Ryan Meulemans won the inaugural Savage Gulf Trail Marathon that took place on March 17, 2012 at Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee in 4:57:33.
He finished nearly six minutes ahead of second place finisher Brian Costilow. Both men are from Signal Mountain, Tennessee. Georgia native Michael Scherzer completed the podium with a time of 5:22:58.
Top female was Kris Whorton, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, with a time of 5:50:16.
55 runners started the brutal yet beautiful race and 40 finished.
Photos from the Beautiful, Challenging & Barbaric Savage Gulf Trail Marathon
2012 Savage Gulf Trail Marathon Results
Place | First | Last | G.P. | Age | Gender | Time | |||||
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1 | Ryan | Meulemans | Signal Mountain, TN | 1 | 35 | M | 4:57:33 | ||||
2 | Brian | Costilow | Signal Mountain, TN | 2 | 38 | M | 5:05:11 | ||||
3 | Michael | Scherzer | Ringgold, GA | 3 | 45 | M | 5:22:58 | ||||
4 | Timothy | Pitt | Arab, AL | 4 | 32 | M | 5:30:03 | ||||
5 | Marc | Krejci | Spring Hill, TN | 5 | 31 | M | 5:34:40 | ||||
6 | Larry | Rosinski | Brentwood, TN | 6 | 44 | M | 5:38:21 | ||||
7 | Kris | Whorton | Chattanooga, TN | 1 | 46 | F | 5:50:16 | ||||
8 | William | Arnold | Nashville, TN | 7 | 32 | M | 5:57:38 | ||||
9 | Randy | Whorton | Chattanooga, TN | 8 | 51 | M | 5:57:48 | ||||
10 | Samuel | Hammonds | Chattanooga, TN | 9 | 38 | M | 6:17:20 | ||||
11 | Marc | Davis | Huntsville, AL | 10 | 32 | M | 6:33:10 | ||||
12 | Tom | Holland | Nashville, TN | 11 | 40 | M | 6:33:44 | ||||
13 | Margaret | Guy | Benton, TN | 2 | 31 | F | 6:34:19 | ||||
14 | Brian | Lawhern | Spring City, TN | 12 | 41 | M | 6:34:21 | ||||
15 | Johnny | Pryor | Nashville, TN | 13 | 51 | M | 6:48:35 | ||||
16 | Rick | Jarvis | Cookeville, TN | 14 | 40 | M | 7:04:55 | ||||
17 | Scott | Huddleston | Nashville, TN | 15 | 46 | M | 7:06:08 | ||||
18 | John | Herring | Huntsville, AL | 16 | 33 | M | 7:10:06 | ||||
19 | Daryl | Hackler | Ashmore, IL | 17 | 53 | M | 7:10:11 | ||||
20 | Daniel | Shrum | Chattanooga, TN | 18 | 35 | M | 7:10:27 | ||||
21 | Marla | Albert | Nashville, TN | 3 | 41 | F | 7:13:45 | ||||
22 | Cary | Long | Huntsville, AL | 19 | 39 | M | 7:22:23 | ||||
23 | Joshua | Holmes | Jackson, TN | 20 | 34 | M | 7:25:52 | ||||
24 | Leslie | Trussler | Manchester, TN | 4 | 36 | F | 7:29:03 | ||||
25 | Scott | Howell | Flintville, TN | 21 | 33 | M | 7:30:57 | ||||
26 | Jason | Hamrick | Harrison, TN | 22 | 37 | M | 7:35:17 | ||||
27 | Arthur | Byrne | Memphis, TN | 23 | 65 | M | 7:36:13 | ||||
28 | Emily | Conley | Lakeland, TN | 5 | 39 | F | 7:43:37 | ||||
29 | Rick | Wilson | Nashville, TN | 24 | 47 | M | 7:51:16 | ||||
30 | Blake | Cooper | Nashville, TN | 25 | 28 | M | 7:59:16 | ||||
31 | Sue | Barlow | Chattanooga, TN | 6 | 46 | F | 8:05:08 | ||||
32 | Bill | Brock | Chattanooga, TN | 26 | 54 | M | 8:05:08 | ||||
33 | Cyrus | Rhode | Spencer, TN | 27 | 68 | M | 8:10:44 | ||||
34 | Clark | Bilbrey | White Bluff, TN | 28 | 16 | M | 8:14:43 | ||||
35 | Jill | Mersman | Burns, TN | 7 | 44 | F | 8:14:47 | ||||
36 | Sarah | Starling | Knoxville, TN | 8 | 42 | F | 8:29:28 | ||||
37 | Jennifer | Whitley | Murfreesboro, TN | 9 | 45 | F | 9:09:45 | ||||
38 | Randy | King | White Bluff, RI | 29 | 58 | M | 9:10:40 | ||||
39 | Randy | Amrhein | Dickson, TN | 30 | 68 | M | 9:17:42 | ||||
40 | Lynda | Webber | Chattanooga, TN | 10 | 53 | F | 9:23:26 |
[image: Bill Knapp]