Spirit of RUNColumbus Award
Chosen by teammates, this award celebrates an individual who represents the heart, soul, and community spirit of the RUNColumbus Race Series—lifting others up, fostering healthy competition, and creating an inclusive environment where runners and walkers of all abilities feel supported and empowered.
Sam Fahmi
G.R.I.T. Award
Selected by peers, this award celebrates the individual who exemplifies perseverance, resilience, integrity, and tenacity, facing every challenge with unwavering courage and an indomitable spirit.
Owen Conlan
Grand, Division, and Age Group Champions
Championship awards are earned through consistent, high-level performance across at least six Challenger Series races. Designed to elevate competition, the series rewards athletes who thrive in balanced, head-to-head matchups throughout the season.
| Overall Champions | 15-19 Champion |
| Cris Guitierrez Clare Malbone | Josh Conroy |
| 20-29 Champions | 30-39 Champions |
| Anthony Hayes Alli Sink | Parker “Fern” Fernandez Sidra Petit |
| 40-49 Champions | 50-59 Champions |
| Tony Hansen Audrey Harlyn | Patrick Conroy Maria Conroy |
| 60-69 Champions | 70+ Champions |
| Tracy Treneff Noemi Allbritton | Sue Katz |
Age Group Champions
| 25-29 Champions | 30-34 Champions | 35-39 Champions |
| Haley Warden | Nick Bollinger Allison Falcone | Greg Socciarelli Abbey Le Roy |
| 40-44 Champions | 45-49 Champions | 50-54 Champions |
| Joe Chianese Jacquie Boff | John Worthington Lucy Klintworth | John French Catherine Exline |
| 55-59 Champions | 60-64 Champions | |
| Larry Reisinger Kathy Demers | Mark Aninao Johnetta Carey |
Ultimate Endurance Challenge
The Ultimate Endurance Challenge recognizes the athletes who demonstrated exceptional commitment and versatility across the entire season. Based on total points earned throughout the full RUNColumbus Race Series, this award honors those who showed up time and time again, competing across a variety of distances.
| Champions | Runners Up | Third Place |
| Tim Kellogg Tracy Reisinger | Larry Reisinger Kathy Hoover | Owen Conlan Kathy Kellogg |
Distance Challenge
The Distance Challenge celebrates athletes who took on the full spectrum of racing by completing a 1 Mile, 5K, 4 or 5 Mile, 10K, Half Marathon, and Marathon during the season. This challenge highlights versatility and determination, recognizing runners who embraced every distance and proved they could go the distance—no matter the length of the starting line.
| Nick Bollinger | Jelliz Brown | Joe Chianese |
| Catherine Exline | Parker (Fern) Fernandex | John French |
| Linda Gates-Tucker | Kathy Hoover | Abbey Le Roy |
| Richie Locke | Ian Mcmahan | Danielle Nicol |
| Missy Tilton | Keonna White | John Yocum |
| Shelby Yohn |
Mileage Challenge Champions
Patrick Conroy (215.3 miles) and Danielle Nicol (337.8 miles) were crowned Mileage Champions for accumulating the most series race miles.
200 Mile Challenge
Congratulations to these athletes who completed 200 or more miles of series races this year.
| Andy Bracken | Catherine Exline | Karl Heins | Kathy Hoover |
| Larry Reisinger | Tracy Reisinger | Missy Tilton | Debra Warden |
| Shelby Yohn |
150 Mile Challenge
These athletes completed 150-199 miles of series races in 2025.
| Nick Bollinger | Owen Conlan | John French | Kathy Kellog |
| Tim Kellogg | Abbey Le Roy | Tricia Mays | Lorna Russell |
| Kevin Shoemaker | Nancy Shoemaker | Greg Socciarelli | Kathy Turner |
| Paige Warden | Lesa Weaver |
100 Mile Challenge
Bravo to these athletes completing 100-149 miles of series races.
| Noemi Allbritton | Hadley Bachman | Madonna Barker | Gabriela Bazarte Rios |
| George Blust | Jelliz Brown | Johnetta Carey | Dennis Carter |
| Joe Chianese | Marla Christy | Nikki Crothers | Parker (Fern) Fernandez |
| Justin Fogt | Jeanine Foster | Linda Gates-Tucker | Audrey Harlyn |
| Carolyn Heringer | Deanna Hoffman | Jon Hoffman | Rachel Hoffman |
| Maureen Johnson | Leigh Johnson | Kathy Kapes | Christy Keefer |
| Randy Kelsey-Knapp | Tracy Larick | Karla Leighty | Austin Lemons |
| Kayla Lemons | Richie Locke | Clare Malbone | Ian Mcmahan |
| Stephanie McNamara | Veronica Murman | Cathleen Mykulyn | Jennifer Nowlin |
| Richard Radcliff | Kristin Roepcke | Juan Sanabria | Shana See |
| Emma Shaffer | Kevin Shoemaker | Nancy Shoemaker | Alli Sink |
| Clint Stephens | Tracy Treneff | Diana Van Bruggen | Sandra VanVranken |
| Haley Warden | Jeremie West | Keonna White | Keith Woods |
| John Worthington |
50 Mile Challenge
A record number of athletes completed 50-99 miles of series races in 2025.
| Malcom Alexander | Eddie Armor | Sam Barker | Brandon Batt |
| Jacquie Boff | Paula Bozzo | Winfield Brewer | Katie Bricker |
| Malaya Brown | Josh Conroy | Matthew Conroy | Erica Darthard |
| Kathy Demers | Juli Dennis | Tracy DiPaola | Isabella Dixon |
| Lucas Eick | Sam Fahmi | Allison Falcone | Allison Falcone |
| Michelle Gibson | Jame Giebler | Chris Glover | Cris Guiterrez |
| Anthony Hayes | Suzy Hicks | Sue Katz | Lucy Klintworth |
| Johanna Lapcaynski | Jernell Logan | Alex Longstreth | Sean Madigan |
| Patricia Martinez | Patrick McKennedy | Robert McNamara | Mallery Meyer |
| Jonathon Misch | Sterling Monk | Phil Moorehead | Michael Murry |
| David Newman | Sherry Nowell | Barbara Osterman | Fred Osterman |
| Jennifer Pargeter | Amanda Pedrick | Sidra Petit | Luis Pingarron |
| Amanda Presley | Thomas Presley | Jason Proffit | Helen Rafferty |
| Bonnie Reading | Jenna Reider | Kathy Riggins | David Roepcke |
| Johanna Rollins | Rena Roundtree | Libby Schlagbaum | Polly Shoemaker |
| Patti Sidner | Precious Singo | Patrick Skilliter | Trinity Steely |
| Chris Taylor | Joe Trotto | Aaron Tucker | Caleb Uebelein |
| Jennifer Vorkavich | Heather Wade | Linda Wallace | Sandy Warner |
| Stephanie Wenning | Michelle White | John Worthington | John Yocum |
| Kim Young |
Race Challenge Champions
Congratulations to Race Challenge Champions Danielle Nicol (54) and Andy Bracken (46), who completed the most series races in 2025.
36 Race Challenge
The athletes love racing, and it showed in their completion of 36 or more series races in 2025.
| Andy Bracken | Owen Conlan | Patrick Conroy | Kathy Hoover |
| Tim Kellogg | Kathy Kellogg | Danielle Nicol | Larry Reisinger |
| Tracy Reisinger | Missy Tilton | Shelby Yohn |
24 Race Challenge
Awarded to the athletes who completed 24-35 series races during the 2025 Season.
| Jelliz Brown | Maria Conroy | Catherine Exline | Justin Fogt |
| Karl Heins | Carolyn Heringer | Rachel Hoffman | Jon Hoffman |
| Kathy Kapes | Christy Keefer | Karla Leighty | Patricia Martinez |
| Tricia Mays | Kristin Roepcke | Kevin Shoemaker | Nancy Shoemaker |
| Greg Socciarelli | Clint Stephens | Kathy Turner | Paige Warden |
| Debra Warden | Lesa Weaver | Jeremie West | Keith Woods |
12 Race Challenge
Congratulations to these runners and walkers who completed 12-23 series races in 2025.
| Malcolm Alexander | Noemi Allbritton | Eddie Armor | Madonna Barker |
| Sam Barker | Nick Bollinger | Paula Bozzo | Winfield Brewer |
| Katie Bricker | Malaya Brown | Johnetta Carey | Dennis Carter |
| Joe Chianese | Marla Christy | Josh Conroy | Nikki Crothers |
| Erica Darthard | Kathy Demers | Juli Dennis | Tracy DiPaolo |
| Isabella Dixon | Sam Fahmi | Parker (Fern) Fernandez | Jeanine Foster |
| John French | Linda Gates-Tucker | James Geibler | Michelle Gibson |
| Audrey Harlyn | Deanna Hoffman | Maureen Johnson | Leigh Johnson |
| Sue Katz | Randy Kelsey-Knapp | Lucy Klintworth | Johanna Lapczynski |
| Tracy Larick | Abbey Le Roy | Austin Lemons | Kayla Lemons |
| Richie Locke | Jernell Logan | Sean Madigan | Clare Malbone |
| Kelly McConnell | Todd McConnell | Patrick McKennedy | Ian Mcmahan |
| Stephanie McNamara | Jonathon Minsch | Sterling Monk | Veronica Murman |
| Cathleen Mykulyn | David Newman | Sherry Nowell | Jennifer Nowlin |
| Toni O’Donnell | Barbara Osterman | Fred Osterman | Jennifer Pargeter |
| Amanda Presley | Thomas Presley | Kathy Riggins | Gabriela Rios |
| David Roepcke | Johanna Rollins | Rena Roundtree | Lorna Russell |
| Juan Sanabria | Shana See | Emma Shaffer | Zak Shepherd |
| Polly Shoemaker | Precious Singo | Alli Sink | Andrew Smith |
| Trinity Steely | Tracy Treneff | Joe Trotto | Aaron Tucker |
| Elena Tuhy-Walters | Kelly Turoczy | Diana Van Bruggen | Sandra VanVranken |
| Jules Virgalitte | Debra Warden | Haley Warden | Keonna White |
| John Worthington | Kim Young |
Finishers
These individuals’ commitment and dedication earned them a Finishers Award for completing at least six series races.
| Tandra Adams | Richard Basile | Phil Birnie | Erin Bistline |
| Stephen Block | Thomas Bussey | Doretha Curl | Chris Dereskiewicz |
| Tammy Edwards | Erin Gandelot | Kathy Gedrich | Charlie Geer |
| Janice Hayes | Terry Hayes | Keat Herdman | Michael Hernandez |
| Anna Hogan | Nicole Johnson | Heidi Johnson | Diane Kanney |
| Susan Lang | Courtney Leiker | Sarah Lutz | Collette Masterson |
| Brianne McDonald | Katie Melton | Piper Morabito | Karen Murphy |
| Holly Neville | Daniel Noonan | Amy Parker | Dave Parsons |
| Steve Paul | Jason Proffit | Pam Reinhard | LeAnn Russell |
| Annie See | Katie Shoemaker | Amy Showalter | Keith Showalter |
| Lauren Simmons | Aaron Sinclair | Sarah Sneider | Amanda Stayton |
| Shelia Tao | Kaiden Taylor | Tegan Taylor | David Terrell |
| Aleta Thomas | Andrew Thomas | Alex Treneff | Owen Trotto |
| Scott Turner | Mary Kate Uebelein | Carmryn Vardyan | Elizabeth Vickery |
| Michael Ward | Beth White | Erin Whittaker | Dominik Winecki |
| Beth Wolcott | Kristina Yarhouse |