NVRC / PSU Cross-Country Club Labor Day Weekend 5K and 5 Mile Races
September 4, 2021
Boalsburg, PA
by Marty Mazur
The Nittany Valley Running Club and the Penn State Cross-Country Club teamed up to put on 5K and 5 Mile races in Boalsburg for Labor Day weekend. Both Clubs have been hit financially by the pandemic due to the cancelation or curtailment of many of their fundraising activities for the last two years. And the dearth of races on the local calendar in that same time has left runners ready to get out and run a live race.
The summer heat and humidity broke with the passing of hurricane Ida earlier in the week. So it was a beautiful day for a race. Blue skies, mild temperatures, and low humidity greeted about 100 runners as they lined up at the Pennsylvania Military Museum grounds. Race director Hayden Davidson laid out two challenging courses in the residential neighborhood behind the museum. The 5K and 5 Mile runners started together and ran the same course for most of the 5K race. Then the 5 Milers broke off to run their added two miles with one more tough hill in the mix.
There was no chance of runners getting lost amid the twists and turns through the neighborhoods. Hayden had recruited a lot of help from the XC Club to man the corners with course marshals. And those XC Clubers who weren’t helping out with the race ran it, turning in some of the top times among finishers. The NVRC was also well-represented at the race, with Marty Klanchar and Marty Mazur helping with race day set-up and timing, and a good showing from NVRC membership on the course as well.
Anthony Petrillo (15:32), John Mihalek (15:47), and Stephen Nalep (16:30) were the top male finishers in the 5K. Jodi Paterson (19:12), Sara Gotwalt (19:35), and Chloe Connor (19:38) were the top three females. In the 5 Miler, Jigar Gosalia covered the course in 24:38. Next came Jason Sammut in 25:52, and then Georg Nix in 26:40. The top 3 females were Tara Grove in 35:16, Sara Pritschet in 37:31, and Callie Krispin in 39:14.
The NVRC looks forward to the possibility of working again with the PSU XC Club. Both Clubs would like to thank the race sponsors: The Pennsylvania Military Museum, Rapid Transit Sports, Tom Cali of Cali, Wagner, Millward Re/Max Centre Realty, Balfurd's Cleaners, East Coast Health and Fitness, Appalachian Outdoors, and Jersey Mikes.
A nice, mild day greeted races as they registered for the Labor Day Weekend races.
PSU XC-Club runners warm up before the race.
Tom Cali came in all the way from Cleveland to run the race!
NVRC women turned in top times in the races, including Jaimie Wright (4th 5K), Cheryl Capone (6th 5K), and Tara Grove (1st 5 Mile)
Race Director Hayden Davidson deals with pre-race chaos.
Top 3 male finishers in the 5K: Stephen Nalepa (3rd), Anthony Petrillo (1st), John Mihalek (2nd)
PSU XC-Clubbers have a kumbaya moment after the race.
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Overall Order of Finish - 5K
Place First Last Gender Age City State Time
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1 Anthony Petrillo Male 17 East Setauket NY 15:32.9
2 John Mihalek Male 26 State College PA 15:47.1
3 Stephen Nalepa Male 20 University Park PA 16:30.3
4 Brendan Morgan Male 21 State College PA 17:21.5
5 Gabriel Renninger Male 19 West Deptford NJ 17:27.5
6 Matthew Visomirski Male 18 Jenkintown PA 17:30.4
7 Michael Fisher Male 18 University Park PA 17:37.3
8 Andrew Moore Male 18 Hopkinton MA 18:41.4
9 Joseph Chavez Male 20 Pittsburgh PA 18:57.9
10 Jodi Patterson Female 19 University Park PA 19:12.9
11 Ryan Smizaski Male 20 Bethlehem PA 19:16.5
12 Sara Gotwalt Female 19 Alpharetta GA 19:35.6
13 Chloe Connor Female 21 Yardley PA 19:38.4
14 Jaimie Wright Female 42 State College PA 19:47.0
15 Ella Snyder Female 18 Cranberry Township PA 20:07.4
16 Jimmy Davies Male 20 Sandy Hook CT 20:29.1
17 Cheryl Capone Female 50 State College PA 20:37.7
18 Ryan Firestone Male 21 University Park PA 20:39.8
19 Kevin Clair Male 38 State College PA 20:51.3
20 Dom Feola Male 21 State College PA 20:54.2
21 Frank Schoepfer Male 21 State College PA 20:55.2
22 Quincey Reese Female 21 State College PA 21:01.0
23 John Dooris Male 39 Vienna VA 21:20.8
24 Sydney McWilliams Female 19 State College PA 21:22.0
25 Anna Janaszek Female 18 Pittsburgh PA 21:22.6
26 Scott Anthony Male 42 State College PA 21:31.7
27 Patrick Sentner Male 53 State College PA 21:38.9
28 Rocco Menna Male 26 Huntingdon PA 21:52.1
29 Nicolas Mangine Male 21 Downington PA 22:33.4
30 Benjamin Alexander Male 13 State College PA 22:51.8
31 Rich Harter Male 65 Pleasant Gap PA 22:52.3
32 Taylor Rigatti Female 27 Huntingdon PA 22:53.0
33 Jeffrey Stouch Male 62 Mount Joy PA 23:12.3
34 Andy Gilbert Male 37 Austin TX 23:15.6
35 James Manzick Male 70 Pottsville PA 23:18.7
36 Tess Wright Female 22 Baden PA 23:44.2
37 Julia Cusatis Female 20 Spring Mills PA 24:06.0
38 Keith Henderson Male 57 State College PA 24:07.2
39 Blair Strobel Female 22 University Park PA 24:13.4
40 Sarah Clements Female 35 State College PA 24:16.1
41 Lexi Gumble Female 21 University Park PA 24:37.5
42 Priscilla Lorenzo Female 19 State College PA 24:41.2
43 Taylor Blose Male 31 State College PA 24:44.7
44 Grace Tomlinson Female 21 Wynnewood PA 25:28.3
45 Amber Blose Female 30 State College PA 25:31.0
46 Grace Hassing Female 19 State College PA 25:43.1
47 Jess Robles Female 22 Pittsburgh PA 25:44.7
48 Ava Leone Female 21 State College PA 26:18.5
49 Pamela VanHaitsma Female 42 State College PA 26:49.5
50 Bob Ferguson Male 60 State College PA 27:03.9
51 Boris Sbarufatti Male 44 State College PA 27:10.9
52 Cynthia Alexander Female 47 State College PA 28:09.4
53 Sierra Yost Female 23 State College PA 28:35.1
54 Amanda Lipski Female 16 Port Matilda PA 28:50.5
55 Wendy Davidson Female 55 State College PA 28:56.6
56 Diane Lipski Female 45 Port Matilda PA 30:19.1
57 Daniel Shevock Male 46 State College PA 30:33.3
58 Victoria Herman Female 31 Sunbury PA 30:36.0
59 David Lloyd Male 51 State College PA 30:36.8
60 Megan Hartmann Female 20 State College PA 31:04.3
61 Robert Hysert Male 74 State College PA 32:44.7
62 David Nelson Male 73 Boalsburg PA 34:28.4
63 Jen Scala Female 33 State College PA 38:18.2
64 Debra Vanek Female 64 Mount Joy PA 40:52.3
Overall Order of Finish - 5 Mile
Place First Last Gender Age City State Time
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1 Jigar Gosalia Male 26 State College PA 24:38.2
2 Jason Sammut Male 25 State College PA 25:52.3
3 George Nix Male 19 Gibsonia PA 26:40.4
4 Hugo Garro Male 18 Acton MA 27:28.5
5 Cam Mallett Male 24 State College PA 28:44.3
6 Bob Shafer Male 40 Bellefonte PA 29:44.3
7 Brad Scanlon Male 20 Wyomissing PA 30:15.5
8 Michael Renz Male 45 State College PA 30:46.6
9 Juraj Maski Male 39 State College PA 31:41.3
10 Jacob Clements Male 41 State College PA 32:52.1
11 Brian Thiede Male 34 Boalsburg PA 32:56.5
12 Ken Knappenberger Male 45 State College PA 32:57.6
13 Tom Cali Male 66 Pasadena CA 33:01.7
14 William Jeffries Male 28 State College PA 33:47.7
15 Alan Effrig Male 42 State College PA 33:52.0
16 Matthew Nelson Male 43 Green Lane PA 34:10.9
17 Tara Grove Female 45 Spring Mills PA 35:16.1
18 John Iceland Male 50 State College PA 35:16.9
19 Stanley Allison Male 20 Olanta PA 36:06.9
20 Sara Pritschet Female 33 State College PA 37:31.4
21 Dean Capone Male 57 State College PA 37:39.7
22 Sandeep Krishakumar Male 26 State College PA 37:58.2
23 Callie Krispin Female 29 Pennsylvania Furnace PA 39:14.7
24 Elizabeth Thiede Female 34 Boalsburg PA 40:50.8
25 Sharon Lupo Female 46 Pennsylvania Furnace PA 41:00.6
26 Richard Ciervo Male 73 State College PA 41:17.6
27 Robert Crowe Male 73 Pennsylvania Furnace PA 42:41.2
28 Luke Levis Male 46 Port Matilda PA 42:56.6
29 Demi Wright Male 77 Milwaukee WI 1:02:05.0