The inaugural Crozet Running Trail 5K was held May 10 at Mint Springs Valley Park. 163 runners toed the starting line at the field by the upper lake and took on a very challenging mountain 5K course that begins with a 500-foot climb. Race director John Andersen, who organized the race with his wife Michelle—they are the owners of Crozet Running—said he considered the race “the toughest 5K in Virginia.”
Michael Dubovsky won the race in 24:16.5 minutes, setting a new record for the course.
Runners took off in cool, overcast weather following trails marked by orange tape up Bucks Elbow Mountain and Little Yellow Mountain before winding down to the finish line near the playground. Volunteers were posted at every trail intersection and the race came off flawlessly.
Before the start, Andersen asked runners to raise their hand if they had never run a trail race. At least 100 people raised their hands.
“This was a race I had been planning long before Michelle and I opened Crozet Running,” said Andersen. “Our mission was simply to provide a venue to get people out on the trails, get active, and have them try something new. We wanted it to be a great community event and for all finishers to be proud of themselves for doing something physically challenging.”
All runners received a finisher’s T-shirt and were treated to water, fruit, and Clif bars.
All 163 runners finished.
Ellen Tani won the women’s field with a time of 30 minutes 10 seconds. Joseph Taylor (29:31) and Alyssa Santoro-Adajian (40:39) won the boys and girls 12 and under category, Brian Dickert (31:24) and Cheri Witt (32:47) won the men’s and ladies masters division, and John Ratcliffe (26:36), finishing second, and Christiann Rogers (32:38) won the men’s and ladies grandmasters division.
“We made it a free race so that there were no barriers preventing anyone from coming out and having a good time being active,” said Andersen. “We couldn’t have done it without our local sponsors: Lauren Morris State Farm purchased all the shirts, Allie Pesch with AMP designs created our awesome logo and advertisement, The Crozet Trails Crew helped with volunteers and a prize, and the Western Albemarle Rescue Squad was there in case anyone was injured. Albemarle County Parks and Recreation helped with preparation, ACAC Physical Therapy with food and drinks, and the Crozet Running Ultrarunning Team helped get the park set up.”
Andersen said the race will be an annual event.
First Name | Last Name | Age | Gender | TIME | |
1 | Michael | Dubovsky | 29 | M | 24:16 |
2 | John | Ratcliffe | 50 | M | 26:36 |
3 | Ben | Pittsley | 24 | M | 26:46 |
4 | Cassidy | Girvin | 26 | M | 27:01 |
5 | Joseph | Taylor | 11 | M | 29:31 |
6 | Michael | Silvay | 25 | M | 29:49 |
7 | Ned | Hardy | 36 | M | 29:59 |
8 | Ellen | Tani | 30 | F | 30:10 |
9 | Christian | Dahlhausen | 34 | M | 30:26 |
10 | Kevin | Mawn | 39 | M | 30:35 |
11 | Courtney | Smith | 34 | F | 30:57 |
12 | Ryan | Smith | 34 | M | 30:57 |
13 | Brian | Dickert | 42 | M | 31:24 |
14 | Ahmad | Sistrunk | 35 | M | 31:24 |
15 | Donovan | Dagner | 44 | M | 31:35 |
16 | Laura | Koble | 27 | F | 32:19 |
17 | Christian | Rogers | 54 | F | 32:38 |
18 | William | Keller | 15 | M | 32:43 |
19 | Cherie | Witt | 49 | F | 32:47 |
20 | Brian | McEwen | 39 | M | 32:48 |
21 | Sydney | Wicks | 21 | F | 32:50 |
22 | Karen | Zvarych | 31 | F | 32:51 |
23 | Corey | Mull | 29 | M | 33:18 |
24 | Holly | Quinton | 33 | F | 33:22 |
25 | Kristen | Zorn | 26 | F | 33:40 |
26 | Ashley | Hartshorn | 28 | F | 33:42 |
27 | Eric | Jeronimus | 44 | M | 33:52 |
28 | Rebecca | Weast | 26 | F | 34:37 |
29 | Bob | Clouston | 52 | M | 34:39 |
30 | Sarah | Titus | 14 | F | 35:21 |
31 | Greg | Harper | 48 | M | 35:31 |
32 | Jonathan | Kagarise | 30 | M | 35:47 |
33 | Josh | Harvey | 38 | M | 36:07 |
34 | Colin | Wigler | 28 | M | 36:14 |
35 | Jim | White | 43 | M | 36:35 |
36 | Julie | Call | 30 | F | 36:42 |
37 | Albert | Shulz | 41 | M | 36:55 |
38 | Kevin | Rogers | 41 | M | 37:06 |
39 | Tracey | Houchens | 45 | F | 37:08 |
40 | Andrew | Scheiner | 52 | M | 37:09 |
41 | Tina | Blumenfeld | 28 | F | 37:13 |
42 | Lincoln | Ashcom | 9 | M | 37:32 |
43 | Matt | Wood | 49 | M | 37:49 |
44 | Lindsay | Daniel | 38 | F | 38:01 |
45 | Russell | Sawyer | 63 | M | 38:04 |
46 | Nick | Little | 28 | M | 38:06 |
47 | Kelcey | Wall | 22 | F | 38:35 |
48 | Carlos | Barbery | 24 | M | 38:36 |
49 | Cailin | Slattery | 25 | F | 38:43 |
50 | Andrew | Parsons | 31 | M | 38:45 |
51 | Becca | Deaton | 38 | F | 38:55 |
52 | Philip | Selmer | 31 | M | 38:58 |
53 | Dorothy | Dabney | 60 | F | 39:16 |
54 | Philip | Halapin | 63 | M | 39:25 |
55 | Marcus | Vieira | 7 | M | 39:26 |
56 | Monica | Vieira | 35 | F | 39:28 |
57 | Mike | Lowe | 46 | M | 39:31 |
58 | Ross | Hardy | 34 | F | 39:41 |
59 | Steve | Patterson | 38 | M | 39:54 |
60 | Elizabeth | Herlevsen | 42 | F | 39:55 |
61 | Ricardito | Rikesan | 50 | M | 39:56 |
62 | Winn | Ballard | 43 | F | 40:01 |
63 | Allie | Pesch | 31 | F | 40:11 |
64 | Charlie | Johnson | 12 | M | 40:25 |
65 | Kathy | Del Rosso | 51 | F | 40:38 |
66 | Catherine | Williams | 45 | F | 40:38 |
67 | Alyssa | Santoro-Adajian | 12 | F | 40:39 |
68 | Kathryn | Tice | 31 | F | 40:42 |
69 | Joselyn | Whetzel | 33 | F | 41:08 |
70 | Sara | Yeatman | 26 | F | 41:13 |
71 | Curtis | Walke | 33 | M | 41:19 |
72 | Cadence | Walke | 8 | F | 41:21 |
73 | Michael | Jimenez | 25 | M | 41:23 |
74 | David | Snipes | 46 | M | 41:45 |
75 | Melissa | Zeller | 43 | F | 42:00 |
76 | Nataie | Prye | 15 | F | 42:01 |
77 | Juia | Crimminns | 31 | F | 42:14 |
78 | Kari | Miller | 40 | F | 42:36 |
79 | Tara | Blackley | 32 | F | 42:43 |
80 | David | Smith | 48 | M | 42:43 |
81 | Ginger | Germani | 38 | F | 42:47 |
82 | Kelly | Gauerke | 49 | F | 43:08 |
83 | Bert | Miller | 43 | M | 43:44 |
84 | Paul | Russell | 45 | M | 44:06 |
85 | Tana | Strike | 34 | F | 44:13 |
86 | Shane | Strike | 35 | M | 44:13 |
87 | Ian | Ratcliffe | 9 | M | 44:21 |
88 | Nicola | Ratcliffe | 47 | F | 44:24 |
89 | Emily | Furnari | 24 | F | 44:29 |
90 | Laurie | Youngs | 32 | F | 44:32 |
91 | Ben | Stephani | 9 | M | 44:42 |
92 | Andy | Cummings | 47 | M | 44:49 |
93 | Ethan | Russell | 12 | M | 45:03 |
94 | Dennis | Edwards | 39 | M | 45:07 |
95 | Jeff | Haskins | 45 | M | 45:10 |
96 | Ciara | Imbert | 34 | F | 45:10 |
97 | Tonja | Haskins | 39 | F | 45:11 |
98 | Megan | DeJesus | 33 | F | 45:13 |
99 | Philippa | Whitelaw | 49 | F | 45:15 |
100 | Lady | Keller | 50 | F | 46:02 |
101 | Athea | Langdon | 46 | F | 46:17 |
102 | Avery | Patterson | 13 | F | 46:37 |
103 | Christopher | Ditmar | 43 | M | 46:50 |
104 | Keith | Schultz | 40 | M | 47:41 |
105 | Arianna | Rocco | 11 | F | 47:42 |
106 | Sara | Dellimore | 37 | F | 47:43 |
107 | Elizabeth | Schwenzfeier | 51 | F | 47:44 |
108 | Nancy | Heidel | 49 | F | 47:52 |
109 | Nancy | Campbell | 43 | F | 47:55 |
110 | Heather | Clark | 49 | F | 47:56 |
111 | Kylie | Ashcom | 33 | F | 48:37 |
112 | Julie | McCauley | 23 | F | 48:38 |
113 | Brigitte | McCauley | 17 | F | 48:38 |
114 | Angela | McCauley | 19 | F | 48:39 |
115 | Spencer | Eavers | 32 | F | 48:44 |
116 | David | Kutassy | 27 | M | 50:43 |
117 | Jason | Greene | 29 | M | 51:12 |
118 | Dolly | Garnecki | 36 | F | 51:36 |
119 | Jorge | Carrizosa | 37 | M | 51:42 |
120 | Brooke | Leatherbury | 26 | F | 51:47 |
121 | Ann | Wicks | 54 | F | 53:43 |
122 | George | Gillies | 61 | M | 53:56 |
123 | Brian | Johnson | 46 | M | 54:05 |
124 | Debbi | Messlar-Little | 63 | F | 54:06 |
125 | Keith | Skinner | 54 | M | 54:20 |
126 | Quinn | Connaughton | 7 | F | 54:26 |
127 | Tom | Connaughton | 44 | M | 54:27 |
128 | Lauren | Wright | 31 | F | 54:58 |
129 | Anne | Blair | 40 | F | 55:30 |
130 | Christian | Kutassy | 23 | F | 55:58 |
131 | Kelly | Burnette | 45 | F | 56:03 |
132 | Ann | Dagner | 47 | F | 56:20 |
133 | Henry | Lysiak | 7 | M | 56:37 |
134 | Tory | Selmer | 30 | F | 56:51 |
135 | Rebecca | Maxwell | 55 | F | 57:25 |
136 | Thomas | Lysiak | 11 | M | 58:06 |
137 | Jennifer | Kirby | 43 | F | 58:10 |
138 | Heather | Laramy | 33 | F | 59:22 |
139 | Jen | Patterson | 36 | F | 59:40 |
140 | Seth | Stine | 26 | M | 1:00:20 |
141 | David | Smith | 56 | M | 1:00:26 |
142 | Natalie | Rocco | 7 | F | 1:01:51 |
143 | Richard | Hofheimer | 71 | M | 1:02:49 |
144 | Max | Vieira | 5 | M | 1:07:48 |
145 | Michael | Vieira | 35 | M | 1:07:49 |
146 | Mary | Combs | 35 | F | 1:10:43 |
147 | Brian | Combs | 43 | M | 1:10:44 |
148 | Maura | McLaughlan | 37 | F | 1:11:01 |
149 | Bill | Dabney | 67 | M | 1:11:35 |
150 | Candida | High-Simmons | 43 | F | 1:12:00 |
151 | Rich | Trauger | 44 | M | 1:13:34 |
152 | Dale | Simmons | 51 | M | 1:13:35 |
153 | Sherry | Stine | 59 | F | 1:17:39 |
154 | Donald | Stine | 66 | M | 1:17:41 |
155 | Dave | Rocco | 39 | M | 1:19:49 |
156 | Lori | Rocco | 38 | F | 1:27:11 |
157 | Adam | Bryant | 7 | M | 1:29:13 |
158 | Kim | Pritchett | 47 | F | 1:29:14 |
159 | Aaron | Warr | 37 | M | 1:29:23 |
160 | Loretta | Whetzel | 57 | F | 1:32:25 |
161 | Jeff | Whetzel | 57 | M | 1:32:26 |
162 | Cheryl | Madison | 43 | F | 1:58:47 |
163 | Suzanne | Mawyer | 62 | F | 1:58:47 |