Great Labor Day Mile Boasts Great Performances On All Levels in All Age Groups!
The Great Labor Day Mile took place on Monday, September 7, 2015 at Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth, GA.  It was just a few days ago, but it feels like a distant memory!

The Mall, transformed for a brief time into an arena of exciting athletic competition, is now back to being a shopping mall.  The quarter mile markers are gone, the banners have come down, the finish area tents have all been put away, and there are no traces to be found of a starting line or a finish line.  Ring Road, the super fast course that runners traversed around the mall, is now just a road.

What remains is the memory of a wonderful day filled with wonderful performances.

USATF Georgia would like to thank everyone that contributed to making this event a success - from our sponsors to our volunteers, our officials, the USATFGA Board of Directors, and our special guest Sir Peter Snell.  Then a very special thank you to all of our athletes who ranged in age and ability from 7 years old to 91 years old, from beginning runners to American record holders!

We want to share some highlights with you.

Open Women's Race (19 - 39 yrs) - The Atlanta Track Club Competitive Team took 8 of the top 10 positions.  Winning Time - Christy Cazzola, F30, 4:47:52, Janel Blancett, F27, 4:51:28, Brigitte Mania, F24 - 4:56:61.


Open Men (19 - 39) - New Balance athletes took the top 3 of 4 places.  Sam Penzensadler, M22, NB - 4:16:84, Craig Forys, M26, unattached - 4:17:30, Andrew Smith, M23, NB - 4:24:36.

Open Men and Open Women's Cash Prizes were sponsored by Gwinnett Place Ford.

Master Women's Race (40 and over) - Sonya Friend-Uhl, F44, had the winning time of 4:52:76.  Friend-Uhl has won 22 national master championships in track, road, and cross country since turning 40. ATC Athlete Lesley Chaplin, F57 came in 2nd in 5:36:83, and Kathy Martin, F63, came in 3rd in 5:38:18.  All are national master champions and American record holders.  We were thrilled to have them all here competing!

Master Men (40 and over) - Jeffery Dundas, M56, 5:07:61, Eric Allers, M44, 5:10;18, Chris Blackburn, M40, 5:14:41.

The adult runners had nothing on our youth athletes!  Our fastest youth male runner was Erran Bradley, M15, Sapphire Ruff Riders - 5:29:49. Our fastest youth female runner was Clara Heppner, F11, Alpha Crush - 6:10:91.

Our youngest runner - Tyson Sanford, M7, Sapphire Ruff Riders - 7:28:76! Our oldest runner was Betty Lindberg, F91, 14:21:82.

Our winning youth team with the most participants (31)on race day and winner of the $1,000 youth grant sponsored by SuperShuttle Atlanta is the Sapphire Ruff Riders Track Club, of Tucker and Albany, GA. 


Complete Results
Race Day Pics

We'll see you next year!!!!!

 

Please contact marleneatwood@usatfga.org, VP Communications, with any questions regarding this communication.
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