Full Results
Below and attached are the award winners for the 2026 TRAILZILLA FAST 5K held on the trails of Sandy Bottom Nature Park on Tuesday evening, June 16, 2026. The race was sponsored by the Peninsula Track Club and is the first event of the Trailzilla Race Series, a series of three races held at Sandy Bottom with proceeds going to the Peninsula Track Club Scholarship Fund. The next race is the Trailzilla Feel Good 4 Miler on Tuesday evening, June 30, 2026 with a 6:30 pm start followed by the final Trailzilla event and PTC Grand Prix race, the Joe-Zilla 5 Miler on Saturday morning, July 18, 2026.
The Trailzilla Fast 5K course started and finished near the Sandy Bottom Nature Center near the Lakeside Pavilion. The 5K consisted of an out and back course primarily along the Trillian trail in Sandy Bottom and is not USATF certified although it is an accurate 3.1 mile distance.
The 2026 edition of the Trailzilla Fast 5K was held under mostly sunny and nice conditions and a temperature around 73 at race start. 107 runners entered the 5K with 101 completing 5K course.
Finish line and results services were provided by the Peninsula Track Club.
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2026 Trailzilla Fast 5K
Trailzilla Trail Run Series - 1st Event
Sandy Bottom Nature Park, Hampton, VA
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 6:30 PM
Benefitting the Penninsula Track Club Scholarship Fund
A PENINSULA TRACK CLUB EVENTq
Place O'All Name Age City State Time Pace
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TOP OVERALL MEN
1 1 JAMES CREELMAN 23 YORKTOWN VA 17:11 5:31
2 2 SOREN HINES 17 NEWPORT NEWS VA 17:22 5:35 *
3 3 BENJAMIN PERRY 19 NEWPORT NEWS VA 17:52 5:45
TOP OVERALL WOMEN
1 10 SVITLANA HONCHAROVA 28 WILLIAMSBURG VA 21:40 6:58 *
2 22 MEGAN SYRETT 43 YORKTOWN VA 24:09 7:46 *
3 25 KAITLYN OLSON 21 HAMPTON VA 24:26 7:51
MASTERS MEN
1 4 TIM CASE 43 WILLIAMSBURG VA 19:20 6:13
2 5 CHRIS GERAGHTY 41 YORKTOWN VA 19:34 6:17 *
3 6 MATTHEW TILLEY 46 NEWPORT NEWS VA 20:24 6:33 *
MASTERS WOMEN
1 28 KAREN SANZO 49 HAMPTON VA 25:08 8:05 *
2 29 JELLY TURNER 52 NEWPORT NEWS VA 25:23 8:09
3 40 STEPHANIE EITZEN 48 YORKTOWN VA 26:53 8:38 *
MEN: 19 AND UNDER
1 8 JACKSON SCHULZE 15 YORKTOWN VA 21:28 6:54
2 24 CONNOR KESSLER 14 VIRGINIA BEACH VA 24:24 7:50
3 52 MARSHALL YOUNG 10 NEWPORT NEWS VA 28:56 9:18 *
MEN: 20 - 39
1 11 DEX MOORE 39 NORFOLK VA 21:44 6:59 *
2 12 TEERAWAT THABUA 29 HAMPTON VA 21:58 7:04
3 13 RUBEN PEREZ 32 NEWPORT NEWS MD 22:09 7:07
MEN: 40 - 59
1 9 KYLE AULENBACH 49 YORKTOWN VA 21:32 6:55
2 14 TRISTAN STEWART 44 HAMPTON VA 22:21 7:11 *
3 18 JOHN BURCHER 54 YORKTOWN VA 22:58 7:23
MEN: 60 - 69
1 7 STEVEN MENZIES 62 WILLIAMSBURG VA 21:18 6:51
2 19 KEN ALBERG 65 SUFFOLK VA 23:11 7:27
3 30 WALT BRUCE 64 YORKTOWN VA 25:24 8:10 *
MEN: 70 AND OVER
1 31 JIM DUFFY 74 POQUOSON VA 25:36 8:14 *
2 75 RONALD KELLUM 82 HAMPTON VA 36:01 11:34 *
3 90 PETER NAVIN 71 HAMPTON VA 47:29 15:15 *
WOMEN: 19 AND UNDER
1 87 CHLOE VANDAL 18 HAMPTON 44:22 14:15
2 88 SHAILYN SCHINDLER 17 YORKTOWN VA 44:22 14:15
3 89 KAYLEIGH SMITH 13 YORKTOWN VA 45:14 14:32 *
WOMEN: 20 - 39
1 35 CHYSTAL WULLF 39 YORKTOWN VA 26:05 8:23
2 36 MICHELLE BANCHY 35 NORFOLK VA 26:07 8:24
3 46 ABBI WAGLE 24 HAMPTON VA 27:51 8:57
WOMEN: 40 - 59
1 44 MAY CARLSON 50 HAMPTON VA 27:21 8:48
2 45 JAIME LAWSON 44 HAMPTON VA 27:44 8:55 *
3 51 JEANNE FIOCCA 54 YORKTOWN VA 28:43 9:14 *
WOMEN: 60 - 69
1 66 CAROL BARTRAM 62 YORKTOWN VA 32:42 10:31 *
2 73 BELINDA RAMSEY 63 POQUOSON VA 35:31 11:25
3 78 LYNNE BUGGY 62 HAMPTON VA 36:27 11:43
WOMEN: 70 AND OVER
1 85 MARY HARMAN 75 NEWPORT NEWS VA 40:16 12:56 *
2 93 TRACY FREEMAN 77 WILLIAMSBURG VA 49:10 15:48
* denotes PTC member
Tue., June 16 - 6:30 p.m.
Trailzilla 5K
Sandy Bottom Park
1255 Big Bethel Road
Hampton, VA US 23666
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