Full Race Results – RI Grand Prix Results
Battle Royale – Team
In the Battle Royale team competition, the Run Newport squad conquered the hills and the heat to claim their second victory of the year. Taking runner-up honors by a comfortable margin were the Rhode Warriors while the Westerly Track & Athletic Club and Phantom Farms Brewing Flyers both had their best performance of the year to take third and fourth, respectively. Rounding out the Top 5 and just a few points back from the Flyers were the Adult Sentinel Striders.
In the overall standings, Run Newport has reclaimed the number one spot as the Adult Sentinel Striders slide back to second. Moving up to two spots to third are the Rhode Warriors while Women on the Run Barrington maintain their fourth place position. Holding onto fifth place is the Gansett Run Club.
Points Chase – Team
In the Points Chase team competition, Run Newport has achieved Silver Tier status and is already halfway towards the Gold Tier. The Rhode Warriors have achieved Bronze Tier status and now join the Adult Sentinel Striders in pursuit of the Silver Tier. Nine teams are currently working towards the Bronze Tier with the following three all less than 1,000 points away: Gansett Run Club, Women on the Run – Barrington, and Wickford Run Club.
Battle Royale – Open Female
In the Battle Royale Open Female category, Erin Hurley of the Wickford Run Club also earned her first RIGP victory, running 39:42 to win by over two minutes. Fresh off her strong Boston Marathon performance was Rhode Warriors co-captain, Katharine Walker, who ran a solid race for second place. Run Newport teammates, Margaret Altes and Alexis Peters Corseri, ran well to take third and fourth while Cassidy Bissitt of the Adult Sentinel Striders had her best ever RIGP performance to nab fifth.
In the overall standings, Erin Hurley used her victory to move up one spot and take a commanding 400+ point lead. Teammates Margaret Altes and Alexis Peters Corseri both jump up two places to second and third, respectively, while Corinne Pereira, who did not race on Sunday, slides back to fourth. Also moving up two spots to take fifth place by just five points is Sarah Campbell of the Gansett Run Club.
Battle Royale – Open Male
In the Battle Royale Open Male category, Alex Tripoli of the Rhode Warriors ran a fine time of 37:00 to earn his first RIGP victory. Finishing just 21 seconds back in his RIGP debut was the newest member of the Adult Sentinel Striders, Joshua Farrell. Behind him was a tight race for third with Dylan Brobisky of the Gansett Run Club edging out Daniel Jester of the Rhode Warriors by just 5 seconds. Rounding out the Top 5 and leading a pack of four Striders was Nick Russo. Impressively, all five men who finished in the Top 5 had their best ever RIGP performance on Sunday!
In the overall standings, Alex Tripoli moves up two spots to now hold a strong 400+ point lead over Dylan Brobisky, who made an even bigger jump up from 6th place. Also moving up in the standings are Evan DeBassio and Robert Esposito III of the Adult Sentinel Striders, who now sit in third and fourth, respectively, while teammate Alex Whatley currently holds fifth place.
Battle Royale – Masters Female
In the Battle Royal Masters Female category we saw yet another first time RIGP victory, this time from Beth Blendell of Run Newport whose impressive age grade of 73.9 was third best amongst all RIGP participants. Claiming runner-up honors for the second race in a row was Laura Nottie of the Phantom Farms Brewing Flyers while Blythe Gould of the Rhode Warriors ran a solid 2026 RIGP debut to take third. The final two Top 5 spots were decided by just 0.3 of an age grade percentage with Shelly Rivera of the Westerly Track & Athletic Club nabbing fourth over Claudia Maiorana of Women of the Run – Barrington.
In the overall standings, Laura Nottie moves from second to first and now holds a sizeable 300+ point lead over Claudia Maiorana who jumped from fifth to second and holds a 300+ point lead of her own over third. Also moving up three spots are Tristan ViensRoderick (3rd, Phantom Farms Brewing Flyers) and Emilie Berlow (4th, Women on the Run – Barrington) while fellow WOTRB team member, Brett Ely, currently sits in fifth.
Battle Royale – Masters Male
In the Battle Royale Masters Male category, Westerly Track & Athletic Club co-captain, Jeff Walker, threw down a truly remarkable performance given the conditions to earn an age grade of 82.9 and handily take the win. Making his 2026 RIGP debut after finishing third in last year’s series was Kyle Marshall of Run Newport, whose age grade of 77.0 was second best on the day amongst all RIGP participants. Fellow Run Newport team member, Joel Kehm, had his best ever RIGP performance to take third while Bob Segal of the WT&AC narrowly held off Bill Slaney of the Phantom Farms Brewing Flyers for fourth.
In the overall standings, Run Newport’s Adam Stadel, who has flown under the radar thus far, has taken the lead with an impressive 287 point lead over teammate Adrian Massie, who notably did not race on Sunday. Jeff Walker used his win to make a big jump up from tenth to third while Chad Greene of the Rhode Warriors and Lynn Cousineau of the Gansett Run Club slide back to fourth and fifth, respectively.
