Full Race Results – RI Grand Prix Results – Photos
Team
At the series’ fourth race the team competition leveled up once again with a new RIGP record of 10 full, scoring teams! Finishing with a team score of just 15, Run Newport had a truly dominant performance to earn its very first win and the corresponding 1000 points (+20 participation bonus points). Their chief rival, the Adult Sentinel Striders, finished not far back with a team score of 25 to earn 900 points (+20 bonus). In third place with a team score of 30 were the Phantom Farms Flyers (820 total points), who leveraged their “home field” advantage to produce their best performance of the year so far. Taking fourth, and showing its strong debut was no fluke, was the Gemini Run Club (score 37, 720 total points), while the Westerly Track & Athletic Club (score 48, 610 total points) took fifth in its third straight top 5 finish.
In the overall standings, the battle for the title remains unbelievably close with the Adult Sentinel Striders holding a minuscule 11 point lead over Run Newport (3480 points vs. 3469 points). Women on the Run – Barrington remain in third with 2519 points, but the Westerly Track & Athletic Club (4th, 2236 points) is slowly gaining on them. Holding onto fifth place, and also making up ground on third, are the Phantom Farms Flyers (1880 points).
Open Female
The three RIGP debutants that stole the show at Gaspee Days picked up right where they left off three weeks ago with another Top 3 sweep. The dynamic duo of Julia Fagundes (Run Newport) and Shayna Cousineau (Gemini Run Club) again went 1-2 and were again separated by just 5 seconds (24:55 and 25:00 for Julia and Shayna, respectively). Katherine Walker’s 25:46 performance secured her third place for the second straight week, and also made her the top scorer for the Rhode Warriors. Rounding out the Top 5 were two ladies from Women on the Run – Barrington, 2024 champion, Alice Paul (4th, 26:28), and Emily Matthews (5th, 28:34).
In the overall standings, Alexis Peters of Run Newport (3177 points) has grown her lead over Jamie Manzo of the Rhode Warriors (3086 points) to just shy of 100 points. After dropping down to fourth after missing Gaspee Days, Alice Paul (2790 points) has narrowly retaken third place over Margaret Altes of Run Newport (2745 points). And, holding on fifth place with a solid lead over sixth is Amanda Hawkins of the Gansett Run Club (2411 points).
Open Male
Christopher Collet of Run Newport ran an impressive 18:50 to take the RIGP title by over 2 minutes and earn the coveted 1000 points. Behind him were a familiar pair of Adult Sentinel Striders: Ken Vinacco, who finished second in 20:55 and earned 958 points, and Jonathan Wahl, who finished third in 21:05 and earned 917 points. Corey Palumbo of the Gemini Run Club had another strong run to take fourth in 21:34 (875 points) while Daniel Hawkins of the Gansett Run Club took fifth in 22:22 (833 points).
In the overall standings, Ken Vinacco (2958 points) returns to the lead for the first time since his win at the 2025 RIGP opener, the Aquidneck 10k. Chris Cure of Run Newport (2380 points), who did not compete at Arnold Mills, slides back to second place, though still maintains a comfortable margin over third. The battle for the remaining spots in the Top 5 is tight with third through fifth separated by just 100 points: Matt Sweeney of the Westerly Track & Athletic Club (3rd | 2041 points), Daniel Jester of the Rhode Warriors (4th | 1990 points), and Christopsher Collet (5th | 1941 points).
Masters Female
Brett Ely of Women on the Run – Barrington had yet another fabulous performance, clocking a speedy 24:22 (age grade of 81.2) to take the title and earn another 1000 points. Behind her in second and third were a pair of Phantom Farms Flyers: Blythe Gould (AG 75.4), who has finished in the Top 3 in each of her three races so far this year, and captain Kim Chula-Maguire (AG 74.0). Shannon Krasnowiecki of the Gemini Run Club also ran well once again, taking fourth place with an age grade of 73.3. Rounding out the Top 5 with her second straight 5th place finish was Women of the Run Barrington co-captain, Claudia Maiorana (AG 69.0).
In overall standings, Bretty Ely’s perfect score of 4000 points has further cemented her lead (and all-but guaranteed an overall victory). With their strong performances at Arnold Mills, Blythe Gould (2712 points) and Shannon Krasnowicki (2522 points) both moved up one spot to second and third, respectively, while Elizabeth Benestad of Run Newport (2406 points) holds onto fourth. And, entering the Top 5 for the first time this year after a string of solid performances is Claudia Maiorana.
Masters Male
The duel between Adrian Massie of Run Newport and Jeff Walker of the Westerly Track & Athletic Club continued as the two men were again separated by just a few age grade points and clear of the rest of the field. Adrian ended up taking the title for the second straight race, earning an 86.3 age grade to best Jeff’s age grade of 84.4. Bill Slaney of the Phantom Farms Flyers had another strong run to take third (AG 74.5) while Joel Kehm of Run Newport had his best performance so far this year to take fourth (AG 73.9). Finishing in fifth by just one hundredth of an age grade point was Bob Segal, also of the WTAC (AG 72.08).
In the overall standings, Lynn Cousineau of the Gemini Run Club maintains his lead with 3149 points. However, both Adrian Massie (2nd | 2923 points) and Jeff Walker (3rd | 2894 points) are closing in on him. Run Newport team captain and store founder Adam Stadel currently sits in fourth with 2591 points, while Bob Segal of the WTAC (5th | 2324 points) has moved back up into the Top 5 for the first time since the series opener.
Non-Binary
With no athletes from the non-binary category having competed at the Arnold Mills 4 Mile Road Race, the overall standings remain unchanged with CJ Squires (2000 points) in the lead and Ellie Parsons of Frontrunners RI yet to make their 2025 debut.
