Rhody Run XXVIII produced two first-time winners on a sunny day in Port Townsend.
Leon, 30, a first time Rhody Run competitor, thought the weather was nice and described the course as “beautiful …
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The Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run XXXVII is in the books, with 1,604 people having earned a finisher's T-shirt for making it through the 12K mile event May 16, 2015 in Port Townsend. Photo by Steve Mullensky
Craig Leon (far left) from Eugene, Oregon, led the way from start to finish of Rhody Run XXXVII at Fort Worden State Park: first – in 38 minutes, 20 seconds– of the 1,604 finishers May 17. Defending champion Uli Steidl was second in 39.06. Photo by Steve Mullensky
Juliana Accurso, from Eugene, Oregon, won the Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run XXXVII Women's Division in 43 minutes, 45 seconds May 17 in Port Townsend. Photo by Steve Mullensky
Janeann Twelker (1677) of Port Townsend was among the Hastings Avenue hill runners approaching Sheridan Street. Photo by Patrick J. Sullivan
Jacob Von Volki, Port Townsend High School Class of 2012 and a U.S. Army Ranger, finished 907th overall in 1:37.56. He ran Rhody Run XXXVII with a 50-pound pack, and raised money for the "Lead the Way Fund" which aids disabled Army Rangers and the families of Rangers who have died, been injured or are currently serving in harm’s way around the world. Photo by Patrick J. Sullivan
Rhody Run XXVIII produced two first-time winners on a sunny day in Port Townsend.
Leon, 30, a first time Rhody Run competitor, thought the weather was nice and described the course as “beautiful but hilly." Uli Steidl, 43, of Seattle was second overall in 39.06, followed by Andrew Wise, 20, of Denver, Colorado in 39:10. (Steidl won Rhody Run in 2014, his sixth overall, in 39:37.)
Juliana Accurso, 22, also of Eugene, completed the 12K (7.46 mile ) in 43:45 to win the women's division. Kristi Houk, 31, of Port Orchard was 13th overall in 47:22. The third woman to finish was past champion Trisha Steidl, 38, of Seattle, in 48:11.
There were 1,604 Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run finishers, compared to 1,581 last year.
Top finishers with a Jefferson County connection were Jeremy Anderson, a Chimacum High School and Western Washington University graduate, 8th overall in 44:00, Craig Isenberg of Port Townsend 11th in 47:04, Christopher Brown of Chimacum 13th in 47:43, and Kyle Beckhorn of Chimacum 15th in 48:07, and Griffin Hoines of Nordland 22nd in 49:07.
Brittany Grant, 20, of Port Townsend was the fifth woman, 37th overall in 51:13.
(A more complete story to be posted May 19, with many more Rhody Run photos.)
View complete results here.
