A team member of the “Beer-ded Ladies” team takes off from the 8th leg of the relay. The ladies all ran in tu-tus and were a team of 4, which means they each ran three legs of the race.
The Barrel to Keg Relay Race held July 23rd was a great success. Forty-six teams finished the 69 mile-race from Harris Bridge Winery near Philomath to Rogue Ale brewery in Newport
The relay race raised funds for Community Services Consortium, the Community Action Agency for Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties.
Martha Lyon, Executive Director of Community Services Consortium was on hand at the finish of the race to congratulate the teams on completing the race. “You are finishing a race here today,” she said, “but you are also helping us finish a race to end poverty and homelessness in our communities.”
Clay Martin, Director of CSC Workforce & Education and his staff put together the relay race to raise money to address the root causes of poverty and homelessness in Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties. He congratulated all the teams and CSC’s own running team who finished 7th overall. “I especially want to thank the many volunteers from local communities and across the state who helped all along the route, with a special thank you to Mark Barrett, race event director, Dee Teem and Danielle Bryant, CSC staff who put our plans into action.”
This is how the teams finished: Besides the eight team divisions represented at this year's event, two individuals ran the entire distance solo.
Top teams in each category, with total finish time and average per-mile pace:
Open 6-person
1. We Got the Runs, 7:21:30, 6:24
Open 4-person
1. Coast Hills Bootleggers, 8:47:43, 7:39
Open 2-person
1. Go Baby, 9:38:58, 8:24
Women's open 6-person
1. RunOregon Blog, 10:22:14, 9:02
Women's masters 6-person
1. Lunachicks, 13:53:01, 12:05
Women's masters 4-person
1. Down the Other, 12:15:56, 10:40
Men's masters 6-person
1. The Final Leg, 10:13:53, 8:54
Coed master's 6-person
1. Rebecca's Mighty Muffins, 10:49:47, 9:26
And the solo runners:
1. Moe Codino of Portland, 11:59:23, 10:26
2. John Liebeskind of Corvallis, 13:21:24, 11:37
