PARKERSBURG -Bridgeport native David McCollam and his "team" were too much for the rest of the field to handle as the 32-year old dominated the 4th annual Chick-fil-A Road Race 10K Saturday morning.
"It (Team Run Free) is based off of the verse in the bible-John 8:36," explained McCollam, who covered the 6.2-mile course in 32 minutes and 38.68 seconds. "The purpose (of the shirt) is to spread the relationship between man and God and spread his message."
The message McCollam spread on Saturday, however, was one of a different nature as he broke away from a five-man pack as the runners turned onto Washington Avenue and never looked back in capturing his first title.
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Photos by Jim Butta
Winning their first Chick-fil-A Road Race 10K on Saturday morning were 32-year-old David McCollam of Bridgeport, right, and 24-year old Brittany Schob of Vienna. Nearly 300 runners and walkers competed in the fourth annual race that begins on 20th Street and ends at Stadium Field.
"I just wanted to give a good effort today," continued the winner. "I knew it was going to be a challenging course and the competition anytime you run in this area is going to be stiff."
Not stiff enough, however.
Runner-up Jeremy Anderson of Beverly, Ohio, was able to stay within eye-sight of McCollam until the duo reached Broad Street. But, less than a mile later, the 21-year-old was nowhere in sight as McCollam covered the first half of the race in 16 minutes and 13 seconds.
Fact Box
4th Annual Chick-fil-A Road Race 10K
Runners
Top Three Male: 1. David McCollam, Bridgeport, 32:38.68; 2. Jeremy Anderson, Beverly, Ohio, 34:28.10; 3. David Miller, Athens, Ohio, 36:53.03
Top Three Female: 1. Brittany Schob, Vienna, 39:25.50; 2. Jocelyne Majoy, Vincent, Ohio, 43:03.80; 3. Stephanie Williams, Belpre, 43:07.00
Male
4. Nathan Cunningham, 38:32.47; 5. Andrew Nestor, 40:16.37; 6. Matthew McCollum, 40:25.02; 7. Logan Eckels, 40:27.05; 8. Trace Schaad, 40:38.11; 9. Joe Wiltsey, 41:38.27; 10. Ben Williams, 41:53.23; 11. Dave Davis, 41:59.47; 12. Chandler Antill, 42:31.18; 13. Shawn Farrah, 43:24.12; 14. Mark Steele, 43:41.78; 15. Jason Cottrill, 43:48.57; 16. Logan Dudley, 44:00.47; 17. Doug Orr, 44:10.36; 18. John Stavrakis, 44:11.62; 19. Wyatt Musser, 44:27.80; 20. Abraham Smith, 44:30.64; 21. Bill Gardner, 44:33.73; 22. Jeremy Westfall, 44:47.23; 23. Thomas Gyongyosi, 44:53.22; 24. Neil Brague, 44:47.88; 25. Phillip Tice, 45:24.69
26. Andrew Dawson, 45:36.36; 27. Jimmy Bennett, 45:47.69; 28. Doug Cook, 46:31.61; 29. George Roe, 46:37.49; 30. Brian Singer, 46:47.60; 31. Joseph Anderson, 47:11.50; 32. Cecil Chapman, 47:15.72; 33. Adam Dobson, 47:18.49; 34. Rick Miller, 47:18.71; 35. Ian Reid, 47:24.88; 36. Chad Lockhart, 47:27.86; 37. Darrell Haney, 47:32.28; 38. Ray Brown, 47:39.52; 39. Robert Magruder, 47:56.44; 40. Andrew Dellinger, 47:59.10; 41. Joe Kennell, 48:06.64; 42. Joe Finley, 48:17.21; 43. Jim Freeman, 48:28.51; 44. Teddy Menisher, 48:34.08; 45. Ed Pagan, 48:38.49; 46. Cam Hayes, 49:02.17; 47. Matt Edgell, 49:02.83; 48. Clint Morris, 49:26.45; 49. Gary Pennington, 49:38.78; 50. Darren Barton, 49:39.39
51. Shawn Haynes, 49:45.66; 52. Dale Lemon, 50:00.12; 53. Patrick Ward, 50:04.80; 54. Robert Sheridan, 50:09.80; 55. Tony Mollica, 50:17.14; 56. Hal Richmond, 50:26.58; 57. Jericho Norris, 50:27.57; 58. Daniel Pennock, 50:31.94; 59. Ray Poling, 50:52.15; 60. Stephen Carr, 50:52.37; 61. Shaun Sydenstricker, 51:01.01; 62. Scott Sauro, 51:16.67; 63. Jim Simmons, 51:18.99; 64. Dakota Wolfe, 51:26.41; 65. Byron Folwell, 51:33.99; 66. Steven Browning, 51:40.10; 67. Brian Seeley, 51:42.64; 68. Brent Cottrill, 52:33.56; 69. Rick Epperly, 52:53.16; 70. Larry Atkinson, 52:54.60; 71. David Lynch, 52:58.85; 72. Joe Wright, 53:05.23; 73. Stephen Alkire, 53:14.24; 74. Reuben Perkins, 53:25.52; 75. Jim Miller, 53:36.19
76. Jeff Hatfield, 53:38.17; 77. Phillip McHenry, 53:54.02; 78. Dave Emerick, 53:59.85; 79. Dale McMahan, 54:27.04; 80. Jim Bailey, 54:30.28; 81. Chris Wilson, 54:48.25; 82. Stanley Pamfilis, 55:37.96; 83. Doug Williams, 55:49.64; 84. Nathan Fowler, 56:15.20; 85. James Windom, 56:38.22; 86. Josh Vance, 56:43.49; 87. Dan Porch, 56:53.44; 88. Dan Stephan, Jr., 56:55.47; 89. Bill Watkins, 57:02.44; 90. Bob Kirby, 57:17.90; 91. Eric Shea, 57:25.45; 92. Timothy Craven, 57:54.42; 93. Todd Burris, 57:57.90; 94. Larry Reeves, 58:13.27; 95. Joe Daniel, 58:54.24; 96. Scott White, 58:56.38; 97. John Hughes, 59:45.50; 98. Tyler Watkins, 1:00:12.60; 99. William Isaly, 1:00:39.24; 100. David Harbin, 1:00:39.70
101. Jerrod Calhoun, 1:00:55.20; 102. Scott Doss, 1:01:03.50; 103. John Gersper, 1:01:51.68; 104. Kent Cutright, 1:03:23.56; 105. Jimmy Stewart, 1:04:12.56; 106. Ryan Logston, 1:05:14.65; 107. Aaron Brammer, 1:06:03.57; 108. Travis Martin, 1:06:30.35; 109. Mike Moore, 1:06:36.62; 110. Jeff Braham, 1:07:40.34; 111. Vic Stallard, 1:07:46.63; 112. Joseph Kapraun, 1:08:28.59; 113. Brian Schimke, 1:09:37.77; 114. Erik Linsell, 1:10:20.46; 115. Nathan McVey, 1:10:30.34; 116. Tom Mulcay, 1:10:54.5; 117. Bret Powell, 1:13:20.53; 118. Travis Daugherty, 1:13:59.85; 119. Alan Moore, 1:14:09.43; 120. Jim Asbury, 1:20:51.39; 121. Ira Buckalew, 1:26:13.60; 122. John Howland, 1:29:19.38
Female
4. Christy Brague, 43:37.54; 5. Rachel Cunningham, 46:09.44; 6. Christy Duty, 46:25.26; 7. Mary Beth Held, 46:53.92; 8. Becky Poling, 46:59.50; 9. Amy Eddy, 47:01.44; 10. Erin Weber, 48:08.35; 11. Ashley Dawson, 48:33.54; 12. Lyndsey Meredith, 48:35.04; 13. Melissa Blackford, 48:42.16; 14. Kelli Koon, 49:00.71; 15. Erica Morrison, 49:53.44; 16. Terri Parks, 50:10.82; 17. Lindsay Wimer, 50:28.69; 18. Leslie Thomas, 50:47.48; 19. Erin Stanley, 51:16.99; 20. Lisa Buckley, 51:21.27; 21. Kitty Consolo, 51:37.09; 22. Nan Williams, 52:31.01; 23. Megan Gyongyosi, 52:46.25; 24. Jamie Williams, 52:57.83; 25. Kristin Meeks, 53:34.49
26. Desirae Schoonover, 53:49.83; 27. Lanae Dailey, 53:54.45; 28. Janice Hughes, 54:30.01; 29. Peggy Fryan, 54:40.71; 30. Amber Walker, 54:41.33; 31. Amy Martin, 54:4852; 32. Diane McAtee, 55:12.32; 33. Melinda Hartz, 56:25.28; 34. Angela Plotner, 56:37.41; 35. Amanda Wisenburg, 56:39.09; 36. Melissa Wigal, 57:25.71; 37. Lindsay Jobe, 58:01.96; 38. Jodie Guthrie, 58:02.18; 39. Emilee Ellison, 58:15.93; 40. Melissa Haynes, 58:50.57; 41. Pam Miller, 58:58.03; 42. Amy Isaly, 59:04.73; 43. Amber Haid, 59:22.07; 44. Stacy O'Dell, 59:40.95; 45. Tracey Thomas, 59:55.54; 46. Ellen Smith, 1:00:26.91; 47. Jen Floyd, 1:00:34.52; 48. Cathy Jankauskas, 1:00:46.14; 49. Valerie Doolittle, 1:00:53.09; 50. Susan Eksi, 1:00:56.24
51. Katie Sargent, 1:01:01.74; 52. MacKenzie Reed, 1:01:22.79; 53. Samantha Sturgeon, 1:01:23.03; 54. Heather Ellison, 1:02:09.23; 55. Annetta Crawford, 1:02:12.17; 56. Kimberly Griffey, 1:02:16.08; 57. Jennifer Habeb, 1:02:16.31; 58. Nicole Daniel, 1:02:28.95; 59. Leslie McHenry, 1:03:26.28; 60. Jennifer Watkins, 1:03:27.24; 61. Edna Phile, 1:03:30.97; 62. Leigh Husted, 1:03:50.02; 63. Amy Dean, 1:04:13.51; 64. Kathy Robinson, 1:04:17.52; 65. Miniya Kafel, 1:04:19.25; 66. Charlotte Darnold, 1:04:19.76; 67. Angela Wigal, 1:04:20.20; 68. Lee Bonnett, 1:04:29.79; 69. Darla Miller, 1:04:33.68; 70. Devyn Carson, 1:04:48.38; 71. Anita Musser, 1:04:51.10; 72. Janie Pennock, 1:05:02.33; 73. Shannon Morris, 1:05:53.36; 74. Amy Ramsburg, 1:06:21.59; 75. Jordan Poling, 1:06:36.37
76. Sarah Hathaway, 1:06:40.30; 77. Brittany Dennison, 1:07:07.98; 78. Heidi Floyd, 1:07:08.22; 79. Kathy Davis, 1:07:26.27; 80. Regina Johnson, 1:07:30.64; 81. Heather Miller, 1:01:05.01; 82. Lyndsey Bennett, 1:08:10.58; 83. Celeste Benson, 1:08:19.63; 84. Liz Akers, 1:09:20.95: 85. Julie Mackey, 1:09:27.44; 86. Connie Ritchie, 1:09:39.30; 87. Nikki Byrd, 1:10:13.44; 88. Chelsea Freeman, 1:10:29.13; 89. Kim McVey, 1:10:29.78; 90. Melissa Wagner, 1:12:39.33; 91. Jill Powell, 1:13:16.82; 92. Vicki Elkins-Earl, 1:13:49.00; 93. Deva Dean, 1:14:05.84; 94. Lori Brown, 1:15:13.72; 95. Gina Sampson, 1:15:14.02; 96. Jessica Pratt, 1:15:40.89; 97. Jill Barrett, 1:15:43.80; 98. Kelly Faires, 1:16:21.37; 99. Tammy Lewis, 1:16:29.16; 100. Nicole Beal, 1:17:43.57
101. Amy West, 1:21:31.47; 102. Jamie Shingleton, 1:21:31.73; 103. Rita VanValey, 1:25:01.19; 104. Cynthia Starcher, 1:26:33.69; 105. Stephanie VanMetre, 1:29:35.24; 106. Deidra Ferguson, 1:31:41.84; 107. Windi Kapraun, 1:33:28.41; 108. Miranda Midcap, 1:41:49.45; 109. Samantha Trussell, 1:41:49.85; 110. Ida Collins, 1:43:42.94
Walkers
Top Three Male: 1. Tim Finkel, Marietta, 1:02:38.65; 2. Jeff Musser, Racine, Ohio, 1:02:54.79; 3. Richard Shea, Marietta, 1:03:29.60
Top Three Female: 1. Deana Farrah, Marietta, 1:03:31.44; 2. Donna Graham, Lowell, Ohio, 1:06:09.75; 3. Carol Seely, Vienna, 1:07:46.86
Male
4. David Torbett, 1:03:35.65; 5. Jay Smith, 1:04:56.97; 6. Jim Ortt, 1:06:39.84; 7. Randy Skidmore, 1:07:34.51; 8. William Cunningham, 1:10:41.04; 9. Roger Quimby, 1:10:45.76; 10. Dakotah North, 1:10:49.74; 11. Ernest Doll, 1:11:18.50; 12. Michael Seely, 1:14:44.49; 13. Bernard Fries, 1:17:49.16; 14. Chris Walker, 1:20:04.03; 15. Jim Borrelli, 1:20:44.53; 16. Lloyd Talkington, 1:26:08.81; 17. Michael Moore, 1:26:37.14; 18. Steve Calhoun, 1:35:04.63; 19. Mitchel Tabler, 1:35:27.64; 20. Seth Cunningham, 1:35:28.37; 21. Scott Simonton, 1:35:38.39; 22. Chris Mancuso, 1:41:48.49
Female
4. Tena Harper, 1:09:51.00; 5. Krista Berman, 1:12:25.13; 6. Mary Anne Moore, 1:12:39.10; 7. Joyce DeLancey, 1:15:04.91; 8. Charlene Dugan, 1:16:05.37; 9. Martha Marks, 1:16:56.99; 10. Leisa Gillian, 1:16:57.96; 11. Karen Meeks, 1:17:23.25; 12. Laura Borrelli, 1:20:02.69; 13. Deana Kelley, 1:20:02.98; 14. Lisa Cowgill, 1:20:40.29; 15. Janna North, 1:20:47.29; 16. Jean Cottrill, 1:21:11.52; 17. Jessica Morris, 1:21:12.93; 18. Joan Smith, 1:22:38.59; 19. Liz Brown, 1:24:02.21; 20. Gina Lewellyn, 1:24:28.93; 21. Mary Lucas, 1:24:29.22; 22. Marcia Campbell, 1:25:17.92; 23. Debbi McCay, 1:25:18.75; 24. Marty Hamilton, 1:25:19.00; 25. Robi McFarland, 1:26:38.10
26. Michelle Talkington, 1:26:40.81; 27. Kim Bradley, 1:27:06.19; 28. Sharon Garrett, 1:28:05.39; 29. Roberta Green, 1:28:05.73; 30. Marilyn Pasquarelli, 1:28:06.06; 31. Juanita Crum, 1:28:17.29; 32. Mary Anne Bush, 1:29:57.19; 33. Robin Emerick, 1:30:07.46; 34. Melody Vaught, 1:33:10.31; 35. Christina Gillis, 1:33:10.53; 36. Trish Ringer, 1:33:53.39; 37. Lisa Moser, 1:33:53.66; 38. Deidra Calhoun, 1:35:26.16; 39. Debbie Calhoun, 1:35:29.50; 40. Kayla Flowers, 1:36:51.86; 41. Bree Anna Stevens, 1:41:48.15; 42. Candy Jones, 1:42:40.79
Last year's winner David Miller of Athens, Ohio, finished third with a time of 36:53.03 while fourth place went to Parkersburg's Nathan Cunningham (38:32.47) and fifth went to Vienna's Andrew Nestor (40:16.37).
Rounding out the top 10 finishers were Matthew McCollum (40:25.02), Logan Eckels (40;27.05), Trace Schaad (40:38.11), Joe Wiltsey (41:38.27) and Ben Williams (41:53.23).
Also coming away with her first Chick-fil-A title was 24-year Vienna resident Brittany Schob. The Ohio Valley University graduate covered the 10K distance in 39 minutes and 25.5 seconds to out-distance runner-up Jocelyne Majoy (43:03.8) by nearly four minutes.
"This is one of my favorite races to run," explained Schob, who was competing in the race for the third time. "There is always great competition and the running community here does a great job of coming out and supporting the runners."
Third place went to Belpre's Stephanie Williams (43:07) while the rest of the top 5 included Christy Brague (43:37.54) and Rachel Cunningham (46:09.44).
Like McCollam, Schob broke away from the pack early, running mainly with the lead group of males and finished fifth overall among the 296 runners and walkers that competed.
Ironically, McCollam is not the first member of his family to capture the mid-May race.
"My father-in-law is Carl Hatfield and he always loved running here," said the winner.
Winning the walk division titles was Marietta's Tim Finkel (1:02.38) and Deanna Farrah (1:03.31).
Serving as Gold sponsors for this year's race were Solvay Advanced Plymers, Mountain River Physical Therapy, Gary Rhodes Agency, LLC, River City Runners & Walkers Club, Chapman Printing, Dr. Pepper and Pepsi while Silver sponsors included Culligan, Auntie Anne's, Great Steak Grill, RRCA, Waste Management, and Steers Heating & Cooling.
