Barringer Trophy
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The Lewin B. Barringer Memorial Trophy was established by the will of Lewin Barringer in 1948. The original rules specified that the trophy would be awarded for the longest distance soaring
Lift (soaring)
Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust. It is employed by gliding animals and by aircraft such as gliders. The most common human application of gliding flight is in sport and recreation using aircraft designed for this purpose...

 flight from any type of launching method other than airplane tow. The trophy would become the permanent property of any pilot who won it three times in succession.

History

Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

 was the first pilot to win the Trophy three times in succession. He subsequently donated the trophy back to the Soaring Society of America
Soaring Society of America
The Soaring Society of America was founded at the instigation of Warren E. Eaton to promote the sport of soaring in the USA and internationally. The first meeting was held in New York City in the McGraw-Hill building on February 20, 1932. Its first objective was to hold a national soaring...

 as a perpetual trophy. In 1957 the SSA Directors, with Bikle's approval, changed the rules to allow for any type of launch method and include any flights, other than those flown at the US National Contest.

Recipients

Recipients of this trophy, from 1948 to present, include:
Year Recipient Qualifying flight
1948 Donald Pollard 206 miles (331.5 km) from Elmira, NY to Asbury Park, NJ in an AIR 100
1951 William Beuby 141.5 miles (227.7 km) on July 4, 1951, likely in a Schweizer TG-2.
1952 Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

217 miles (349.2 km) from El Mirage, CA to Yuma, AZ in his Schweizer 1-23
1953 Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

202 miles (325.1 km) in his Schweizer 1-23
1954 Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

249 miles (400.7 km) in his Schweizer 1-23
1955 Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

280 miles (450.6 km) in his Schweizer 1-23
1956 Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

210 miles (338 km) in his Schweizer 1-23
1957 Sterling Starr 333 miles (535.9 km) on May 19, 1957 from Bishop, CA to Escalante, UT in a Schweizer 1-23. This flight completed Starr's Diamond badge
1958 Julien Audette 236 miles (379.8 km)on July 27, 1958 from Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

 to Minot, ND in a Schweizer 1-26. Audette is the only winner to start their flight outside of the US.
1959 Harland Ross 365.5 miles (588.2 km) from Kent, TX to Farley, NM in his Ross R-6
Ross R-6
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. The flight earned Ross his Diamond Distance and completed his Diamond badge, #14 in the US.
1960 Joseph Lincoln 455.5 miles (733.1 km) from Prescott, Arizona
Prescott, Arizona
Prescott is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. It was designated "Arizona's Christmas City" by Arizona Governor Rose Mofford in the late 1980s....

 to Variadero, New Mexico in his Schweizer 1-23
1961 John Ryan 454 miles (730.6 km) from Kingman, Arizona
Kingman, Arizona
Kingman is located in a desert climate on the edge of the Mojave Desert, but its higher elevation and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley tempers summer high temperatures and contributes to winter cold and rare snowfall. Summer daytime highs reach above 90 °F ...

 to Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...

 in his Sisu 1A
1962 Harald Jensen 435 miles (700.1 km) from Naperville, Illinois
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...

 to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 in a Vogt Lo-150
Vogt Lo-150
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1963 Alvin Parker 487 miles (783.7 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Great Bend, Kansas
Great Bend, Kansas
Great Bend, named for its location at the historic big bend of the Arkansas River, is the most populous city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,995.-History:...

 for the Distance to a Goal World Record in his Sisu 1A
1964 Alvin Parker 647 miles (1,041.2 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Kimball, Nebraska
Kimball, Nebraska
Kimball is a city in Kimball County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,559 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kimball County.-Geography:Kimball is located at , in the southwestern Panhandle....

 on July 31, 1964 in his Sisu 1A. This was the first glider flight in the world to exceed 1000 kilometres (621.4 mi) and set the World Record for Free Distance
1965 Alvin Parker 371 miles (597.1 km)from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Elkhart, Kansas
Elkhart, Kansas
Elkhart is a city in and the county seat of Morton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,205.-Geography:Elkhart is located at...

 in his Sisu 1A.
1966 Michael Berger 387.2 miles (623.1 km) on May 22, 1966 from Westcliff, Colorado to Mankato, Kansas
Mankato, Kansas
Mankato is a city in and the county seat of Jewell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 869.-Geography:Mankato is located at...

 in a Schleicher Ka 6
Schleicher Ka 6
-Bibliography:* Coates, Andrew, Janes World Sailplanes and Motorgliders. London. Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0 354 01119 7...

. The flight started with a climb in wave to 31,000 feet and ended at Mankato because Berger only had maps that went to that point. This was only his second cross country flight and earned him Gold Distance (finishing his Gold badge), Diamond Distance, and Diamond Altitude.
1967 Wallace Scott 552 miles (888.4 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Casa Grande, Arizona
Casa Grande, Arizona
Casa Grande is a city in Pinal County, approximately halfway between Phoenix and Tucson in the U.S. state of Arizona. According to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 48,571...

 in his Schleicher Ka 6E. Scott had declared Gila Bend, Arizona
Gila Bend, Arizona
Gila Bend , founded in 1872, is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the Gila River, which is close to but not precisely at the community's current location...

 as a goal which would've been a World Record but was stopped by storms along the route.
1968 Wallace Scott 492.2 miles (792.1 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to near Ulysses, Kansas
Ulysses, Kansas
Ulysses is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 6,161.-Geography:Ulysses is located at...

 on August 5, 1968 in his Sisu 1A
1969 Wallace Scott 606 miles (975.3 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Gila Bend, Arizona
Gila Bend, Arizona
Gila Bend , founded in 1872, is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The town is named for an approximately 90-degree bend in the Gila River, which is close to but not precisely at the community's current location...

 on August 22, 1969 in his Schleicher ASW 12
Schleicher ASW 12
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. This flight earned Scott the World Record for Distance to a Goal.
1970 Ben Greene and Wallace Scott 717 miles (1,153.9 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus, Nebraska
Columbus is a city in east central Nebraska, United States. Its population was 22,111 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Platte County.-Pre-settlement history:...

 on July 26, 1970. Both Scott and Greene flew Schleicher ASW 12
Schleicher ASW 12
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's. With this flight they jointly set a new World Record for Free Distance.
1971 Wallace Scott 585 miles (941.5 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Estrella, Arizona
Estrella, Arizona
Estrella is a master-planned community located in Goodyear, Arizona, United States, about west of downtown Phoenix.-Neighborhoods:The original Estrella master planned community was established in 1989, and is home to nearly 10,000 residents. Montecito is Estrella's newest neighborhood, established...

 on September 11, 1971 in his Schleicher ASW 12
Schleicher ASW 12
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1972 Wallace Scott II 635 miles (1,021.9 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Lexington, Nebraska
Lexington, Nebraska
Lexington is a city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 10,230 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dawson County. Lexington is located in southern Nebraska, on the Platte River, southeast of North Platte. It sits along the route of U.S. Route 30 and the Union...

 in his Schleicher ASW 12
Schleicher ASW 12
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.
1973 Wallace Scott II 639 miles (1,028.4 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Kearney, Nebraska
Kearney, Nebraska
Kearney is a city in and the county seat of Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 30,787 at the 2010 census. It is home to the University of Nebraska-Kearney....

 on August 27, 1973 in his Schleicher ASW 12
Schleicher ASW 12
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1974 Jerome Trowbridge 476 miles (766 km) from Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about...

 to Montezuma, Georgia
Montezuma, Georgia
Montezuma is a city in Macon County, Georgia . The population was 3,999 at the 2000 census. It is home to the armory of Bravo Company, 648th Engineers of the Georgia Army National Guard.-History:...

 on April 8, 1974 in his Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
|-References:* * * Coates A.,Janes World Sailplanes and Motor Gliders, Janes,1980, ISBN 0 7106 0017 8, pg. 85* Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004* * ....

.
1975 Wallace Scott 600.9 miles (967.1 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Imperial, Nebraska
Imperial, Nebraska
Imperial is a city in Chase County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,982 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Chase County.-History:...

 in his Schleicher ASW 12
Schleicher ASW 12
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1976 Wallace Scott 540.16 miles (869.3 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 in his Grob Astir CS.
1977 Wallace Scott 716 miles (1,152.3 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Primrose, Nebraska
Primrose, Nebraska
Primrose is a village in Boone County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 69 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Primrose is located at ....

 in his Schweizer 1-35. The flight set a US National Record for Free Distance in the 15 Meter Class.
1978 Wallace Scott 629 miles (1,012.3 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Grant, Nebraska
Grant, Nebraska
Grant is a city in, and county seat of, Perkins County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,225 at the 2000 census-Geography:Grant is located at ....

1979 Wallace Scott 590 miles (949.5 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to McCook, Nebraska
McCook, Nebraska
McCook is a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Red Willow County...

 in a Slingsby Vega
1980 Wallace Scott 675 miles (1,086.3 km)
1981 Marion Griffith Jr.
} from Refugio, Texas
Refugio, Texas
Refugio is a town in Refugio County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,941 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Refugio County. Although the town's name is derived from Spanish, a vast majority of the town's residents pronounce it re-fury-oh. The Spanish pronunciation is...

 to Liberal, Kansas
Liberal, Kansas
Liberal is the county seat of Seward County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 20,525.- History :S.S. Rogers built the first house in what would become Liberal in 1872. Rogers became famous in the region for giving water to weary travelers...

 in a Glasflugel 604
Glasflügel 604
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. This flight also set a US distance to a goal record.

|-
| 1982
| Bill Seed Jr and Wallace Scott
|533 miles (857.8 km) from Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville is a city in the southernmost tip of the state of Texas, in the United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a population of...

 to Bowie, Texas
Bowie, Texas
Bowie is a city in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,219 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Bowie has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:...

. Scott flew his Schleicher ASW 20
Schleicher ASW 20
|-References:**, Soaring, May 1978*Sailplane Directory, Soaring, July 1997*Thomas F, Fundamentals of Sailplane Design, College Park Press, 1999*Simons M, Segelflugzeuge 1965-2000, Eqip, 2004...

 and Seed flew a Schleicher ASW 17
Schleicher ASW 17
|-References:* Gliders and Sailplanes of the World by Michael Hardy - Ian Allan Ltd 1982 ISBN 0711011524* Sailplanes 1965-2000 by Martin Simons - Eqip ISBN 3980883817-External links:*...

B on the flight which ended in a simultaneous landing
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| 1983
| Wallace Scott
|668.36 miles (1,075.6 km) from Odessa, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Odessa is a city in and the county seat of Ector County, Texas, United States. It is located primarily in Ector County, although a small portion of the city extends into Midland County. Odessa's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Odessa, Texas Metropolitan...

 to Dalton, Nebraska
Dalton, Nebraska
Dalton is a village in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dalton is located at ....

 on August 17th.
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| 1984
| Michael Koerner
|903 miles (1,453.2 km) from California City, California
California City, California
-2000:According to the census of 2000, there were 8,385 people, 3,067 households, and 2,257 families residing in the city. As of 2006 the city's population grew 8.9% from 12,106 to 13,219. California City outpaced rivals Palmdale and Lancaster, making the city the 12th fastest growing city in...

 to Seminole, Texas
Seminole, Texas
Seminole is a city in and the county seat of Gaines County in west Texas, United States. The population was 6,430 at the 2010 census. It is the birthplace of Country music singers Larry Gatlin and Tanya Tucker...

 in his Slingsby Kestrel
Slingsby Kestrel
|-See also:-Bibliography:* Coates, Andrew. Jane's World Sailplanes and Motorgliders. London. Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1978. ISBN 0 354 01119 7...

 19. As of October 2011, this flight still stands as a US National Record for Free Distance in the Open Class Singleplace Category.
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| 1985
| Michael Koerner
|449.9 miles (724 km) from California City, California
California City, California
-2000:According to the census of 2000, there were 8,385 people, 3,067 households, and 2,257 families residing in the city. As of 2006 the city's population grew 8.9% from 12,106 to 13,219. California City outpaced rivals Palmdale and Lancaster, making the city the 12th fastest growing city in...

 to Wells, Nevada
Wells, Nevada
Wells is a city in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,346 at the 2000 census. Wells is located at the junction of U.S. Route 93 and Interstate 80, approximately east of Elko and is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:The site...

 on May 25, 1985.
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| Ira Phillips
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| Mark Keene
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| Wallace Scott
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| 1994
| Hank Marlowe
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| 1995
| Michael Koerner
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| 1996
| Hank Marlowe and John O'Connell Graybill
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| 1997
| Karl Striedeck
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| 1998
| Hank Marlowe
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| 1999
| Michael Koerner
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| 2000
| Robert Maronde, Phillippe Athuil, and John O'Connell Graybill
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| 2001
| Michael Koerner
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| 2002
| Michael Koerner
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| 2003
| Phillippe Athuil
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| 2004
| Gordon Boettger
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| Michael Koerner
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| Michael Koerner
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| Jim Ketcham
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| Henry Retting
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| Phillippe Athuil
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| Michael Koerner
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