Frostbite, Saint Patrick’s Day, and More: Recapping February and March

Brandon Schnieder kicked off the month of February with a 2^nd place AG finish at the Castlewood Cup 15k (1:13:27) on February 3^rd. On February 10^th a group of Big River team members raced the Mesa Marathon. Kasey Gonyias ran her debut marathon in 3:12:47, earning her 6^th in her age group in a competitive field. Cassie Zehenny set a PR with a finish time of 3:14. (Both women qualified for the Boston Marathon.) Preston Jordan finished the race in 3:36:03. Mike Flynn was also in Arizona to take on the Black Canyon 100k. His 16:46:40 finish time earned him a Western States Qualifier.

Gabriel Sison took home 2^nd place in the master’s division of the Love Chocolate Half Marathon in Savannah (1:39:31.) The NEXT day he ran a 1:55:20 at the Daytona 2 beach Half Marathon. Michael McCuddy traveled to California for the Ventura Marathon and earned a BQ in his debut marathon (3:02:39.)  Brandon Dimitri took 5^th overall at the Cowtown Half Marathon with a speedy finish time of 1:11:24. Nick Vollmer broke 5:00 in the mile, running a 4:56 at the Jefferson College Viking Mile Time Trial. Leah Koch was the first female finisher at the Run for Your Beads 5k with a time of 22:12. Sadie Smith and Shane traveled to Cape Girardeau for the One and Done race. Shane ran a 5:47 and Sadie ran a 5:48 (new state AG record.)

February also saw the conclusion of the Frostbite and Snowball racing series.

Frostbite 3k Finishers:

Matt McGinnis: 17:18 (1^st AG & PR, 2^nd AG for the series)

Jon Petter: 17:36 (3^rd AG & 2^nd AG for the series)

Sadie Smith: 18:42 (2^nd female & 1^st AG for the series)

Ron Patrick: 19:49 (1^st AG & 1^st AG for the series)

Connor Walters: 19:57 (1^st AG & 4^th AG for the series)

Ashley Crannage: 20:42 (1^st AG & 1at AG for the series)

John Kertz: 21:31 (3^rd AG & 3^rd AG for the series)

Denise Buehrer: 31:41 (3rd AG for the series)

** 15K, Michelle Dillion: 1:14:46 (2^nd AG & 1^st AG for the series)

Snowball 5 Mile Finishers:

Connor Walters: 31:48 (1^st AG & PR, 4^th in AG for the series)

Emma Mueller: 35:38 (4^th AG and 1^st in AG for the series)

On March 23^rd, Gabriel Sison finished 1^st in his AG at the Sam Costa Quarter Marathon in Carmel, IN (45:54.) Sadie Smith was the 2^nd female finisher at the B&A Trail Marathon in Annapolis (2:56:55.) Matt Lima and Michael Dwyer participated in the Spewak Racing Chain of Rocks 6k the same weekend. Matt ran a 21:57 and Michael a 24:05.

And it wouldn’t be a March recap without Saint Patrick’s Day race results! Stephanie Pruitt got 1^st in her AG at Tollen’s Top of the Morning 5k with a time of 21:07. Jen Bertucci continued her dominance of the Holy Infant Shamrock Shuffle, winning the race once again with a time of 19:11. (Her daughter got 2^nd place!) Allison Wakefield was the 2^nd female to finish the Time to Paddy Half Marathon with a time of 1:39. Brandon Schnieder was 4^th OA and 1^st in his AG at the Cottleville Shamrock Run (19:21.) Ron Patrick finished 1^st in his AG at the same race (21:26.) Jon Petter won the Chesterfield Shamrock 10 (38:37) and Connor Walters came in 2^nd overall with a new PR (39:30.)  Mike Dwyer raced to a new PR and 3^rd place AG finish at the St. paddy’s Creve Coeur half Marathon (1:32:05.)

Saint Patrick’s Day 5 Mile Race Results:

David O’Gara: 25:11 (2^nd AG & 5^th OA)

Matt Kruger: 25:21 (1^st AG & 6^th OA)

Luke O’Connor: 26:12 (3^rd AG & 11^th OA)

Zach Legenzoff: 26:35 (3^rd AG & 14^th OA)

Benjamin Westhoff: 29:14 (1^st AG, PR)

Steve Moore: 29:20

Matt McGinnis: 29:24 (PR)

Jen Hannigan: 29:46 (2^nd female OA)

Corum Hughes: 31:09 (1^st 5 mile race)

Sarah Kruger: 31:42 (6^th female)

Shane Briscuso: 34:23 (2^nd AG)

Stephanie Pruitt: 34:25 (PR)

Michael McCuddy: 34:26

John Kertz: 35:36 (PR & 3^rd AG)

Emma Mueller: 35:36 (3^rd AG)

Ashley Crannage: 35:37 (3^rd AG)

Michelle Dillon: 39:36 (1^st AG)

Denise Buehrer: 54:44

A group of racing team members traveled to Chicago to participate in the Shamrock Shuffle 8k, all running incredibly fast times. Matt Kruger PR’d and was 3^rd in his AG (of 1,431 runners) with a time of 24:59, Brandon Dimitri ran a PR of 25:32, and Ben Gasper finished in 26:00.