The 22nd Annual Round Church Women's Run was greeted early Saturday morning with a sunny sky and 228 energetic participants.
Erin Sullivan swept the 5k run in 18:34 while Nanette Atherton took the walking division in 31:43 and Angie DeFillipi led the 10k in 39:56. The youngest participant award went to 8-year-old Heron Russell and Sylvia Weiner was honored as our veteran runner.
Once again the race had great support from local businesses. Champion Jogbra provided all of the official prizes as they have for the past five years. They were joined by sports stores Women's Source for Sports and the SkiRack who supplied gift certificates. The KeyBank Vermont City Marathon also allowed us to raffle off a free guaranteed entry. Myers Bagels donated 20 dozen delicious bagels and Hannafords Supermarket supplied water and bananas.
The volunteers made sure that everything ran smoothly from start to finish. A huge thanks to Sue & John Scheer, Annie Follet, Sue & Joe McNamara, Tom Curtin, Jonathan Sands, Rick Blount, Zeke Zucker (who just finished Pikes Peak!), Alex Frybreger, Clif Rivers, Andrew Mack, Don Lacharite, Vic Tirrito, Charlie Windisch, Pascal Cravedi Chang, Gordon MacFarland, Caroline Biddle and Miriam Street.
This was my last year as race director and I'd like to say a big thanks to the folks who have been co-directors and pushed me (sometimes kicking & screaming) to make changes that improved the quality of the race: Connie Curtin, Sue McNamara and Bill Lorenz. These folks will continue to work on the race with the new director who will be recruited this fall/winter. I hope to see everyone next year when I get to run this race again for the first time in eight years.
- Andrea Houlihan
Race Directors: Andrea Houlihan, Connie Curtain, Sue McNamara
Technical director: Bill Lorenz
Link to Round Church Women's Run History
(first running in 1979)
Link to 2000 race photos
Link to 10K results
Results in order of finish follow the age group listing.
5K Run:
0-13
1. Ellie Thrasher
Vershire
24:25
2. Elizabeth Frenette Burlington
24:34
3. Kaity Smith
24:49
4. Jennie Bender
Johnson
25:51
5. Margaret Leddy
Burlington 27:59
6. Emily Smith
28:32
7. Tara Higgins
Jeffersonville 30:20
8. Lucy Higgins
Jeffersonville 30:20
9. Annie Willey
Essex Junction 31:57
10. Alysha McGroddy-Thomas Underhill
33:50
11. Lisa Limanek
Shelburne 36:09
12. Heron Russell
Richmond
38:17
13. Lauren Tulikangas Underhill
39:14
14. Hannah Solomon
Shelburne 43:33
14-19
1. Erin Sullivan
Jericho
18:34 OVERALL
2. Kim Keszey
Underhill 20:54
3. Sasha Gerdel
Montpelier 23:38
4. Michaela Reagan
Huntington 24:51
5. Karli Revoir
Moretown
32:30
6. Drew Thabault
Colchester 39:02
20-29
1. Tessa Benoit
South Pomfret 19:51
2. Alena Mernicky
Essex Junction 23:06
3. Tiffin Zellers
23:58
4. Heather Gray
Essex Junction 26:55
5. Jen Gafford
Colchester 29:34
6. Jen Tester
Huntington 29:51
7. Sue Walker
Colchester 29:53
8. Martha Bloom
Colchester 30:56
9. Sarah Himes
Williston 31:07
10. Cincy Dion
Colchester 31:37
11. Laurel Barkell
Colchester 32:00
30-39
1. Aimee Motta
Bristol
20:45
2. Sandra Dickin
Colchester 21:10
3. Cathy Eustis
Essex Junction 21:26
4. Julie Farrington
Burlington 22:01
5. Polly Hapern-Reiss Waterbury
Center 22:42
6. Kathy McGroddy-Goetz Underhill
23:51
7. Kristin Newton
Morristown 24:03
8. Tamra Higgins
Jeffersonville 24:08
9. Jodi Lane
Huntington 24:12
10. Nicole Parente
South Burlington 24:28
11. Theresa Aiosa
Cambridge 24:34
12. Monica Hawke
24:41
13. Wendie Mouie
Jeffersonville 25:52
14. Amy Hauf
Richmond
25:55
15. Wendy Newsham
Massachusetts 26:45
16. Mary Farrell
Shelburne 26:57
17. Ann Talbot
South Burlington 27:19
18. Nicole Neiman
Williston 27:39
19. Deirdre Donovan
Burlington 27:52
20. Ilana Brett
Lincoln
27:59
21. Sharon Winn
Montpelier 28:21
22. Maggie Jackson
Massachusetts 28:27
23. Lori Foltz
Winooski
28:30
24. Amy Ruhl
Burlington 28:46
25. Glynis Jordan
Colchester 28:48
26. Carrie Dixon
Stowe
29:20
27. Katherine Long
Richmond
29:31
28. Jennifer Fortier Barre
30:07
29. Maura Kelley
30:16
30. Lorie Bielawa
Winooski
30:23
31. Kirsten Isgro
Colchester 31:22
32. Lisa Parker
31:22
33. Maria Stadlmayer North
Duxbury 31:40
34. Robin Dixon
Stowe
31:40
35. Loree Silvis
Jericho
31:42
36. Michelle McKay
Colchester 32:56
37. Jackie Redmond
Essex Junction 33:08
38. Jan Thabault
Shelburne 34:45
39. Liz Russell
Richmond
38:17
40. Cathy Carlson
Jericho
39:04
40-49
1. Ann Straka Gilbert Middlesex
20:14
2. Kathy Barrows
Worcester 20:22
3. Susan Alexander
Richmond
20:56
4. Debbie Weiner
Montreal
21:49
5. Julie Buskirk
Alaska
22:10
6. Claudia Sullivan
Jericho
23:54
7. Susyn Dees
Essex Junction 25:41
8. Paula Baldwin
Barre
26:36
9. Michelle Miller
Milton
26:47
10. Peggy Campagna
Shelburne 27:05
11. Mary Roux
Northfield 27:13
12. Allison Loebs
27:20
13. Mary Hampson
South Burlington 28:00
14. Deborah Miller
Stowe
28:03
15. Kathie Desautels South
Burlington 28:11
16. Kim Kelley
Middlebury 28:50
17. Christine Bourque Colchester
28:52
18. Peggy Sands
Burlington 28:55
19. Mary Fiedler
Jeffersonville 29:02
20. Denise Joy
North Montpelier 30:13
21. Kim Revoir
Moretown
31:00
22. Linda Retchin
Shelburne 31:17
23. Nancy Pruitt
Shelburne 31:20
24. Kay Leuang
Colchester 31:35
25. Carol Vallett
31:39
26. Marny Willey
Essex Junction 31:59
27. Patty Delaney
North Duxbury 32:04
28. Denise McCord
Underhill 39:14
50-59
1. Patty Foltz
Stowe
21:12
2. Marie Ramie
California 24:47
3. Karen Gerdel
Montpelier 27:23
4. Susan Bradt
Calais
28:29
5. Nancy Emberly
Shelburne 29:02
6. Kathy Elkins
Stowe
30:42
7. Betsy Lord
Burlington 31:14
8. Pat Donehower
Essex Junction 31:31
9. Jenny Russell
Milton
31:47
10. Susan Page
Colchester 31:50
11. Lucy Manis
South Burlington 33:54
12. Nancy Money
Burlington 33:59
13. Louise Thabault
Burlington 34:46
14. Janet Dooley
Milton
35:35
60-69
1. Sylvia Weiner
Montreal 26:29
2. Flo Meiler
Shelburne 31:47
3. Barbara Jordan
South Burlington 34:47
4. Fran Moravcski
South Burlington 35:20
5. Eleanor McNamara
Burlington 38:02
5K Walk:
1. Nanette Atherton
Richmond 31:43
2. Kathy Venuti
Williston 46:24
3. Shari Carr
Essex Junction 48:38
4. Vera Gaetano
Burlington 48:38
OVERALL:
1. Erin Sullivan
Jericho
18:34
2. Tessa Benoit
South Pomfret 19:51
3. Ann Straka Gilbert Middlesex
20:14
4. Kathy Barrows
Worcester 20:22
5. Aimee Motta
Bristol
20:45
6. Kim Keszey
Underhill 20:54
7. Susan Alexander
Richmond
20:56
8. Sandra Dickin
Colchester 21:10
9. Patty Foltz
Stowe
21:12
10. Cathy Eustis
Essex Junction 21:26
11. Debbie Weiner
Montreal
21:49
12. Julie Farrington
Burlington 22:01
13. Julie Buskirk
Alaska
22:10
14. Polly Hapern-Reiss Waterbury
Center 22:42
15. Alena Mernicky
Essex Junction 23:06
16. Sasha Gerdel
Montpelier 23:38
17. Kathy McGroddy-Goetz Underhill
23:51
18. Claudia Sullivan
Jericho
23:54
19. Tiffin Zellers
23:58
20. Kristin Newton
Morristown 24:03
21. Tamra Higgins
Jeffersonville 24:08
22. Jodi Lane
Huntington 24:12
23. Ellie Thrasher
Vershire
24:25
24. Nicole Parente
South Burlington 24:28
25. Elizabeth Frenette Burlington
24:34
26. Theresa Aiosa
Cambridge 24:34
27. Monica Hawke
24:41
28. Marie Ramie
California 24:47
29. Kaity Smith
24:49
30. Michaela Reagan
Huntington 24:51
31. Susyn Dees
Essex Junction 25:41
32. Jennie Bender
Johnson
25:51
33. Wendie Mouie
Jeffersonville 25:52
34. Amy Hauf
Richmond
25:55
35. Sylvia Weiner
Montreal
26:29
36. Paula Baldwin
Barre
26:36
37. Wendy Newsham
Massachusetts 26:45
38. Michelle Miller
Milton
26:47
39. Heather Gray
Essex Junction 26:55
40. Mary Farrell
Shelburne 26:57
41. Peggy Campagna
Shelburne 27:05
42. Mary Roux
Northfield 27:13
43. Ann Talbot
South Burlington 27:19
44. Allison Loebs
27:20
45. Karen Gerdel
Montpelier 27:23
46. Nicole Neiman
Williston 27:39
47. Deirdre Donovan
Burlington 27:52
48. Margaret Leddy
Burlington 27:59
49. Ilana Brett
Lincoln
27:59
50. Mary Hampson
South Burlington 28:00
51. Deborah Miller
Stowe
28:03
52. Kathie Desautels
South Burlington 28:11
53. Sharon Winn
Montpelier 28:21
54. Maggie Jackson
Massachusetts 28:27
55. Susan Bradt
Calais
28:29
56. Lori Foltz
Winooski
28:30
57. Emily Smith
28:32
58. Amy Ruhl
Burlington 28:46
59. Glynis Jordan
Colchester 28:48
60. Kim Kelley
Middlebury 28:50
61. Christine Bourque Colchester
28:52
62. Peggy Sands
Burlington 28:55
63. Mary Fiedler
Jeffersonville 29:02
64. Nancy Emberly
Shelburne 29:02
65. Carrie Dixon
Stowe
29:20
66. Katherine Long
Richmond
29:31
67. Jen Gafford
Colchester 29:34
68. Jen Tester
Huntington 29:51
69. Sue Walker
Colchester 29:53
70. Jennifer Fortier
Barre
30:07
71. Denise Joy
North Montpelier 30:13
72. Maura Kelley
30:16
73. Tara Higgins
Jeffersonville 30:20
74. Lucy Higgins
Jeffersonville 30:20
75. Lorie Bielawa
Winooski
30:23
76. Kathy Elkins
Stowe
30:42
77. Martha Bloom
Colchester 30:56
78. Kim Revoir
Moretown
31:00
79. Sarah Himes
Williston 31:07
80. Betsy Lord
Burlington 31:14
81. Linda Retchin
Shelburne 31:17
82. Nancy Pruitt
Shelburne 31:20
83. Kirsten Isgro
Colchester 31:22
84. Lisa Parker
31:22
85. Pat Donehower
Essex Junction 31:31
86. Kay Leuang
Colchester 31:35
87. Cincy Dion
Colchester 31:37
88. Carol Vallett
31:39
89. Maria Stadlmayer
North Duxbury 31:40
90. Robin Dixon
Stowe
31:40
91. Loree Silvis
Jericho
31:42
92. Nanette Atherton
Richmond
31:43
93. Flo Meiler
Shelburne 31:47
94. Jenny Russell
Milton
31:47
95. Susan Page
Colchester 31:50
96. Annie Willey
Essex Junction 31:57
97. Marny Willey
Essex Junction 31:59
98. Laurel Barkell
Colchester 32:00
99. Patty Delaney
North Duxbury 32:04
100. Karli Revoir
Moretown
32:30
101. Michelle McKay
Colchester 32:56
102. Jackie Redmond
Essex Junction 33:08
103. Alysha McGroddy-Thomas Underhill
33:50
104. Lucy Manis
South Burlington 33:54
105. Nancy Money
Burlington 33:59
106. Jan Thabault
Shelburne 34:45
107. Louise Thabault
Burlington 34:46
108. Barbara Jordan
South Burlington 34:47
109. Fran Moravcski
South Burlington 35:20
110. Janet Dooley
Milton
35:35
111. Lisa Limanek
Shelburne 36:09
112. Eleanor McNamara Burlington
38:02
113. Heron Russell
Richmond
38:17
114. Liz Russell
Richmond
38:17
115. Drew Thabault
Colchester 39:02
116. Cathy Carlson
Jericho
39:04
117. Lauren Tulikangas Underhill
39:14
118. Denise McCord
Underhill 39:14
119. Hannah Solomon
Shelburne 43:33
120. Kathy Venuti
Williston 46:24
121. Vera Gaetano
Burlington 48:38
122. Shari Carr
Essex Junction 48:38
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