Sunday, October 27, 2013

Weekend Results

Each fall, the runners of Huntsville flock to downtown to run the fastest 5km course in town at Spooktacular 5km.  The local elite refer to it as the "City Championships" in a joking manner, but outside of the many colorful costumes, people take it fairly serious.

This year it was Brad Schroeder, fresh off of his fast time at the Army 10-miler, who emerged on top.  Paced through the first two miles by fellow team mate Brandon York, Brad posted a 15:56. which was his best time in the last seven years since college.  Andrew Hodges ran the exact same time as 2012 with a blazing fast 16:18 and took 2nd.

After some confusion on the scoring (some of the timing chips were not working correctly), Jill Hadley was rightfully crowned the overall female winner in 19:22, just a week away from her fast half marathon finish.  Kathy Youngren was just steps behind Jill with a 19:30, earning her 2nd female overall and Julia Clark was third fastest female.

Official Results

Photo courtesy of We Run Huntsville

Overall Male Team Results
1 Brad Schroeder 29 - 15:56.74 5:08
2 Andrew Hodges 30 - 16:18.63 5:15
3 George Heeschen 26 - 16:25.58 5:18
4 Tyrone Harris 33 - 16:40.55 5:23
5 Rob Youngren 39 - 16:42.06 5:23
6 Eric Charette 37 - 16:57.23 5:28
10 Robert Whitaker 54 - 18:28.98 5:57
11 Marty Clarke 51 - 18:39.70 6:01
17 David Rawlings 42 - 19:30.47 6:17
24 James Falcon - 20:24.73 6:35
35 Randy McFarland 52 - 21:36.49 6:58

Overall Female Team Results
2 Jill Hadley 25 - 19:22.02 6:15
3 Kathy Youngren 39 - 19:31.99 6:18
4 Julia Clark 29 - 20:20.44 6:33
6 Katie Maehlmann 36 - 20:54.09 6:44
10 Christy Scott 40 - 21:49.61 7:02



In Oklahoma City at 24 The Hard Way, which this year doubles as the the 24-hour national championship, DeWayne Satterfield notched 81.74 miles in 15:24:41, which was 85 laps of the course!!!

Official Results