Delaware Distance Classic 15K recap and results
The Delaware Distance Classic 15K, the signature race for Pike Creek Valley running Club took place on Sunday, October 10. As has been the trend lately, it is continuing to grow in attendance with 297 finishers this year. Perhaps the crisp autumn air helped.
Overall winners of the race were: Men, Darryl Brown, 47:59, Nick Pyle, 48:55, and Pat Hayburn, 49:47 with Bob Rimkis, first master in 55:40; Women, Linda Hake, 58:46, Amy Blithe, 59:01, and Cecily Tynan, 59:28 with Lorraine Jasper, first master, in 1:00:21.
PCVRC had good overall participation and a great team for the USATF scoring. Following are the club members times and age group awards:
57:59 Tom Steenkamer 2nd 50-54
59:10 Epi Camacho
1:03:41 David James 2nd 55-59
1:03:42 Lee Kauffman
1:04:50 Ivan Avendano 1st 60-64
1:05:23 Dirk Sweigart
1:05:23 Kelly Horowitz 3rd 35-39
1:05:55 Carole Feole 1st 50-54 Only 47 seconds off of age group state record!
1:06:05 Karl Kalbacher
1:06:13 Dan Simmons 2nd 60-64
1:11:12 Dave McSherry
1:11:56 Jack Horowitz
1:31:50 Lenora Wagner
1:35:27 Rudy Antonini
2:15:08 John Schultz
The Pike Creek USATF team scored 403.262 points. In the Road series competition it is currently in fourth place. It gained a couple points on Great Phila. Track Club and now trails it for third in the series by seven points. Both teams gained well on the second place team, Downingtown Running Club and PCVRC trails it by only ten points. South Jersey Athletic Club has a good lead on these three clubs, whose final order probably won’t be decided until the last race. The next race in the series in the Radnor Run Five Miler on Oct. 31. for more information, go to: http://action.lungusa.org/site/TR?fr_id=2150&pg=entry
CAMACHO EPI WILMINGTON DE 32
59 9 81.798
FEOLE CAROLE WILMINGTON DE 79 1 5 54 81.437
STEENKAMER THOMAS RISING SUN MD 25
57 58 81.369
AVENDANO IVAN BOOTHWYN PA 69 1 4 49 79.429
SIMMONS DANIEL NEWARK DE 83 1 6 12 79.230
JAMES DAVID NEWARK DE 63 1 3 40 78.717
KAUFFMAN WILLIAM WILMINGTON DE 64 1 3 41 74.692
SWEIGART DIRK NEWARK DE 75 1 5 22 71.571
HOROWITZ KELLY LANDENBERG PA 78 1 5 52 70.825
KALBACHER KARL NEWARK DE 82 1 6 4 69.652
HOROWITZ JACK LANDENBERG PA 128 1 11 56 63.438
Pictures from the event may be viewed here
Volunteers
The club thanks the following members for volunteering: Club volunteers included Jerry Herman, Kim Riccio, Sue Simmons, Ray Christensen, Tara Huang, and Vince McIntosh. Chip & Doris bixler worked the finish line. Of course, none of this would be possible without the year-round efforts made by race director Dave Farren and his wife Kathy. Thanks, one and all!
Race results from other events:
Steamtown Marathon
3:15:13 Adam Shilling Boston Qualifier(BQ)
Chicago Marathon (another day in the 80s)
3:58:30 Chris James
4:05:12 Lori Culnane
4:05:40 Claire Neilan
5:53:49 Dan Weintraub
Mohawk Hudson River Marathon
3:56:05 Mark Lozier BQ for 2012
4:13:08 Dave McCorquodale BQ
4:39:32 Bruce Hubbard
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K
17:40 Greg Cauller Overall winner
19:58 Lynn Knothe Overall female winner
28:09 Dan Feldstein 2nd 55-59
Doggy Doo 5K
18:24 Tom Jermyn Overall winner
Best of the U.S. Champions Armature Triathlete Competition (Olympic distance):
27 overall:
Josh Loren Swim/ 28:58 1:37:00/transition 1:04:35/Bike 1:03/transition 36:53/run Total time 2:13:06