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2012 Results are posted below.
The 32nd annual running of the SCS Coach Tomayko Pretty Good Race took place
on
Friday, September 7, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. under the Panther Hollow Bridge.
See Coach Awards for information about the Coach Award that honors the memory of Coach Tomayko.
Our version of the Pittsburgh Great Race, the "Pretty Good Race," is held every September in Schenley Park. Bets between students and their advisors are traditional. Phil Miller wrote an article about the History of the Pretty Good Race for the CMU CS 25th anniversary.
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| YEAR | FIRST MALE | FIRST FEMALE |
| 2012 | Rob Hall (18:50) | Jamie Morgenstern (20:43) |
| 2011 | Stephen Rose (18:52) | Jamie Morgenstern (21:22) |
| 2010 | Phil Gibbons (19:00) | Jamie Morgenstern (22:06) |
| 2009 | Karl Naden (19:12) | Claudia Mueller-Birn (27:22) |
| 2008 | Breck Fresen (15:17)** | Gorana Smailagic (24:08) |
| 2007 | Phil Gibbons (18:23) | Mary McGlohon (25:08) |
| 2006 | Jake Krohn (18:19) | Jacqueline MacDonald (21:40) |
| 2005 | Phil Gibbons (18:19) | Mary Koes (23:30) |
| 2004 | Rob Reeder (18:21) | Tara Matthews (20:32) |
| 2003 | Rob Reeder (17:16) | Yifat Faran (19:58)** |
| 2002 | Phil Gibbons (18:14) | Boriska Toth (20:31) |
| 2001 | Steven MacGregor (16:55) | Boriska Toth (21:41) |
| 2000 | Edward Hogan (16:53) | Vandana Verma (23:09) |
| 1999 | Edward Hogan (16:00) | Vandana Verma (23:49) |
| 1998 | Peter Stone (19:09) | Vandana Verma (21:43) |
| 1997 | Peter Stone (18:33) | Dana Stewart (25:03) |
| 1996 | Yuri Smirnov (17:58) | Anne Humphreys (24:49) |
| 1995 | Yuri Smirnov (17:49) | Elizabeth Stuck (25:22) |
| 1994 | Yuri Smirnov (16:38) | Phoebe Sengers (24:10) |
| 1993 | Yuri Smirnov (16:03) | Susan Hinrichs (24:37) |
| 1992 | Yuri Smirnov (19:00) | Susan Hinrichs (23:42) |
| 1991 | Michael Leary (18:29) | Susan Hinrichs (24:05) |
| 1990 | John Pane (17:51) | Kim Faught (22:45) |
| 1989 | John Pane (17:46) | Theresa Pane (22:50) |
| 1988 | John Pane (17:09) | Jenny Robertson (23:56) |
| 1987 | John Pane (18:06) | Nahid Capell (21:48) |
| 1986 | Bob Guzikowski (17:00) | Nahid Capell (21:15) |
| 1985 | John Pane (17:36) | Kim Faught (22:22) |
| 1984 | John Pane (17:23) | Irene Skupniewicz (21:44) |
| 1983 | John Pane (17:12) | Lori Zuti (23:03) |
| 1982 | Peter Highnam (16:48) | Elaine Kant |
| 1981 | Rich Korf | Elaine Kant |
| YEAR | FIRST MALE | FIRST FEMALE |
| 2012 | Philip Lehman (43:42) | (none) |
| 2011 | (none) | (none) |
| 2010 | W. Ben Towne (32:24)** | Jane Miller (39:32)** |
| 2009 | Joseph Giampapa (39:17) | |
| 2008 | Rikuo Kittaka (45:31) | Masami Kittaka (45:31) |
| 2007 | Joseph Giampapa (38:37) | Queenie Kravitz (48:10) |
| 2006 | Laurence Kramer (41:30) | Samantha Schearer (42:44) |
| 2005 | Laurence Kramer (42:18) | |
| 2004 | Richard Stern (36:56) | Supriya Kapila (42:22) |
| 2003 | Philip Lehman (43:41) | Lynn Reder (44:02) |
| 2002 | Richard Stern (39:03) |
** = New record
Also see the summary stats.