Patrick Carroll and Sara Dunham added their names to the list of Delmar Dash winners.
Carroll claimed the men’s division title with a time of 25:52, and Dunham earned the women’s division title with a time of 28:42 in the 27th running of the Dash Sunday, March 29.
Carroll took the lead within the first quarter mile of the 5-mile road race and pulled away from the pack – so much so, he had to challenge himself by trying to catch the person riding the pace bike.
“I was expecting to run with some of the guys,” said Carroll, a Saratoga Springs resident. “Once I was in the lead, I just tried to catch the woman on the bike. She was pretty quick, but she was very good at pointing out all the icy spots on the course.”
The clear, cold morning conditions allowed the thin coating of snow to remain on the ground, giving the race a mid-winter atmosphere, which suited Dunham just fine.
“I thought (the pace) was going to be slow, but my time was faster than last year,” said Dunham, a Peru resident who finished the course in a time of 28:42. “Besides the black ice, it was a good day to run.”
Albany’s Mike Roda was second overall with a time of 26:17, 25 seconds behind Carroll. Latham’s Thomas O’Grady was third with a time of 26:20.
Schenectady teen Julia Flower was the second woman to cross the finish line. Flower finished with a time of 28:58. Karen Bertasso placed third with a time of 29:13.
Age division awards went to the following runners:
19 and under
Men: 1. Riley Grossman (Delmar) 31:40; 2. Daniel Post (Albany) 36:10; 3. Ben Drake (Albany) 42:05; 4. Noah Massry (Albany) 46:31
Women: 1. Courtney Breiner (Troy) 33:41; 2. Kerry Flower (Schenectady) 35:08; 3. Fiona Shea (East Greenbush) 42:28; 4. Rhada Urribari (Albany) 42:38
20-24
Men: 1. Alex Benway (Saratoga Springs) 26:51; 2. Eric Young (Latham) 27:34; 3. Christopher Herbs (Rexford) 28:39; 4. Andy Gilchrist (Cropseyville) 32:38
Women: 1. Christina McFarlane (Delmar) 31:07; 2. Karlie Mangette (Clifton Park) 37:48; 3. Marcella Woytash (Albany) 40:26; 4. Lauren Podgorski (Wheaton, Ill.) 40:35
25-29
Men: 1. Shaun Donegan (Malta) 26:36; 2. Nick Webster (Albany) 27:30; 3. Richard Messineo (Nassau) 27:34; 4. Jeff Goupil (Ballston Lake) 27:45
Women: 1. Nicole Soblosky (Albany) 31:25; 2. Lisa D’Aniello (Albany) 31:56; 3. Andrea Hollinger (Averill Park) 32:33; 4. Meghan Mortensen (Rotterdam) 32:57
30-34
Men: 1. Chuck Terry (Albany) 26:29; 2. Chris McCloskey (Albany) 28:12; 3. Andrew McCarthy (Albany) 29:18; 4. Paul Mueller (Delmar) 29:50
Women: 1. Emily McCabe (Albany) 29:38; 2. Lindsay Choppy (Troy) 32:26; 3. Janne Rand (Albany) 32:40; 4. Liz Chauhan (Albany) 33:20
35-39
Men: 1. Eamon Dempsey (Delmar) 27:32; 2. Jake Stookey (Clifton Park) 28:33; 3. Stephen Siebrecht (Delmar) 30:02; 4. David Tromp (Glenmont) 30:31
Women: 1. Kari Deer (Slingerlands) 32:50; 2. Deanne Webster (Albany) 34:01; 3. Kara Defeo (East Greenbush) 34:18; 4. Jessica Northan (Guilderland) 34:57
40-44
Men: 1. Robert Irwin (Guilderland) 27:47; 2. Volker Burkowski (Gansevoort) 27:49; 3. Matthew Nark (Clifton Park) 29:44; 4. Todd Smith (Voorheesville) 30:47
Women: 1, Renee Tolan (Clifton Park) 29:46; 2. Erin Corcoran (Schenectady) 31:11; 3. Sally Drake (Albany) 33:23; 4. Tina Greene (Scotia) 36:00
45-49
Men: 1. John Stadtlander (Clifton Park) 28:50; 2. Jon Rocco (Colonie) 30:17; 3. John Williams-Sears (Albany) 32:20; 4. Rick Zachgo (Rexford) 32:21
Women: 1. Emily Bryans (Delanson) 31:59; 2. Lori Kingsley (Wysox, Pa.) 32:20; 3. Mary Fenton (Ballston Spa) 37:35; 4. Diane Tenenbaum (Selkirk) 38:44
50-54
Men: 1. Christian Lietza (Delmar) 31:13; 2. Andrew Sponable (Latham) 33:39; 3. Bill Douglas (Rensselaer) 34:30; 4. Mark Dolan (Albany) 34:59
Women: 1. Anne Benson (Clifton Park) 33:47; 2. Christine Varley (Albany) 35:40; 3. Frances Vincent (Slingerlands) 37:24; 4. Wendy Rescott (West Sand Lake) 37:57
55-59
Men: 1. Steve Vnuk (Delmar) 34:12; 2. John Parisella (Schenectady) 35:52; 3. Brian Teague (Glens falls) 36:04; 4. Michael Bromm (Valley Falls) 37:09
Women: 1. Beth Stalker (Burnt Hills) 33:56; 2. Kim Law (East Greenbush) 37:14; 3. Karen Gerstenberger (Albany) 41:22; 4. Nancy Splonskowski (Niskayuna) 42:42
60-64
Men: 1. Carl Matuszek (Chatham) 33:36; 2. Stephen Jones (Averill Park) 34:06; 3. George Baranauskas (Scotia) 34:20; 4. Tom McGuire (Slingerlands) 35:38
Women: 1. Judy Phelps (Malta) 37:21; 2. Erika Oesterle (Stamford) 41:33; 3. Carolyn George (Albany) 42:52; 4. Jill Mehan (Troy) 43:05
65-69
Men: 1. Michael Thumann (Chatham) 35:36; 2. Dave Glass (Glenville) 36:56; 3. James Larkin (Clifton Park) 36:59; 4. Joe Yavonditte (Schenectady) 39:48
Women: 1. Susan Wong (Glenmont) 43:14
70-74
Men: 1. David Hayes (Niskayuna) 38:15; 2. Frank Klose (Castleton) 44:03; 3. Edward Kampf (Albany) 49:07; 4. Jim Hotaling (Niverville) 50:28
75-79
Women: 1. Eiko Bogue (Schaghticoke) 1:08:16
80 and older
Men: 1. Wade Stockman (Rensselaer) 50:28