Chester County
Trail Club
Trailmasters
CCTC records the actual mileage accumulated by each member by asking them to sign in at the start of each hike. At the end of the membership year individual mileage is tabulated for each hiker. The TrailMaster designation is awarded at the annual banquet to the member who has hiked the most miles. The following is our list of Trailmasters over CCTC's 34 year history. Elizabeth Brecht is the reigning Trailmaster, the first of many we hope her to celebrate in the years to come. Elizabeth also claims the honor of accumulating the most total mileage ever hiked by a club member. Hats off to our champ!
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15,124.3 Miles
1971
Katie Haas
127 miles
1972
Chris Piersol 
146 miles
1973
Clair Piersol
203.5 miles
1974
John Mott
307 miles
1975
Clyde Godschall
306 miles
1976
Joe Moser
548 miles
1977
Bill Storey
690 miles
1978
Mary Bleecker
640.5 miles
1979
Mary Bleecker
531.5 miles
1980
John Mott
356 miles
1981
Annie Law
543 miles
1982
Annie Law
402.5 miles
1983
Barbara Latman
298 miles
1984
Barbara Latman
286 miles
1985
Bernie Latman
419.5 miles
1986
Bernie Latman
544.5 miles
1987
Bernie Latman
472 miles
1988
Ken Trimble
549 miles
1989
Ken Trimble
698 miles
1990
Lew Clayton
695.4 miles
1991
Karl Del Porte
800.9 miles
1992
Karl Del Porte
742.5 miles
1993
Rick Maerker
649.5 miles
1994
Rick Maerker
1016.3 miles
1995
Jerry Kroninger
931.5 miles
1996
Jerry Kroninger
1118.7 miles
1997
Jerry Kroninger
1377.6 miles
1998
Jerry Kroninger
1434.2 miles
1999
Jerry Kroninger
1438.6 miles
2000
Malcolm Wise
1709.6 miles
2001
Malcolm Wise
1524.4 miles
2002
Malcolm Wise
1651.1 miles
2003
Malcolm Wise
1631.2 miles
2004
Malcolm Wise
1628.9 miles
2005
Elizabeth Brecht
1216.8 miles
Total Accumulated Mileage for Elizabeth Brecht, Hiker Extraordinaire !!!
Congratulations to the Best of the Best !!
Honolulu, Hawaii is 4,893 miles from
home for Elizabeth. She has walked back and forth to Honolulu three times, with
445 miles to spare!!!!!