Fireball 5K
January 26, 2014
State College, PA
[Below is Meira Minard's morning-after post to the NVRC email list.]
Hey gang--just wanted to thank Mike Martin for putting on an "AWESOME" (the word of the evening) race through the snowdrifts around the golf course last night. The fire-chief and his Fireball crew did an amazing job both out on the course (tiki torches at every turn) and back at west side where the firewater was flowing freely, and the fire-swag was freakin' AWESOME! (Never imagined I would be going home with a cornhole set bigger than me with firebreathing serpents plastered on top.) I staggered through the door with these and my 9 yr old Duncan immediately said "Can I put that in my room?!!!!")
But the most AWESOMEST part of this race was the great cause we were all running for--a new racing wheelchair for Jeff Coll that we were able to give him for Christmas thanks to the proceeds from this race (see pic below of Jeff in his new wheels). Josh Cone has been pushing Jeff in local races for the past couple of years in a chair that was not designed for either speed or comfort (the chair rattled so badly that Jeff said it would take him a day after a race for the shaking sensation to subside). Now the two of them can really fly (even through several inches of snow!) and are signed up to do the Columbus Half Marathon in May!
Anyway, it was an incredible event to be a part of, and just made me super proud to be part of such an AWESOME group of friends and super glad that we are able to use our love of running in such inspiring ways!!!!
Here's a video of the story behind the race.
Overall Order of Finish
CLASS
PLACE PLACE FINISHER TIME
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1 OpM Matt Herring, 23, State College, PA 18:28
2 OpM Andrew Maguire, 43, State College, PA 19:47
3 OpM Michael Renz, 37, Port Matilda, PA 20:26
4 1 M30 John Affleck, 49, New York, NY 21:29
5 2 M30 Mike Weyandt, 42, Julian, PA 21:52
6 OpW Emily Fertig, 29*, State College, PA 21:57
7 OpW Meira Minard, 40*, State College, PA 22:27
8 1 M50 Tom Cali, 59, State College, PA 22:28
9 2 M50 Robert Cornwall, 52, State College, PA 23:21
10 OpW hayley weyhe, 38*, state collefe, PA 23:24
11 3 M50 Dean Capone, 50, State College, PA 23:38
12 3 M30 Jeffery Hart, 45, State College, PA 23:51
13 4 M30 Jonathan Thurley, 42 24:12
14 1 W30 Kathy Koetje-Simin, 42*, State College, PA 24:25
15 4 M50 Mark Stern, 55, Lock Haven, PA 24:30
16 Willa Paterson*, Spring Mills, PA 24:55
17 5 M50 David DeGroote, 56, State College, PA 25:03
18 2 W30 Sara Noss, 35*, State College, PA 25:09
19 3 W30 Mandy Slegle, 32*, Philipsburg, PA 25:11
20 5 M30 Fred Wright, 44, State College, PA 25:13
21 6 M30 John Wilcock, 42, State College, PA 25:14
22 4 W30 Jennifer Roth, 39*, State College, PA 25:34
23 6 M50 Earl Lake, 59, Pa Furnace, PA 25:37
24 7 M50 Jim Maras, 52, State College, PA 25:42
25 1 JrM Kory Fish, 29, Philipsburg, PA 25:45
26 7 M30 Jeff Young, 49, State College, PA 26:01
27 8 M30 Bradley Zidek, 31, Pittsburgh, PA 26:09
28 8 M50 Bob Langton, 53, State College, PA 26:22
29 9 M30 Jeremy Zidek, 34, State College, PA 28:07
30 Jeff Coll, State College, PA 29:03
31 10 M30 Joshua Cone, 31, State College, PA 29:03
32 11 M30 daniel newby, 30, State College, PA 29:04
33 12 M30 Ted Zeljak, 33, Port Matilda, PA 30:28
34 5 W30 Mary Ellen Stern, 38*, Lock Haven, PA 30:52
35 1 W50 Leah Coll, 50*, Port Matilda, PA 31:00
36 6 W30 jodie potter, 38*, Philipsburg, PA 31:01
37 1 JrW Carrie Miller, 29*, State College, PA 31:18
38 7 W30 Diane Kramer, 30*, Warriors Mark, PA 31:53
39 8 W30 kristen katancik, 42*, State College, PA 36:23
40 9 W30 Cynde Fleagle, 43*, State College, PA 37:03
41 10 W30 Naomie Labrecque, 35*, State College, PA 37:24
42 9 M50 Mitchell Schmidt, 54, State College, PA 37:25
43 2 JrM Daniel Kolbe, 27, Philipsburg, PA 40:59
44 1 W60 Linda Brown, 61*, Julian, PA 41:25
45 3 JrM Greg Smith, 24, State College, PA 42:55
46 11 W30 Cheryl Zeljak, 31*, Port Matilda, PA 46:17
* indicates females
7 finishers among Males (no age given)
3 finishers among Men Under 30
12 finishers among Men 30 - 49
9 finishers among Men 50 - 59
1 finishers among Women Under 30
11 finishers among Women 30 - 49
1 finishers among Women 50 - 59
1 finishers among Women 60 - 69
1 finishers among Females (no age given)
31 male finishers
15 female finishers
46 total finishers
Age Groups
CLASS
PLACE PLACE FINISHER TIME
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Open Men
1 1 JrM Matt Herring, 23, State College, PA 18:28
2 2 M30 Andrew Maguire, 43, State College, PA 19:47
3 3 M30 Michael Renz, 37, Port Matilda, PA 20:26
Open Women
6 1 JrW Emily Fertig, 29, State College, PA 21:57
7 2 W30 Meira Minard, 40, State College, PA 22:27
10 3 W30 hayley weyhe, 38, state collefe, PA 23:24
CLASS
PLACE PLACE FINISHER TIME
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Men Under 30
25 1 Kory Fish, 29, Philipsburg, PA 25:45
43 2 Daniel Kolbe, 27, Philipsburg, PA 40:59
45 3 Greg Smith, 24, State College, PA 42:55
Men 30 - 49
4 1 John Affleck, 49, New York, NY 21:29
5 2 Mike Weyandt, 42, Julian, PA 21:52
12 3 Jeffery Hart, 45, State College, PA 23:51
13 4 Jonathan Thurley, 42 24:12
20 5 Fred Wright, 44, State College, PA 25:13
21 6 John Wilcock, 42, State College, PA 25:14
26 7 Jeff Young, 49, State College, PA 26:01
27 8 Bradley Zidek, 31, Pittsburgh, PA 26:09
29 9 Jeremy Zidek, 34, State College, PA 28:07
31 10 Joshua Cone, 31, State College, PA 29:03
32 11 daniel newby, 30, State College, PA 29:04
33 12 Ted Zeljak, 33, Port Matilda, PA 30:28
Men 50 - 59
8 1 Tom Cali, 59, State College, PA 22:28
9 2 Robert Cornwall, 52, State College, PA 23:21
11 3 Dean Capone, 50, State College, PA 23:38
15 4 Mark Stern, 55, Lock Haven, PA 24:30
17 5 David DeGroote, 56, State College, PA 25:03
23 6 Earl Lake, 59, Pa Furnace, PA 25:37
24 7 Jim Maras, 52, State College, PA 25:42
28 8 Bob Langton, 53, State College, PA 26:22
42 9 Mitchell Schmidt, 54, State College, PA 37:25
CLASS
PLACE PLACE FINISHER TIME
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Women Under 30
37 1 Carrie Miller, 29, State College, PA 31:18
Women 30 - 49
14 1 Kathy Koetje-Simin, 42, State College, PA 24:25
18 2 Sara Noss, 35, State College, PA 25:09
19 3 Mandy Slegle, 32, Philipsburg, PA 25:11
22 4 Jennifer Roth, 39, State College, PA 25:34
34 5 Mary Ellen Stern, 38, Lock Haven, PA 30:52
36 6 jodie potter, 38, Philipsburg, PA 31:01
38 7 Diane Kramer, 30, Warriors Mark, PA 31:53
39 8 kristen katancik, 42, State College, PA 36:23
40 9 Cynde Fleagle, 43, State College, PA 37:03
41 10 Naomie Labrecque, 35, State College, PA 37:24
46 11 Cheryl Zeljak, 31, Port Matilda, PA 46:17
Women 50 - 59
35 1 Leah Coll, 50, Port Matilda, PA 31:00
Women 60 - 69
44 1 Linda Brown, 61, Julian, PA 41:25