61st DeCelle Memorial Lake Tahoe Relay
- First, I must first thank all the volunteers who made this event happen!
- Second, I must thank all the teams who supported the event because it wouldn’t happen without the people who want to run around beautiful Lake Tahoe.
- Third, I must thank my family who supports me and works their asses off make the event happen (Cara, Leyton, Tinley and Rorie).
- The comradery and support of all teams and competitors this year was once again amazing, thanks to all of you for competing and supporting one another. It was amazing to watch.
- Thanks to Sean Cummings the bag piper for coming out again and blowing his pipes!!!
- Number of teams – 64 with 6 teams not starting.
- Winners – each category
- Men’s Masters (40+) – West Valley
- Men’s Open – Deportivo Runners
- Women’s Open – Pickle Pack
- Women’s 40+ – Keep Tahoe Blue
- Mixed Open – Top Tier Tintinnabulating Transmogrified Turbo Toads
- Mixed 40+ – Low Maintenance
- Corporate – Delano Lifehouse Church
- High School Boys – Monache
- High School Girls – Monache
- High School Mixed – Toads Go To Tahoe
- 2 Person – Pisco Sours
- Solo – Payton Rudnick
- Team break down – Men’s Open (4), Men’s masters 40+ (2), Men’s Masters 50+ (0), Men’s Masters 60+ (1), Women’s Open – (1), Women’s Masters 40+ (3), Mixed Open (32), Mixed Masters (1), Corporate (7), High School Boys (2), High School Girls (3), High School Mixed (3), 2 Person (4), Solo (1).
- We had 17 teams start early this year at 6am.
- Congratulations, all the teams finished the event by 8pm! The solo runner and (1) two-person team finished after 8pm.
- West Valley Men’s Masters 40+ won and fast time 7:33.34 and set a new Masters 40+ record
- We had 1 course records – West Valley Men’s Masters (40+) 7:33.34
- We had (3) two person teams finish – Pisco Sours 1st – 11:16.31, Texas Tag Team 2nd – 11:58.02 and All Gas No Brakes 3rd – 14:50.11. Congratulations!
- We had (1) solo finisher Payton Rudnick 1st – 15:58.39 – amazing work!
- We had a few teams competing for the first time and some for their 25+ years at the Lake Tahoe Relay.
- Monache High School Boys team finished 2nd overall 8:20.05 and made for a great race with West Valley Masters – they started 1 hour earlier and were only 46 minutes behind them.
- We had competitors from 16 different states competing this year, amazing!
- There were multiple teams – West Valley Track Club (4 teams – signed up), Fleet Feet Racing (4 teams), Golden Valley Harriers (4) and Kiewit (2 teams), ZRC (2), Monache High School (2), MVXC (2)
- It’s just about time to start planning the 62n Lake Tahoe Relay and are looking for sponsors for next year – Beer, Medals, Shirts and Title. If you know of anyone companies or individuals who would like to help support the race so we can continue hosting this amazing event, please contact us.
The Sweeney Family and friends are so grateful to have all of you support the event by signing up and racing with us. It’s a unique event with a ton of history and we do our best to continue it each year. We make mistakes and hope to learn from them to make the race better next time. We hope to see all of you June 6th, 2026.
Thanks,
Sean Sweeney (Race Director)
