Crime & Safety
West Pierce's Peter Kilga Finishes Seattle Firefighter Stair Climb with Third Best Overall Time
The firefighter climbed 69 flights of steps in 11 minutes, 51 seconds. Overall, 30 members of West Pierce Fire & Rescue competed in the event benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
SEATTLE-Climbing 69 flights of stairs is hard enough, but doing so with 80 pounds of firefighter gear weighing down your body is downright grueling.
Peter Kilga somehow makes it look easier year after year.
The West Pierce Fire & Rescue member finished with the third best overall time (11 minutes, 51 seconds) out of 1,550 participants at the Scott's Firefighter Stairclimb on Sunday at the Columbia Center.
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Last year at the climb that benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Kilga finished with the ninth overall fastest time up the building.
The 39-year-old finished only two seconds behind the second-place overall finisher. The top time belonged to Andrew Drobeck of Missoula (MT) City Fire at 10 minutes, 39 seconds. (Click here to view all results)
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Here is how the men and women of West Pierce fared Sunday:
Men
Overall Finish Name Age Time 3 Peter Kilga 39 11:51 191 Jason Yantzer 40 16:33 219 Andy Millard 39 16:49 250 Collin Murphy 35 17:09 268 David McGrady 31 17:19 293 Norman Fiacchi 42 17:31 315 Erik Morin 37 17:41 349 Gus Hebish 29 17:53 382 Michael Boltz 39 18:09 426 Evan Bratz 26 18:33 567 Tyler Newton 26 19:40 614 Rob Duhamel 28 20:05 642 Ken Von Stein 33 20:23 654 Jeff Walker 27 20:30 690 Greg Reimann 39 20:50 699 Michael Willy 41 20:57 737 Chad Walker 39 21:18 741 Steve Vukich 43 21:19 761 Kyle Clark 26 21:30 839 Matthew Heller 38 22:13 882 Brian Browning 38 22:37 977 Nadrece Robinson 33 23:44 993 Kirk Lackermayer 42 24:02 1013 Matt Johnson 46 24:17 1110 Jerrod Lugo 42 25:57 1228 Kelly McElroy 41 29:07 1248 Mark Giron 36 29:57 1273 Chris Pfaff 31 30:58
Women
Overall Finish Name Age Time 46 Lisa Morin 39 25:12 73 Marney Mell 41 28:29
Congratulations and great job to all the firefighters at West Pierce who participated.
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