And compete they did. Rob Nast ended up among the 20 finishers overall and Katie and Liz Nast were in the top 10 among female placers as the Saratoga clan combined for a rather impressive family finish in the 4­mile run sponsored by the Rotary Club of Los Gatos.

Felton's Chris Zieman was the overall winner, covering the distance in a blistering 19:28.5. Zieman outsprinted Kevin Pierpoint of Palo Alto down the final stretch on N. Santa Cruz Avenue to win the Great Race crown. Pierpoint was a close second in 19:29.3.

Joe Sanders of San Jose, a winner in the Almaden Valley Athletic Club's Super Sprint Triathlon on March 13, raced to third overall in 20:00.0 with Alan Jackson of Los Gatos fourth in 20:38.0.

A field of 1,793 registered runners took off from Big Basin Way in downtown Saratoga that Sunday morning, racing up Highway 9 before taking a right turn on N. Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos. Zieman was the first runner to the finish line at Bean Avenue.

Stephanie Bambury of San Jose outran Lisa Lord of Los Gatos to the tape in the female competition. Bambury won the women's title in 24:06.9 with Lord a close second in 24:21.9.

Los Gatos and Saratoga runners dominated the top 10 in women's action. Kristina Park of San Jose was third in 24:35.2 with Los Gatos runners nailing the next four spots—Helena Walden fourth in 25:42.4, Julie Rohloff fifth in 25:47.9, Honor Fetherston sixth in 25:54.1 and Diana Vanry seventh in 26:19.8.

K. Nast of Saratoga was eighth in 26:21.0 and, after Debbie Leale of San Jose finished ninth in 26:15.9, L. Nast was 10th in 26:31.1.

R. Nast was 11th overall in 22:20.4 to lead his family's effort for the day. He was fifth in the men's 40­49 age division and L. Nast was fifth in the women's 40­49 age group. K. Nast was the girls winner in the 13 and under age class with Saratoga's Amanda Speedy living up to her name by running second in the division in 29:01.2. It was the second straight year the young Nast has finished first in that age group.

Joining K. Nast as individual age group winners in female action were: 14­18—Jacqui Kemp of Los Gatos, 30:55.6; 19­29—Bambury; 30­39—Park; 40­49—Lord; 50­59—Debbie Follmar of Saratoga, 27:59.2; 60­69—Trudi Hofmann of Millbrae, 33:01.1; and 70 and over—Joy Johnson of San Jose, 38:37.1. It was Johnson's second straight win in the age group.

Division winners in male groups included: under 13— James Eldredge of Los Gatos, 25:59.3; 14­18— Joseph Horiuchi of Saratoga, 24:30.9; 19­29—Pierpoint; 30­39—Zieman; 40­49—Robert Pickens of Santa Clara, 20:53.2; 50­59—Jim Bordoni of Los Gatos, 23:17.0; 60­69—John Peterson of Saratoga, 29:24.2; 70­79—Nick Vomvolakis of Santa Cruz, 32:25.4; and 80 and over—Bill Cilker of Los Gatos, 1:06:51.7.

The Nast family, Rohloff, Follmar, Johnson and Cilker are regular competitors in the Great Race. For complete race results, visit http://www.losgatosrotary.org.

Top 20 overall finishers

1—Chris Zieman (Felton), 19:30.7; 2—Kevin Pierpoint (Palo Alto), 19:29.3; 3—Joe Sanders (San Jose), 20:00.0; 4—Alan Jackson (Los Gatos), 20:38.0; 5—Unknown; 6—Robert Pickens (Santa Clara), 20:53.2; 7—Brian Stonge (Palo Alto), 21:11.9; 8—Tim Keenan (Walnut Creek), 21:34.9; 9—Daniel Filip (San Jose), 21:58.9; 10—Jim Angelopoulos (San Jose), 22:10.7; 11—Rob Nast (Saratoga), 22:20.4; 12—Charles Hendrickson (Palo Alto), 22:22.0; 13—Mauricio Maia (Fremont), 22:26.9; 14—Kurt Kuckein (Cupertino), 22:28.3; 15—Dave Leroy (Los Gatos), 22:43.5; 16—David Piazza (San Mateo), 22:54.0; 17—Jeff Kirk (Santa Cruz), 22:57.8; 18—Scott Bang (Campbell), 23:02.8; 19—Mike Clayville (Los Gatos), 23:10.3; 20—Patrick McNenny (Foster City), 23:12.8.

Top 20 female finishers

1—Stephanie Bambury (San Jose), 24:06.9; 2—Lisa Lord (Los Gatos), 24:21.9; 3—Kristina Park (San Jose), 24:35.2; 4—Helena Walden (Los Gatos), 25:42.4; 5—Julie Rohloff (Los Gatos), 25:47.9; 6—Honor Fetherston (Los Gatos), 25:54.1; 7—Diana Vanry (Los Gatos), 26:19.8; 8—Katie Nast (Saratoga), 26:21.0; 9—Debbie Leale (San Jose), 26:15.9; 10—Liz Nast (Saratoga), 26:31.1; 11—Birgit Johnston (Los Gatos), 27:07.0; 12—Jean Niemann (Los Gatos), 27:13.3; 13—Lisa Elliott (Los Gatos), 27:30.5; 14—Miki Yannoni (Los Gatos), 27:45.6; 15—Holly Bennett (Santa Cruz), 27:55.6; 16—Kelly Emo (Campbell), 27:58.6; 17—Debbie Follmar (Saratoga), 27:59.2; 18—Marlayna McNeil (Cupertino), 28:30.2; 19—Lynn Olavarri (Scotts Valley), 29:52.4; 20—Cyndi Koke (Los Gatos), 28:46.5.

Top Finishers By Age Group

Boys' 2-13

1—James Eldredge (Los Gatos), 25:59.3; 2—Christian Fernandez (Los Gatos), 26:16.0; 3—Matthew McGill (San Jose), 27:09.3; 4—David Beam (Saratoga), 27:44.2; 5—Alan J. Menezes (Saratoga), 27:52.1.

Girls' 2-13

1—Katie Nast (Saratoga), 26:21.0; 2—Amanda Speedy (Saratoga), 29:01.2; 3—Megan Lemma (San Jose), 30:30.5; 4—Danica Enfantino (Los Gatos), 31:55.9; 5—Timmy Schwarz (San Jose), 33:46.4.

Boys' 14-18

1—Joseph Horiuchl (Saratoga), 24:30.9; 2—Raymond Lopez (Santa Clara), 24:46.1; 3— Brantley Rideau (Los Gatos), 24:57.4; 4—Menso De Jong (Cupertino), 25:32.1; 5—Xavier Gaeta (Sunnyvale), 25:59.4.

Girls' 14-18

1—Jacqui Kemp (Los Gatos), 30:55.6; 2—Sarah Lazarakis (San Jose), 32:26.2; 3—Courtney Chacon (Gilroy), 35:34.8; 4—Casey Duncheon (Los Gatos), 36:57.1; 5—Sarah Raider (Los Gatos), 36:24.2.

Men's 19-29

1—Kevin Pierpoint (Palo Alto), 19:29.3; 2—Alan Jackson (Los Gatos), 20:40.4; 3— Brian Stonge (Palo Alto), 21:11.9; 4—Kurt Kuckein (Cupertino), 22:28.3; 5—Taft Colemaz (Cupertino), 24:43.4.

Women's 19-29

1—Stephanie Bambury (San Jose), 24:06.9; 2—Helena Walden (Los Gatos), 25:42.4; 3—Ria Groudman (Saratoga), 29:10.2; 4—Joanne Haggerty (Saratoga), 29:35.3; 5—Audrey Garcia (San Jose), 30:06.9.

Men's 30-39

1—Chris Zieman (Felton), 19:30.7; 2—Joe Sanders (San Jose), 20:02.0; 3—Unknown; 4—Scott Bang (Campbell), 23:02.8; 5—Patrick McNenny (Foster City), 23:12.8.

Women's 30-39

1—Kristina Park (San Jose), 24:35.2; 2—Debbie Leale (San Jose), 26:15.9; 3—Birgit Johnston (Los Gatos), 27:07.0; 4—Lisa Elliott (Los Gatos), 27:30.5; 5—Miki Yannoni (Los Gatos), 27:45.6.

Men's 40-49

1—Robert Plckens (Santa Clara), 20:53.2; 2—Tim Keenan (Walnut Creek), 21:34.9; 3— Daniel Filip (San Jose), 21:58.9; 4—Jim Angelopoulos (San Jose), 22:10.7; 5—Rob Nast (Saratoga), 22:20.4.

Women's 40-49

1—Lisa Lord (Los Gatos), 24:21.9; 2—Julie Rohloff (Los Gatos), 25:47.9; 3—Honor Fetherston (Los Gatos), 25:54.1; 4—Diana Vanry (Los Gatos), 26:19.8; 5—Liz Nast (Saratoga), 26:31.1.

Men's 50-59

1—Jim Bordoni (Los Altos), 23:17.0; 2—Bob Anderson (Los Altos), 23:59.3; 3— Bo Bochantin (Saratoga), 25:42.7; 4—Danny Moon (Saratoga), 25:40.5; 5—Steve Radigan (Fremont), 26:41.0.

Women's 50-59

1—Debbie Follmar (Saratoga), 27:59.2; 2—Charmon Ashby (San Jose), 29:08.9; 3—Gail Campbell (Los Gatos), 29:22.7; 4—Susan Cronk (Aptos), 30:08.0; 5—Fran Charters (Saratoga), 31:27.6.

Men's 60-69

1—John Peterson (Saratoga), 29:24.2; 2—Ray Taylor (Saratoga), 30:08.2; 3— Anthony Rodriquez (Salida), 30:23.6; 4—Jerry Connolly (San Jose), 31:30.3; 5—Jim Hamm (San Jose), 32:04.3.

Women's 60-and-69

1—Trudi Hofmann (Millbrae), 33:01.1; 2—Christie Lowe (San Jose), 36:30.3; 3—Diane Bromstead (San Jose), 37:48.7; 4—Barbara Robben (Berkeley), 38:05.7; 5—Barbara Austin (San Jose), 39:47.6.

Men's 70-79

1—Nick Vomvolakis (Santa Cruz), 32:25.4; 2—Robert Meyer (Los Gatos), 36:34.4; 3— Edward Singleton (Hollister), 39:33.2; 4—Don McCleve (Monte Sereno), 40:37.8; 5—John Heindel (Saratoga), 39:40.5.

Women's 70-and-over

1—Joy Johnson (San Jose), 38:37.1.

Men's 80-and-over

1—Bill Cilker (Los Gatos), 1:06:51.7.