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Team
At the series’ seventh and final race, the Colt State Park Half Marathon, runners capitalized on near perfect conditions to throw down fast times and end the year on the highest of notes.
In the team competition, the Run Newport squad had an absolutely dominant performance, earning a perfect team score of 6 to claim their fourth straight win. Finishing in second place with a team score that would have won most other races this year were the Adult Sentinel Striders while the Phantom Farms Flyers had their best performance of the year to take third. Rounding out the Top 5 was the Gemini Run Club (4th) and Women on the Run – Barrington (5th).
In the overall standings, Run Newport used their victory at Colt State Park to cement their place as the 2025 Rhode Island Grand Prix Team Champions. Taking runner-up honors after battling for the title all year long were the Adult Sentinel Striders. The Phantom Farms Flyers moved up throughout the course of the series to once again claim the final podium spot, while Women on the Run – Barrington improved upon their finish from last year to take fourth. And, claiming fifth in yet another strong showing was the Westerly Track & Athletic Club.
Open Female
In the Open Female category, Katharine Walker of the Rhode Warriors set an outstanding personal best of 1:29:39 to earn her first RIGP victory in style. Half a minute behind her was Alice Paul of Women on the Run Barrington, who was just a few seconds shy of her own half marathon PR, while Shayna Cousineau of the Gemini Run Club ran well for third in 1:31:31. Taking fourth and joining the PR parade was Emily Matthews of Women on the Run Barrington (1:35:08) and nabbing fifth was Jamie Manzo of the Rhode Warriors (1:40:55).Â
In the overall standings, Julia Fagundes of Run Newport made the absolute most of her debut season by earning a perfect score to win the title of 2025 Rhode Island Grand Prix champion. Taking runner-up honors with an impressive point total of 3883 was fellow RIGP newcomer, Katherine Walker, while Alice Paul closed out the year with 3823 points – just 50 points back from Walker – to take the final podium spot. Rounding out the Top 5 are two ladies who finished even more closely – just 29 points apart : Alexis Peters of Run Newport (4th – 3510) and Amanda Hawkins of The Gansett Run Club (5th – 3481).
Open Male
In the Open Male category, Christopher Collect of Run Newport again won in decisive fashion, this time running an impressive 1:09:36, which was just 4 seconds shy of the Colt State Park Half Marathon course record. Finishing behind him in a tight pack was a trio of Adult Sentinel Striders: Matthew Vinacco (2nd – 1:11:07), Ken Vinacco (3rd – 1:11:13), and Jonathan Wahl (4th – 1:11:28). Closing out the Top 5 was yet another strider, co-captain Ryan Pagliaro, who ran a solid 1:14:32.
In the overall standings, Christopher Collect used his victory at Colt State Park to finally move into first place and earn the title of 2025 Rhode Island Grand Prix Open Male Champion. Runner-up Ken Vinacco, who had been leading for much of the year, finished less than 100 points back. Taking the final podium spot was teammate Jonathan Wahl, while two more striders – Matthew Vinacco and Ryan Pagliaro – nabbed fourth and fifth, respectively, to close out an impressive Adult Sentinel Striders near-sweep.
Masters Female
In the Masters Female category, the Phantom Farms Flyers put on quite the show in sweeping the Top 3 places. Captain Kim Chula-Maguire led the charge, running an impressive 1:32:19 to earn an age grade of 77.8 and her first victory of the year. Not far behind her was Blythe Gould, who ran a fantastic race to dip under the 1:30 barrier, and Laura Nottie, who had her strongest performance of the year. Finishing in fourth by just 0.3 of an age grade point was Shannon Krasnowiecki of the Gemini Run Club while Claudia Maiorana of Women on the Run Barrington snapped yet another Top 5 finish.
In the overall standings, Brett Ely of Women on the Run Barrington used a perfect score of 4000 points (+100 bonus points) to claim the title of 2025 Rhode Island Grand Prix Masters Female Champion. Not far behind her was an unbelievably close battle between two teammates with Kim Chula-Maguire edging out Blythe Gould for runner-up honors by just 13 points. Rounding out the Top 5 were two RIGP rookies who ran like veterans all season long: Shannon Krasnowiecki (4th) and Claudia Maiorana (5th).
Masters Male
In the Masters Male category, the Run Newport team was utterly dominant as they pulled off an unprecedented Top 4 sweep. Leading the charge was captain Adrian Massie, whose incredible time of 1:14:46 earned him an age grade of 85.3, the highest amongst all runners. Finishing just a few seconds behind him to earn an age grade of 80.9 and take second was Kyle Marshall, while Chris Benestad nabbed third in his RIGP debut. Rounding out the Top 5 was Joel Kehm who narrowly held off Bob Segal of the Westerly Track and Athletic Club by half an age grade percentage.
In the overall standings, Adrian Massie earned a near perfect score to flip the script from last year and claim the title of 2025 Rhode Island Grand Prix champion. Taking runner-up honors with a score that was also nearly perfect and just 44 points back was Jeff Walker of the Westerly Track and Athletic Club, while Kyle Marshall closed out a fantastic debut season to take third. Finishing in fourth was fellow RIGP newcomer Lynn Cousineau of the Gemini Run Club, who narrowly held off last year’s bronze medalist, Bill Slaney of the Phantom Farms Flyers.
Non-Binary
Taking the title of 2025 Rhode Island Grand Prix Champion in the Non-Binary category is newcomer, CJ Squires. They competed in two races this year, the Aquidneck 10k and Clamdigger 5 Miler, with their strongest performance coming in the latter race down in Westerly.
