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Sometimes it's all about the head gear
Willow and owner.
Nothing like a little wind chill.
Autumn Lucier, 5, of Woodstock
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Chicago has its river dyed green this time of year. And Putnam had a fast moving green stream of its own March 13 — The Courthouse O’Putnam 5k.
Almost 1,000 competitors welcomed the race back after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Sunny but “crisp” was the weather backdrop for the race.
And there to greet them was a new course. Sheila Frost, co-owner of The Courthouse Bar and Grille and race organizer, said the new course ran along the River Trail. “It was very scenic and flat. Runners loved it!”
Nearly 1,000 took part but that was not a record. Frost said in 2018 there were nearly 1100 competitors. The weather was awful in 2019 and there was no race in 2020 or 2021. As in the past the Hartford Marathon Foundation partnered with the Courthouse.
The Best Costume prize went to Karen Stahowiak.
The winners were, female:
Samara Johnson of Lebanon (20:12), Pamela McDonald of Moosup (20:07), Logan LeBlanc of Brooklyn (20:41). F9 and under: Gabriella Dizazzo of Putnam (29:25), Bethany Mayo of Putnam and Hannah Brownlee of Stow, MA.
F10-14: Raegan Richards of Oneco (24:34), Gabriella Lepine and Maeve Combies. F15-19: Emma Bradley of Florham Park, N.J. (20:50), Madison Maynard of Douglas, Mass., Lauren Brule of Putnam. F20-24: Caitlin Keith of Chaplin (22:23), Jessie Semancik, Pomfret Center and Francesca Andranovich of Durham.
F25-29: Brittany Sarza of Brooklyn (22:05), Kathleen Wilson of E. Lyme, Anna Grudzinski of Woodstock. F30-34: Lauren Konicki of Hampton (21:26), Meghan Brennan of Brooklyn, Serene Germain of Putnam. F35-39: Rachel Linkkila of Chaplin (24:00), Amanda Drumm of Enfield, Kerry Garofano of Mystic.
F40-44: Joslyn Richards of Oneco (21:25), Karen Coulombe of Coventry, Gretchen Dalton of Woodstock. F45-49: Larissa Giordano of Southington (21:36), Marian Bigelow of Brooklyn and Jennifer Bosso of Berlin. F50-54: Elizabeth Bove of Woodstock (22:27), Marla Rycerz of Windsor, Kelly Kokernak of Webster.
F55-59: Lori Riley of Storrs (24:30), Cheryl Cyr of Union, Clare Ultsch of Truckee, Calif. F60-64: Katherine Bazinet of Westbrook (25:30), Sandy Navarro of Pomfret, Betsy Bielefield of Middletown. F65-69: Michele Stefanov of Valhalla, N.Y. (26:36), Bonnie Lees of New Fairfield, Sandra Collins of Wauregan. F75-79: Ruth Kneier of Putnam. Athene: Colette Fennessy of W. Hartford (27:03), Erin Quinney of Woodstock and Denis McLaughlin of Colebrook.
Nonbinary: Jess Reed of Southington.
Male: Luke Bradley of Florham Park, N.J., (16:44); Zachary Stoddard, Pomfret Center, (17:07), Christian Menounous of Brooklyn (17:48) M9 and under: Nolan Wakely of Brooklyn (26:08), Quinton King-Boulay, Jewett City, Avery Luneau. M10-14: Thijs Doot of W. Hartford (19:10), John Bradley of Florham Park, N.J., Remington Walsh of N. Franklin. M15-19: Vince Bastura of Pft Ctr. (18:40), Ryan Markey of Kensington, Tyler Parmentier of Putnam.
M20-24: Alexander Saccoccio of N. Miami Beach, Fla. (23:09), Hunter Coulombe of Coventry, Jason Ventura of Providence. M25-29: Thomas Funk of Putnam (19:55), Patrick Miett of East Haddam, Justin Williams of Manchester. M30-34: Matt Bellerive of Brooklyn (19:36), John Sherman of Hampton, Kyle Gregoire of Salem. M35-39: Eric Schulman of Putnam (19:12), Jeff Larrow of Pomfret Center, Richard Labriola of Woodstock.
M40-44: Eric Ciocca of Northampton, Mass. (18:55), James Pierce, Andrew Muscaro of Newington. M45-49: Luke Mayo of Coventry (19:29), Todd Lepine of Plainfield, Jeffrey Doot of W. Hartford. M50-54: Scott Lecuyer of Charlton (19:56), Matt Demaio of Old Saybrook, Richard Schad of Dayville. M55-59: Jeff low of Dayville (21:18), Church Cormier of Dudley, Matthew Liscomb of Woodstock.
M60-64: John Corporon of Stamford (23:37), Alan Froslie of Putnam, Paul Kennedy of Jewett City. M65-59: Bob St. John of Dudley (22:01), Dennis Barone of W. Hartford, Roark Maynard of N. Smithfield. M70-74: Rick Taff (26:58), James Silkenat of NYC. Clydesdale: John Gonski of Sandy Hook (20:38), Wilson Pellot of Thomaston, James Kokernak of Webster.
Assisted Wheelchair: Keion Manley (23:50)