We couldn’t have asked for more perfect race conditions for Sunday’s UPMC Hamot/Mayor’s Cup races. More than 600 participated in the races with 333 finishing the 10K and 301 finishing the 3-mile run/walk.
Top Honors in the 10K
MEN: 1st – Tom Lee with a 34:05; 2nd – Andrew Holland 35:24; and 3rd – Scott Saito with a 36:30 MASTER: Jeff Jones with a 38:07
WOMEN: 1st – Katie Kuttenkuler with a 41:30; 2nd – Shannon Morton with a 43:52; and 3rd – Heide Harrison with a 45:01. MASTER: Nancy Herbst with a 46:15.
Top Honors in the 5K (I don’t think there were awards in the 5K, but…here’s who they would go to if there were):
MEN: 1st – Austin Pondel with a 15:57; 2nd – Bobby Danielson with a 16:40; 3rd – Alexander Zarger with a 16:42. MASTER: Jeff McVay with a 18:03
WOMEN: 1st – Lauren Zarger with a 19:37; 2nd – Jenny Jones with a 20:29; and 3rd – Danielle Munsee with a 20:44. MASTER: Lisa Celeski with a 24:01
Complete race results here.
Here are 113 race photos from GoErie Street View photographer Sally Pondel.
And, of course, the best part of the UPMC Hamot races (in my opinion) are the kids’ races that follow.
Here are some photos I snapped of the kids’ races (click on them twice to see them large/high-res):
































