VIENNA -Saturday's Vienna River Road Race 5K Run ended the same way as the previous nine years -with Dave Miller of Athens, Ohio, breaking the tape at the finish line.
When he congratulated Miller on his 10th straight victory, race director Lou Molinaro joked he was considering changing the name to the Dave Miller Invitational.
The 44-year-old Miller jumped out to a sizable lead and then hold off 27-year David Bright of Marietta, winning by a margin of 10 seconds. Miller finished in 28 minutes, 48.88 seconds while Bright's official time was 28:58.96. Placing third was 33-year-old Shaun Dunn of Parkersburg in 31:11.12.
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Dave Miller is used to leading the pack at the Vienna River Road Run. The 44-year-old resident of Athens, Ohio, won the race for the 10th straight time on Saturday. Running in behind Miller is Vienna’s Joe Wiltsey (2127), who won the Masters Division.
Dominating the female competition was 23-year-old Brittany Schob of Vienna, whose winning time of 31:59.72 was nearly five minutes ahead of runnerup Becky Poling, a 45-year-old Parkersburg resident who finished in 36:37.05. Placing third was 44-year-old Phyllis Brown of St. Marys in 36:55.95.
Masters winners were 42-year-old Joe Wiltsey of Parkersburg (32:50.83) and 53-year-old Leslie Thomas of Washington (41:27.02).
Despite an early morning rain that started just as the competitors were making their way to the start line at Jackson Middle School Stadium, a field of 153 runners and 78 walkers participated in the 16th annual event, which has become a Vienna tradition. Also, more than 50 children competed in the first stop of the River City Runners Kids Series.
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5-Mile Run Results
1. David Miller 28:48.88; 2. David Bright 28:58.96; 3. Shaun Dunn 31:11.12; 4. Brittany Schob 31:59.72; 5. Joe Wiltsey 32:50.83; 6. Andrew Nestor 32:50.83; 7. Eric Reeves 33:46.89; 8. Chris Altman 33:50.50; 9. Evan Wooten 33:55.85; 10. Jason Cottrill 33:57.83; 11. Chip Allman 34:07.59; 12. Shawn Farrah 34:25.47; 13. Darren Barton 34:44.60; 14. Corey Cott 35:21.28; 15. Thomas Gyongyosi 35:28.81; 16. Bill Gardner 35:35.64; 17. Matt Reeder 35:65.75; 18. Adam Dobson 36:15.57; 19. Becky Poling 36:37.05; 20. Mark Steele 36:47.23
21. Phyllis Brown 36:55.95; 22. George Roe 36:59.90; 23. Andrew Dawson 37:14.48; 24. Doug Cook 37:22.67; 25. Joe Kennell 37:28.05; 26. Ian Reid 37:29.08; 27. Gary Pennington 37:39.37; 28. Ray Brown 37:44.45; 29. Joe Finley 37:50.67; 30. Dandan Yang 37:59.26; 31. Sean Taitt 38:13.66; 32. Rachel Cunningham 38:18.20; 33. Donald Lane 38:24.11; 34. Cecil Chapman 38:27.52; 35. Ashley Dawson 38:46.76; 36. Ed Pagan 38:56.58; 37. Hal Richmond 39:18.10; 38. Shawn Haynes 39:24.09; 39. Brian Raitz 39:32.65; 40. Daniel Pennock 39:36.93
41. Pete Strobl 39:52.64; 42. Chris Smith 39:52.92; 43. Melissa Blackford 40:00.20; 44. Erica Morrison 40:02.99; 45. Ray Poling 40:07.84; 46. Kelli Koon 40:12.42; 47. Ethan Taitt 40:37.63; 48. Andrew Dellinger 40:42.12; 49. Chris Pedigo 40:44.94; 50. Chad Lockhart 40:45.33; 51. Stephen Carr 40:46.95; 52. Tim Gossett 40:53.54; 53. Teddy Menisher 40:53.54; 54. Jim Simmons 40:55.96; 55. Jericho Norris 40:57.01; 56. Bill Childers 41:06.75; 57. Phillip McKenry 41:19.52; 58. Jim Asbury 41:21.33; 59. Leslie Thomas 41:27.02; 60. Eric Rinehart 41:33.41
61. Joe Wright 41:33.41; 62. John Holliday 41:42.16; 63. Brent Cottrill 41:43.21; 64. Desira Schoonover 41:44.77; 65. Alan Atkinson 41:48.16; 66. Doug Williams 41:56.22; 67. Larry Atkinson 41:57.19; 68. Nicky Weekley 41:58.72; 69. Tim Burch 42:03.79; 70. Brian Seeley 42:09.15; 71. Stephen Douglas 42:13.58; 72. Jerry Hale 42:15.58; 73. Jack Lane 42:30.99; 74. Brian Singer 42:54.45; 75. Amber Walker 42:59.91; 76. Bobby Updegrave 43:05.29; 77. Misty Roberts 43:06.83; 78. Amanda Pedigo 43:15.92; 79. Katie Vickers 43:16.62; 80. Heather Hill 43:28.56
81. Stephen Alkire 43:29.08; 82. Donald Rice 43:29.34; 83. Dale McMahan 43:40.13; 84. Lucy Klintworth 43:45.00; 85. Amy Zwick 43:46.04; 86. Dave Weekley 43:50.73; 87. Mike Brown 43:58.76; 88. Nan Williams 43:59.04; 89. Angela Plotner 44:30.20; 90. Steve Braun 44:31.96; 91. Wayne Lee 44:40.69; 92. Sanddra Kennell 44:41.23; 93. Melinda Hartz 45:17.42; 94. Melissa Wigal 45:21.24; 95. Rick Stafford 45:27.18; 96. Eric Shea 45:35.28; 97. Emilee Ellison 45:39.11; 98. Dan Porch 45:41.49; 99. Larry Reeves 45:45.95; 100. Brian Brady 46:07.50
101. Megan Dorsey 46:22.08; 102. Dan Stephan Jr. 46:24.42; 103. Mike Steele 46:34.79; 104. Rachel Reeder 47:08.25; 105. Jodie Guthrie 47:10.14; 106. Heather Ellison 47:12.64; 107. Jonathan Walsh 47:27.22; 108. Sean Law 47:58.23; 109. Donna Kramer 48:10.63; 110. Tracey Thomas 48:11.35; 111. Jennifer Floyd 48:36.30; 112. Meghan Woollard 48:43.59; 113. Tiffany Arnold 48:45.76; 114. Amy Eddy 48:47.31; 115. Ethan Weaver 50:13.18; 116. Kent Cutright 50:26.75; 117. Charlotte Darnold 50:28.01; 118. Valerie Doolittle 50:34.85; 119. Miniya Bermant 50:39.37; 120. Jillian Eddy 50:52.90; 121. Shawn Doolittle 50:54.52; 122. Heather Miller 51:22.96; 123. Sara Pugh 51:39.48; 124. Celeste Benson 51:40.08; 125. Waren Carter 51:57.99; 126. Sharon Marks 51:58.74; 127. Willis Ridenour 51:59.02; 128. Kathy Robinson 52:05.36
5K Walk Results
1. Jeff Musser, 30:44.89; 2. Tim Finkel, 31:16.36; 3. Alex Thoburn, 31:21.42; 4. Jay Smith, 31:31.39; 5. Richard Shea, 31:41.36; 6. Jim Ortt, 32:24.30; 7. Donna Graham, 32:32.96; 8. Carol Seely, 33:20.85; 9. Melissa Shea, 34:44.93; 10. Tena Harper, 34:48.00; 11. Michael Seely, 34:51.82; 12. Krista Berman, 35:02.09; 13. Dakotah North, 35:04.20; 14. Ernest Doll, 35:24.40; 15. Joyce DeLancey, 36:05.40; 16. Roger Quimby, 36:15.10; 17. Martha Marks, 36:18.59; 18. Charlene Dugan, 36:41.69; 19. Dennis Stephens, 36:53.65; 20. Deana Kelley, 38:08.06.
21. Sheila Smith, 38:19.80; 22. Jan Sheridan, 38:37.74; 23. Bernard Fries, 38:38.85; 24. Carl Smith, 38:50.16; 25. Shawn Jones, 38:53.40; 26. Terri Smith, 38:53.94; 27. Amy Koher, 39:10.93; 28. Mike White, 39:16.19; 29. Monica Hilverding, 39:22.19; 30. Liz Brown, 39:42.03; 31. Lynda Hannus, 39:46.36; 32. Trish Ringer, 39:51.97; 33. Steve Brown, 39:52.54; 34. Jean Cottrill, 40:11.39; 35. Cathy Buttermore, 40:39.57; 36. Craig Bock, 40:52.07; 37. Regina Bryant, 40:59.97; 38. Roy Klintworth, 41:04.27; 39. Darla Hall, 41:53.25; 40. Robi McFarland, 42:01.86.
41. Mary Anne Bush, 43:31.25; 42. Brenda Rhodes, 45:05.26; 43. Leslie Craven, 45:05.70; 44. Janna North, 45:19.70; 45. Chuck Ashcraft, 45:33.63; 46. Robin Emerick, 45:41.80; 47. Nanette Kirl, 45:42.16; 48. Scott Simonton, 45:46.84; 49. Rosalie Ashcraft, 46:37.33; 50. Mary Carpenter, 46:58.46; 51. Pat Boyd, 48:24.08; 52. Michele Gossett, 48:42.39; 53. Mary Kaitlin Porter, 49:04.10; 54. Daniel Collie, 49:04.50; 55. Joe Ross, 49:09.80; 56. Andrea Standley, 49:16.06; 57. Kendall Stafford, 49:34.69; 58. Jennifer Standley, 49:35.15; 59. Ainsley Cheuvront, 49:35.78; 60. Lori Moreman, 50:47.12.
61. Kenny Moreman, 50:47.61; 62. Candy Jones, 51:20.12; 63. Karen Meeks, 51:20.91; 64. Jason Ward, 51:26.06; 65. Teresa White, 52:43.37; 66. Vicky Huffman, 52:43.69; 67. Charlotte Rafon, 52:52.09; 68. John Romeo, 52:53.40; 69. Chris Romeo, 52:53.98; 70. Elizabeth Ward, 53:07.50; 71. Sharon Ryan, 53:07.91; 72. Megan Thompson, 53:33.00; 73. Susan Warner, 53:33.56; 74. Karen Talbott, 54:22.17; 75. Brittany Talbott, 54:22.62; 76. Mark Mazzoni, 55:08.49; 77. Timothy Northrup, 55:09.29; 78. Marsha Quimby, 58:03.66.
"I was really pleased with the turnout,'' said Molinaro, who has been a race director ever since the race's inception. He used to share those duties with Terry Hickle, now he goes about it solo.
Molinaro noted that Vienna Mayor David Nohe, who is leaving that position following the November election, started his first term as mayor the second year of the race and has attended it every year since.
The race is sponsored by Camden-Clark Medical Center, which was represented by Kim Couch. Chad Emrick of Cornerstone Gospel offered the invocation.
A pair of 54-year-olds were the first walkers to cross the finish line as Jeff Musser of Racine, Ohio, broke the tape in 30 minutes, 44.89 seconds. Tim Finkel of Marietta was second in 31:16.36 while 50-year-old Alex Thoburn of Paden City was third in 31:21.42.
Donna Graham, one of the best known walkers in the Mid-Ohio Valley, was the first female to finish. The 62-year-old resident of Lowell, Ohio, recorded a time of 32:32.96. Carol Seely, 57, of Vienna, was second in 33:20.85, while Melissa Shea, 45, of Marietta, was third in 34:44.93.
Competitors ranged in age from a trio of 9-year-olds to 80-year-old Joe Ross of Parkersburg.
Molinaro was pleased with the performance of the many volunteers who make the race possible. He said the water stops, the timers and the traffic control went smoothly. Vienna residents were asked not to park their cars along Grand Central Avenue and a 5:30 a.m. check revealed not a single vehicle was parked along the race route.
Each of the participants received a coffee cup designed by Jackson Middle School student Sarah Boone, who won the competition conducted in teacher Kay Mason's advanced art class.
