@pgxc-flrc @pgxc-high-noon What a glorious fall day for PGXC #4—huge performances across the board from FLRC and High Noon! Thanks to turning out a record 75 local runners, our FLRC squads notched five team wins—everything other than Open—and High Noon stacked up enough scoring depth to give our combined teams 59 Club Cup points, moving us into a tie for second place with GVH. Full results are now available. We have some photos available now, and more are coming.
Although lots of people needed to get home after the award ceremony, a bunch of us continued the celebration with wood-fired pizza and other treats at Stone Bend Farm above Treman. Recommended if you haven’t been there before.
Team Places
From a team perspective, this was our strongest showing of the season, with FLRC taking home five of six wins. High Noon amassed two seconds and three thirds.
- FLRC U19: 1st, with impressive places from Riley White (1), Ryan Jacobsen (2), and Madigan White (6).
- FLRC Women’s Open: 3rd, led by Hailey Whetten (2), with scoring from Inger Aaberg (9), Adrienne Martin (12), Cecelia Madsen (13), and Meg Branine (14).
- FLRC Women’s Masters: 1st, paced by Chelsea Benson (1), Anne Riordan (2), and Lauren McKinzey (9). FLRC-B took fourth and FLRC-C took fifth, gaining us valuable points.
- FLRC Women’s Vets: 1st, with Julie Barclay (1), Sandra Randall (2), and Kim Jackson (4); FLRC-B took 3rd.
- FLRC Women’s Super Vets: 1st, a sweep from Lori Johnson (1), Sandy Gregorich (2), and Gill Haines‑Sharp (3).
- FLRC Women’s Ultra Vets: 1st, with Anne Shakespeare (1), Deb Bliss (2), and Ruth Sproul (3).
High Noon had competitive teams across all men’s divisions, even if we weren’t able to repeat our Open win from last race:
- High Noon Men’s Open: 2nd for High Noon‑A, scoring with Alex Evans (3), Nick McPherson (5), Lucas Betzoldt (8), Patrick Milano (13), and Christopher Petroff (18). High Noon‑B placed 7th.
- High Noon Men’s Masters: 3rd, thanks to places from Jay Hubisz (9), David Kania (11), Patrick Boyle (12), Steven Folsom (19), and Ethan Bodnaruk (23).
- High Noon Men’s Vets: 2nd for High Noon‑A with strong running from Kenny Makosch (3), Scott Dawson (4), Scotie Jacobs (7), Stephen Jesch (9), and Joey Randall (13). High Noon‑B placed 4th, and a different mix would have gotten us the win—live and learn!
- High Noon Men’s Super Vets: 3rd, thanks to Casey Carlstrom (4), visitor Chuck Shields (5), and Alan Lockett (9); a late no-show prevented us from having a High Noon-B team
- High Noon Men’s Ultra Vets: 3rd with good finishes from Charlie Fay (3), Joel Leff (9), and Jim Carman (12).
Individual Highlights
We took home a lot of podium chocolate, including age-group wins from Hailey Whetten (Open), Chelsea Benson (Masters), Lori Johnson (Super Vets), Anne Shakespeare (Ultra Vets), Riley White (U19), and Alex Evans (Open). Great running from everyone!
- Madigan White: 3rd Women’s U19
- Hailey Whetten: 1st Women’s Open
- Chelsea Benson: 1st Women’s Masters
- Anne Riordan: 2nd Women’s Masters
- Julie Barclay: 2nd Women’s Vets
- Sandra Randall: 3rd Women’s Vets
- Lori Johnson: 1st Women’s Super Vets
- Sandy Gregorich: 2nd Women’s Super Vets
- Gill Haines‑Sharp: 3rd Women’s Super Vets
- Anne Shakespeare: 1st Women’s Ultra Vets
- Deb Bliss: 2nd Women’s Ultra Vets
- Riley White: 1st Men’s U19
- Ryan Jacobsen: 2nd Men’s U19
- Alex Evans: 1st Men’s Open
- Nick McPherson: 3rd Men’s Open
- Charlie Fay: 3rd Men’s Ultra Vets
We have only the championship race left this Sunday in Fairport, near Rochester. Thanks to our winning teams AND our B and C teams, we’re currently tied with GVH for Club Cup points. We need a strong showing next week to beat them again this year. If you can make it to the race, PLEASE SIGN UP! We need you—in cross country, every place counts!