Planet Ultra kicked off its new season of double centuries with the Butterfield Double Century on Saturday, February 15. A field of 128 riders (compared to 79 riders last year) began this 200 mile loop down the coast from Anaheim to Oceanside, then north along the Butterfield Stage Route, past Lake Elsinore, then back home via Green River. Ten would eventually drop and thus 118 finished officially.

Temps were cool throughout the day, with the sun poking through for just an hour or two in the mid-afternoon. Rain threatened a few times, but mercifully kept from dumping. However, some of the route was still damp from the heavy rains this past week.

Congrats to first-time double finishers Steven Anderson, Frank and Stepheny Chepin, Mitch Friedman, Richard Grantner, Paul Greene, Greg Kibble, Jay Lennon, Alexander Maitre, Pierre Moreels, Bruce Mullens, Jennifer Overby, Steve Pohle, and Gary Poles! Congrats, too, to Paul Biron for finishing the event on a fixed-gear bike!

Special thanks is extended to the wonderful Planet Ultra volunteers for their outstanding efforts:

CP1, O’Neill Park: Mark Nielsen, Chuck Bramwell, and Deborah Caplan
CP2, San Onofre: Chuck Bramwell and Mark Nielsen
CP3, All Seasons Campground: Dawn Derlighter, Debra Moss, and Pam Williams
CP4, Margarita Middle School: Jim Gray Wolf, Michele, and Trevor Silence and Merrick and Hannah Cohn
CP5, Tom’s Farms: Brian Hjelmervik and Sean Smith
Roving SAG: Doug and Steve Patterson, Laura Perone, Pam Williams

2003 Slideshow by entrant Eric Norris of CampyOnly.com

2003 Butterfield Double Century Official Results (128 starters; 118 finishers)

Last	First	City	State	Time
Alvidrez	Stan	Los Angeles	CA	16:51
Amerine	Tom	Lakewood	CA	12:45
Andersen	Steven	Mariposa	CA	15:09
Anderson	Howard	Escondido	CA	DNF
Anderson	Richard	Healdsburg	CA	13:31
Barnett	Dave	St. George	UT	14:57
Bartel	Brian	Long Beach	CA	DNF
Bartolai	Clem	Sierra Madre	CA	16:48
Basset	Christophe	Pasadena	CA	12:21
Bates	Bud	Glendale	CA	14:15
Beam	John	Glendora	CA	13:06
Biron	Paul	Sherman Oaks	CA	14:48
Bjerga	Lasse	Cedar City	UT	10:53
Bochsler	Jack	San Diego	CA	12:49
Bott	Linda	Ventura	CA	13:52
Bowling	Brian	Laguna Niguel	CA	11:49
Bridges	Lester	Mariposa	CA	15:09
Brown	Joe	Simi Valley	CA	12:21
Brown	Barclay	Carlsbad	CA	14:51
Buntrock	Robert	Byron	CA	15:08
Burns	Mike	Yorba Linda	CA	12:43
Cammell	Russell	San Bernardino	CA	13:24
Cheney	Clayton	New Harmony	UT	14:57
Chepin	Frank	Las Vegas	NV	16:51
Chepin	Stephany	Las Vegas	NV	16:51
Chinlund	Richard	Corte Madera	CA	DNF
Clare	John T.	Long Beach	CA	12:09
Clare	John M.	Long Beach	CA	14:19
Clark	West	Salinas	CA	12:21
Cooper	Victor	Torrance	CA	13:52
Cordero	Raul	Hawthorne	CA	16:51
Cosulich	John	Huntington Beach	CA	14:09
Crago-Schneider	Michael	Yorba Linda	CA	13:31
Crago-Schneider	Kierra	Yorba Linda	CA	13:31
Crist	Jacqueline	Danville	CA	15:09
Dehanke	Mark	Glendale	AZ	14:15
Deyarmie	Tim	Barstow	CA	15:21
Durham	Murray	Irvine	CA	13:31
Duvet	Sylvie	Sanger	CA	13:06
Escanuelas	Cynthia	Arcadia	CA	DNF
Evans	Dave	Lakewood	CA	13:52
Fields	Marvin	Newhall	CA	16:05
Friedman	Mitch	Beverly Hills	CA	14:37
Gersitz	Lorraine	Fullerton	CA	12:43
Gifford	Micheal	San Leandro	CA	15:09
Grantner	Richard	Santa Ana	CA	14:15
Greene	J. Paul	Los Gatos	CA	14:57
Griffice	Charles	Orange	CA	13:31
Hanson	Ron	Artesia	CA	13:52
Harrington	Johnny	West Covina	CA	12:46
Hoff	Richard	Sanger	CA	13:06
Houck	Timothy	Pleasanton	CA	12:21
Hughes	Bill	Huntington Beach	CA	DNF
Huie	Karl	Tiburon	CA	13:44
Ignacio	Francis	Duarte	CA	13:31
Jensen	Franklin	Cedar City	UT	14:09
Jewell	Finbarr	San Francisco	CA	13:44
Jones	David A.	Canoga Park	CA	13:31
Kashima	Michelle	Irvine	CA	13:03
Katano	Lynn	Monterey Park	CA	13:06
Kaufman	Mark	Brea	CA	13:06
Kaye	Charles	Scottsdale	AZ	11:22
Kibble	Greg	Lake Forest	CA	14:45
Kopit	Paul	Sunland	CA	14:15
Lawrence	Randy	Winnetka	CA	13:24
Lee	Bob	Los Altos	CA	15:09
Lennon	Jay	San Clemente	CA	12:45
Linert	Edward	Las Vegas	NV	13:03
Linn	Lavalle	Santa Rosa	CA	15:43
Long	John A.	Vacaville	CA	DNF
Long	John D.	Signal Hill	CA	16:43
MacDonald	Robert	Lancaster	CA	13:18
Maitre	Alexander	San Diego	CA	13:57
Mazzella	John	San Jose	CA	14:57
McClain	Francis	San Juan Capistrano	CA	DNF
Mendez	Jose	Playa Del Rey	CA	14:37
Miller	Mike	Temecula	CA	11:22
Miller	John	St. George	UT	14:57
Moreels	Pierre	Altadena	CA	15:09
Mullins	Bruce	Ventura	CA	13:52
Nazaroff	Sheri	San Clemente	CA	13:24
Norman	Brad	St. George	UT	14:57
Norris	Eric	Davis	CA	12:21
O'Kane	Tom	Valencia	CA	13:06
Overby	Jennifer	Ventura	CA	14:52
Owen	Robert	St. George	UT	14:57
Pang	Kenneth	Redlands	CA	15:32
Parish	Mark	Chino Hills	CA	11:22
Parkes	Thomas	Fountain Valley	CA	14:34
Perone	Mike	Monrovia	CA	DNF
Phillips	Chuck	Tustin	CA	14:06
Pohle	Steve	Mission Viejo	CA	14:45
Poles	Gary	Escondido	CA	13:57
Powell	Dan	Salana Beach	CA	DNF
Rash	Robert	Buena Park	CA	15:09
Ritchie	R. Mark	San Francisco	CA	13:44
Robbins	Karen	Pasadena	CA	12:21
Robertson	Craig	Los Altos	CA	11:22
Rochester	Timothy	Redlands	CA	15:25
Rodenberg	Ken	Phoenix	AZ	14:15
Rodriguez	Tony	Victorville	CA	12:21
Saavedra	Jorge	Huntington Beach	CA	12:46
Schoney	Joe	Cedar City	UT	14:09
Sharbak	David	Bakersfield	CA	14:15
Skipper	Tim	Castaic	CA	13:03
Smith	Alan	Angeles Oaks	CA	15:25
Smith	Bracken	Forest Falls	CA	15:25
Struck	Bruno	San Diego	CA	14:15
Sturgill	Michael	Phoenix	AZ	14:15
Summers	Spike	Burbank	CA	DNF
Summers	Sandra	Oak Park	CA	16:51
Tamanaha	Mark	San Francisco	CA	13:44
Tamminga	Jeff	Long Beach	CA	15:09
Tavoian	Brian	Cedar City	UT	14:09
Taylor	Bruce	Alta Loma	CA	13:31
Toews	Erik	San Diego	CA	14:48
Tomasson	Larry	Santa Rosa	CA	12:21
Waltmire	Catherine	Irvine	CA	14:34
Waltmire	Wick	Irvine	CA	14:34
Wang	Tony	Redondo Beach	CA	14:37
Warner	Steve	Valencia	CA	13:09
Warren	Jeff	Susanville	CA	14:57
Way	Ron	Downey	CA	12:21
Williams	Ray	Riverside	CA	14:15
Willis	Beau	Santa Cruz	CA	12:09
Wolff	Lonnie	Cedar City	UT	14:09
Zell	Ronald	Santa Rosa	CA	15:43
Zimmerman	Bill	Carmel Valley	CA	13:51