HAGAMAN – The 30th annual Winter Wimp Foot Race, put on by the FulMont Roadrunners Club, took place Jan. 9 in Hagaman under cloudy skies and balmy winter temperatures in the mid 30’s.
The race is so named because runners can run the full 4.4 miles (two loops in Hagaman) or wimp out and only run 2.2 miles (one loop). A total of 145 runners ran the races.
The top finishers in the 2.2-mile race were Alex Hitrick (first), Gavin Ethier (second) and Greg Ielfield (third) for the men. In the women’s division, Hannah Ielfield was first, Richelle Molica was second and Valerie Charpentier was third.
The top overall finishers in the 4.4-mile race were Cheyne Hoag (first), Richard Cohen (second) and Josh Merlis (third) for the men, and Cathleen Wily (first), Emily Kowalczyk (second) and Briana McNamee (third) for the women.
Every year, the FulMont Roadrunners honor outstanding area high school cross country runners.
The outstanding cross country runners for this year were Olivia Lazarou of Amsterdam and Damion Freeman of Fonda-Fultonville.
Also receiving recognition as school award winners were Chantel Dopp and Gabe Fernandez of Amsterdam, Celina Onzo and Alex Hitrick of Broadalbin-Perth, Eliza Cechnicki and Andrew Hanifin of Canajoharie-Fort Plain, Mariah Van Avery and Travis Geniti of Fonda-Fultonville, Kaitlyn Senzio and Anthony Hayes of Gloversville, Julia Sarullo and Brandon Mraz of Johnstown, and Madison Relyea and Josh Febbie of Mayfield.
The youngest competitor was Megan Loomis, 7, of Malta, and the oldest competitor was Richard Schumacher , 82, of Hoosick Falls.
The post-race festivities took place at the Hagaman firehouse. Soup and wraps were provided by Dan’s Backyard Barbeque of Amsterdam and fresh fruit was furnished by Pagels Produce of Amsterdam.
Winter Wimp Road Race
4.4-Mile Results
1. Cheyne Hoag (Queensbury) 25:19, 2. Richard Cohen (Utica) 25:26, 3. Josh Merlis (Albany) 26:21, 4. Zachary Godfrey (Gloversville) 26:24, 5. Jim Sweeney (Albany) 26:30, 6. Josh Febbie (Gloversville) 27:15, 7. Cathleen Willy (New Hartford) 27:22, 8. Ambrose Schaffer (Canajoharie) 28:21, 9. Brian Northan (Guilderland) 28:43, 10. Michael Douglass (Gloversville) 29:15, 11. Greg Ethier (Clifton Park) 29:18, 12. Brendan Guere (Amsterdam) 29:57, 13. Sam Mercado (Albany) 30:10, 14. Ron Green (Gloversville) 30:43, 15. Lance Jennings ( Broadalbin) 31:00, 16. Emily Kowalczyk (Vestal) 31:09, 17. Briana McNamee (Albany) 31:33, 18. Steven Sweeney (Delanson) 31:34, 19. Steven Shrader (Amsterdam) 31:40, 20. Jim Owens (Clinton) 31:41, 21. Tony Kasowski (Porter Corners) 31:45, 22. Paul Cirillo (Mohawk) 31:55, 23. Jacob Dutcher (Amsterdam) 31:58, 24. Jessica Northan (Guilderland) 32:03, 25. Ian Alejandro (Amsterdam) 32:05, 26. Brian Teague (Glens Falls) 32:13, 27. Jonathan Knack (Amsterdam) 32:26, 28. Lennie Davis (Newport) 32:41, 29. Chris Douglass (Gloversville) 32:49, 30. Jamie Spraker (Gloversville) 33:28, 31. Christopher Eaton (Johnstown) 33:29, 32. Dennis Fillmore (Ballston Spa) 34:29, 33. Leah Schaffer (Canajoharie) 34:52, 34. Joseph Spencer (Hagaman) 35:17, 35. Roy Mowrey (Johnstown) 35:24, 36. Christine Eaton ( Johnstown) 35:26, 37. Sam Dikeman (Schenectady) 35:31, 38. Tim Fioretti (Gloversville) 35:36, 39. Deirdre Salerno (Amsterdam) 35:52, 40. Larry Salvegni (Feura Bush) 36:01, 41. Michelle Pratt (Albany) 36:24, 42. Paul Rogers ( Johnstown) 36:41, 43. Walter Gannon (Gloversville) 36:57, 44. Shawn Krutz (Gloversville) 37:16, 45. Dustin Myers (Pattersonville) 37:37, 46. Rob Faulds (Gloversville) 37:39, 47. Joe Yavonditte (Guilderland) 38:03, 48. Jamie Hoag (Queensbury) 38:20, 49. Lynn Fredericks (Amsterdam) 38:51, 50. Rich Tanchyk (Saratoga Springs) 39:00, 51. Abbey Ballard (Amsterdam) 39:08, 52. Joseph Raczes (Amsterdam) 39:11, 53. Marc Payzant (Amsterdam) 39:16, 54. Lori Beck (Amsterdam) 39:20, 55. Kirsten LeBlanc (Broadalbin) 39:40, 56. Deanne Webster (Albany) 39:42, 57. Stephen Montanaro (Hagaman) 39:43, 58. Trisha Bobowski (Johnstown) 39:45, 59. Jill Pederson (Lake George) 39:46, 60. Keiley Cirillo (Gloversville) 39:54, 61. Jalaine Pagles (Ballston Spa) 40:49, 62. Laura Sakala (Ballston Lake) 40:50, 63. Edward Nicosia (Amsterdam) 41:15, 64. Stephen Obermayer (Burnt Hills) 41:32, 65. Eric Parker (Johnstown) 41:50, 66. Deb Johnson (Amsterdam) 42:04, 67. Kate Calder (Ballston Lake) 42:08, 68. Keith Waters (Amsterdam) 42:39, 69. Lynne DeRusso (East Berne) 42:43, 70. Timothy Shriver (Gloversville) 42:55, 71. Alisha Holcomb (Fort Plain) 42:57, 72. Tina Vogel (Watervliet) 43:13, 73. Lara Comithier (Greenville) 43:19, 74. Brittany Douglass (Cohoes) 43:33, 75. Daniel Halbig (Ballston Lake) 43:35, 76. Jim Foster (West Charlton) 43:46, 77. Vince Filanova (Amsterdam) 44:17, 78. Daniella Alejandro (Amsterdam) 44:33, 79. Susan Kowalczyk (Hagaman) 44:54, 80. Maureen O’Brien (Pattersonville) 44:55, 81. Barbara Scheurer (Saratoga Springs) 44:59, 82. Rosalie Clark (Pattersonville) 45:01, 83. Debbie Tierney (Troy) 45:04, 84. Erin Niblo (Albany) 45:24, 85. Andrew Zielinski (Brunswick) 45:26, 86. Donna Panzl ( Broadalbin) 45:37, 87. Nicole Douglass (Delanson) 45:44, 88. Elizabeth Cosselman (Gloversville) 45:52, 89. Michael Maguire (Ballston Lake) 46:19, 90. Kathleen Tersigni (Burnt Hills) 46:44, 91. Richard Thiessen (Round Lake) 47:01, 92. Heather Lopez (Amsterdam) 47:07, 93. Ariel Santiago ( Amsterdam) 47:08, 94. Julie Capito (Amsterdam) 47:32, 95. Jessie Brooks (Amsterdam) 47:34, 96. Denis Brennan (Schenectady) 47:50, 97. Mary Bagwell (Broadalbin) 47:59, 98. Aaron Robinson (Gloversville) 48:07, 99. Michael Kwiatkowski (Fort Plain) 49:57, 100. Valerie Kline (Amsterdam) 50:55, 101. Jeanne Putman (Northville) 50:5, 102. Lyli Cirillo (Mohawk) 51:17 11:39 103. Deanna Dugan (Greenville) 53:16, 104. Ian Guere (Amsterdam) 54:15, 105. Connor Brooks (Broadalbin) 57:48, 106. Lewis DiCaterino (Amsterdam) 58:05, 107. Raymond Lee Jr. (Halfmoon) 59:14, 108. Richard Schumacher (Hoosick Falls) 59:15.
2.2-Mile Results
1. Alex Hitrick (Broadalbin) 13:29, 2. Gavin Ethier (Clifton Park) 15:46, 3. Hannah Ielfield (Glenfield) 15:54, 4. Gregg Ielfield (Glenfield) 17:00, 5. Aristotle Boslet (Palatine Bridge) 17:05, 6. Richele Mollica (Johnstown) 19:51, 7. Megan Loomis (Malta) 20:05, 8. Paul Loomis (Malta) 20:09, 9. Gregory Conti (Galway) 20:28, 10. Michael Matecko-Conti (Galway) 20:29, 11. John Pagles (Amsterdam) 20:54, 12. Valerie Charpentier (Fort Johnson) 21:55, 13. Tracy Febbie (Gloversville) 22:05, 14. Molly Capito (Amsterdam) 22:07, 15. Hayden Seeley ( Gloversville) 22:36, 16. Patrick Hanifin (Fort Plain) 24:19, 17. Danielle Granger (Hudson Falls) 24:42, 18. Isabel Reale (Amsterdam) 24:43, 19. Nora Flansburg (Saratoga Springs) 24:49, 20. Jeff VanArnum (Fort Edward) 25:04, 21. Carly Vecchio (Fonda) 25:39, 22. Richard DePasquale (Amsterdam) 26:01, 23. Jim Vecchio (Fonda) 26:02, 24. Jo-Ann Lant (Gansevoort) 26:48, 25. William Crain (Saratoga Springs) 26:52, 26. Amy Seeley (Gloversville) 27:43, 27. Sheldon Howard (St. Johnsville) 28:21, 28. Kathleen Santiago (Amsterdam) 28:50, 29. John Vavasour (Albany) 30:07, 30. Dave Gomula (Amsterdam) 30:59, 31. Robert VanWert (Hagaman) 32:34, 32. Fran Boyer (Amsterdam) 33:35, 33. Jodi Rogers (Delmar) 34:00,7 34. Amy Parker (Schenectady) 34:02, 35. Steven Acquilla (Amsterdam) 36:34, 36. Erin Fioretti (Gloversville) 36:37, 37. Larry Peleggi (Colonie) 37:13.
