The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club (ADR) is pleased to announce the awarding of four $500 college scholarships totaling $2,000 to Ashtabula County high school seniors who participated in cross country or track during the 2021-2022 school year.

The ADR Board of Directors received applications from 11 students who were seniors during the 2021-2022 cross country and track seasons.

Scholarships winners are chosen based on several factors involving a student’s academic and athletic accomplishments along with service within their school and community.

“We were pleased to have many great candidates to consider for scholarships,” said John Hutchison, ADR Board President. “These awards will help these outstanding students pursue their academic dreams at the next level of their education. We wish all the candidates who applied the best and look forward to them contributing to the community.”

The ADR Board of Directors selected Chase Carpenter of Conneaut for boys track, Joshua Diehl of Jefferson for boys cross country, Allison Wintz of Jefferson for girls cross country, and Renee Tetlow of Geneva for girls track.

Wintz completed her high school career with a 4.0-grade point average and plans to attend Cleveland State University this fall. Tetlow finished with a 4.4-grade point average and will attend Allegheny College.

During the 2022 Track season, Carpenter qualified for the regional meet twice in the 400-meter run. Diehl qualified for the regional meet during the 2021 Cross Country season.

During her career, Wintz twice qualified for the regional meet and was a state qualifier her freshman year in cross country. Tetlow was a state qualifier for indoor track and part of a state championship 4 x 400 relay indoor relay during her sophomore season. She also qualified in the regional outdoor meet for the 800-meter run and 4 x 800-meter relay during high school.

Details here for the Indian Trails race on Saturday July 16 at 8:30 am. Mileage to be determined by course conditions. Registration begins at 7:30 am and is free for ADR Members, $10 for non members. A signed waiver will be required to be completed on the morning of the event. You also may sign up for club membership for 2022 before or on the day of the event and then your entry is free. $20 membership for individuals, $25 for family membership (household members). No awards, no timing for this event. ADR Members will earn 8 Grand Prix points for finishing the course.

The Ashtabula Distance Runners Club would like to recognize individuals at the March 19, 2022 , annual awards banquet outside of the Grand Prix standings. The deadline to submit nominations is Monday, March 7, 2022.

Awards are: Most Improved Male, Most Improved Female, Most Inspiring Male, Most Inspiring Female, Rookie of the Year Male, Rookie of the Year Female.

Please complete the form to submit your nominations. Share this webpage with other members you might know who are not on Facebook or work with them to fill it out if they are not web users. Let us know if you have any questions at ashtabuladistancerunners@gmail.com

ADR 2021 members and guests: Please join us for the annual awards banquet and membership meeting at 6 pm Saturday March 19, 2022, at the RomeRock Association Clubhouse, 13 Roaming Rock Blvd., Roaming Shores, OH 44085.

Here is a link to the venue: https://www.roamingshores.org/RRA1/association-information/clubhouse/

The cost is only $5 for 2021 ADR Members and $10 for guests.

Here is the link to sign up for tickets: https://runsignup.com/TicketEvent/ADRAwardsBanquet

We will conduct our annual membership business meeting, along with 2021 ADR Grand Prix and special awards from the 2021 season.

A catered dinner will be supplied by Meola Catering with water, coffee, and punch provided. BYOB if you care to have something else.

DJ Jeremy James will again provide entertainment! Bring your dancing shoes!!

A couple of notes: The change in venue was needed this year as Martini’s, where the banquet was held for the past few years, was not accepting large groups due to the pandemic.

The ADR Board also decided to conduct the banquet in person and later this year rather than in January due the recent spike in COVID-19. With this mind, this date was chosen based on available dates from the venue and service providers.

ADR 2021 members and guests: Please join us for the annual awards banquet and membership meeting at 6 pm Saturday March 19, 2022, at the RomeRock Association Clubhouse, located at 13 Roaming Rock Boulevard in Roaming Shores.

Here is a link to the venue: https://www.roamingshores.org/RRA1/association-information/clubhouse/

RSVP information and payment details will be available soon.

We will conduct our annual membership business meeting, along with 2021 ADR Grand Prix and special awards from the 2021 season.

A catered dinner will be supplied by Meola Catering with water, coffee, and punch provided. BYOB if you care to have something else.

DJ Jeremy James will again provide entertainment! Bring your dancing shoes!!

A couple of notes: The change in venue was needed this year as Martini’s, where the banquet was held for the past few years, was not accepting large groups due to the pandemic.

The ADR Board also decided to conduct the banquet in person and later this year rather than in January due the recent spike in COVID-19. With this mind, this date was chosen based on available dates from the venue and service providers.

These ADR Club Members have completed the following number of races that are part of the 2021 ADR Club Series prior to the Jingle Bell race. If, and when, you complete, the Jingle Bell 3 Mile on Saturday Dec. 4, it will be added this total.

This year, there are a total of seven (7) races that will count toward eligibility for the 2021 ADR Club Series. 2021 ADR Members who complete at least four (4) of these races listed below will be eligible for an award. Last year, it was a quarter-zip pullover and other years it has been a hooded sweatshirt or a zipped hooded sweatshirt. Note: The ADR Board is still determining what the award will be for this year based on prices and availability.

1. Shamrock 2 Mile

2. Memorial Day Lift Bridge 5K

3. Greenway Trail 10K/2 Mile

4. Indian Trails Adventure Race

5. Bridge 2 Bridge 5K

6. Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon

7. Jingle Bell 3 Mile (to be completed on Dec. 4)

Chart notes:

•0’s not included in this list

•4 or more currently qualify

•3s on the bubble need Jingle Bell race to qualify (21)

•28 total qualify currently

Female(14 and under)
Iris Gifford	2
Lily Perry	2
Amelia Kelner	1
Alex Shevchik	1
Kate Mulzet	4
Grace Dubsky	1
Sara Ducro	1
Female (15 – 19)
Katarina Darby	2
Hannah Anderson	1
Female (25 – 29)
Ellen Darby	6
Female (30 – 34)
Courtney Sheehy	1
Kayleigh Nearhoof	4
Female (35 – 39)
Katie Schwartz	4
Heather Harmon	2
Kourtney Kelner	4
Amanda Somppi	2
Jessica Kaydo	1
Bonnie Sikora	4
Heather Angel	2
Michelle Wood	1
Female (40 – 44)
Donna DeGeroge	3
Amy Kleps	6
Thyessa Hale	3
Caron Fenton	3
Jamie Kennedy	3
Dawn Raffensberger	4
Tonya Tiscenko	1
Juliene Smith	1
Female (45 – 49)
Dawn Cragon	4
Christy Tobias	3
Kristin Marchewka	1
Jennifer Pizzoferrato	6
Jacklyn Krysa	4
Julie Swiger	2
Christine Young	1
Female (50 – 54)
Tracy David	5
Lori Webster	3
Michelle Goff	5
Shawn Metzler	3
Chrisy Carraher	1
Deborah Belch	2
Female (55-59)
Lisa Haytcher	5
Desiree Dell	5
Female (60-64)
Julie Sheehy	1
Vivian Plats	3
Kathleen Pierce	5
Lori Jean Shinkle	3
Nancy Gill	2
Female (65-69)
Janie Gildersleeve	1
Pat Douglass	3
Female (70 and over)
Joyce Prohaska	1
Male (14 and under)
Connor Schwartz	1
Carter Schwartz	2
Cullen Sikora	3
Cody Fuentes	2
Christian Jones	1
Cooper  Dubsky	1
Male (15 – 19)
Ian Fuentes	1
JR Hutchison	1
Male (20 – 24)
Allen Darby	1
Male (25 – 29)
Davey Roosa	5
Alexander Griswold	3
David Nearhoof	1
Male (30 – 34)
Andy Misiak	3
Male (35 – 39)
James Hale	1
Tim Kennedy	3
Jonathon Richardson	5
Male (40 – 44)
Emanuel Schwartz	2
Larry Faulkerson	5
Gabe Pytel	3
Marty Raffensberger	5
Justin Mayberry	3
Bryce Heinbaugh	2
Male (45 – 49)
JP Ducro	4
Casey Webster	1
Walter Anderson	2
Byron Perry	2
Rob Kleps	6
Mick Phares	3
Mike Shevchik	4
Ben Dubsky	1
Male (50 – 54)
Bill Bernard	6
David Roosa	4
Richard Hutchinson	3
John Hutchison	4
Male (55 – 59)
Daniel Loose	6
Frank Brown	1
Male (60 – 64)
Doug Kennedy	3
George Balch	2
Bruce Haytcher	3
Bill Shears	1
Warren Dillaway	1
Male (65 – 69)
Karl Schwartz	1
Male (70 and over)
Jack Sargent	3
Dean McQuaide	5
Don Gill	1

Questions? Please send an email to ashtabuladistancerunners@gmail.com

This year, there are a total of seven (7) races that will count toward eligibility for the 2021 ADR Club Series. 2021 ADR Members who complete at least four (4) of these races listed below will be eligible for an award. Last year, it was a quarter-zip pullover and other years it has been a hooded sweatshirt or a zipped hooded sweatshirt. Note: The ADR Board is still determining what the award will be for this year based on prices and availability.

1. Shamrock 2 Mile

2. Memorial Day Lift Bridge 5K

3. Greenway Trail 10K/2 Mile

4. Indian Trails Adventure Race

5. Bridge 2 Bridge 5K

6. Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon

7. Jingle Bell 3 Mile (to be completed on Dec. 4)

We will try to get a list published of where members stand prior to the Jingle Bell race.

In the meantime, you may check the races you have completed so far at: https://ashtabuladistancerunners.org/2021-race-schedule/race-results/

The Ashtabula Distance Runners Board is pleased to announce the start of the third year of an ADR-sponsored community running program named “Run for Your Life” to use running to help men and women in recovery from chemical dependence.

The fall season of the 2021 Run for Your Life program begins Tuesday, September 7 at 6:30 pm.

Run for Your Life is a Couch to 5K program involving participants assisted through the Lake Area Recovery Center (LARC) and staying at Turning Point and New Beginnings. The program consists of men and women group runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:30 pm and Sundays at 6 pm at the Donohue Center complex.

Each workout lasts for roughly 30 minutes, using a C25K app on mobile devices for guidance, with mostly walking in the beginning of the program and gradually replacing walking with some running during each workout until participants can run for about 30 minutes.

The goal for this session of the Run for Your Life program is for participants to complete the Bridge 2 Bridge 5K on Saturday Oct. 23 at no charge to the participants.

If that goal is met, the participants also will receive complimentary ADR memberships for the remainder of 2021 and for all of 2022 as a way to provide even more incentive to become part of a great and supportive group of people and to continue with an active and healthy lifestyle.

ADR is looking for volunteers to help lead the group runs. Can you help? During each session, the group runs are split into two groups during which time men run with at least two men volunteer leaders and women run with at least two women volunteer leaders. We complete laps that are almost a half mile each around the Donohue Center complex.

If you’ve been looking for a way for running to help you give back to others and make a difference, this is your opportunity. If you are interested, and we hope you are, please contact John Hutchison so we can get you on the schedule. We could use your help to continue to build this program!

The first two years of the Run for Your Life program have been a tremendous success with five different sessions completed and 45 participants finishing the program.

Run for Your Life alumni have been giving back to the program and help volunteer with the program.

Run for Your Life has also sparked an interest from others, not necessarily who were past program participants, but who are in recovery and have joined ADR as club members and have become a part of the running community and competing in races. It has been an amazing ADR program and we look forward to continued success.

Wanted to let folks know that the ADR Indian Trails course race on Saturday Aug. 7 will be about 2.8 miles and includes the water crossing!

So wear shoes you don’t mind getting wet and dirty!

– It will be held at 8:30 AM at the park next to the Smolen Gulf Covered Bridge in Plymouth Township.

– Sign ups will be on race day only from 7:30 am to 8:15 am. DON’T BE LATE.

– It is a free race for 2021 ADR members, $10 for non members. Cash or checks only payable to Ashtabula Distance Runners Club.

– No awards, no premium, no overall or age group places.

– All ADR members who finish will receive 8 Grand Prix points. The race also counts toward completing a race in the 2021 ADR Grand Prix Series.

Sign up for ADR membership for $20 ($25 for family membership) and your entry in the Indian Trails race is free. https://ashtabuladistancerunners.org/membership/

Join us in Ashtabula, Ohio, to run the 2021 Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon and 5K!

The Bridge 2 Bridge 5K will be on Saturday Oct. 23 and the Bridge 2 Bridge Half Marathon is on Sunday Oct. 24!

Race Start Time: (5K) 8:30 am Oct. 23, (Half Marathon) 8:30 am Oct. 24

Start: Harbor-Topky Memorial Library, 1633 Walnut Blvd., Ashtabula, Ohio 44004

Finish: Bridge Street in Ashtabula Harbor

Parking: Walnut Beach, West 1st, Street, Ashtabula, Ohio

The Half Marathon course will take you over the beautiful Gulf-Smolen Covered Bridge, which is the longest in the U.S., and the race finishes at Briquettes Smokehouse, just after crossing the Ashtabula Lift Bridge in the historic Ashtabula Harbor Area.

The 5K is flat and fast and (PR-attainable) finishes at Briquettes (before going over the Lift Bridge) with the last 1/4 mile all downhill.

Registration: Half Marathon is $45 through Aug. 31; $50 Sept. 1 thru Oct. 3; and $55 Oct. 4 thru Oct. 24. 5K is $20 through Oct. 3; and $25 Oct. 4 thru Oct. 23 for the 5K.

ADR Club members who register electronically automatically receive a $5 discount for the 5K, $10 for the half marathon or $15 for both events.

Race Day Registrations and Packet Pickups: 5K (10/23) 7 am to 8:15 am, Half (10/24) 7 am to 8:15 am, both at Harbor-Topky Library, Ashtabula, Ohio. Do not arrive at 8:15 am on either day and expect to register on the day of the event!

Awards: Finishers Medals for Half Marathon; plus Overall & Age Groups Awards for both races

Prize money will be awarded to the Top 3 overall men and women finishers in the 2021 Bridge to Bridge Half Marathon!

First place: $150

Second place: $100

Third place: $50

Plus, additional prize money will be awarded to the male and/or female winner, if either or both break the respective event records for the half marathon.

Male Record 1:14.50 by Kyle Griffith in 2014; Female Record 1:26:54 by Kailey Johnson in 2020

Registration available online at –> https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Ashtabula/Bridge2BridgeHalfMarathon5K