Results From the 32nd Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills on Saturday, April 1st

No one was joking around on April Fool's Day for the 32nd Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills last Saturday, April 1, 2017. The Great Race of Agoura was established in 1986 as a way to raise money for local schools.

Here are the top finishers from this year's events posted at greatrace.run.

Cheseboro Half Marathon

Men Overall: Eddie Carrillo (22) in 1:18:20, Chris Gilbert (28) in 1:19:52 and Matthew Glynn (40) 1:22:58

Women Overall: Taelor Young (24) in 1:28:32, Audrey Kroot (37) in 1:33:58 and Annie Feldman (35) of Newbury Park in 1:34:52

Pacific Half Marathon

Men Overall: Zach Withall (23) in 1:16:55, Logan Franks (30) in 1:21:57 and Mark Vishnevsky (36) in 1:24:09

Women Overall: Lindsey Carter (28) in 1:31:08, Natalie Bullock (24) of Thousand Oaks in 1:34:19 and Brienna Fouts (31) of Moorpark in 1:35:40

Old Agoura 10K 

Men Overall: Tanner Collins (23) in 34:33, Ryan Koepnick 15) in 37:30 and Paul Van Zuyle (56) of Westlake Village in 37:43

Women Overall: Naomi Bisagno (33) in 39:20, Angela Reynolds (36) in 40:40 and Julie Harding (32) of Thousand Oaks in 40:40

Deena Kastor 5K

Men Overall: Oscar Orozco (28) in 16:49, Joshua Montoya (16) of Agoura Hills in 18:04 and Brian Gaul (19) of Agoura Hills in 18:05

Women Overall: Gwendolyn Ostrosky (35) in 20:10, Valarie Tucker (32) in 20:29 and Amber Beman (33) of Agoura Hills in 21:02

Kids 1 Mile

Boys Overall: KC Barber (12) of Westlake Village in 5:53, Andrew Simon-Lacombe (12) of Westlake Village in 5:58 and Jonas Kelm (10) of Thousand Oaks in 6:09

Girls Overall: Ryan Prioleau (11) in 6:28, Lilah Zweig (11) of Oak Park in 6:51 and Olivia Parent (11) of Oak Park in 6:55

Congratulations!

Top Finishers at the 30th Annual Great Race of Agoura on March 28th

The 30th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills took place on Saturday, March 28, 2015. I once again did not participate in this event due to my kid's sports activities but thousands of folks participated that day.

Top finishers by race:

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Males):

• Matthew Gulden of Simi Valley 1:17:16
• Chris Gilbert of Oxnard 1:18:53
• Keith Yanov of Culver City 1:22:35

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Females):

• Anika Busby of Newbury Park 1:30:05
• Anissa Faulkner of Ojai 1:33:29
• Stephanie Martinez of Canyon Country 1:35:15

Pacific Half Marathon (Males):

• Sergio Reyes of Palmdale 1:12:26
• Justin Neems of Torrance 1:19:29
• Peter Farb of Torrance 1:26:08

Pacific Half Marathon (Females):

• Natalie Bullock of Thousand Oaks 1:30:50
• Lindsey Carter of Newport Beach 1:34:06
• Elizabeth Lluch of Agoura Hills 1:37:00 (wow at age 53!)

Old Agoura 10K (Males):

• Justin Patananan of Palmdale 32:20
• Bryant Christine of Thousand Oaks 37:31
• Lucas Miranda of Valencia 38:03

Old Agoura 10K (Females):

• Amanda Rice of Oxnard 38:59
• Maggie Shearer of Newbury Park 39:34
• Heather Worden of Lancaster 41:31

Deena Kastor 5K (Males):

• Josh Pattiz of Agoura 17:38
• Mike Dib 17:53
• Austin Gilbert of Oak Park 18:29

Deena Kastor 5K (Females):

• Mayte Pacheco of Moorpark 18:13 (age 16!)
• Sarah Shulze of Oak Park 18:38 (age 14!!!)
• Rebecca Schultz of Westlake Village 19:09 (age 13!!!!!)

Nicely done! Next year's 31st Annual event is set for Sunday, March 19, 2016. Visit greatraceofagoura.com to sign up!

Results From 29th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills on March 22, 2014

The 29th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills took place on Saturday, March 22rd. Once again I could not personally attend because my son has track meets on Saturdays this time of year. But since this is the largest and oldest race in the area, I have to at least check out the race stats!

Overall stats:

• Equinox 5K: 1154 finishers (497 male, 657 female) vs 1,456 finishers (652 male, 804 female) in 2013 and 1,409 finishers in 2012
• Old Agoura 10K: 1317 finishers (469 male, 848 female) vs 1,319 finishers (493 male, 826 female) in 2013 and 1,639 finishers in 2012
• Pacific Half Marathon: 524 finishers (234 male, 290 female) vs 441 finishers (203 male, 238 female) in 2013 and 549 finishers in 2012
• Cheseboro Half Marathon:1037 finishers (520 male, 517 female) vs 913 finishers (478 male, 435 female) in 2013 and 1,034 finishers in 2012
• Kids' One Mile: 296 finishers (168 male, 128 female) vs 381 finishers (205 male, 176 female) in 2013 and 443 finishers in 2012

In total, there were 4,328 2014 finishers, down 4% from 4,510 finishers in 2013 (which in turn was down 11% from 2012).  Half marathon participation grew 15% this year, while there was a significant drop (21%) in 5K participants.

Here are the 5 finishers from each race! Visit www.greatraceofagoura.com for more details.

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Men):

1. Scott Hambly 1:20:54
2. Chris Price 1:22:37
3. Kit Mock 1:23:12
4. Adam Brosh 1:23:23
5. George Eyles 1:23:29

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Women):

1. Jessica Stern 1:30:47
2. Anissa Faulkner 1:31:29
3. Elaine Woodward 1:31:51
4. Stacia Watson 1:35:33
5. Kaitlin Reed 1:35:36

Pacific Half Marathon (Men)

1. Jose Lastre 1:25:01
2. Geoff Burns 1:26:07
3. Ian Clampett 1:28:15
4. Martin Muoto 1:28:49
5. Gilbert Lemieux 1:28:58

Pacific Half Marathon (Women)

1. Vi Hau 1:25:19
2. Carly Johann 1:34:08
3. Gina Johnson 1:34:10
4. Elizabeth Lluch 1:34:57
5. Montana Martinez 1:36:02

Old Agoura 10K (Men)

1. Daniel Haim 37:38
2. Nick Ungermann 37:42
3. Bryce Wendel 37:57
4. Jonathan Lee 38:28
5. Steve Monke 38:59

Old Agoura 10K (Women)

1. Heather Worden 40:55
2. Caitlin Jacobsen 43:08
3. Sara Sadraie 43:16
4. MaryAnn Carraher 43:25
5. Lupita Medina 43:32

Equinox 5K (Men)

1. Chandler Ross 17:00
2. Ravi Guha 17:43
3. Brandon Severson 17:50
4. Phillip Wright 18:27
5. Ryan Harris 19:02

Equinox 5K (Women)

1. Liz Camy 17:09
2. Carol Montgomery 18:16
3. Sarah Shulze 19:13
4. Michelle Ip 19:35
5. Susan Dorrough 21:07

Kids 1 Mile (Boys)

1. Griffin Archer 6:07
2. Jack Gilbert 6:39
3. Tanner Wolfe 6:44
4. Connor Najdowski 6:48
5. Spencer Driggs 6:55

Kids 1 Mile (Girls)

1. Hadley Barber 7:28
2. Nicki Langford 7:30
3. Kassandra Cummings 7:36
4. Reese Wolfe 7:36
5. Livia Shore 7:37

Results From 28th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills on March 23, 2013

The 28th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills, one of the largest and longest-running (no pun intended) local running events in the Conejo Valley as well as Greater Los Angeles area, took place on Saturday, March 23rd. I was not able to make this year's race due to kid commitments but it certainly was a nice morning. Let's take a look at the top finishers in the various races that day.

Here are the stats and some of the top placing runners in this year's event:

• Deena Kastor 5K: 1,456 finishers (652 male, 804 female) (1,409 finishers in 2012)
• Old Agoura 10K: 1,319 finishers (493 male, 826 female) (1,639 finishers in 2012)
• Pacific Half Marathon: 441 finishers (203 male, 238 female) (549 finishers in 2012)
• Cheseboro Half Marathon: 913 finishers (478 male, 435 female) (1,034 finishers in 2012)
• Kids' One Mile: 381 finishers (205 male, 176 female) (443 finishers in 2012)

In total, there were 4,510 finishers in the five races, down about 11% from 2012.

Here are the 5 finishers from each race! Visit www.greatraceofagoura.com for more details.

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Men):

1. CAMERON ZIMMERMANN 1:22:41
2. SHAI BIRMAHER 1:23:03
3. MYLES COCKBURN 1:23:40
4. KEVIN BUELL 1:24:19
5. JAMES DAVY 1:25:55

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Women)

1. ELAINE WOODWARD 1:31:13
2. JENNIFER TODD 1:31:40
3. ERIN WHARTON 1:35:28
4. CHRISTINA LIGHTFOOT 1:35:37
5. ANISSA FAULKNER 1:35:43

Pacific Half Marathon (Men)

1. JEFFREY JACKSON 1:13:01
2. TYLER TOCKSTEIN 1:14:09
3. CAMDEN MCALISTER 1:16:32
4. MARCUS GEORGE 1:20:43
5. PAUL COONEY 1:26:29

Pacific Half Marathon (Women)

1. JESSICA DOUGLAS 1:28:49
2. RACHAEL PARENT 1:35:07 (Rachael was 4th last year in 1:39:51 - nice improvement!)
3. MARA STEGEMANN 1:35:35
4. GINA JOHNSON 1:36:07 (Gina was 3rd last year in 1:37:50)
5. LAUREN PHILLIPS 1:36:31

Old Agoura 10K (Men)

1. ISIDORE HERRERA 30:46
2. SERGIO REYES 31:17 (Sergio was also 2nd last year in 29:49)
3. EULOGIO RODRIGUEZ 32:09
4. JUSTIN PATANANAN 33:28
5. TEERTH PATEL 35:58

Old Agoura 10K (Women)

1. LIZ CAMY-BLACKWELL 36:46 (Blackwell also won last year in 36:14)
2. JENN BETANCOURT 41:42
3. JENNIFER SUNAHARA 43:59
4. GABRIELLE BRADLEY 44:47
5. SANDRA SCHWARTZ 46:16

Deena Kastor 5K (Men)

1. ZACK SCHWARTZ 15:14
2. DYLAN MAJERUS 16:51
3. JEFF WELLS 17:43
4. RUSTY SNOW 17:45
5. GARY BARBER 18:09

Deena Kastor 5K (Women)

1. ANDREA MCLARTY 17:12
2. CAROL MONTGOMERY 17:38
3. CINDY ABRAMI 18:06
4. OLIVIA GHAUSSY 19:22
5. SARAH SHULZE 19:38 (Sarah is in the 11-12 age group! Way to go, Sarah!)

Kids 1 Mile (Boys)

1. MICHAEL BARBER 5:46
2. GRIFFIN ARCHER 5:59
3. MATTHEW SPEER 6:04
4. ARMAND ASLANIAN 6:12
5. JACK MILLSPAUGH 6:19

Kids 1 Mile (Girls)

1. CELESTE SCHREIFELS 6:20
2. TATIANA BANI 6:40
3. JENNA FORSTON 6:40
4. TAYLOR NITZSCHE 6:43
5. NATALIE NITZSCHE 6:46

You definitely need to sign up in advance for these races if at all possible, preferably by mid-December, as pricing gets pretty high as the race approaches. For example, the Old Agoura 10K is $35, already a bit on the high side, rises as high as $45 a month prior to the race. As great as this race is, that's a bit too much in my opinion. Another popular local race, the Calabasas Classic, charges $25 for the 10K up until just a few weeks prior to the event.

The half marathons are also great but if you procrastinate like me you end up paying $95 to $100, which, frankly, I won't pay for a half marathon. Just too much. The price this year was $70 prior to December 16, 2012, which is a fair price, albeit $20 higher than it was just five years ago. Hope to make it back out there next year!

27th Great Race of Agoura on March 24th Race Results

The Great Race of Agoura is easily the largest event of its kind in the area. The 27th event on March 24th continued in its tradition of bringing thousands of runners out. Here are the stats and some of the top placing runners in this year's event:

• Deena Kastor 5K: 1,409 finishers (611 male, 796 female)
• Old Agoura 10K: 1,639 finishers (624 male, 1,015 female)
• Pacific Half Marathon: 549 finishers (246 male, 303 female)
• Cheseboro Half Marathon: 1,034 finishers (512 male, 522 female)
• Kids' One Mile: 443 finishers (232 male, 211 female)

Total finishers for all 5 races was 5,074 with a distinct skewing towards females, who were 56% of the total! Guys, take note!

I ran 5.5 miles that cool morning in my slow return back to running. The last time I ran one of these races was 2007, when I did a 1:26 in the hilly, half trail based Cheseboro Half Marathon.

Here are the top 5 finishers in each of the 5 races! (I'd love to post the top 5 finishers by age group for the various races but I discovered the way the results are laid out that that would take me several hours to do.  So check out all the results at greatraceofagoura.com/results/index.html.

5K Men:

• RYAN ZELADA 16:30
• COLIN ANDERSON 16:58
• KRISTOFFER CHACON 17:00
• TROY BARGER  17:27
• JEFF WELLS 17:58

5K Women:

• HUMA HUSAIN 20:24
• TAYLOR GARRISON 21:01
• KELSIE GARRISON  21:03
• KATRINA CARL  21:09
• NICOLLE JACOBS 21:18

10K Men (these are some amazing times for the invitational event this year!)

• CHARLIE SERRANO 29:43.9 (Serrano, who lives locally apparently here in Newbury Park, finished 49th in the 2012 Men's Marathon Olympic Trials!, his first marathon. He previously won the Long Beach Half Marathon in 64 minutes, 5 seconds.)
• SERGIO REYES 29:49.5 (25th in the 2012 Men's Marathon Olympic Trials! Personal best marathon time of 2:14:02!)
• BEN BRUCE 30:02.6
• COURTNEY WILLIAMS 30:22.2
• AARON SHARP  30:51.1 (Oxnard resident an competitor in 2008 Men's Marathon Olympic Trials)

10K Women

• ELIZABETH BLACKWELL 36:14.8
• ERIKA AKLUFI  36:14.9
• LILIANA HERNANDEZ 37:54.9
• TANIA FISCHER 38:16.2
• TIFFANIE MARLEY 38:59.7

Pacific Half Marathon Men

• LARRY BLAYLOCK 1:20:47
• JOE NORDIN 1:24:46
• STEVE BERARDI 1:28:42
• TYLER WELCH  1:30:27
• SCOTT FITZGERALD 1:32:03

Pacific Half Marathon Women

• ELIZABETH BOJANOWSKI 1:34:32
• SARAH LABASS  1:37:43
• GINA JOHNSON  1:37:50
• RACHAEL PARENT 1:39:51
• EMILIE BERTRAM  1:40:59

Cheseboro Half Marathon Men

• ANDREW SALG  1:13:14
• SKYLER MOSENTHAL 1:17:52
• RYAN BUETZER 1:21:00
• MIKE DAVIES 1:21:41
• LUIS AGUILAR 1:22:46

Cheseboro Half Marathon Women

• CINDY LYNCH  1:32:19
• STACEY STERN   1:36:52
• JOANNA NYGREN 1:37:58
• SARAH MOORE 1:38:02
• GLORIA RIOS 1:38:27

Kids' 1 Mile - Boys

• FOREST POLSKY 6:00
• MATTHEW NEVILLE 6:01
• BILLY MORTON 6:32
• JAKE IAZZETTA  6:37
• MICHAEL HOLCOMB 6:38

Kids' 1 Mile - Girls

• HANNAH RITZ 6:36
• GRACE STAVICH  6:44
• SIENNA GOLDEN  6:47
• PEYTON MOREAU  7:09
• SOPHIA RITZ  7:13