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Lake Placid Runs For The Heart

BRIAN GJURGEVICH/HIGHLANDS TODAY

Runners get off to a shotgun start on Saturday at the inaugural Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce 5K Family Run/Walk at DeVane Park.

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By Brian Gjurgevich | Highlands Today

Published: February 18, 2008

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LAKE PLACID — Stuart Galloway knows a thing or two about winning races.

The 47-year old part-time Sebring resident from just outside of Niagara Falls, Canada, is a running coach at the Niagara Olympic Club in St. Catherines, Ontario, where he instructs internationally-renowned middle-distance runners on the art of staying ahead of the pack.

That knowledge was put to good use on Saturday, as Galloway joined about 125 other competitors at the inaugrual Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce Family 5K Run/Walk where he was the overall winner with a time of 17 minutes, 19 seconds.

"It was a little tough, having that first mile uphill — I'm not used to that in a 5K," said Galloway, who noted he expected to run in the 17:30-range.

One runner who didn't know what to expect was overall female winner Amanda Smith, a 21-year old from Miami, who was running in her first competitive 5K. She said the first mile wasn't as tough as the last.

"I thought the hills at the end were worse," Smith said, who'd never run competitively but was accustomed to endurance running through her high-school soccer and lacrosse days. "I turned the corner and thought I was about done, but then I saw I had quite a ways to go."

It was indeed a year of firsts for the event, according to Jack Edgemon, a chamber board member and chairman of the 5K committee. Some unique aspects to the race included awarding medals to kids as young as five, long-sleeved T-shirts and a shotgun start. This year's theme was "Run For Your Heart."

He said the 5K was something the chamber thought up this year because there simply aren't many such events during the winter months.

"People like to come out and test themselves," said Edgemon, whose shotgun was used to begin the race on the circle surrounding DeVane Park. "We're extremely happy with the turnout — for the first one, this is fantastic."

Other winners included Terry Engle, whose 22:19 time won the male master's division, and Rosemary Rodriguez, whose time of 25:10 was tops among female masters.

Male Age Group Award Winners: (5-7 years old) Logan Million 48:23, Michael Edgemon 48:40; (8-10) Mason Million 38:19, Jack Edgemon 38.21, Jake Dougherty 45:41; (11-14) Alex Miller 28:45, Harvey Jones 36:58; (15-19) Ethan Andrews 32:09; (20-24) Justin Aeder 25:00; (25-29) Bobby Respress 21:33, Trey Christy 21:55; (30-34) Joshua Zahller 21:38, Carl Canevari 28:27, Chris Scheeren 31:54; (35-39) Doug Morton 17:50, Hiram Ohregon 24:08, Jean Dolan 28:17; (40-44) Thomas Dougherty 27:46, Alredo Perez 31:51, Ron McMahon 53:04; (45-49) Lawrence Luepschen 25:50, Walter Kohl 28:18, Alberto Hernandez 37:00; (50-54) Francis Dalto 23:18, Richard Percy 27:53, Ray Trudell 29:38; (55-59) Charlie Potter 26:00, Tom Wrenn 28:42, Ed Christy 44:50: (60-64) Richard Rucker 26:38, Earl Bosley 30:17, Robert Master 37:48; (65-69) George Gunn 53:47, Thomas Dougherty 54:00; (70-74) Loyd Coleman 38:24; (75-79) Arvid Slotness 37:25, Joe Bird 44:55; (80+) Ralph Bell 33:41.

Female Age Group Award Winners: (5-7 years old) Jaydee Hannah Grice 42:22, Hailey McMahan 52:03, Caitlyn Byrd 53:53; (11-14) Amaia Unanue 31:45, Tamra McMahon 52:19; (20-24) Nicole Screws 33:29, Jennifer Rivera 38:41, Aime Alfinda 41:44: (25-29) Shanda Scheeren 34:20, Laura Holbrook 40:26; (30-34) Carolyn Cooper 26:29, Sharla Elliott 40:01, Gail Byrd 53:53; (35-39) Evelyn Perez 27:13, Alison Schiewe 27:25, Teresa Nicolai 34:04; (40-44) Peggy Sueppel 25:30, Donna Dinapoli 25:53, Susie Whitehouse 29:30; (45-49) Cindy Rivers 41:37, Pamela Finnegan 42:24, Mina Patel 45:59; (50-54) Leesa Skipper 28:08, Ranjau Patel 38:49, Carol Gilstrap 42:54, Cookie Wendt 42:55; (55-59) Sue Carter 38:00, Peggy Bucher 42:25, Paula Kincaid 54:15; (60-64) Marcia Kissane 34:06, Lynn Bosley 35:48, Ilona Helliangao 40:22; (65-69) Sue Grady 46:38, Margaret Schultz 47:38, Barbara Sepulved 47:59; (70-74) Jane McKay 46:09, Jan Coyle 46:41, Carrie Bird 47:04; (75-79) Marge Askew 45:02, Jane Grill 56:31; (80+) Alice Segar 40:33.

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