AVON, October 5 – Simsbury’s Phil Roucoulet won the first-ever Avon Volunteer Fire Department 5K road race on Saturday. The race began and ended at Pine Grove School – running a similar course as the Avon Road Race did for 13 years from 2005-18.
Roucoulet beat a pair of runners from Torrington to win the race that had 138 runners complete the course. Torrington’s Marco Sarmiento (20:05) and Torrington High boys basketball coach Eric Gamari was third in 20:12.
The top woman in the race was an 11-year-old runner. C. Murphy won the race with a time of 23:15, good enough for 13th place. Windsor Locks’ Amanda White (19th overall) was second in 24:08 with Naugatuck’s Katey Bartuth (24) finishing third in 25:22.
The top runners from Avon were David Cappello, who was seventh in the overall race with a time of 21:13, and Kelly McPherson, who was the sixth woman and 29th overall runner in the race with a time of 26:10.
2018 Avon Volunteer Fire Department 5K Road Race
At Avon (Pine Grove School)
Overall results – 1. Phil Roucoulet, Simsbury, 19:30 for 3.1 miles, 2. Marcos Sarmiento, Torrington, 20:05, 3. Eric Gamari, Torrington, 20:12, 4. Alex Rizzo, Farmington, 20:16, 5. Tom Starodaj, New Britain, 20:27, 6. Brian Mattiello, Torringotn, 20:45, 7. David Cappello, Avon, 21:13, 8. Christian Becker, Avon, 21:37, 9. Adam Osmond, Wallingford, 21:48, 10. Brett Collings, New York, 22:09
Top women’s results: 1. C. Murphy (13th overall), Southbury 23:15, 2. Amanda White (19) Windsor Locks 24:08, 3. Katey Baruth (24), Naugatuck, 25:22; 4. Erin Dow (27), Westfield, Mass., 25:50; 5. Suzette Reading (28), Columbia, 25:52, 6. Kelly McPherson (29), Avon, 26:10, 7. Lee Falk (30), Bristol, 26:18; 8. Katherine Matousek (31), Avon 26:43, 9. Amanda Jaggen Jasenski (36), Avon, 26:49, 10. Stacy Levy (39), Wilton, 27:08
138 runners finished the race
