AVON, October 5 – Two Avon runners came away with victories at the second annual Avon Volunteer Fire Department 5K road race Saturday at Pine Grove School.
Nicola Beretta set a new course record of 17:39 with his 19-second victory over Bethel’s Piotry Kostyk. Beretta erased the record of 19:30 set by Phil Roucoulet last October. The top three runners in the race broke the old course record.
In the woman’s race, Avon’s Mel Hamel had a solid victory over Naugatuck’s Raffaele Moriello. Hamel finished 15th overall with a time of 24:52 to earn the victory. Moriello was second with a time of 26:53.
There were 104 finishers in the race.
2019 Avon Volunteer Fire Department 5K Road Race
At Avon (Pine Grove School)
Overall results – Nicola Beretta, Avon, 17:39 for 3.1 miles, new course record (Old mark Phil Roucoulet, 19:30, 2018); 2. Piotry Kostyk, Bethel, 17:58, 3. Peter Armon, Cheshire, 19:01, 4. Ken Birk, Avon, 21:10, 5. Brian Turner 22:20, 6. Nicholangelo Scibelli 22:50, 7. Danny Galliher 23:24, 8. Stephen Hunt 23:27, 9. David Cappello, Avon, 23:54, 10. Nicolas Regnault, 24:27
Women’s results – Mel Hamel (15th overall), Avon, 24:52, 2. Raffaele Moriello (17), Naugatuck, 26:35, 3. Kerrie Graham (18) 26:51, 4. Kendra Love (21) 27:40, 5. Jane Reik (26) 28:26, 6. Allison Mangler (27) 29:22, 7. Paulette Gleit (29) 29:31, 8. Maria Beretta (32) 29:51, 9. Elisa Beretta (33) 29:51, 10. Sue Gailiher (34) 29:52
