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Joey Andrisani of Wilmington wins 13th Race into the New Year

Runners race into the new year 12 hours early. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Dave Frederick
January 4, 2016
Kids race into the new year, many of whom don't know what year it is. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Joey Andrisani wins the overall title in the 5K. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Susan Dunn was the first woman and only woman under 20 minutes. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Micah Sklut, a 1996 Cape soccer player. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Mike Firch ran four races over two days; it's what he does. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Kim Schwartz, a Cape girl who was introduced to running by Tommy Coveleski. BY DAVE FREDERICK

 

The 13th annual Race into the New Year Dec. 31 was won by 33-year-old Joey Andrisani of Wilmington in a time of 17:42. There were 229 runners chasing him, including the under-20-minute crowd of Perry Rapp in 18:35, Lynn Danner in 18:52, Patrick Beebe in 18:58, Nyandusi Omurwa in 19:03, Joshua Houtkin in 19:11, Todd Pettyjohn in 19:19, Paul Montini in 19:29, Susan Dunn in 19:32 and Chris Stanley in 19:36.

Andrisani did not run in high school or college; he played lacrosse at A.I. duPont High School. He is low mileage for his age and competitive in a friendly, well-balanced sort of way.

"I have no idea what my best distance is; I’m going to run a marathon and hope someday to break three hours, but I don’t know if that’s realistic," Andrisani said.

A sub-3 marathon is slightly under a 7-minute per mile pace and Joey’s 5K was 5:42, so the mission is to slow down and last longer.

Susan Dunn was the first woman in 19:29. She was followed by Lisa Jalot in 20:17, Paula Pels in 20:33, Charity Farrell in 20:56, Erin Johnson in 21:33, Tricia Gibson in 22:36, Olivia Montini in 23:00, Karen Kolobielski in 23:11, LuAnn Goldfarb in 23:48 and Lauren Johnson in 24:17.

The last-day-of-the-year race was a milestone for many dedicated runners who go over 50 for the calendar year with a few who approach 100.

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