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Sammy's Birthday Run

Pittsburgh, PA, July 14, 2002

Overall Results

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THE GREATER
PITTSBURGH
ROAD RUNNERS

SAMMY'S BIRTHDAY RUN
JULY 14, 2002
Race Directors: Ann Humphreys and Sammy Bertenthal
Temperature: 75 Degrees
Weather Conditions: Clear with Sunny Skies

2 Mile
Place Name Age Time Pace, min/mile
1 Ben Plakidas 7 16:28 08:14
2 John D. Plakidas 52 17:01 08:30
3 Connie Hoon 53 21:48 10:54
5K
Place Name Age Time Pace, min/mile
1 Shawn Lively 18 17:54 05:46
2 Jen Taylor 17 22:09 07:09
3 Takashi Matsumoto 31 22:10 07:09
4 Isaac MacDowd 9 28:50 09:18
5 Shep Englander 28:53 09:19
6 Gabriel Englander 28:54 09:19
7 Erika Pausterbach 22 30:35 09:52
8 Allison Escher 22 30:35 09:52
9 Kasia Holland 32 30:35 09:52
10 Ed Hall 68 33:11 10:42
11 Dena Holland 55+ 34:20 11:05
12 Muriel McDowd 11 35:00 11:17
13 Laurence MacDowd 47 35:02 11:18
14 Jim Hurst 77 40:59 13:13
10K
Place Name Age Time Pace, min/mile
1 Dan Holland 33 0:32:20 0:05:13
2 Jesus Padilla 37 0:35:10 0:05:40
3 George Carroll 58 0:35:41 0:05:45
4 Steve Sibenik 45 0:38:17 0:06:10
5 Art Wiland 53 0:39:12 0:06:19
6 John P. O'Donnell 54 0:43:39 0:07:02
7 Tom Mal 53 0:45:42 0:07:22
8 Lisa Cornack 45 0:46:14 0:07:27
9 Richard Hickey 62 0:50:32 0:08:09
10 Joyce Geroux 59 0:51:05 0:08:14
11 Al Eppihimer 54 0:53:51 0:08:41
12 Bruce McGlothlin 55 0:53:52 0:08:41
13 Larry Barnes 49 0:54:33 0:08:48
14 Tony Kovatch 51 0:54:44 0:08:50
15 Kathleen Hickey 55 1:02:57 0:10:09
16 Jane Donnelly 62 1:03:13 0:10:12
17 Terry Carskaddan 1:06:48 0:10:46
18 Tom Henry 60 1:07:54 0:10:57

It was a beautiful day for a trail run in Schenley Park.  The race was well organized and had prizes for everyone.  Ann and Sam even had race numbers for all of the runners from their prior races.  They capped off a beautiful day of running with a medal for every finisher, and each finisher had their choice of mugs.  The ages of runners ranged from 7 years old to 77 years old.   The weather fully cooperated, and the course was challenging.  The first mile was downhill, which meant that the last mile was uphill since it was an out and back course.  The woods were beautiful, and the chipmunks were out in full force along the trail.  Birds were everywhere and serenaded the runners during their journey.    All of the race participants sang "Happy Birtday" to Sammy before the start of the race.  We hope Sammy had a very enjoyable 44th Birthday, as we all enjoyed his party.