Akron Falls was a weird race, @pgxc-flrc and @pgxc-high-noon, and despite the long drive, we managed to field quite a few teams. The course was supposed to be a 6K, but construction forced a last-minute change, and in the end, it was more like 4.5K. It was almost completely flat, and so narrow in spots that we had to run separate men’s and women’s races. Jamie Love was on hand to take photos and cheer, and she captured some great shots.
Results are available for individual men, men’s teams, individual women, and women’s teams. We didn’t do as well as we have in previous races due to the low turnout, but we still took home some chocolate and scored a few points in the club cup competition.
Individuals
We took home a bunch of second- and third-place boxes of chocolate this race. On the women’s side, Caitlin Loehr continued her streak with a second in Vets, Sandy Gregorich was second in Super Vets, Deb Bliss was second in Ultra Vets, and Ruth Sproul was third in Ultra Vets (they’re in the picture with winner Barbara Sauer, left).
On the men’s side, 16-year-old Banyan Love took second in U19 (and was our second runner overall), and Joel Leff placed third in the Ultra Vets.
Teams
FLRC
- FLRC Masters Women: 2nd, by just 4 points behind Checkers, and beating out the Greater Buffalo Track Club
- FLRC Vets Women: 3rd, behind GVH and Checkers A, but ahead of STC, Roadkill, Checkers B, and GBTC
- FLRC Vets Women: 2nd, by a heartbreaking 1 point behind Checkers, but ahead of GVH and GBTC
High Noon
- High Noon Open Men: 5th, beating out Roadkill, GBTC, and the Auburn Pulsars with a jury-rigged team of two Open runners, two Masters runners, and two U19 runners
- High Noon Vets Men: 3rd, behind Checkers A and GVH, but ahead of STC and Checkers B
- High Noon Super Vets Men: 6th in an awfully deep field, still beating out the Checkers and STC B teams
Finally, if you left your Nalgene bottle with some cherry-smelling liquid in it, let me know if it’s yours. I have it and will bring it to our next PGXC race. The bottle, not the liquid.
Speaking of which, our next race is the home meet at TC3 on October 30th. Let’s field some serious teams there and show the big city clubs what we can do! Sign up for the race and make sure you’re on the roster.