Highlights & Complete Results—6^th Annual Elementary CC Run for Fun Races

Clymore Elementary School, Fort Defiance

October 22, 2011

FORT DEFIANCE— A record field of 90 area elementary-aged athletes from 18 different schools laced on their running shoes to compete in half-mile and one-mile cross country races Saturday on a crisp, sunny, ideal morning for racing.

Highlights & Results: Labor Day Weekend 5K
Saturday, September 3, 2011, at Gypsy Hill Park

Race Highlights: The first-ever Labor Day Weekend 5K was a memorable one on Saturday morning, with both the men’s and women’s overall titles decided in near photo finishes.

Firecracker 5K

Saturday, July 4, 2011, at Gypsy Hill Park

Race Highlights:

A record 237 finishers competed in Monday morning’s Firecracker 5K in Gypsy Hill Park, and despite humid conditions that kept most racers from hitting their best times over the 3.1-mile course, several outstanding performances were recorded by area distance runners.

For only the second time in the race’s long history on Independence Day, teenage runners swept the men’s and women’s titles.  Matthew Denlinger of Dayton, 17, claimed the men’s crown in 17:14, while 15-year-old Grace Sheridan of Staunton was the women’s champion in 21:35.  The last time two teens accomplished the sweep was in 2005.

5th Annual March Madness 5K
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Gypsy Hill Park

Race Highlights:

Despite a starting-time temperature in the just the upper 30's, 47 runners not only completed the March Madness 5K Saturday morning in Gypsy Hill Park, but several recorded superb times despite the cold conditions.  For the fifth consecutive year, the event served as the kickoff for the spring and summer 5K race series hosted in the park by the Blue Ridge Road Runners.