Results From 28th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills on March 23, 2013

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The 28th Annual Great Race of Agoura Hills, one of the largest and longest-running (no pun intended) local running events in the Conejo Valley as well as Greater Los Angeles area, took place on Saturday, March 23rd. I was not able to make this year's race due to kid commitments but it certainly was a nice morning. Let's take a look at the top finishers in the various races that day.

Here are the stats and some of the top placing runners in this year's event:

  • Deena Kastor 5K: 1,456 finishers (652 male, 804 female) (1,409 finishers in 2012)
  • Old Agoura 10K: 1,319 finishers (493 male, 826 female) (1,639 finishers in 2012)
  • Pacific Half Marathon: 441 finishers (203 male, 238 female) (549 finishers in 2012)
  • Cheseboro Half Marathon: 913 finishers (478 male, 435 female) (1,034 finishers in 2012)
  • Kids' One Mile: 381 finishers (205 male, 176 female) (443 finishers in 2012)

In total, there were 4,510 finishers in the five races, down about 11% from 2012.

Here are the 5 finishers from each race! Visit www.greatraceofagoura.com for more details.

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Men):

  1. CAMERON ZIMMERMANN 1:22:41
  2. SHAI BIRMAHER 1:23:03
  3. MYLES COCKBURN 1:23:40
  4. KEVIN BUELL 1:24:19
  5. JAMES DAVY 1:25:55

Cheseboro Half Marathon (Women)

  1. ELAINE WOODWARD 1:31:13
  2. JENNIFER TODD 1:31:40
  3. ERIN WHARTON 1:35:28
  4. CHRISTINA LIGHTFOOT 1:35:37
  5. ANISSA FAULKNER 1:35:43

Pacific Half Marathon (Men)

  1. JEFFREY JACKSON 1:13:01
  2. TYLER TOCKSTEIN 1:14:09
  3. CAMDEN MCALISTER 1:16:32
  4. MARCUS GEORGE 1:20:43
  5. PAUL COONEY 1:26:29

Pacific Half Marathon (Women)

  1. JESSICA DOUGLAS 1:28:49
  2. RACHAEL PARENT 1:35:07 (Rachael was 4th last year in 1:39:51 - nice improvement!)
  3. MARA STEGEMANN 1:35:35
  4. GINA JOHNSON 1:36:07 (Gina was 3rd last year in 1:37:50)
  5. LAUREN PHILLIPS 1:36:31

Old Agoura 10K (Men)

  1. ISIDORE HERRERA 30:46
  2. SERGIO REYES 31:17 (Sergio was also 2nd last year in 29:49)
  3. EULOGIO RODRIGUEZ 32:09
  4. JUSTIN PATANANAN 33:28
  5. TEERTH PATEL 35:58

Old Agoura 10K (Women)

  1. LIZ CAMY-BLACKWELL 36:46 (Blackwell also won last year in 36:14)
  2. JENN BETANCOURT 41:42
  3. JENNIFER SUNAHARA 43:59
  4. GABRIELLE BRADLEY 44:47
  5. SANDRA SCHWARTZ 46:16

Deena Kastor 5K (Men)

  1. ZACK SCHWARTZ 15:14
  2. DYLAN MAJERUS 16:51
  3. JEFF WELLS 17:43
  4. RUSTY SNOW 17:45
  5. GARY BARBER 18:09

Deena Kastor 5K (Women)

  1. ANDREA MCLARTY 17:12
  2. CAROL MONTGOMERY 17:38
  3. CINDY ABRAMI 18:06
  4. OLIVIA GHAUSSY 19:22
  5. SARAH SHULZE 19:38 (Sarah is in the 11-12 age group! Way to go, Sarah!)

Kids 1 Mile (Boys)

  1. MICHAEL BARBER 5:46
  2. GRIFFIN ARCHER 5:59
  3. MATTHEW SPEER 6:04
  4. ARMAND ASLANIAN 6:12
  5. JACK MILLSPAUGH 6:19

Kids 1 Mile (Girls)

  1. CELESTE SCHREIFELS 6:20
  2. TATIANA BANI 6:40
  3. JENNA FORSTON 6:40
  4. TAYLOR NITZSCHE 6:43
  5. NATALIE NITZSCHE 6:46

You definitely need to sign up in advance for these races if at all possible, preferably by mid-December, as pricing gets pretty high as the race approaches. For example, the Old Agoura 10K is $35, already a bit on the high side, rises as high as $45 a month prior to the race. As great as this race is, that's a bit too much in my opinion. Another popular local race, the Calabasas Classic, charges $25 for the 10K up until just a few weeks prior to the event.

The half marathons are also great but if you procrastinate like me you end up paying $95 to $100, which, frankly, I won't pay for a half marathon. Just too much. The price this year was $70 prior to December 16, 2012, which is a fair price, albeit $20 higher than it was just five years ago. Hope to make it back out there next year!