102001 10:03:15 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded REPORT

2002 9:28:582003 9:39:592004 10:08:40

2005 11:26:13 2006 9:54:36

2007 9:56:10 2008 10:59:39 2009 Dropped @ 32 miles - dnf

2010 Master of Ceremonies for Chief 10 Bears Confirmation

2011 Attended 2012 Attended

2013 Entrant crew

2014 Attended

1983

Bobbie (fka Dixon) Pomroy

Year of Award: 1991

Years to Earn Award: 10Age Award Achieved: 44

Hometown: Helena & Clancy MT

Performance Data

1982 7:21:11 - Women's Overall Winner

1983 7:16:16 - Women's Overall Winner1984 7:07:56 - Women's Overall Winner

1985 6:37:53 - Women's Overall Winner - Women's Course Record

1986 7:05:37 - Women's Overall Winner

1987 6:58:18 - Women's Overall Winner - Women's Masters Course Record1988 7:42:09 - Women's Masters Winner

1989 7:29:08 - Women's Masters Winner

1990 7:23:51 - Women's Overall Winner1991 7:54:32 - Women's Masters Winner - 10 Bears awarded

1992 7:58:30 - Women's Overall Winner

1993 8:01:121994 8:44:18 1988

Rick Spady

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Year of Award: 1992Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 40

Hometown: Ovando MT & Cool CA

Performance Data

1982 6:36:23 - Men's Overall Winner

1983 5:55:49 - Men's Overall Winner1984 Dropped @ 10 miles - dnf

1985 6:33:56

1986 5:50:56 - Men's Overall Winner1987 6:19:57

1988 5:44:54 - Men's Overall Winner

1989 6:05:09 - Men's Open Winner1990 6:10:21 - Men's Overall Winner

1991 5:59:36

1992 6:36:53 - 10 Bears awarded

1993 6:37:551995 Dropped @ 18 miles - dnf

1996 7:06:38

1998 Dropped @ 36 miles - dnf2001 8:01:54

1990

Jim Pomroy

Year of Award: 1993

Years to Earn Award: 12

Age Award Achieved: 47Hometown: Clancy MT

Performance Data

1982 7:09:30

1983 6:38:03

1984 6:35:57 - Men's Overall Winner

1985 6:13:35 - Men's Overall Winner1986 Dropped @ 10 miles - dnf

1987 6:22:27 - Men's Masters Winner

1988 6:29:21 - Men's Masters Winner

1989 6:56:15

1990 Dropped @ 15 miles - dnf1991 6:35:09

1992 6:45:28

1993 7:21:05 - 10 Bears awarded

1994 7:51:36

1983

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Larry Carroll

Year of Award: 1993

Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 53

Hometown: Post Falls ID, Spokane & Liberty Lake WA

Performance Data

1983 7:02:19 - Men's Masters Winner

1984 6:48:54 - Men's Masters Winner

1985 8:11:53

1986 6:49:42

1988 7:16:581989 7:49:04

1990 7:33:58

1991 7:29:01

1992 7:01:36 - Men's Seniors Winner

1993 7:13:34 - Men's Seniors Winner - 10 Bears awarded

1994 7:15:48 - Men's Seniors Winner1995 7:04:09

1996 6:58:45 - Men's Seniors Winner

1997 7:49:14

1998 7:09:01 - Men's Seniors Winner

1999 7:28:38 - Men's Seniors Winner

2000 7:17:21 - Men's Seniors Winner

2001 7:13:52 - Men's Seniors Winner2002 7:35:58

2003 7:28:55 – Men’s Seniors Winner - Chief 10 Bears Awarded

2004 Dropped @ 18 miles dnf

2006 8:29:46

2008 8:29:38

2010 10:20:052014 Dropped @ 41 miles -dnf

1988

Doug Clark

Year of Award: 1995

Years to Earn Award: 13

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Age Award Achieved: 47

Hometown: Nine Mile Falls & Spokane WA

Performance Data

1983 6:50:17

1984 7:09:21

1985 6:32:191987 7:47:16

1988 7:19:59

1989 6:49:26

1990 7:28:45

1991 8:57:37

1993 7:45:30

1995 8:24:25 - 10 Bears awarded1996 7:51:20

2004 9:12:17

1987with Support Crew

Jim Grindley

Year of Award: 1995

Years to Earn Award: 12

Age Award Achieved: 58

Hometown: Bozeman MT, Thief River Falls MN & Cottonwood, AZ

Performance Data

1984 8:17:07

1985 8:27:501986 7:43:56

1987 7:59:11

1988 8:48:51

1989 9:09:42

1992 8:45:43

1993 10:20:021994 10:33:24

1995 10:41:36 - 10 Bears awarded

1999 10:43:01

2000 10:45:33

2002 10:51:50

2003 9:49:25

2004 9:48:072005 9:32:16

2006 11:01:29

2007 10:09:51

2008 10:36:40

2009 10:46:15 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded

2012 Attended

1988

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2013 Attended

2014 Attended

Bill Close

Year of Award: 1996

Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 36Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1986 7:46:50

1988 8:16:08

1989 8:31:50

1990 8:23:57

1991 8:30:37

1992 8:51:50

1993 8:52:081994 9:20:20

1995 8:31:21

1996 9:03:32 - 10 Bears awarded

1997 9:18:57

2000 Participated unregistered

1996

(inset 1988)

Stuart White

Year of Award: 1998Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 51Hometown: Great Falls MT & Portland OR

Performance Data

1989 7:38:55

1990 6:55:381991 6:34:12 - Men's Masters Winner

1992 6:49:591993 6:58:37

1994 6:50:091995 7:08:061996 7:09:30

1997 7:18:09 - Men's Seniors Winner1998 7:42:31 - 10 Bears awarded

1999 7:51:252000 8:55:48

2001 8:32:102002 7:58:50

1994

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2003 8:10:112004 7:54:36

2005 8:30:24 2006 8:23:05

2007 8:22:28 2008 9:56:33 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded2009 9:14:37

2010 9:41:022011 9:17:56

2012 9:55:272013 13:01:51

2014 11:22:12

Bob Feeney

Year of Award: 1998Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 46Hometown: Medicine Hat AB

Performance Data

1989 6:30:421990 6:21:48

1991 6:07:351992 6:04:16 - Men's Masters Winner

1993 6:02:55 - Men's Masters Winner1994 6:09:38 - Men's Masters Winner1995 6:32:29 - Men's Masters Winner

1996 6:53:36 - Men's Masters Winner1997 6:58:09

1998 6:34:12 - 10 Bears awarded1999 8:05:48

2000 7:05:502001 7:37:222002 7:27:19 - Men's Seniors Winner

2003 8:30:022004 8:20:18

2005 7:45:29 2006 8:01:30

2007 8:36:23 2008 9:10:11 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded2009 9:14:37

2011 Attended 2014 Attended

1999

Mark Totman

Year of Award: 1998

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Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 43Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1988 7:30:091989 8:12:081990 8:16:24

1991 7:21:291992 7:31:20

1993 7:22:421994 7:17:07

1995 7:46:421997 7:30:221998 7:44:34 - 10 Bears awarded

1992

Mark Tarr

Year of Award: 1999Years to Earn Award: 10Age Award Achieved: 37

Hometown: Whitefish & Columbia Falls MT

Performance Data

1990 6:29:12

1991 5:53:57 - Men's Overall Winner1992 6:00:37 - Men's Overall Winner

1993 5:51:21 - Men's Overall Winner1994 5:38:26 - Men's Overall Winner1995 6:13:03

1996 5:34:38 - Men's Overall Winner - Men's Course Record1997 5:55:30 - Men's Overall Winner

1998 6:02:42 - Men's Overall Winner1999 6:08:43 - 10 Bears Awarded

2000 6:17:17 - Men's Overall Winner2001 6:12:59 - Men's Overall Winner2002 6:27:02 - Men's Overall Winner

2003 6:36:05 - Men's Overall Winner2004 6:32:45 - Men's Overall Winner

2005 6:26:17 - Men's Overall Winner 2006 6:41:43 - Men's Masters Winner

2007 7:16:48 2008 Dropped @ 18 miles - dnf2009 Dropped before checkpoint - dnf

2010 8:29:522011 8:10:33 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded

2012 Attended

1996

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2013 8:19:10

2014 Attended

Will Aslin

Year of Award: 1999

Years to Earn Award: 16Age Award Achieved: 52Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1984 8:29:021985 8:19:03

1987 7:36:571988 7:26:23

1991 7:52:161993 9:03:531995 8:46:45

1997 9:01:291998 9:56:53

1999 9:50:42 - 10 Bears awarded2001 9:49:43

2003 10:48:432009 11:11:37

1988

Mike Rembolt

Year of Award: 1999

Years to Earn Award: 13Age Award Achieved: 49

Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1987 8:26:58

1988 8:17:201989 8:27:151990 8:03:07

1993 7:51:261994 10:13:23

1995 10:24:491996 8:09:281997 8:42:51

1999 9:01:34 - 10 Bears awarded

1988

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Dennis Clute

Year of Award: 1999Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 46Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1990 7:22:09

1991 7:33:271992 8:20:58

1993 7:57:571994 7:43:34

1995 8:07:091996 7:46:101997 7:47:57

1998 7:51:461999 8:09:39 - 10 Bears awarded

2000 8:51:322001 7:38:02

2002 8:03:052003 8:32:302004 8:10:43

2005 8:37:58 2006 8:37:46

2007 8:00:312008 8:15:28

2009 9:17:05 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded2010 8:59:43 2011 Dropped @ 20 miles - dnf

2013 Event Staff/Entrant crew2014 Entrant crew

1993

Mary Ann Clute

Year of Award: 1999Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 47Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1990 9:39:481991 9:19:28

1992 8:45:431993 8:51:001994 8:55:48

1995 8:47:011996 9:16:53

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1997 9:59:271998 9:27:31

1999 9:47:27 - 10 Bears awarded2001 10:15:16

2002 10:26:062003 11:17:432004 10:24:07

2005 10:46:33 2006 9:49:47

2007 11:56:36 2008 10:06:05

2009 10:55:532010 11:01:40 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded2011 10:09:04 - Women's Seniors Winner

2013 11:10:252014 11:51:23

1993

Jim Ballard

Year of Award: 1999

Years to Earn Award: 11Age Award Achieved: 49

Hometown: Bozeman MT & Klamath Falls OR

Performance Data

1989 9:09:42

1991 10:49:201992 8:43:451993 9:43:44

1994 10:04:211995 9:16:58

1996 10:00:281997 11:26:34

1998 11:10:341999 10:43:01 - 10 Bears awarded

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2001 11:41:522002 10:51:50

2004 10:24:072005 10:13:49

2006 12:16:18 2007 12:35:28

2009 13:47:022011 11:46:442012 11:43:33

2013 12:41:35 - Chief 10 Bears Awarded

2014 Entrant crew

1999

Ron Warner

Year of Award: 2000

Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 56Hometown: Tacoma & Allyn WA

Performance Data

1991 8:16:15

1992 7:54:46

1993 7:43:131994 7:49:09

1995 8:31:21

1996 8:07:061997 8:27:12

1998 8:32:42

1999 9:16:02

2000 9:38:16 - 10 Bears awarded2003 10:51:58

1997

Bob Haynes

Year of Award: 2000

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Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 69

Hometown: Bozeman & Absarokee MT, Bend OR

Performance Data

1991 11:17:29

1992 11:35:30

1993 11:18:081994 11:22:32

1995 11:42:58

1996 11:34:35

1997 11:40:291998 12:48:54

1999 15:04:30

2000 14:22:10 - 10 Bears awarded2004 16:30:45

2005 no finish reported - dnf

2006 participated unregistered

2000

Dan Whittemore

Year of Award: 2002

Years to Earn Award: 13

Age Award Achieved: 50Hometown: Alexandria NH

Performance Data

1990 8:23:56

1991 8:30:35

1993 8:52:061996 8:15:39

1997 8:06:25

1998 7:45:251999 7:30:16

2000 7:46:09

2001 7:43:29

2002 8:03:59 - 10 Bears awarded2007 9:04:14

1991

Fred Robinson

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Year of Award: 2002Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 49

Hometown: Helena MT

Performance Data

1992 8:21:451993 7:44:43

1994 7:53:15

1995 8:07:56

1996 8:04:311997 8:12:58

1999 8:46:03

2000 9:17:102001 9:34:51

2002 9:28:58 - 10 Bears awarded

2009 Dropped @ 18 miles - dnf 2014 Attended

1994

John Koch

Year of Award: 2003

Years to Earn Award: 11Age Award Achieved: 60

Hometown: Bremerton & Winthrop WA

Performance Data

1993 8:44:45

1994 8:01:341995 7:46:52

1996 8:17:37

1998 8:51:36

1999 9:55:372000 8:46:01

2001 10:35:29

2002 10:09:102003 10:13:15 - 10 Bears awarded

1998

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Jim McKenzie

Year of Award: 2003Years to Earn Award: 12

Age Award Achieved: 48

Hometown: Missoula & Livingston MT

Performance Data

1992 8:04:351993 8:23:52

1994 8:24:16

1995 8:36:551996 10:33:59

1998 9:14:01

1999 9:34:13

2000 8:38:502002 11:30:05

2003 9:09:55 - 10 Bears awarded

2004 9:22:402005 9:33:12

2006 9:36:10

2007 Checkpoint-Aid Station Staff

2009 9:52:392010 10:58:42

1999

Tom Rowe

Year of Award: 2003

Years to Earn Award: 15Age Award Achieved: 55

Hometown: Livingston MT

Performance Data

1989 8:13:58

1995 7:47:371996 7:47:07

1997 7:37:25

1998 8:04:481999 8:01:38

2000 7:36:34

2001 8:08:42

2002 8:49:022003 8:42:42 - 10 Bears awarded

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2004 9:08:20

2006 9:04:34

1999

Judy Novobielski-Muhs

Year of Award: 2003

Years to Earn Award: 11Age Award Achieved: 48

Hometown: St. Maries ID

Performance Data

1993 8:45:351994 8:55:23

1995 8:46:49

1996 8:58:05

1997 8:24:091998 9:24:45

2000 9:21:48

2001 9:48:052002 10:42:36

2003 10:48:43 - 10 Bears awarded

2005 10:31:12

2007 Entrant crew 2010 Entrant crew

1994

Dick Hembd

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Dick Hembd

Year of Award: 2003Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 59

Hometown: Kalispell & Columbia Falls MT

Performance Data

1991 Beer baron/food dude1992 Beer baron/food dude

1993 8:03:47

1994 7:46:311995 9:27:09

1996 8:31:24

1997 8:59:17

1998 Course patrol1999 9:36:42

2000 8:37:36

2001 8:33:552002 8:59:17

2003 8:43:38 - 10 Bears awarded

2009 Awards table

2010 Course patrol 2011 Awards table

2012 Awards table

2013 Awards table2014 Awards table

2003

Sharon Carroll

Year of Award: 2003

Years to Earn Award: 11Age Award Achieved: 60

Hometown: Spokane & Liberty Lake WA

Performance Data

1993 8:51:51 - Women’s Seniors Winner

1994 8:54:56 - Women’s Seniors Winner1995 8:58:44 - Women’s Seniors Winner

1996 9:18:20 - Women’s Seniors Winner

1997 9:13:15 - Women’s Seniors Winner1998 9:04:42

1999 10:17:06 - Women’s Seniors Winner

2001 9:47:48

2002 10:54:272003 10:01:36 - 10 Bears awarded

2004 10:00:23 - Women's Seniors Winner

2007 11:56:40 2008 Entrant crew

2010 Entrant crew

2002

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2013 Entrant crew

William (Bill) Greene

Year of Award: 2004Years to Earn Award: 23

Age Award Achieved: 60

Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1982 7:17:37

1987 6:50:09

1989 Dropped @ 30 miles – dnf

1990 7:26:511992 8:37:10

1993 7:45:30

1995 8:24:251999 9:20:57

2002 9:28:58

2003 8:42:16

2004 9:47:24 - 10 Bears awarded 2007 9:05:06

2008 10:59:39

2004

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Margaret Smith Heaphy

Year of Award: 2006

Years to Earn Award: 20

Age Award Achieved: 51Hometown: Missoula & Polebridge MT

Performance Data

1987 9:17:19

1990 8:40:54

1992 8:31:471993 9:04:34

1994 8:34:21

1995 10:13:591996 9:39:41

2002 10:58:30

2004 11:34:062006 12:06:48 - 10 Bears awarded

2007 11:22:04

2009 Entrant crew

2010 Entrant crew2011 Entrant crew

2012 Entrant crew

2014 Attended

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Bob Hayes

Year of Award: 2006Years to Earn Award: 12

Age Award Achieved: 80

Hometown: Evaro MT

Performance Data

1995 9:37:49

1996 8:49:07

1997 8:55:44

1998 8:56:131999 9:36:42

2000 9:50:52

2002 9:56:352004 9:50:22

2005 10:13:49

2006 11:04:03 - 10 Bears awarded

2008 11:00:33 2009 10:47:45

2010 12:02:54

2011 13:13:28

2006

with wife Ann, son Tom, son Andy &daughter-in-law Liz

Pam Naugle

Year of Award: 2007

Years to Earn Award: 15

Age Award Achieved: 55Hometown: Butte & Helena MT

Performance Data

1993 10:20:02

1994 10:33:24

1995 10:48:181997 11:26:34

1998 11:19:28

1999 11:32:232001 11:41:00

2002 11:25:31

2003 11:06:19

2007 12:35:28 - 10 Bears awarded

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1994

Jocelyn & Byron Chikinda

Year of Award: 2007

Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 47 & 56Hometown: Edmonton AB

Performance Data

1997 10:26:52 – Women’s Open Winner (Jocelyn)

1998 10:44:55

1999 10:17:312000 9:38:45

2002 10:48:33

2003 10:14:502004 10:47:14

2005 10:33:56

2006 11:31:38

2007 11:04:03 - 10 Bears awarded2008 10:25:50 Byron (Jocelyn crewed)

2010 Checkpoint-Aid Station Staff

2000

Ron Carey

Year of Award: 2008Years to Earn Award: 18

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Age Award Achieved: 57Hometown: Salem OR

Performance Data

1991 7:50:05

1992 8:42:27

1993 7:44:101996 7:56:18

1997 7:47:30

1998 7:57:522004 8:46:13

2005 8:43:00

2006 10:17:20

2008 11:08:39 - 10 Bears awarded2009 10:51:58

2006

Brooks Wade

Year of Award: 2008

Years to Earn Award: 17Age Award Achieved: 63

Hometown: Anchorage AK

Performance Data

1992 7:47:231993 7:38:36

1994 7:49:49

1995 8:01:38

1996 8:28:301997 8:47:50

2005 10:11:17

2006 10:37:202007 10:04:59

2008 10:27:30 - 10 Bears awarded

1997

Mary Ritz

Year of Award: 2008

Years to Earn Award: 10Age Award Achieved: 53

Hometown: Gooding ID & Cody WY

Performance Data

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1999 11:38:13

2000 11:17:38

2001 11:08:472002 11:24:09

2003 11:25:32

2004 11:20:51

2005 11:06:022006 11:18:12

2007 11:26:45

2008 11:26:14 - 10 Bears awarded

2003

Kathie Lang

Year of Award: 2008

Years to Earn Award: 13

Age Award Achieved: 59

Hometown: Bozeman MT & Klamath Falls OR

Performance Data

1996 Dropped @ 36 miles – dnf1997 11:47:33

1998 11:52:43

1999 11:53:13

2001 11:41:52

2002 11:37:20

2004 12:11:31

2005 11:58:492006 12:16:18

2007 12:35:28

2008 12:08:31 - 10 Bears awarded

2009 12:51:04

2011 12:15:53

2012 11:43:33

2013 12:29:412014 11:59:40

2008

Larry Vandenburg

Year of Award: 2009

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Years to Earn Award: 17

Age Award Achieved: 55

Hometown: Spokane WA

Performance Data

1993 7:41:13

1994 6:56:17

1995 6:56:13

1999 6:55:15 – Men´s Masters Winner2001 7:05:15

2004 7:43:50

2005 7:19:38

2007 8:04:22

2008 7:55:48 – Men´s Seniors Winner

2009 7:35:25 – Men´s Seniors Winner - 10 Bears awarded

2010 Entrant crew

1995

Murray Barker

Year of Award: 2009

Years to Earn Award: 12Age Award Achieved: 46

Hometown: Medicine Hat AB

Performance Data

1998 6:34:12

1999 6:54:31

2000 7:13:04

2002 7:16:50 – Men´s Open Winner

2003 8:30:022005 7:11:40

2006 7:50:30

2007 7:41:58

2008 7:47:42

2009 8:15:21 – Men´s Masters Winner - 10 Bears awarded

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2010 7:40:54

2007

Bob Johnson

Year of Award: 2009

Years to Earn Award: 11Age Award Achieved: 71

Hometown: Bozeman MT

Performance Data

1999 10:57:32

2000 11:16:24

2001 11:07:41

2002 10:24:41

2003 10:54:062004 11:07:12

2005 10:52:19

2006 11:19:38

2007 11:45:36

2009 12:13:37 - 10 Bears awarded

2010 Entrant crew

2004

Gregg Martell

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Year of Award: 2010

Years to Earn Award: 19

Age Award Achieved: 53

Hometown: Teton Village WY & Tetonia ID

Performance Data

1992 8:15:041993 8:10:12

1994 8:05:20

1998 8:34:12

2001 8:57:06

2003 8:51:14

2004 9:08:55

2007 9:53:062009 10:59:28

2010 10:58:42 – 10 Bears awarded

1994

Andrew Matulionis

Year of Award: 2010

Years to Earn Award: 14

Age Award Achieved: 45Hometown: Whitefish MT

Performance Data

1997 7:46:16

1998 7:28:07

1999 7:16:51

2002 7:52:42

2004 8:33:23 – Men´s Open Winner

2006 7:58:542007 7:48:25

2008 8:35:13

2009 8:27:21

2010 9:17:19 – 10 Bears awarded

2013 8:22:08

1997

John Hallsten

Year of Award: 2010

Years to Earn Award: 12Age Award Achieved: 53

Hometown: Helena MT

Performance Data

1999 7:48:47

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2000 7:10:49

2001 7:51:38

2002 8:07:58

2005 7:26:30

2006 8:49:41

2007 7:57:50 – Men´s Seniors Winner

2008 8:48:592009 8:33:25

2010 8:53:55 – 10 Bears awarded

1999

Tim Marchant

Year of Award: 2010

Years to Earn Award: 10

Age Award Achieved: 52

Hometown: St. Ignatius MT

Performance Data

2001 11:10:56

2002 10:11:02

2003 9:51:092004 10:52:55

2005 10:58:41

2006 12:47:30

2007 10:46:26

2008 11:38:10

2009 10:50:50

2010 11:23:10 - 10 Bears awarded2011 12:15:53

2012 12:21:54

2013 12:40:52

2014 12:45:21

2008

Kevin Hebb

Year of Award: 2010

Years to Earn Award: 11Age Award Achieved: 59

Hometown: Exshaw AB

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Performance Data

2000 8:36:472002 8:18:35

2003 8:51:47

2004 9:43:43

2005 9:20:01

2006 9:07:40

2007 9:42:51

2008 10:36:252009 10:36:22

2010 9:21:38 - 10 Bears awarded

2007

Charles Steele

Year of Award: 2010

Years to Earn Award: 28Age Award Achieved: 55

Hometown: Great Falls, Bozeman & Belgrade MT

Performance Data

1983 9:25:02

1994 8:27:28

1996 10:37:01

1997 9:06:47

2003 9:06:542004 8:44:58

2005 11:10:59

2007 10:05:16

2009 11:40:03

2010 11:17:16 - 10 Bears awarded

2011 11:06:01

2012 11:46:062013 11:39:11

2014 12:14:21

1983 & 2010

Mike Otterberg

Year of Award: 2011

Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 66

Hometown: Glasgow & Fort Peck MT

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Performance Data

2001 11:07:41

2002 9:56:22

2003 11:13:24 2005 10:52:19

2006 10:53:09

2007 11:45:36

2008 11:42:54

2009 12:13:37

2010 11:31:23

2011 11:47:00 – 10 Bears awarded2012 13:24:54

2013 12:29:21

2006

Mike Mustari

Year of Award: 2013

Years to Earn Award: 11

Age Award Achieved: 65Hometown: Tucker GA & Edmonds WA

Performance Data

2003 11:43:10

2004 12:54:13

2005 13:23:34

2006 12:36:06

2007 11:59:50

2008 12:43:002010 12:48:08

2011 13:00:37

2012 13:36:13

2013 13:43:52 – 10 Bears awarded

2014 Dropped @ 18 miles -dnf2008

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