2023 Season Award Winners
The second season of the RUNColumbus Race Series ended with an Awards Celebration at Blacklick Woods Golf Course on December 17. Two hundred and thirty-six runners took the RUNColumbus challenge, but not all completed the six-race minimum requirement to earn a Finishers Award and contend for additional honors. Congratulations to the 2023 award winners!
Founders Award
Awarded by the RUNColumbus Race Series founders to publicly thank and recognize a person or organization whose impact has not gone unnoticed.
Andy Harris
Spirit of RUNColumbus Award
This peer-selected award is given to the individual that best represents the RUNColumbus core values: Competitive – Welcoming – Encouraging.
Kristin Gordon-Hock
Overall and Division Champions
| Overall Champions | Youth (Under 19) Champion |
| Bryan Stansberry and Erica Gutierrez | Piper Mortabio |
| Open (20-29) Champions | Masters (40-49) Champions |
| Cristibol Gutierrez and Abbey Le Roy | Brian Kasten and Helen Short |
| Grandmasters (50-59) Champions | Great Grandmasters (60-69) Champions |
| Patrick Conroy and Kim Hansen | Tracy Treneff and Polly Shoemaker |
| Great Great Grandmasters (70+) Champions | |
| Jerry McGreery and Patti Sider |
Age Group Champions
| Under 14 | 20-24 | |
| Charlotte Birnie | Killian O’Roark and Savannah Riddles | |
| 25-29 | 30-34 | 35-39 |
| Roger Hernandez and Carol Bitziner | Kevin Frick and Kali Carney | Parker Fernandez and Amy Parker |
| 40-44 | 45-49 | 50-54 |
| Joe Chianese and Maureen Johnson | Tony Hansen and Shana See | Aaron Sinclair and Marla Christy |
| 55-59 | 60-64 | 65-69 |
| Fred Smith and Maria Conroy | Daniel Noonan and Sherry Nowell | Steve Gradeless and Paula Bozzo |
| 70–74 | 75-79 | |
| Sue Katz | Gayle McCreery |
Road Race Warriors
Awarded to the runners who completed a minimum of 12 series races.
| Eddie Armor | Benjamin Au | Brandon Batt |
| Christi Benner | Jason Bontrager | Joe Chianese |
| Marla Christy | Owen Conlan | Maria Conroy |
| Patrick Conroy | Parker Fernandez | Kristin Gordon-Hock |
| Anna Hogan | Angel Huddleston | Maureen Johson |
| Sue Katz | Denver Lemont | Abbey Le Roy |
| Tricia Mays | Robby McBride | Niki Miller |
| Piper Morabito | David Newman | Jason Proffitt |
| Johanna Rollins | LeAnn Russell | Shana See |
| Nancy Shoemaker | Kevin Shoemaker | Polly Shoemaker |
| Helen Short | Keith Showalter | Patti Sidner |
| Aaron Sinclair | Allison Switzer | Tegan Taylor |
| Kaiden Taylor | Andrew Thomas | Missi Tilton |
| Tracy Treneff | Diana Van Bruggen | John Worthington |
| Shelby Yohn |
50 Mile Club
Awarded to the runners who completed 50-99 miles of series races.
| Tandra Adams | Noemi Allbritton | Eddie Armor |
| Brandon Batt | Christi Benner | Marla Christy |
| Owen Conlan | Maria Conroy | Kathy Demers |
| Parker Fernandez | Kevin Frick | Justin Gardner |
| Kim Hansen | Roger Hernandez | Anna Hogan |
| Angel Huddleston | Maureen Johnson | Sue Katz |
| Michelle Ketter | Denver Lemont | Tricia Mays |
| Robby McBride | Jerry McCreery | Chad McDonald |
| Patrick McKennedy | Niki Miller | Piper Morabito |
| Killian O’Rouke | Amy Parker | Erica Ponte |
| Jason Proffitt | Savannah Riddles | Johanna Rollins |
| LeAnn Russell | Shana See | Helen Short |
| Keith Showalter | Patti Sidner | Aaron Sinclair |
| Bryan Stansberry | Tegan Taylor | Kaiden Taylor |
| Andrew Thomas | Alex Treneff | Diana Van Bruggen |
| Stephanie Wenning |
100 Mile Club
Awarded to the runners who completed 100 or more miles of series races.
| Benjamin Au | Jason Bontrager | Joe Chianese |
| Patrick Conroy | Abbey Le Roy | David Newman |
| Kevin Shoemaker | Nancy Shoemaker | Polly Shoemaker |
| Allison Switzer | Missi Tilton | Tracy Treneff |
| John Worthington | Shelby Yohn |
Finishers
These individuals’ commitment and dedication earned them a Finishers Award for completing at least six series races.
| Tandra Adams | Noemi Allbritton | Eddie Armor |
| Alison Armstrong | Benjamin Au | Madonna Barker |
| Brandon Batt | Christi Benner | Phil Birnie |
| Jason Bontrager | Marcy Bowlin | Jelliz Brown |
| Stephanie Burchette | Johnetta Carey | Owen Conlan |
| Nikki Crothers | Erica Darthard | Ginger Davis |
| Kathy Demers | Juli Dennis | Isabella Dixon |
| Tammy Edwards | Diane Emmons | Michele Faith |
| Cindy Fenstermarker | Justin Fogt | Jeanine Foster |
| Ashly Galownia | Justin Gardner | Michelle Gibson |
| Kristin Gordon-Hock | Christy Heid | Anna Hogan |
| Derek Hord | Angel Huddleston | Leigh Johnson |
| Nicole Johnson | Diana Kanney | Michelle Ketter |
| Lucy Klintworth | Denver Lemont | Amanda Lexlow |
| Ainsley Livingston | Melissa Lloyd | Lindsay Malley |
| Megan Mastrobuono | Helena May | Tricia Mays |
| Robby McBride | Chad McDonald | Patrick McKennedy |
| Heather Menne | Amy Migliore | Niki Miller |
| Teri Myers | David Newman | Erica Ponte |
| Jason Proffitt | Jenna Rieder | Johanna Rollins |
| Amy Posepiler | LeAnn Russell | Sarah Seither |
| Nancy Shoemaker | Kevin Shoemaker | Amy Showalter |
| Keith Showalter | Joy Stickel | Allison Switzer |
| Tegan Taylor | Kaiden Taylor | Andrew Thomas |
| Missi Tilton | Alex Treneff | Kelli Tucker |
| Kelly Turoczy | Dana Valley | Diana Van Bruggen |
| Stephanie Wenning | Keith Woods | John Worthington |
| Shelby Yohn |