Author: PTC

Ft Eustis 10 All Runners List
Ft Eustis 10K Age Group Winners List

Below are the award winners for the 15th Annual Fort Eustis 10K held at Fort Eustis, VA. The race was held on Saturday morning, March 2, 2013 sponsored by the Fort Eustis MWR. The race was conducted and results
were generated by the Peninsula Track Club. Conditions at race time were very cool but good for running, overcast with a breeze and temperatures in the upper 30s.

The course for the Fort Eustis 10K was USATF certified (VA02048RT) and was run as certified. The race started and finished at Anderson Fieldhouse on Fort Eustis. This is the 3rd race of the 2011 Peninsula Track Club Grand Prix series.

162 runners entered the 10K (down from 241in 2012) with 151 completing the race (down from 193 in 2012).

While the number of runners was smaller than 2012, the top finishers in 2013 were significantly faster with all top 4 Male finishers beating the 2012 winning time of 36:38; Blaine O’Reilly, 24 of Williamsburg, VA was
first with a time of 33:38 (5:25 pace) followed by Victor Flemming, 33 of Smithfield, VA (34:22; 5:32 pace), Bryce Livingston, 25 of WIlliamsburg (35:10; 5:40 pace) and Todd Kessler, 30 of Newport News (36:31; 5:53 pace).

The women were also faster than the 2012 winning time of 43:08. 1st Woman Overall was Mercedes Castillo-D’Amico, 55 of Newport News with a time of 41:53 (6:45 pace) followed by Crystal Witte, 27 of Yorktown in 42:30 (6:51 pace) and Karla Haven, 51 of Plainview, VA slightly behind the 2012 winning time finishing in 43:30 (7:00 pace).

Note: Mercedes Castillo D’Amico would have taken the state record for the distance at her current age.  Owing to the fact that Ft Eustis’s certification had laspsed, Mercedes did not achieve a record for her age group. PTC offers Apologies to Mercedes and Andy. This should have been announced at race start that the certification had lapsed.

3 K Walk all walkers list
3 K Walk Age Group winners
8K All Runners List
8K Age Group Winners list

Above are the award winners for the 2nd Annual Gloucester 8K Run and 3K Run/Walk held on the roads around Gloucester High School in Gloucester, VA. Awards in the 8K went to the top 3 men and women overall and the top 3 in each age group. Awards were also given for the top 3 men and women in the 3K. The race was held on Saturday morning, February 16, 2013. Proceeds support the Gloucester County Educational Foundation. The race itself was conducted by the Peninsula Track Club.

The race was held on a challenging day with temperatures dropping from 40 into the 30s as rain started which occasionally turned to snow during the
run. Breezy conditions increased the weather challenge.

Despite the conditions 169 runners signed up, 71 in the 3K and 98 in the 8K. A total of 144 runners completed one of the events, with 58 finishers in the 3K and 86 finishers in the 8K. The races were held simultaneously with the same start and finish – the 3K participants
completed the initial out and pack loop while the 8K runners went past Gloucester High School to do a different 5K loop that made up the 8K course. The courses are accurately measured but are not USATF
certified.

Scholarship 5K Age Group Winners list
Scholarship 5K All Runners list

Above are the award winners for the 2013 Joe & Sue Moore Memorial PTC Scholarship 5K Run held on the trails in Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton. Awards went to the top 3 men and women overall and the top 3 in each age group. The race was held on Saturday morning, February 9, 2013. Proceeds go to support the Peninsula Track Club Joe & Sue Moore Memorial College Scholarship. The race was organized and conducted by the Peninsula Track Club.

This was also the second race in the Peninsula Track Club 2013 Grand Prix series.

117 runners entered the 5K (up from 113 in 2012) with 103 runners completing the 5K (up from 102 in 2012). The race was completely on trails within the Sandy Bottom Nature Park and is not USATF certified. Conditions at race time were sunny, cold and breezey with temperatures in the 30s.