What a weekend, eh?
A hurricane blew in, or what was left of it, just in time for the Monte Sano 15K and RRCA Southern Region championship. The Racin’ the Station Duathlon was canceled (boo), and the Oak Park Challenge was postponed until Nov. 1. The always intriguing Devil’s Race Track Backyard Ultra got pushed back a day, and then saw record performances.
Elsewhere, though, area athletes had super showings at a nice variety of road and trail races.
Army Ten-Miler
Team Redstone won the Government Agency championship again at the 42nd Army Ten-Miler on Oct. 11 in Washington, D.C.
The team has won 30 eagle trophies at the iconic event, held each October near The Pentagon. It won 13 straight government agency titles from 2007-19 and 11 straight in the all-comers division. After a break from 2020-22 for the pandemic, Redstone won titles in both divisions in 2023 and ’24. It captured governement agency titles in 2025 and this year, and runner-up finishes in the all-comers division in both years.
Redstone had eight team members in the government agency division and five in all-comers this year. The latter was due to late changes or drops because of personal reasons or injuries. The Army Ten-Miler had 19,377 finishers this year in rainy conditions as the remnants of the hurricane blew through the area.
Zack Mitarotonda, 23, of Huntsville, led Redstone in 56:08 in his team debut. Other government agency finishers were Nathan Pierce (58:40), Daniel Sillivant (59:36) and Beck Mitchell (1:01:00), Blaise Binns, Damarco Wyatt, Tony Echols and assistant coach Skip Vaughn. In the all-comers division, top Redstone finishers were Steven Decker (1:03:36), Jase Bell (1:05:30), Will Rodgers (1:06:32) and Matt Casiano (1:12:18).
See all of the results here.
Yeti 100
ABINGDON, Va. — Dominic Borreggine of Huntsville finished third overall in the Yeti 100-mile trail ultra on Oct. 9.
Borreggine, 40, finished in 14:14 to capture the bronze. A native of Pittsburgh, he works on Redstone Arsenal and has several endurance wins at the Rim to River series, among others.
See all of the results here.
Lake Yahou
ANNISTON — Caleb Bonner of Owens Cross Roads led area finishers in the Lake Yahou trail races on Oct. 10.
Bonner, 33, finished in 8:04:33 and was 12th overall in the 50K division. Lindsey Taylor, 42, of Trinity, was 21st in 9:57:22.
In the 10-mile race, Jameson Nichols, 50, of Madison, finished 10th in 2:09:03. Dawn Sanders, 50, of Decatur, completed the 5.5-mile run in 1:28:59.
See all of the results here.
Nantucket Half
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Joanna Collins of Huntsville completed the Natucket Half Marathon on Oct. 10.
Collins, 50, finished in 2:01:10 and was eighth in her age group. She was 311th out of 950 finishers.
See all of the results here.
Chicago Marathon
Charles Farrior of Huntsville completed the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 10 on a hot morning in the Windy City.
Farrior, 60, finished in 5:16:08. He completed the Berlin Marathon just a couple of weeks earlier. Temps in Chicago were unseasonably hot, giving runners fits later in the morning.
Search all the results here.
Cross Country National
Championships at JHP
The 2026 USATF Masters 5K Cross Country Championships will be held Nov. 7 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville.
The women’s championship begins at 8:30 a.m. and the men follow at 9:30 a.m.
Masters runners eyeing a national championship can see all of the requirements and details here, and registration is available here.
Hurley Ribbon Run
Has Record Field
Saturday morning’s 23rd Liz Hurley Ribbon Run 5K is sold out, with 6,449 runners and walkers registered as of Wednesday.
The iconic event is the biggest 5K in the city. It has raised more than $8.5 million to support the Liz Hurley Breast Cancer Fund at Huntsville Hospital Foundation. Hurley, a popular and longtime journalist and news anchor for WAFF-TV 48, established the fund in 1999 after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The money has helped purchase critical equipment for the hospital to diagnose and treat those battling breast cancer.
Last year’s event had 4,645 official finishers and was won by Dr. Erick Kigen of Huntsville.
The starting point has changed this year due to road construction in the area.
The survivor’s walk and 5K race will begin on Lowe Avenue near the Gallatin Street intersection. This is a slight shift from the previous starting point. Runners will line up on Lowe Avenue, along the south side of the Federal Courthouse Building.
