(Full disclosure: I am filling in for our multi-talented race reporter Francesco Presutti ✍🏼 while he is in Italy. 🇮🇹 I will try my best to cover the highlights of the race. Keep your expectations in check. Here goes-)
Happy 50th Birthday 🎉 to Harlem Week! To learn more about Harlem Week, Click Here! According to the NYRR website, the Percy Sutton 5K kicks off Harlem Week: an annual celebration of the neighborhood's history in arts, culture, religion, entertainment, and so much more! 🎭🎨💃🏾🪩🕺🏾To our beloved running community - Harlem is synonymous with Hills, (as in Harlem Hill ⛰️).
That said, congratulations to the 47 flyers who embraced the streets and sights of Harlem, along with its challenging hills! ⛰️⛰️⛰️
Standing ovation for our speediest flyer of the day:
🏆JOE KELLY🥇
Official Time: 18.46, Pace Per Mile: 6:03, Percentage Age Graded: 88.52, 1st in his Age Group
Round of applause for these fast gentlemen as well!
Zac Charlton 🥈Official Time: 19.14, Pace Per Mile: 6:12, Bravo to Zac for coming in 2nd in his Age Group as well! 👏🏼
Timothy Decker 🥉Official Time: 20.01, Pace Per Mile: 6:26, Percentage Age Graded: 76.84, 4th in his Age Group!
Deniz Saat came in 4th place for the flyers with a time of 20:09, Pace: 6:29, and Michael Kim was 5th at 21:41, Pace: 6:59. 🌟🌟
Bravo to our top 5 males! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Now for the fabulous top 5 females:
Katherine Wilson-Milne 🥇Official Time: 20.37, Pace Per Mile: 6:39, Percentage Age Graded: 74.01, 5th in her Age Group!
Yumi Morishige 🥈Official Time: 24.53, Pace Per Mile: 8:01, Percentage Age Graded: 71.89, 8th in her Age Group!
Julie Keenan 🥉Official Time: 25.46, Pace Per Mile: 8:18.
Lisa Konorty came in 4th place with a time of 28:06, Pace: 8:25, AGP: 71.83, and 10th in her Age Group, and Deborah Saat came in 5th place with a time of 27:15, Pace: 8:47, AGP: 73.4, and 7th in her Age Group. 🌟🌟
Congratulations ladies! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I had a chance to catch up with speedy female flyer Lisa Konorty after the race. Here is what she had to say:
This race is always one of my favorites, especially since Harlem is my home turf. For anyone who hasn't run this, I won't scare you off with stories of the hill just before mile 2. 🤣 The energy in Harlem is amazing and even though I ran conservatively and didn't race today (as I'm recovering) the spectators cheering gave me a super boost!
Congratulations to the 8 flyers who finished in the top 10 of their age groups or scored an age group percentage of 70 or above: (in addition to the flyers mentioned above)
Kent Blocher: 22:36, Pace: 7:17, AGP: 74.87, 4th in Age Group
Neil Tipograph: 23:24, Pace: 7:32, AGP: 73, 5th in Age Group
Peter Spagnuolo: 25:11, Pace: 8:07, 10th in Age Group
Mindy Statter: 27:17, Pace: 8:47, AGP: 73.34, 8th in Age Group
Delton Mace: 29:08, Pace: 9:23, 1st in Age Group
Christy Putnam: 29:17, Pace: 9:26, AGP: 73.12, 2nd in Age Group
Frances Breslauer: 34:15, Pace: 11:02, AGP: 76.5, 1st in Age Group
Jeanine Heartnett: 36:57, Pace: 11:54, 7th in Age Group
The team's full results can be viewed by clicking here.
Team awards including club standings can be viewed by clicking here. Percy Sutton 5K is the 6th race in the 2024 NYRR club point series.
If you achieved a PR, please let us know so we can celebrate with you! 🥳
Great job everyone! Congratulations to all! Go Flyers!
-Melissa Slobin, Co-Blogmanager, Substitute Race Reporter