* Trailzilla Joe-Zilla 5 Miler, RESULTS 2023

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Trailzilla 2023 Series winners

Men Overall. Benjamin Perry, 16, Newport News

Men Masters (40+)  Douglas Marshall, 49, Mathews

Men Grand Masters (50+) Walt Bruce, 61, Yorktown

Men Senior Masters (60+) Eric Wiebke, 66, Hampton

Men Veteran Masters (70+) Ronald Kellum, 79, Hampton

Men Race Walk Rick Webb, 65, Yorktown

Women Overall Megan Schulze, 40, Newport News

Women Masters (40+) Jaime Lawson, 41, Hampton

Women Grand Masters (50+) Jeanne Fiocca, 51, Yorktown

Women Race Walk. Gilda Cortez, 67, Yorktown

Women Senior Masters and Women Veteran Masters

No runners completed all 3 races in these two categories, and since there were 12 Trailzilla series awards, those two awards were given to the most deserving other age categories, as follows:

Women 19-and-under Imogen Leone, 8, Newport News

Women 20-39 Sara Leone, 38, Newport News

 

Below and attached are the award winners and full results for the 2023 JOE-ZILLA 5 MILER held on the trails of Sandy Bottom Nature Park on Saturday morning, July 8, 2023.  The race was sponsored by the Peninsula Track Club and is the final event of the three-race Trailzilla Race Series, a series of three races held at Sandy Bottom with proceeds going to the Friends of Sandy Bottom.  The JOE-ZILLA 5 MILER is named in honor of long-time PTC President Joe Harney who passed away in 2017.  It is also the 5th race of the twelve-race 2023 PTC Grand Prix.The course started and finished near the pavilion next to the park visitor center.  Due to downed trees blocking part of the certified 3.75 mile Virginia 24-Hour Run loop course, a revised course was laid out and was accurately measured but is not USATF certified.The 2023 edition of the Joe-Zilla 5 Miler was held under sunny skies and very warm and humid conditions with a temperature of 81 at race start.  81 runners entered the 5 Miler with 73 completing 5 Mile course.  Awards went to the Top 3 Male and Female finishers as well as the Top 3 of each age group.

 

    2023 Joe-Zilla 5 Miler              Final event of the Trailzilla Trail Run Series                   Sandy Bottom Nature Park, Hampton, VA                      Saturday, July 8, 2023 9:00 AM                  Benefitting the Friends of Sandy Bottom                  A PENINSULA TRACK CLUB GRAND PRIX EVENT

Place O’All Name                       Age City State           Time   Pace===== ===== ========================   === ===================  =====  ====TOP OVERALL MEN    1     1 JIM HIGHSMITH               40 NEWPORT NEWS VA      34:04  6:52 *      2     2 JARED ORGERON               40 YORKTOWN VA          36:00  7:15 *      3     3 KEVIN KLAPPROTH             19 CARROLLTON VA        36:03  7:16    TOP OVERALL WOMEN    1     6 KATIE PROFFITT              25 BELLEFONTE PA        37:45  7:36        2    10 MEGAN SCHULZE               40 NEWPORT NEWS VA      39:51  8:01 *      3    11 CRYSTAL WITTE               38 YORKTOWN VA          40:28  8:09 *  MINORS – MEN:  19 AND UNDER    1    15 BENJAMIN PERRY              16 NEWPORT NEWS VA      42:21  8:32        2    25 JASON JOHNSON               17 HAMPTON VA           47:56  9:39        3    33 RAYMOND COLBERT             15 HAMPTON VA           50:20 10:08

OPEN – MEN:  20 – 39    1     4 MAX MCCALL                  25 NORFOLK VA           36:53  7:26        2     5 DEX MOORE                   36 NORFOLK VA           37:14  7:30 *      3    18 JOSEPH MCMAHON              38 HAMPTON VA           46:05  9:17    MASTERS – MEN:  40 – 49    1     7 CHRIS LAWS                  47 YORKTOWN VA          37:52  7:38 *      2     8 DOUGLAS MARSHALL            49 MATHEWS VA           38:04  7:40        3     9 ADAM HENRY                  40 NEWPORT NEWS VA      38:56  7:50    GRAND MASTERS – MEN:  50 – 59    1    29 JACK TAYLOR                 57 NEWPORT NEWS VA      49:17  9:55        2    34 PHIL GULLION                52 NORFOLK VA           50:51 10:14        3    53 ALBERT NEWBERT              55 CHESAPEAKE VA      1:01:32 12:23    SENIOR MASTERS – MEN:  60 – 69    1    13 RICHARD SHOEMAKER           64 NEWPORT NEWS VA      41:36  8:23 *      2    16 WALT BRUCE                  61 YORKTOWN VA          44:44  9:00 *      3    17 JESS BROWN                  68 NORFOLK VA           45:13  9:06    VETERAN MASTERS – MEN:  70 AND OVER    1    23 JIM DUFFY                   71 POQUOSON VA          47:24  9:33 *      2    35 JIMMY C BLOUNT              72 WILLIAMSBURG VA      51:13 10:19 *      3    41 RON WORTHINGTON             79 BENA VA              55:35 11:11 *  MINORS – WOMEN:  19 AND UNDER    1    20 PAIGE TILLERY               15 VIRGINIA BEACH VA    46:45  9:25        2    21 ANNA MENDOZA                16 GLOUCESTER VA        47:05  9:29        3    52 IMOGEN LEONE                 8 NEWPORT NEWS VA      59:50 12:03 *  OPEN – WOMEN:  20 – 39    1    14 ERIN MCCALL                 24 NORFOLK VA           42:14  8:30        2    26 SARA LEONE                  38 NEWPORT NEWS VA      48:03  9:40 *      3    31 ASHLEY WEISEL               28 VIRGINIA BEACH VA    49:30  9:58    MASTERS – WOMEN:  40 – 49    1    12 KRISTEN CALUAG              42 YORKTOWN VA          40:57  8:15 *      2    19 NATALIA POTTER              48 CHESAPEAKE VA        46:15  9:19        3    40 JAIME LAWSON                41 HAMPTON VA           52:34 10:35 *  GRAND MASTERS – WOMEN:  50 – 59    1    30 SUSAN HAGEL                 50 NORFOLK VA           49:28  9:58 *      2    37 SARAH TILLERY               50 VIRGINIA BEACH VA    51:36 10:23        3    38 JEANNE FIOCCA               51 YORKTOWN VA          51:50 10:26 *  SENIOR MASTERS – WOMEN:  60 – 69    1    28 VALOR FOY JONES             60 NEWPORT NEWS VA      48:43  9:49 *      2    32 CHRISTINE SCHAFFNER         60 YORKTOWN VA          49:39 10:00 *      3    44 SHIRLEY STEPHENS            66 WILLIAMSBURG VA      57:01 11:29 *  VETERAN MASTERS – WOMEN:  70 AND OVER    NONEWALK – MEN:    1    55 JOSEPH ROTH                 57 YORKTOWN VA        1:03:35 12:48 *      2    66 MIKE THOMAS                 64 NEWPORT NEWS VA    1:15:13 15:08 *      3    67 RICK WEBB                   65 YORKTOWN VA        1:16:00 15:18 *  WALK – WOMEN:    1    58 DENEEN VENTERS              59 NEWPORT NEWS VA    1:04:39 13:01        2    68 EMILY KUEFFNER              37 YORKTOWN VA        1:18:30 15:48 *      3    70 KAREN SCHENCK               68 ARK VA             1:23:35 16:49 *                             * denotes PTC member

Sat., July 8 – 9 a.m.
Trailzilla Joe-Zilla 5 Miler
Sandy Bottom Nature Park
Hampton, VA

 

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