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2009 Photos 1 (general)
2009 Photos 2 (finish line)
2008 Photos 1 (general)
2008 Photos 2 (finish line)
2007 Photos
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.
2007 Race Recap: Hot & Humid!
by Dave McCorquodale
Pike Creek Valley Running Club held its 25th annual Delaware Distance Classic 15K at Frawley Stadium on
the Christiana Riverfront in Wilmington. Despite the continuing construction creating route changes and
small conflicts with motor traffic, the race went well with only minor glitches noticed by the race
director and no complaints from the participants.
At least no complaints about the race direction! There were certainly complaints about the weather,
which approached eighty degrees by the end of the race.
Even with the change in running date(with the second to first Sunday in October), registration was
only down slightly with a total of 210 who registered. However, with about 200 actually towing the
starting line, about 10% of the field could not complete the course, with 181 actually finishing.
With the air temperature being in the upper 60s at the start, it felt cool enough for most runners to
take off at their normal paces. But, unfortunately, the dewpoint was almost the same as the temperature,
meaning that people heated up within a few miles and started to slow the pace or even overheat and stop.
Fortunately no one required medical attention.
In the results,
the men's race was won by Jake Krong of Elkton, Md. in 52:22 and the women's races was won by Lydia
Singer of Claymont, De. in 59:31. Master's winners were Chuck Shields, 54:15 and Julie Hankin, 1:02:41.
Julie was also second overall female.
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2009 Delaware Distance Classic
2009 Female Champion
1964 Olympian Vic Zwolak, after setting new age-group record at 2009 DDC
DDC 2008 runners
Race Volunteers (2005?)
Runners (2005?)
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