Taking Strides for Better Health 5K, RESULTS 2025

Below are the full results for the 6th ANNUAL TAKING STRIDES FOR BETTER HEALTH 5K held at the Mariners’ Museum Park Warwick Field on Saturday, August 9, 2025. The race was sponsored by the Southeastern Virginia Health System with proceeds to help provide quality health care for uninsured patients.

The Better Health 5K started in the Mariner’s Museum Park and followed Boundary Road turning around before Lion’s Bridge and utilizing an additional side road off Boundary Road to make up the 5K course. The course was followed correctly by the runners.

The 6th ANNUAL TAKING STRIDES FOR BETTER HEALTH 5K was held under great running conditions for mid-August; sunny with a slight breeze and a temperature of 72 at race start. 72 runners and walkers entered the event with 34 completing the 5K course. Awards went to the Top 3 finishers.

Finish line and results services were provided by the Peninsula Track Club.

6th ANNUAL TAKING STRIDES FOR BETTER HEALTH 5K
Sponsored by Southeastern Virginia Health System
Mariner’s Museum Park, Newport News, VA
Saturday, August 9, 2025 8:00 AM
A PENINSULA TRACK CLUB EVENT

Place O’All Name Age City State Time Pace
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TOP OVERALL
1 1 ORLANDO PEREZ 63 NEWPORT NEWS VA 21:09 7:12
2 2 QUINTIN CRUTCHFIELD VA 27:52 9:29
3 3 CAROL HANSEN-VESSA 71 WILLIAMSBURG VA 29:14 9:57 *

REMAINING:
1 4 HELEN WORTHINGTON 71 BENA VA 30:45 10:28 *
2 5 SHIRLEY STEPHENS 68 WILLIAMSBURG VA 32:25 11:02 *
3 6 THEA GANOE 67 HAMPTON VA 32:36 11:06 *
4 7 RONALD KELLUM 81 HAMPTON VA 33:22 11:21 *
5 8 DAVID WEBSTER VA 35:30 12:05
6 9 LAURA CASTELLANOS VA 35:41 12:09
7 10 VALEZ WEBSTER VA 36:14 12:20
8 11 DOTTIE HUMPHREYS 73 NEWPORT NEWS VA 41:39 14:10 *
9 12 BRENDA STENTON 69 NEWPORT NEWS VA 41:52 14:15
10 13 JOSEPH V POLINSKI 87 SMITHFIELD VA 47:39 16:13
11 14 GLENDA MCMURTRIE VA 48:30 16:30
12 15 BOB CURTIN JR 72 HAMPTON VA 50:20 17:08 *
13 16 GREGORY ACHUA VA 50:29 17:11
14 17 CHRISTOPHER ACHUA VA 50:30 17:11
15 18 ZORA ACHUA VA 50:32 17:12
16 19 LATOYA HOLLOMAN VA 52:55 18:00
17 21 ALFRED BRIDGES VA 56:02 19:04
18 22 ROSE GRAY VA 56:20 19:10
19 23 MARGARET HENRY VA 56:21 19:10
20 24 TRACIE FRANK VA 56:24 19:12
21 25 WANDA SAVAGE VA 56:26 19:12
22 26 PAULINE REED VA 56:31 19:14
23 27 UNKNOWN RUNNER VA 56:46 19:19
24 28 UNKNOWN RUNNER VA 56:52 19:21
25 29 CHELSEA MURRAY 3 HAMPTON VA 56:55 19:22
26 30 CATIE MURRAY 32 HAMPTON VA 56:56 19:22
27 31 KIMBERLY ALLSBROOK HAMPTON VA 56:57 19:23
28 32 ZARIA SMITH VA 1:10:59 24:09
29 33 ATTILAH SMITH VA 1:11:00 24:09
30 34 JAIME WATERFIELD VA 1:11:03 24:10

* denotes PTC member