by Bea Peterson
Fifty-one runners participated in the Pumpkinpalooza 5k Race that started and ended at Wood Park on Saturday, October 26. The race was the first event of a day filled with family activities. The weather was perfect, pleasantly cool, sunny, with a little breeze.
The race was sponsored by WCW and conducted by ARE Event Productions. Runners had chips placed on their shoes that indicated their times when they crossed the finish line. Runners from four sates participated in the race. The majority, however, were from Hoosick Falls and surrounding towns. The route took the runners down John St. to Mechanic St. to River Rd, River St. to Fifth to Willow to First, back to River St., onto Church to the end and back onto Main St. to the Park.
Winner was Robert Etien of Schenectady, NY with a time of 18:17. Second was Jim Preite of North Adams, MA (18:49). David Levesquo of Meredith, NH (18:57) was third and 16 year old Chris Marshall of Hoosick Falls (20:10) was fourth. First woman across the line was Nicole Andres (20:14) of Cooperstown, NY followed by HFCS teacher and Field Hockey Coach Denise Campbell (20:31) of North Bennington, VT
Times For Local Competitors Age 19 And Under:
Aaron Perkins, 15, Hoosick Falls, 21:21
Jacob Pearson, 16, Hoosick Falls, 21:26
Andrew Hoag, 11, Hoosick Falls, 22:46
Rachel Pine, 12, Hoosick Fall, 24:10
Jake Kinney, 11, Hoosick Falls, 24:43
Dan Cramer, 16, Hoosick Falls, 25:13
Megan McEachron, 17, Hoosick Falls, 25:33
Zoelena Poore, 11, Eagle Bridge, 26:00
Matt Fogarty, 18, Hoosick Falls, 26:21
Elizabeth Ryan, 10, Hoosick Falls, 26:48
Charles Javaniski, 12, Hoosick Falls, 27:05
Allison Philpott, 14, Hoosick Falls, 27:49
Demitri Tracy, 15, Hoosick Falls, 28:01
Jeff Brewer, 11, Hoosick Falls, 30:37
Mary Peters, 14, Hoosick Falls, 30:38
Katelyn Stowell, 14, Hoosick Falls, 30:38
Emily Flynn, 14, Hoosick Falls, 33:04
Rachel Green, 14, Petersburgh, 33:36
Nicole St. Onge, 14, Hoosick Falls, 34:55
Matty Blair, 14, Hoosick, 36:33
Megan Henry, 9, Hoosick Fall, 38:24
Kate O’Dell, 13, Hoosick Falls, 42:13
Emily Grant, 12, Eagle Bridge, 42:13
Runners 20 And Older
Brittany Pine, Hoosick Falls, 22:31
Daniel Kray, Hoosick Falls, 24:25
Marty Satalino, Johnsonville, 24:58
William Sparks, Hoosick Falls, 25:57
Gary Danforth, Hoosick Falls, 26:22
Lois Satalino, Johnsonville, 29:03
John Perry, Johnsonville, 29:29
Bill Peters, Hoosick Falls, 30:42
Lori Kempf, Hoosick Falls, 30:46
Jessica Minbiole, Cropseyville, 31:32
Beth Ferrannini, Hoosick Falls, 33:01
Eileen Bakaitis, Hoosick Falls, 41:37
Beth Wilson, Hoosick Fall, 41:37