It’s hard to believe, but this is the THIRD year in a row that the team has entered a solid contingent in the WRS Oktoberfest Run. This year was, without a doubt, our most successful. Here is a complete summary of our results (Thanks to Julie Schmidt for all the great photography).
TEAM RESULTS
5K Teams and #SeanVsGill
Firstly, in the 5K, we had the #SeanVsGill challenge. You can check out the complete recap here, and the official team results here.
#TeamGill ended up walking away with a narrow victory over #TeamSean with an average time of 17:38 vs 17:44. The teams ended up coming in 1st and 2nd OA out of all 5K teams.
On a side note, if our top 5 runners had all been placed on 1 team, our average finishing time would have been an outstanding 16:33!!
10K Teams
Led by a massive break through performance by Nick Burt (and PB’s across the board for many of our runners), the team finishes with an average time of 41:32 among the top 5 runners. Click here for the full results.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Battle of Waterloo
After the 5K, Sean, Brendan and Greg all held their positions to finish 1-2-3 Overall! Dave Rutherford battled hard to finish 6th OA and win his AG. Mike Piazza had a strong finish, bringing
him in 9th OA- making 5 of the top 10 coming from H+P!
On the women’s side of things, Vicki Zandbergen was able to move up into 2nd place OA after her strong 21-mid 5K PB.
5K Individual Results
Brendan had a new PB of 15:59, good enough for 3rd place OA! He’s the first H+P-er to break 16! PB: 48s
Sean was in next for the team with a new PB of 16:11 and finished 4th OA. PB: 24s
Ahmed was in next with a new PB of 16:45, good enough for 6th OA, 2nd in his AG. PB:34s
Jordan was 4th in for the team with a PB of 16:53, placing 7th OA, 2nd in his AG. PB: 14s
Greg was the 5th runner for the team to break 17! He finished in 16:56, 8th OA, 3rd in his AG: PB:19s
Chris was in next for the team with 17:29, placing 4th in his AG. PB: 31s
Dave was in next for the team with a very solid 18:18. He placed 1st in his AG with this time!
Coach Gill was in next for the team with her second fastest time of the season: 19:17. She won her AG with this time and was 3rd OA for females!
Kailey was the 2nd member of our women’s team to break 20 with a massive new PB of 19:24. This put her in 2nd place in her AG and 4th place OA! PB: 1:03
Mike Piazza finished with a very solid 19:31, finishing 4th in his AG.
New H+P-er, Simon, was in right after Mike with a solid 19:36, finishing 2nd in his AG.
Jan De Visser was in next with a solid 20:30, good for 5th in his AG.
Tim De Visser finished just behind his dad with time of 21:07, good enough for 2nd in his AG!
Vicki Z was the 3rd members of our women’s team to finish with a new PB of 21:29, placing 1st in her AG and 8th OA! PB:44s
Andrew, aka the Bearded One, ran an excellent 22:10- not bad for an ultra runner!
Kevin Post Achieved a very solid 23:06, a new PB by 2:12!
Mike Hewitson finished with a new PB of 23:30, placing 10th in his AG!
Ed Shrigley was in next with a time of 23:41, just missing his PB by seconds, and placed top 10 in his AG.
Candice Shrigley ran a very solid 24:36, placing 5th in her AG. This was a new PB by 27s!
Dan Cook came in with a very solid time, just over 25mins..not bad for missing the last 2 months due to injury!
Cari came in next for the team with an outstanding PB of 26:30, wining her cat!
Laura and Will both came in together with a time of just 28 minutes along with their newborn daughter!
Maria was in next with a very solid 28:23, just seconds off her PB!
10K Individual Results
Nick was in first for the team with a significant new PB of 36:38! This brought him in 4th OA and 1st in his AG. PB:1:50
Mailman came in next for the team with an outstanding new PB of 39:16, placing 11th OA, 2nd in his
AG. PB:4:15
Emily was in in 3rd for the team with a great new PB of 42:48. This brought her in 3rd place OA, and
2nd in her AG! PB:2:30
Sam Lalonde was in next with a MASSIVE new PB of 44:14! PB: 1:56
Paul, aka Speedy, was in next just seconds behind Sam, placing 5th for the team.
Dragan was in next, running just over 45 minutes with a new PB. PB: 4s
Manny came in just after Dragan with a new PB of 45:52, placing 3rd in her AG!
Howie came in just after Manny with a time of 46:54, placing 11th in his AG.
Jessica finished the 10K with a new PB, finishing in 51:37, placing 5th in her AG! PB: 5:40
Juan had a GREAT return to action after being away from the club for almost 1 year! He ran just
over 52 minutes.
Laura Hewitson battles illness on the day, but still managed to win her category in 55:30.
That’s it for this year! If you PB’ed, or we missed your result, please let us know! This was, without a doubt, our most successful race ever…but we’re looking forward to making next year even better!
