Pike Creek Valley Running Club (PCVRC) presents the Delaware Distance Classic 15K Road Race at the
Wilmington Riverfront
The 27th running of the DDC 15K
Sunday, October 11, 2009, at 8:30 a.m.
Frawley Stadium at Wilmington's Christina Riverfront
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entry form.
Course: 2009 Mid-Atlantic USAT&F 15K Championship and Grand Prix Event. Certified, Flat and Fast.
Awards:
Male/Female Open Prizes $150, $100, $50, Master Prizes, $75
5-Year Age Group Awards (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Race features a total of $750 in prize money, 5 year age groups, Great T-Shirt/optional Sweatshirts
to all runners, with great refreshments after the race.
Prices:
Early Registration With T-Shirt (On or before Oct. 2) - $20.00
Early Registration With Sweatshirt (On or before Oct. 2) - $30.00
Registration on or after October 3rd (and day of race) with T-Shirt - $25.00
Online Registration Closes: 10/09/08 10:59 PM
The 2008 race raised $1,000.00 for the Boys and Girls Club of Delaware.
Thank you for making this possible!
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entry form.
Proceeds:
All proceeds to benefit PCVRC and the Boys and Girls Club of Delaware in memory of Mike Clark.
We thank our sponsors for their support:
Foot Care Group
Cheskin Center for Chiropractic
and Muscle Therapies
Races 2 Run
The Delaware Rock Gym
Pine Mountain Springs
2008 Race Recap: 248 finishers
by Dave McCorquodale
The 26th running of the Delaware Distance Classic 15K brought a much better day than last year when temperatures
soared in the eighties. Although the temperature warmed as the race progressed, it wasn't too warm.
The great weather helped bring an increased turnout, with 267 registered and 248 finishers. The number of finishers
increased by 67 over last year.
The male winners of the race all had a running store connection as Mike Monagle, 39, owner of Delaware Running
company, won in a time of 52:01, taking the lead at six and a half miles and running just hard enough to outdistance
his employee, Joe Switzer, who ran 52:20. Scott Purcell, one of the owners of the Chester County Running store,
came in third in 52:48.
The female winners were Maureen Ackerly, 39, of Richmond, VA, who ran 56:44. Second was Denise Dahlhoff of
Philadelphia, PA, with 1:00:42 and third was Ann Tripp of Fredricksburg, VA in 1:01:17.
Joining the PCVRC and MA-USATF on Sunday was Enos Benbow of Georgetown who came in 4th overall in 53:05.
Club members Josh Loren and Andrew Jakubowitch were 5th and 7th overall. Christina McDermott was the first
Delaware female finisher in 1:04:30.
Ten year-old Kitty Onwenga of Middletown may have been the youngest person ever to complete the DDC, in 2:03:02.
Certainly her companion finisher, Lillian Njogu, 14, who was one second behind Kitty, has the unique distinction
of being the first person to run the entire distance barefooted.
Jules Woodall and Alexis Andrianopoulos received running logs for being the two mid-pack runners, the two
finishers halfway between first and last.
The race this year was dedicated to local triathlete Mike Clark, who passed away this past year. A check in
his memory will be presented to the Boys and Girls Clubs, for which Mike gave a lot of his time.
PCVRC president Jerry Herman extends his thanks to the many club volunteers who gave their time to make the
event possible: Dave Farren, who has now been race director for ten straight years; Kathy Farren; Rudy Antonini;
Grif Balthis; Rachel Bleacher; Chip and Doris Bixler; Ron Bock; Jim & Kay Durkin; Austin Gee; Tom Jermyn;
Mark Lozier; Carolyn & Dave McCorquodale; Paul Nemeth; Karin Pszczola; and Joel Schiller. Non-club member
volunteers were Dan Farren, Michelle Ferrell, Mark Koenig, Sue Simmons, and volunteers with first names of
Bill L., Bill S., Cajun Mike, Ginny, Ted and Ted Jr. Barbara Kursh helped a sleep-deprived Wayne Kursh, who
had flown in from Ireland, with the timing -- AND she ran the race. Former club member Doug White quickly
remeasured the course the day before to account for a road closure which required a detour.
I will add that Jerry Herman and Kim Riccio were there from six in the morning until the finish
of the race, helping with myriad details.
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Race Volunteers
Dave Farren, Race Director
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