The Greater Derry Track Club Kids Summer Fun Runs season came to an end on Monday, Aug. 5, and before the final races of the season took place, awards were presented to the overall winners.
Just under 30 runners were given backpacks and honors for finishing in the top three of their divisions over the course of six weeks of racing.
Other runners, ages two-years and up, took to the Londonderry High School track to compete, just for fun, in seven age categories to finish the night and the season.
The free event has happened each Monday night at the Londonderry High School track with the nine through 13-year old divisions being recorded for the overall winners, listed below.
This week’s winners were:
Nine-Year Old Girls:
Girls: Sasha Solovyev of Hudson, as mentioned, took first; Second went to Samantha Pannell of Londonderry; and Nyree Zambrana and Mia Swenson of Londonderry as well as Vanessa Fongemie were tied for third place.
Boys: First went to Malik Brahim of Windham; second went to Sam Smith of Londonderry; and Liam Kobisky of Derry came in at third.
Ten-Year Old:
Girls: First was Ryla Zatsky of Windham; Ryley Menard of Chester took second overall; and Sydney Kingsland was third.
Boys: First went to Derek Bath of Derry; second was Jacob Edwards of Londonderry; and third place went to Lukas Jonesinski of Londonderry.
11-Year Old Results:
Girls: Cerie Girouard of Derry took first again; second went to Ava Miller of Litchfield.
Boys: Christopher Mercurio of Derry took first; second went to Andrew Soloyev; and Brendan Kuncik of Derry was the third place winner.
12-Year Old Results:
Girls: First was Megan Mullaney of Derry; second was Adelynn Mullaney of Derry; and third went to Emma Wainwright of Derry.
Boys: Nick Tiney of Sandown was the top runner.
13-Year Old Results:
Girls: First overall went to Stella Dutton of Londonderry; second was Isley Morrision of Londonderry; and Kelsey Santosuosso of Derry took third.
Boys: First went to Jacob Tiney of Sandown; second place went to Dillon Bath of Derry; and Benett MacCulloch of Londonderry finished in third.
Over the course of the summer season, participating family wwere asked to donate a non-perishable food item, as part of the registration, which goes to two food pantries in the community, St Thomas Aquinas, in Derry, and St. Judes’s in Londonderry.