OAC 1958

Keeping up to date with our Western Classmate:

Owen will be in Walldorf, Germany, a small town near Heidelberg, from Nov. 7, to Dec. 18, on an assignment for Hewlett Packard’s Enterprise Division, which has been asked by AGS, a women’s clothing firm, to manage their Mail Order Processing System (MOPS) which operates similarly to Amazon.
He intends to be in Toronto, Dec. 19^th, to celebrate Christmas, with his two sons and their families, and then on Dec. 28^th off to Vancouver to celebrate the New Year with family and friends.

Owen, has for several years been competing in “Half Marathon” races.
This year, running in the Victoria Half Marathon, he completed the race in a time of 2:07,
Third, only slightly, behind the First place finisher, in his age group, at 1:58. Well done Owen!
                                    Age Group 75-79
Place  DIVOA   Name                   Time
1/8   M7579   Garth Ball        1:59:13 1:58:57
2/8   M7579   Lue Kerr          2:04:56 2:02:23
3/8   M7579   Owen Townsend     2:09:57 2:07:08
4/8   M7579   David Kalles      2:23:01 2:19:09
5/8   M7579   Don Brander       2:24:22 2:19:46
6/8   M7579   Ted Roberts       2:52:47 2:48:45
7/8   M7579   Evan Fagan        3:09:58 3:06:05
8/8   M7579   Mike Morris       3:49:43 3:46:24
Record 1:41:44 by Maurice Tarrant in 2009

Owen also placed First in the BMO on May 5^th, completing the race in an identical time of 2:07.
He modestly says that the faster guys did not show up.

Owen’s Comments:

What a fabulous weekend it was in Victoria
- great fall weather, sunny & cool, great for the race
- wonderful race route, along the coast line
- starting & ending in the downtown core, near the hotel
- stayed at Harbour Towers, classy old hotel
- already planning to enter again next year.