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Team
In the Battle Royale team competition, the Gansett Run Club made history by earning its first ever team victory. With 5 runners in the top 16 overall, they put up an impressive team score of 42 to win by 10 points. Behind them was an incredibly close battle for runner-up honors with the Adult Sentinel Striders edging out Women on the Run Barrington by just 1 point. The always competitive Run Newport squad finished in 4th place while the Westerly Track & Athletic Club nabbed 5th on home soil.
In the overall standings, the Adult Sentinel Striders have moved up two spots into the lead, though Run Newport is hot on their heels just 22 points back. Moving up two spots as well into 3rd is the Gansett Run Club while Women on The Run Barrington hold onto 4th. Rounding out the Top 5 by a comfortable margin are the Rhode Warriors.
Open Female
In the Battle Royale Open Female category, Corinne Pereira of Women on the Run Barrington ran a superb time of 30:33 (which was a personal best) to earn her first RIGP victory. Finishing in second and also breaking the 31:00 barrier was Erin Hurley of the Wickford Run Club. Behind her was a tight battle for third and fourth with Margaret Altes of Run Newport holding off Kristin Spirdione of the Westerly Track & Athletic Club (WTAC) by just 6 seconds. Rounding out the Top 5 was Alexis Peters Corseri of Run Newport, who matched her highest ever RIGP finish.
In the overall standings, Corinne Pereira currently sits in first with a narrow 28 point lead over Erin Hurley. However, the lead Kristin Spirdione holds over Margaret Altes for third place is even narrower at just 2 points! Moving up an impressive six spots to now hold fifth is Alexis Peters Corseri.
Open Male
In the Battle Royale Open Male category, Alex Whatley of the Adult Sentinel Striders earned a commanding victory by running an impressive time of 26:30 to win by 75 seconds. Behind him was a sprint finish between Corey Palumbo of the Gansett Run Club and fellow Strider, Ryan Pagliaro, with Palumbo edging out Pagliaro by just 4 seconds. The battle for the remaining spots in the Top 5 was also quite close with fellow Gansett runner, Daniel Hawkins, earning fourth over Alex Tripoli of the Rhode Warriors by 6 seconds.
In the overall standings, Alex Whatley now sits comfortably in first with a 150+ point lead. Teammate Ryan Pagliaro moves up four spots to second, though Alex Tripoli is hot on his heels just 13 points back in third. Also making big jumps up the leaderboard are Bronson Cousineau of the Gansett Run Club and Evan DeBassio of the Adult Sentinel Striders who now sit in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Masters Female
In the Battle Royale Masters Female category, Brett Ely of Women on the Run Barrington (WOTRB) had a similarly dominant victory, earning an age grade of 82.7 to win by nearly 7 percentage points. Behind her was one of the closest finishes in RIGP history with Laura Nottie of the Phantom Farms Brewing Flyers again edging out Shannon Krasnowiecki of the Gansett Run Club, this time by just 0.03 percentage points. Moving up three spots from her finish in Aquidneck to take fourth was WOTRB co-captain, Claudia Maiorana, while teammate Brooke Merriam snagged fifth.
In the overall standings, Brett Ely’s perfect score keeps her as the firm frontrunner. Moving up one spot each into second and third place are Laura Nottie and Shannon Krasnowiecki, respectively. Also jumping up in the standings, this time by two spots each to fourth and fifth, are WOTRB teammates Brooke Merriam and Claudia Maiorana, who are currently separated by just one point!
Masters Male
In the Battle Royale Masters Male category, Run Newport co-captain Adrian Massie continued his winning ways, this time taking the title by a whopping 7.1 age grade percentage points. Finishing in second was last year’s runner-up, Jeff Walker of the Westerly Track & Athletic Club, who once again also served as the race director! Chad Greene of the Rhode Warriors had another strong performance to take third while Lynn Cousineau of the Gansett Run Club improved two spots from the Aquidneck 10k to take fourth. Nabbing an impressive fifth in his RIGP debut was Keith Ballard of the Wakefield Run Club.Â
In the overall standings, Adrian Massie maintains his lead and perfect score while Chad Green remains comfortably in second. Lynn Cousineau and Adam Stadel of Run Newport moved up three and five spots, respectively, to now hold third and fourth. Rounding out the top 5 is RIGP newcomer James Sheehy of the Stein Night Striders, who made an even bigger jump up from eleventh.
