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If you rode four or more Planet Ultra doubles (or longer) during 2002, then your name is on the list below and you qualify as one of the elite few who can wear the Planet Ultra Grand Slam Official Finisher jersey!
2002 Planet Ultra Grand Slam Official Finishers
In the year 2002, over 1,200 different riders participated in at least one of the twelve Planet Ultra weekends. Of those 1,200, a total of 461 completed at least one double century. Congrats to them!
A total of 39 riders did three Planet Ultra double centuries (or longer) in 2002. Congrats to all of them!
But going beyond, into the Grand Slam territory of four or more Planet Ultra doubles in one year, are just twenty-nine Planet Ultra Grand Slam Official Finishers! These are the super heroes of Planet Ultra, the hardiest of the hardy, the toughest of the tough, the few, the proud, the brave! Roll out the red carpet, because here they are:
These fourteen Grand Slam Official Finishers did four double centuries or longer:
Jeff Affonso (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, and Eastern Sierra)
Brian Bowling (Butterfield, Heartbreak, Death Valley Fall, and Mulholland)
Chad Elmer (Butterfield, Solvang, Eastern Sierra, and Tour of Two Forests)
Marvin Fields (Butterfield, Death Valley Spring, Eastern Sierra, and Tour of Two Forests)
Lorraine Gersitz (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, and Eastern Sierra)
Lubormir Hristov (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, and Heartbreak)
Mike Kinsella (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Tour of Two Forests, and Mulholland)
Richard McCaw (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Tour of Two Forests, and Death Valley Fall)
Eric Ostendorff (Butterfield, Tour of Two Forests, Mulholland and Ridge Route 400km)
Steve Pack (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, and Ridge Route 400km)
Graham Pollock (Solvang, Death Valley Spring, Tour of Two Forests, and Death Valley Fall)
Tony Rodriguez (Butterfield, Solvang, Eastern Sierra, and Tour of Two Forests)
Tim Sullivan (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, and Mulholland)
Spike Summers (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, and Eastern Sierra)
These eleven Grand Slam Official Finishers did five Planet Ultra double centuries or longer:
*John Combs (Butterfield, Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Tour of Two Forests, and Ridge Route 400km)
Charles Griffice (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, Eastern Sierra, and Ridge Route 400km)
Lynn Katano (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, Eastern Sierra, and Tour of Two Forests)
Jim Kelleher (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, Eastern Sierra, and the Tour of Two Forests 600km)
*Paul Kopit (Butterfield, Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, and Death Valley Fall)
Ken Marsh (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, Death Valley Fall, and Ridge Route 400km)
Andrew Melczer (Butterfield, Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, and Tour of Two Forests)
Bill Palmer (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, Tour of Two Forests, and Death Valley Fall)
Mike Sturgill (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, Tour of Two Forests, and Death Valley Fall)
Ron Way (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, Eastern Sierra, and Tour of Two Forests)
Rowena Wilden (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Tour of Two Forests, Mulholland, and Ridge Route)
These two Grand Slam Official Finishers did six Planet Ultra double centuries or longer:
*Mark Kaufman (Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, Death Valley Fall, Mulholland, and Ridge Route)
John T. Clare (Butterfield, Solvang, Death Valley Spring, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, and Death Valley Fall)
This Grand Slam Official Finisher did seven Planet Ultra double centuries or longer:
"Big Ring" Dave Evans more than earned the Grand Slam by doing seven Planet Ultra double centuries or longer: Butterfield, Solvang, Eastern Sierra, Heartbreak, and Tour of Two Forests, Mulholland, and the Ridge Route 400km.
And our most dedicated Grand Slam Official Finisher:
Merrick California Condor Cohn finished a total of nine double or longer events: all Planet Ultra Double Centuries (ToTF was ridden as a 600km), not to mention the entire Planet Ultra Brevet Series of 200km, 300km, 400km, and 600km distances, not to mention the AdventureCORPS Furnace Creek 508 Bicycle Race.
* These riders rode five ore more Planet Ultra 200 mile or longer events AND volunteered at at least one Planet Ultra event.
