Rain Day 5K Race winners announced
WAYNESBURG – The 36th Annual Rain Day Race Sunday brought out a larger crowd than in past years. The sunny and warm weather made conditions for running and walking somewhat stressful for the 279 participants in the race.
This year, 194 people participated in the 5K run, 46 people participated in the 5K walk and a total of 39 kids ran the kids one-mile run.
Eighteen-year-old Sean Hilverding of Spraggs came in first place in the male division with a time of 16:22. Last year, Hilverding won the 15-to-19-year-old age group category with a time of 17:07.
Kirsten McMichael, 17, of Eighty Four, repeated as the top female overall winner with a time of 19:51. Her time last year was 19:10.
The following are the top three male and female runners overall and in their specific age groups.
Kirsten McMichael, 17, Eighty Four, 19:51
Jade Bellotti, 17, Uniontown, 20:03
Michelle Cross, 28, Waynesburg, 21:04
Madison Bertovich, 14, Smock, 24:22
Brooke Barner, 10, Waynesburg, 27:16
Brooke Bertovich, 14, Smock, 27:18
Carlie Walt, 17, Ashtabula, 21:37
Rebecca Phillips, 18, Sycamore, 22:04
Kara Rohlf, 17, Brownsville, 22:10
Kristen Stone, 20, Burgettstown, 22:43
Elizabeth Johnson, 23, Brownville, 24:11
Jessie Huff, 21,Washington, 25:42
Jessica Bazzoli, 38, Jefferson, 23:30
Stephanie Teagarden, 39, Pittsburgh, 24:15
Chaley Knight, 32, Waynesburg, 25:37
Jennifer Baily, 40, Waynesburg, 26:39
Lynn Zalar, 41, Waynesburg, 27:56
Karen Huff, 47, Washington, 28:24
Sue O’Connor, 50, Eighty Four, 213:51
Marcia Sonneborn, 59, West Finley, 27:34
Angie Schimansky, 56, Uniontown, 27:48
Mary Krett, 61, Belle Vernon, 32:58
Sean Hilverding, 18, Spraggs, 16:22
Kyle Zinn, 20, Smithfield, 16:50
Tim Trentel, Lakewood, 17:15
Cameron Kutek, 14, Uniontown, 21:17
Caleb Hershey, 14, New Salem, 22:22
Andrew Bottino, 12, Monongahela, 24:23
Ben Bumgarner, 15, Waynesburg, 17:39
Christian Mele, 17, Cherry Hill, 17:47
Noah Smith, 17, Monongahela, 18:09
Shalan Gottschalk, 23, Prosperity, 21:13
Brian Lucarelli, North Huntingdon, 28, 22:19
Matthew Cross, 29, 22:22
Matthew Girod, 31, Uniontown, 18:08
Michael Hasselbring, 34, Waynesburg, 20:13
Michael Bruno, 31, Slippery Rock, 21:35
Joe Carei, 46, Uniontown, 20:59
Bill Cain, 49, Waynesburg, 21:41
Bob Teagarden, 40, 21:49
Mike Romzy, 53, Pittsburgh, 19:36
Rich Sandala, 52, Venetia, 20:24
Ron Romanoff, 58, Pittsburgh, 20:54
Ernie Constable, 63, Adah, 22:54
Joe Everhart, 62, Uniontown, 25:01
Timothy Farrell, 60, Cumberland, Md., 60, 26:37
Below are the following participants in the walking category:
Laurie Gillott, 54, North Huntingdon, 34:46
Jessie Rush, 26, Sycamore, 34:54
Kelley Murdock, 31, Washington, 35:51
Ginny McFadden, 56, Uniontown, 36:20
Laura Hilverding, 51, Spraggs, 39:11
David Wirick, 44, Uniontown, 36:53
Frank Ptak, 78, Brownsville, 37:11
Gavin Wood, 13, Jefferson, 39:35
Joe Mancinelli, 62, Charleroi
Mike Hampton, 58, New Stanton, 43:11
Below are the following participants in the kids one-mile run:
Leah Ayers, 4, Waynesburg, 10:25
Chatham Knight, 5, Waynesburg, 12:26
Dinah Cerra, 5, Fairview, 16:11
Samantha Layton, 6, Morgantown, 7:42
Marissa Meyer, 6, Rices Landing, 8:59
Bria Stephenson, 6, Waynesburg, 10:25
Sydney McWrath, 8, 7:55
Kaylee Ayers, 8, Waynesburg, 9:17
Emily Scholtisek, 8, Clarksville, 9:33
Alexis Smitley, 12, 8:00
Anna Milinovich, 12, Fairmont, 8:10
Eliza Baily, 10, Waynesburg, 8:31
Connor Piatt, 4, Avella, 10:28
Moshe Dale, 5, 11:38
Blake Hampton, 4, Waynesburg, 12:39
Joshua Baily, 7, Waynesburg, 8:18
Ben Milinovich, 6, Fairmont, 8:33
Joseph Kirsch, 7, Waynesburg, 8:39
Nate Jones, 9, 6:47
Isaiah Dale, 9, 7:13
Luke Milinovich, 8, Fairmont, 7:41
Coy Rush, 11, Waynesburg, 6:26
Devin McCall, 11, Waynesburg, 7:36
Nathaniel Bailey, 12, Waynesburg, 7:54
This year’s Rain Day Race offered families the opportunity to register as a team to show their family spirit. There were 71 runners and walkers from age 3 to 87 among the 15 teams registered. The oldest participant was Charles Baily Sr., 87, who was also a part of the largest team, Baily Family, while the youngest participant was Samuel Milinovich, age 3, from Fairmont, W.Va. Five family teams were drawn at random and received gift cards for Dairy Queen to enjoy a family treat. After the race, participants enjoyed more than 250 hot dogs.
Platinum sponsors were Alpha Natural Resources and Ron Lewis Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram, Waynesburg; gold, Community Bank, PNC Investments, Consol Energy and Direct Results; silver, Greene County Memorial Hospital Foundation, Waynesburg University and Rumbaugh Chiropractic; bronze, Energy Corp. of America, Southwest Regional Medical Center and Hoy Construction.
Proceeds from this annual Rain Day race benefit Greene County Habitat for Humanity.