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Madison Area Running Series is a series of run/walk events in Madison, WI and its surrounding areas

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This page gives some information about the awards offerings and the ceremony time and locations. With the exception of the 2004 year, awards to the top three in each age group have been granted. Awards will be given to the top 6 people in each age group!

Eligibility for Awards. Running at least three races allows you to meet the minimum requirements for awards. For 2009 the best 12 races will count against your competitors just like in previous years.

For information about the awards winners and other awards related info visit the News section.

Awards for 2009 - updated 12/19/2008 7:05PM | 12/30/2009 9:50PM

The awards and prizes for the 2009 year will be similar to the 2008 awards. The awards ceremony will start on Jan 20th 2010 7:30PM CST for the 2009 year performances. The location is scheduled for the West side of Madison at Fleet Feet Sports.

THe awards winners can be seen here
The 2010 schedule is expected to be similar to the 2009 schedule. The initial MARS 2010 schedule (ony complete for the first three events) is shown below.

# Day Date Name MARS EventRegister Online
1Thu 01/01/2010 New Years Day Dash 5 miles 1 mile kidsRegister Online
2Sat 01/23/2010 Freeze for Food 10kRegister Online
3Sat 02/13/2010 Valentines 5k 5kRegister Online

Awards for 2008 - 11/21/2008 7:15PM
Pictures of the Awards Ceremony are available in your MARS account. Unfortunately, we missed the majority of the award winners, but we were still able to get about 20 pictures of people.

For those people who could not attend the awards ceremony, trophies can be picked up at races by letting us know ahead of time that you will be picking up your award.

Awards Ceremony Original Details:
Date/Time: Friday November 21st 7:15PM -- as a result of popular demand.
Location (Notice: this is a NEW LOCATION):
RMT Inc.
744 Heartland TRL
Madison, WI 53717
Directions:
  • Take OLD SAUK ROAD west of Highway 12.
  • Go through 3 stop lights after you first get off/pass the beltline. When you pass Fleet Feet (on the right), you will notice Heartland Trail is the first road on the right.
  • Take a right on to Heartland Trail.
  • RMT will be the second building on the left.
  • Take the first left onto Deming Way.
  • Take the first entrance into parking lot.
  • Entrance is in the corner of the building.

Agenda
  • Gather food
  • Give out awards
  • Random prize drawings that included: Fleet Feet $10 gift certificates, Fleet Feet nutrition items, and free race entries.
  • Discussions and possibly other items

Food:Thanks to the help from our participants, here is the food the was present at the awards ceremony.
  • Some types of snacks
  • Fruit or vegetable assortment
  • Pastries.
  • Bagels with turkey and pork.
  • Soda, Juice, and Beer.
  • Vegetarian quinoa salad
  • Tortilla chips and salsa
  • Cheese and sausage
  • Cookies
You can see the relative size of the awards below. All trophies have the recipients name engraved in them!

MARS 2008 Awards Size
6"9"13"23"
4th-6th2nd-3rd1stOverall

The following people are the standard awards winners. Please see the rules section for the awards scoring. The special award winners are not shown below, and will be revealed at the awards ceremony.

Female DivisionMale Division
F 10-14
NameAward
Danielle Harris1st
F 20-29
NameAward
Robin Forbes-Lorman1st
Katie Mouzakis2nd
Jess Manier3rd
Emily Jaehnig4th
Hannah Tuson5th
Kara Larson6th
F 30-39
NameAward
Tiffany Pelanek1st
Wendy Miller2nd
Charlotte Reddeman3rd
Erin Williams4th
Mindi Giftos5th
Anita Sundstrom6th
F 40-49
NameAward
Tracy Sedgwick1st
Cindy Boyd2nd
Ann Heaslett3rd
Clarisse Ethridge4th
Pamela Van Brocklin5th
Betsy Taamallah6th
F 50-59
NameAward
Janet HagenOverall Female
MaryAnne Hinkes1st
Karen Smith2nd
Kristine Guderyon-Goetz3rd
Nancy Wiegand4th
F 60-69
NameAward
Karen Arne1st
F 70-79
NameAward
Beverly Lampe1st
M 5-9
NameAward
Christopher Bartholomew1st
Kendall Sedgwick2nd
Kyle Sedgwick3rd
Zachary Roberts4th
M 10-14
NameAward
Zach Lammers1st
Riley Boyce2nd
M 15-19
NameAward
David Hose1st
M 20-29
NameAward
Jadrien Deibler1st
Jonathan Schiemann2nd
Matt Cook3rd
Joe Binder4th
Christopher Schiemann5th
Matthew De Witt6th
M 30-39
NameAward
Ronald Mexico1st
Scott Jones2nd
Brian Kaye3rd
Erik Hendrickson4th
Jeffrey Price5th
Ryan Griessmeyer6th
M 40-49
NameAward
Dana BartholomewOverall Male
Bill Gilmore1st
Bruce Thoms2nd
Patrick Rollins3rd
Brian Sedgwick4th
Jeff Storch5th
Barry Seifert6th
M 50-59
NameAward
Alarik Rosenlund1st
Tom Berg2nd
Billy Maybee3rd
Sam Scaletta4th
Cary Segall5th
Tom Curran6th
M 60-69
NameAward
John Schultz1st
Bob Lee2nd
M 70-79
NameAward
Phil Gokey1st

Registration for 2009 will be open near December.

Awards for 2007

The Awards ceremony will be held at Fleet Feet Sports at 8440 Old Sauk Road on Wednesday November 28th 7:15PM. MARS people who have completed three or more races are welcome.

What will be offered this year:
  • Fleet Feet Sports Madison and Big Apple Bagels of Sun Prairie will be helping us again with with awards, door prizes, snacks, and beverages. Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make the cermonies better for another year!
  • The top three people of each age group who participated in at least three events and had the most points within their top 12 races will be awarded trophies once again!
Awards for 2006

The 2006 awards ceremony will be on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 7:15 pm, at Fleet Feet Sports Madison, located at 8440 Old Sauk Road, Madison.

Even if you are not receiving an award, please come for the good company, food and drinks, and a chance to win a door prize. We will also discuss MARS for 2007.

We are happy to report that the MARS has over 140 active participants as of today, and interest continues to grow.

Our desire is to make MARS better, and we welcome your ideas and suggestions.

We hope that you enjoyed participating in the 2006 Madison Area Running Series. The year is now over and we are beginning to plan for 2007, the 4th year of the series.

Awards for 2005
Our year end ceremony will be at Fleet Feet Sports store at 8440 Old Sauk Road, on Wednesday Nov. 16, 2005 at 7 pm.

Providing awards to our top MAFS athletes is our sponsor Fleet Feet Sports Madison (a new running store in the area).
  • The overall female and male will recieve Brooks running shoes
  • The top male and female in each age group will receive coupons or prizes.
Also, Big Apple Bagels of Sun Prairie generous support will go towards awards and food for the year end ceremony. This will specifically include 1st place trophies, sandwitch pieces, bagels, and drinks.

Participants showing in the last three races will be entered into a drawing once for each race that they participated. The drawing will include $10 to $15 cash prizes, and Fleet Feet certificates.
Awards for 2004

There will be a year-end ceremony for the first annual MAFS in recognition of the participants. The ceremony will be on Nov. 17, 2004 at 7:00 pm at 744 Heartland Trail, Madison, WI. For more information and direcitons visit the news section.

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