Below and attached are the award winners for the 2024 TRAILZILLA FAST 5K held on the trails of Sandy Bottom Nature Park on Tuesday evening, June 4, 2024. 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 18, 2024 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 13, 2024.
The Trailzilla Fast 5K course started and finished near the Lakeside pavilion next to the park visitor center. 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 the full 3.1 mile distance.
The 2024 edition of the Trailzilla Fast 5K was held under sunny and somewhat humid conditions and a temperature around 80 at race start. 67 runners entered the 5K with 63 completing 5K course.Tuesday, June 4, 2024 – 6:30 p.m.
2024 Trailzilla Fast 5K
Trailzilla Trail Run Series – 1st Event
Sandy Bottom Nature Park, Hampton, VA
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 6:30 PM
Benefitting the Penninsula Track Club Scholarship Fund
A PENINSULA TRACK CLUB EVENT
Place O’All Name Age City State Time Pace
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TOP OVERALL MEN
1 1 NATE COCHRAN 16 NEWPORT NEWS VA 17:22 5:47
2 2 BENJAMIN PERRY 17 NEWPORT NEWS VA 18:00 6:00
3 3 KYLE PETERS 15 CARROLLTON VA 18:01 6:00
TOP OVERALL WOMEN
1 7 ARIANA LOGSDON 16 NEWPORT NEWS VA 19:52 6:37
2 13 SVITLANA HONCHAROVA 26 WILLIAMSBURG VA 20:56 6:58 *
3 22 STEPHANIE EITZEN 46 YORKTOWN VA 25:07 8:22 *
MEN: 14 AND UNDER
1 12 BRAXTON LEE 14 QUINTON VA 20:54 6:58 *
2 18 TITUS LOGSDON 14 NEWPORT NEWS VA 22:42 7:33
3 25 JOHN-PAUL BAPTIST 13 YORKTOWN VA 26:25 8:48
MEN: 15 – 19
1 5 SOREN HINES 15 NEWPORT NEWS VA 19:02 6:20
2 54 LANDON BOYLES 19 GLOUCESTER VA 42:13 14:03
MEN: 20 – 24
1 23 JAMES BAPTIST 22 HONOLULU HI 25:13 8:24
MEN: 25 – 29
1 63 CHRISTOPHER LANSFORD 29 CHESAPEAKE VA 1:01:34 20:29
MEN: 30 – 34
1 19 KITT MOGER 33 SUFFOLK VA 22:51 7:36
2 44 PHILIP SILVER 34 VA 32:50 10:56
MEN: 35 – 39
1 6 MATTHEW ARMENTA 37 HAMPTON VA 19:13 6:24
2 11 DEX MOORE 37 NORFOLK VA 20:42 6:54 *
3 17 BRIAN FRIES 36 YORKTOWN VA 21:54 7:17
MEN: 40 – 44
1 4 JIM HIGHSMITH 41 NEWPORT NEWS VA 18:59 6:19 *
2 10 JARED ORGERON 41 YORKTOWN VA 20:31 6:50 *
3 16 ADAM HENRY 41 NEWPORT NEWS VA 21:32 7:10
MEN: 45 – 49
1 8 KYLE AULENBACH 47 YORKTOWN VA 20:09 6:43
2 9 CHRIS LAWS 48 YORKTOWN VA 20:18 6:46 *
3 15 CARTER FICKLEN 49 YORKTOWN VA 21:07 7:02 *
MEN: 50 – 54
NONE
MEN: 55 – 59
1 14 AARON CANDELLA 55 YORKTOWN VA 21:04 7:01
2 20 EDWARD A BAPTIST 59 YORKTOWN VA 24:23 8:07
3 43 PAUL CLARK 55 HAMPTON VA 32:45 10:54
MEN: 60 – 64
1 34 WALT BRUCE 62 YORKTOWN VA 28:40 9:33 *
2 36 EDWARD RIETSCHA 63 YORKTOWN VA 31:16 10:24 *
MEN: 65 – 69
1 30 TIM WESTFALL 66 NORFOLK VA 27:33 9:10 *
MEN: 70 – 74
1 37 JIMMY C BLOUNT 73 WILLIAMSBURG VA 31:33 10:30 *
2 49 THOMAS MCANULTY 71 NORFOLK VA 35:05 11:41 *
3 58 RICK PLATT 73 WILLIAMSBURG VA 49:12 16:22 *
MEN: 75 AND OVER
1 45 RONALD KELLUM 80 HAMPTON VA 33:21 11:06 *
WOMEN: 24 AND UNDER
NONE
WOMEN: 25 – 29
1 33 ASHLEY GEE 29 NEWPORT NEWS VA 28:39 9:32 *
WOMEN: 30 – 34
1 41 EMILY BLACKBURN 34 YORKTOWN VA 32:41 10:53
2 55 HEATHER WINEMAN 34 SUFFOLK VA 42:43 14:13
WOMEN: 35 – 39
NONE
WOMEN: 40 – 44
1 28 MEGAN SYRETT 41 YORKTOWN VA 26:57 8:58
2 42 CHRISTINE WILSON 41 NEWPORT NEWS VA 32:43 10:53
3 48 MARYANNE LEE 41 QUINTON VA 34:25 11:27 *
WOMEN: 45 – 49
1 27 KRISTIN COCHRAN 49 NEWPORT NEWS VA 26:52 8:57
2 46 KAREN SMITH 47 YORKTOWN VA 34:09 11:22 *
3 53 CONNIE VATSA 46 HAMPTON VA 40:31 13:29
WOMEN: 50 – 54
1 32 SUSAN HAGEL 51 NORFOLK VA 28:22 9:27 *
2 35 JENNIFER CORNETTE 53 NORFOLK VA 29:16 9:44 *
WOMEN: 55 – 59
1 52 TARA DRESS 56 NEWPORT NEWS VA 40:20 13:25
WOMEN: 60 – 64
1 24 CONNIE GLUECK 60 WILLIAMSBURG VA 25:25 8:28 *
2 47 BELINDA RAMSEY 60 VA 34:24 11:27
WOMEN: 65 AND OVER
NONE
WALK – MEN:
1 56 RICK WEBB 66 YORKTOWN VA 44:30 14:48 *
2 61 BOB CURTIN JR 71 HAMPTON VA 49:54 16:36 *
WALK – WOMEN:
1 51 DENEEN VENTERS 60 NEWPORT NEWS VA 37:07 12:21 *
2 57 CHRIS DAMRON 55 NEWPORT NEWS VA 48:40 16:12
3 59 KAREN SCHENCK 69 GLOUCESTER VA 49:29 16:28 *
* denotes PTC member
Trailzilla Fast 5K
Sandy Bottom Park
Hampton, VA