2019 Report

August 31, 2019 • Fort Valley, VA

61 starters, 28 finishers

Behold, below, the results for the 2019 running of The Ring, held on its customary Labor Day weekend, which this year came very early (August 31st for one runner and August 31-September 1 for the other finishers). Congratulations to all the runners for coming out to play on the orange trail! A record 61 runners toed that start line and 28 finished this year. Of those 28, 18 are new to The Fellowship of The Ring. Welcome, and as your reward, we look forward to penciling you in to the starting field of the 2020 Reverse Ring in late February.

We have to start with a particularly hearty pat on the back to the first to the finish - the aforementioned singular Saturday finisher, Paul Jacobs. Paul ran a brilliantly paced run to shatter the run record, finishing in the Beamon-esque time of 13:29:20. The previous record of 14:23 was set in 2017 by Adam Watkins.

Second overall, and first woman back to the finish at Signal Knob, was Sheila Vibert. Sheila also took a flyer at the run record for women, held by Kathleen Cusick. Sheila fell just short of Kathleen’s 17:22 time last year, and she made a strong push again this year to break that record. Her 2019 finishing time of 17:43:36 is the third fastest for women at The Ring, bested only by her own time in 2018, and by Kathleen’s record run in 2016. Great effort, Sheila!

Other reports

Johnny Lyons Run Report | Mike Zinn Run Report

Photos

Results

Place	Name	Age	Sex	State	Milford	Camp Roos	Crisman	Moreland	Edinburg	Woodstock	Powells	Finish	Fellowship
1	Paul Jacobs	41	M	DC	2:23	4:29	6:18	7:32	9:08	10:43	11:42	13:29:20	2017
2	Sheila Vibert	37	F	VA	2:39	5:06	7:24	9:01	11:07	13:12	15:12	17:43:36	2017
3	Jeremy Lucier	34	M	VA	2:31	4:59	7:19	9:04	11:25	14:18	15:52	18:13:00	New
4	Christie Taylor	34	F	VA	2:58	5:42	8:12	9:57	12:05	14:35	16:12	19:07:00	New
5	Heather Dougherty	33	F	DC	2:51	5:42	8:08	10:12	12:29	15:08	16:42	20:07:00	New
5	Ryan Nebel	36	M	VA	3:08	5:57	8:42	10:37	12:58	15:29	17:15	20:07:00	New
5	Matt Banning	40	M	VA	3:08	5:57	8:42	10:37	12:58	15:29	17:15	20:07:00	New
8	Carl Bligan	24	M	PA	2:53	5:39	8:09	10:10	13:07	15:52	17:37	20:28:00	New
9	Michal Kawecki	40	M	PA	3:26	6:42	9:30	11:23	13:54	16:40	18:35	21:31:00	2016
10	Michael Zinn	37	M	VA	2:59	5:42	8:21	10:20	12:40	15:30	17:24	21:32:00	New
11	Raymond Rogers	38	M	VA	3:09	6:14	9:12	11:10	13:39	16:26	18:32	21:34:00	New
12	William Fallier	46	M	WV	3:14	6:13	9:21	11:23	14:08	17:24	19:15	21:55:00	New
13	Jason Farr	41	M	VA	3:12	6:24	9:23	11:37	14:18	17:21	19:17	22:14:00	New
14	Luc Claessens	54	M	DE	3:11	6:17	9:32	11:57	15:05	18:05	19:52	22:53:00	New
15	Scott Lee	48	M	VA	3:11	6:26	9:38	11:52	14:57	18:08	20:12	22:56:00	2015
16	Stephanie Dempsey	42	F	VA	3:13	6:26	9:48	12:07	15:05	18:05	19:52	23:34:00	2015
17	Daniel Gracias	38	M	VA	3:14	6:40	10:04	12:30	15:13	18:15	20:27	23:38:00	New
18	David Peppelman	44	M	MD	2:50	5:54	8:46	11:27	14:24	17:45	20:08	23:43:00	New
19	Kevin Walker	39	M	VA	3:12	6:24	9:35	11:57	15:05	18:24	20:42	23:46:00	New
20	Samantha Neakrase	41	F	VA	3:48	7:11	10:25	12:40	15:40	18:47	20:52	24:26:00	2017
21	Rob Tidwell	49	M	VA	3:23	6:42	10:02	12:28	15:20	18:45	20:52	24:30:00	2017
22	Elsa Araujo	41	F	VA	3:39	7:04	10:22	12:49	16:04	19:42	22:02	24:59:00	2018
23	Dan Hawk	46	M	MD	3:39	7:13	10:31	12:52	16:09	19:42	22:02	25:19:15	2017
24	Travis Bertram	46	M	VA	3:49	7:41	11:13	13:47	16:58	20:52	23:27	27:18:37	New
25	Jeff Pence	60	M	VA	3:51	7:36	11:44	14:27	18:01	21:47	24:22	27:44:10	2017
26	Lou Brooks	52	M	VA	3:26	6:52	11:24	13:22	18:01	21:40	24:27	27:52:00	New
27	Derek Kennedy	24	M	VA	3:54	7:31	11:08	13:42	17:25	21:49	24:35	28:10:13	New
28	Sirisha Golla	43	F	VA	4:03	7:51	11:13	14:24	18:16	22:07	24:47	28:26:39	New
Nope	Gaynor Bourgeois	50	F	DC	3:40	7:04	10:13	12:42	15:46	xxx	xxx	DNF	2014
Nope	Trevor Baine	37	M	DC	2:23	4:27	6:34	8:25	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Patrick Vaughan	42	M	VA	3:17	6:37	10:07	12:02	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2016
Nope	Matt Christovich	40	M	VA	3:26	6:52	10:19	13:07	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	Tony Taylor	49	M	VA	3:23	7:04	10:55	13:22	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Jen Jacobs	42	F	DC	3:52	7:33	10:58	13:59	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2008
Nope	Bill Breidenstine	54	M	PA	3:42	7:24	11:01	13:59	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Marty Fox	68	M	VA	3:27	6:51	10:28	14:24	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2016
Nope	Sue Heineman	53	F	DC	3:54	7:41	11:38	14:40	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Helen MacDermott	40	F	VA	4:16	8:30	12:00	15:07	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Tracy Cooley	47	F	MI	4:16	8:29	12:04	15:17	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Justin Faul	39	M	VA	2:48	5:22	7:39	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2009
Nope	Antonio Cillo	33	M	VA	2:59	5:42	8:29	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Dave Herring	48	M	VA	2:57	5:47	8:56	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2014
Nope	Steve Barge	52	M	VA	3:13	6:41	10:19	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Erin Altemos	45	M	MD	3:22	6:42	10:32	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Johnny Lyons	36	M	MD	3:39	7:13	10:37	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Gary Maier	66	M	NY	4:12	8:22	12:07	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2010
Nope	Lisa Johnston	54	F	RI	3:40	7:39	12:26	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	John Peabody	64	M	RI	3:40	7:39	12:26	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Sam Coyner	52	M	VA	3:45	8:16	12:36	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Keith VanGraafeiland	38	M	VA	3:05	6:29	12:38	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Serhot Ozturk	39	M	MD	3:58	8:43	13:20	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	Next Year!
Nope	Kathleen Cusick	44	F	FL	2:54	5:54	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2013
Nope	Jesse Parker	39	M	VA	3:23	6:40	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	Jimm Ouellette	43	M	VA	3:40	7:04	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	Dan Aghdam	51	M	VA	3:22	7:04	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2016
Nope	Brett Martin	38	M	VA	3:18	7:21	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2017
Nope	Dawn Gray	45	F	VA	3:44	7:37	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	Jamie Greenawalt	51	F	PA	3:40	7:37	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2017
Nope	Jeffrey Klemm	68	M	VA	3:51	7:52	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	Mandy Pierce	44	F	PA	4:14	8:30	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2018
Nope	Tony Escobar	55	M	VA	4:14	9:00	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	xxx	DNF	2013
Start time was 7:03 am

Last updated December 16, 2019