8th White River
Water Carnival 4 Mile Classic
(8:30 am 2 August 1986)
Rain doesn't cool times in 4-mile Classic Run
By Unknown of the Guard Staff
A respite from heat came in the form of rain Friday night and Saturday morning, lowering temperatures but not the winning time for the 4-,ile Classic Run Saturday morning.
Chris Marcak of West Plains, Mo., a former member of the Arkansas College Scots track team, out distanced the rest of the field to win the run with a clocking of 20:50. Chris Zinn's record of 20:31, set last year, stood. Overall, however, the times improved. In last year's race, only Zinn was under 22 minutes. Marcak was joined by six other sub-22-minute runners.
Batesville's Diane Marshall continued her dominance of the women's division by racking up her third Classic win. She clocked a 24:27 - 35 seconds better than her time last year.
How they finished...(89)
| Name | From | Time |
| Chris Marcak | West Plains, Mo | 20:50 |
| Eddie Neal | 20:53 | |
| Larry Rogers | 21:26 | |
| Tom Aspel | 21:26 | |
| Johnny Reed | 21:26 | |
| Brian Baker | 21:40 | |
| Art Bentley III | 21:47 | |
| Michael Donahue | 22:35 | |
| Mark McElmurry | 22:40 | |
| Dominique Resta | 23:16 | |
| Alan Ragsdale | 23:20 | |
| Lee Allen | 23:28 | |
| Chris Collins | 23:31 | |
| Art Bentley | 23:54 | |
| Greg Taylor | 24:31 | |
| Diane Marshall | 24:37 | |
| Joe Dixon | 24:42 | |
| John Sandor | 24:52 | |
| Julie Jiskra | 24:53 | |
| Fred Galio | 24:58 | |
| Calvin Detherow | 25:01 | |
| Vince Saylors | 25:02 | |
| Tom Lose | 25:39 | |
| Thomas Johns | 25:52 | |
| Ethan Busby | 25:59 | |
| Melissa Harris | 26:07 | |
| Glenn Harris | 26:12 | |
| Joe King | 26:45 | |
| Jack Heston | 26:48 | |
| Steven Hargett | 26:52 | |
| Theresa Hutchinson | 27:16 | |
| Jim Hickman | 27:17 | |
| Forrest Priest | 27:20 | |
| David Williams | 27:27 | |
| Judy Dixon | 27:29 | |
| Roger Hook | 27:36 | |
| Jonathan Brooks | 27:42 | |
| Rick Sederberg | 27:46 | |
| Mark Faith | 28:12 | |
| John Purtle | 28:14 | |
| Teresa Durham | 28:23 | |
| Mike Hedges | 28:29 | |
| Jim Baxter | 28:32 | |
| Beverly Gardner | 28:58 | |
| Jim McInturff | 29:03 | |
| Andy Buschman | 29:08 | |
| Gary Gorbet | 29:20 | |
| Sharon Matthews | 29:21 | |
| Steve Camp | 29:28 | |
| Esko Soratumus | 29:40 | |
| Bobby Gray | 29:54 | |
| Sonny Aylor | 30:01 | |
| Parker Johnston | 30:05 | |
| Dwain Judd | 30:10 | |
| Chris Mallinson | 30:18 | |
| Lee Sweet | 30:31 | |
| Chuck Barnett | 31:03 | |
| Sherman Gilmore | 31:10 | |
| Sue Berger | 31:23 | |
| Curtis Neely | 31:43 | |
| Sandi Venable | 31:51 | |
| Clint Cusick | 31:51 | |
| Roxanne Russenberger | 33:10 | |
| Laura Halpin | 33:39 | |
| Scott Mitchell | 33:44 | |
| Russ Mitchell | 33:45 | |
| Nat Ellis | 33:52 | |
| Christina Ervin | 33:54 | |
| Charles Barnett | 34:17 | |
| Dennis Gifford | 34:31 | |
| Donna Camp | 34:43 | |
| Bob Burks | 35:08 | |
| Thurman Burton | 35:12 | |
| Wanda Lofts | 35:26 | |
| Donna Ragsdale | 35:38 | |
| James Vankirk | 35:45 | |
| Teresa Aylor | 36:01 | |
| Laverne Sweet | 36:16 | |
| Joelia Huddleston | 36:21 | |
| Joe Breashears | 36:46 | |
| Elizabeth Gann | 36:50 | |
| Chris Brown | 37:15 | |
| Claudia Nobles | 37:19 | |
| Bob Elshire | 38:10 | |
| Norman James | 38:48 | |
| Faye James | 45:25 | |
| Sammy Breashears | 50:01 | |
| Wally Matthews | 50:02 | |
| Delores Tate | 52:37 |