WETZEL, SIMONETTI REPEAT WINNERS IN PANERA BREAD BUCKS 5K SERIES

Sarah Simonetti and Greg Wetzel were the winners of the New Hope-Solebury Spirit
Run, the second race of the Panera Bread Bucks 5K Series. They both also won
the initial race, the YMCA 5K. This race, in New Hope on April 5th, was held on
a beautiful spring day. It attracted 526 runners for the 5K and 88 for the 1
mile Fun Run.

Wetzel and Todd Wiley battled it out until the final lap on the high school
track. Wetzel's time was 16:22, 6 seconds ahead of Wiley. Bob Pultorak was
third in 17:18.

Simonetti won comfortably with a time of 19:50. Rebecca Hendricks was second in
21:55, followed by Carin Cohen with a time of 22:06.

The hilly course resulted in slightly slower times than the Y race. However,
thirty-one runners still beat the 20 minute barrier.

Sue Walton won the Masters Female Age Graded division with a rating of 75.4% and
a time of 22:10. Carin Cohen was second with a 74.7% rating and a time of
22:06. Sue and Carin were both in the same age group, but a one year age
difference made Sue the winner. Linda Terry was third with a rating of 74.5%
and a time of 24:52. For an explanation on how age-grading works, check out
www.bucks5kseries.com.

For the Male Age Graded Masters, there was a complete sweep by New Jersey
runners. Kevin Power was the champion (80.5%, 17:37). He was closely followed
by Mark Lorello (80.4%, 17:55) and Rick Boyle (80.4%, 19:27.

The closest age group races were male 40-44 and female 50-54. Only 5 seconds
separated Dennis Contois (19:15), Ben Cammarata (also 19:15) and Matt Costello
(19:20). That's what you call close! For the 50-54 group of women, Julia
Kennedy (25:17), Cindy Ezdon (25:22) and Kit Schweiker (25:36) finished 1-2-3.

Complete results are posted on www.bucks5kseries.com.

The next race is The Lab Fitness + SPA 5K on April 18th at Doylestown Hospital's
Health and Wellness Center There's also a Pump and Run competition. We promise
that the complete Pump and Run results and statistics will be posted early on
the website. The Race benefits Doylestown Hospital's new emergency wing. If you
register before April 11th, you can beat the price increase.

On April 25th, our new race, the BV Trailblazer Race for Autism will take place
at the Bridge Valley Elementary School. As you know, April is National Autism
Awareness Month. You can help the Bucks County Autism Support Coalition by
joining what is expected to be a very large turnout of runners.

Please note that the May 13th (evening) run has a changed venue. It will still
be run in Doylestown, but the start and finish will be at the Freight House
Restaurant.

For more information and to register for the races, go to www.bucks5kseries.com

Dick Patterson
April 7, 2009