The fleet-running Lada family — from tallest to smallest — are “Kat”, Dominik, Augustyn and Sebastian. Photo by Bill Krause
BY BILL KRAUSE
This year’s Youth Trophy Cup Runs took place on Sunday, October 6, with multiple repeat winners from last year and a new breakout family of runners. Across the eight race categories, four winners were victorious for a second year in a row: Declan Byler (6-year-old race), Chase Byler (8-year-old race), Elizabeth Geary (9 and 10-year-old girl’s race) and Evan Mason (11 and 12-year-old boy’s race).
The Lada family made an unforgettable debut at this year’s event, winning three separate races. Augustyn Lada won the run for 7-year-olds, Dominik Lada won the 9 & 10 boys run, and Kaja “Kat” Lada won the run for 11 & 12 girls. The youngest Lada family member, Sebastian, finished fourth in the race for 5-year-olds with a very impressive time of 2:27.
Other performance highlights from the day included Emmalyn Parmelee, proving herself the fastest five-year-old in town. She was victorious in the youngest age group (5-year-olds) in a speedy two minutes flat. In the most stirring race of the day, the 6-year-old race, an astonishing ten of seventeen runners broke the challenging two-minute mark. At the front of that run, spectators were treated to a duel to the finish between Declan Byler and Silas Auyer. Declan broke the tape two hundredths of a second in front, triumphant in 1:39.5. Silus ran a very close 1:39.7.
Many runners who returned this year saw great personal improvement. In winning the 6-year-old race, Declan Byler dropped his time from the previous year by an impressive 15.7 seconds, from 1:55.2 down to 1:39.5. Harrison Rahmlow—also in the 6-year-old category—beat his previous time by 14 seconds, and Branden Ferrell improved by 10 seconds. Chase Byler was faster this year by 2.2 seconds in winning the run for 8-year-olds. Evan Mason just edged his prior year coming in four-tenths of a second faster, winning the run for 11 & 12 boys.
The Youth Trophy Cup Runs—completing its 27th year—is a festival of eight cross-country races for HF-L school district children, ages five to twelve. The courses cover paths and grass fields on school grounds. Five and six-year-old participants run a course just over a quarter mile in length. Seven and eight-year-olds run a roughly half-mile course, while ages nine and up compete over a distance of .86 miles. Boys and girls run together in the five-year-old through eight-year-old races while there are separate races for the boys and the girls in the 9 & 10 and 11 & 12-year-old age groups. Conditions were ideal this year—with mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 70’s — continuing the wonderful Fall weather we’ve enjoyed this year.
This HF-L Community Programs event is helped immensely by long-time sponsors Honeoye Falls Marketplace, Jessica Chevrolet, M&T Bank’s Honeoye Falls branch and Salvatore’s Pizzeria. Event proceeds each year are contributed to the Manor School to purchase needed equipment for physical education. HF-L cross country coach, Nolan Hoh and his teams of runners have been invaluable volunteers at this and prior year’s Youth Trophy Cup Runs.
See the full list of participants and results that follow.
5 Yr Old Boys & Girls Race (.264 mile distance): 1) Emmalyn Parmelee (2:00.5), 2) Skyler Garver (2:05.5), 3) Isaac Staples (2:26.2), 4) Sebastian Lada (2:26.9), 5) Owen Pritchard (2:30.1). Other finishers: Finley Camp, Lincoln Redance, Juliette Frost, Everleigh Byington, Nora Myles, Atticus Tanley, Hadley Hettenbaugh
6 Yr Old Boys & Girls Race (.264 mile distance): 1) Declan Byler (1:39.5), 2) Silas Auyer (1:39.7), 3) Branden Farrell (1:46.4), 4) Harrison Rahmlow (1:48.3), 5) Evie Kovalik (1:48.8). Other finishers: Lucas Bruno, Maddox Wright, Shannon Harris, Miles Darcy, Iris Estes, Victoria Miller, Grant Winski, Maeve Fox-Smith, Gordon Hartstein, Carter Pfeil, Kaden Arpelleh-Monaco, Louis Burgoyne
7 Yr. Old Boys & Girls Race (.521 mile distance): 1) Augustyn Lada (3:53.6), 2) Joshua Richenberg (4:03.5), 3) Alexandra Byington (4:24.7), 4) Emma Walters (4:28), 5) Emerick Holmes (6:00.2).
8 Yr. Old Boys & Girls Race (.521 mile distance): 1) Chase Byler (3:36.8), 2) Sawyer Bruno (3:44.3), 3) Sloan Myers (4:10.6), 4) Quinn Bagley (4:16.9), 5) Meli Hartstein (4:22.7). Other finishers: Corbin Spencer, Sophie Caffrey, Kaley Richardson, Aria Wilson, Juniper Torpey
9 & 10 Yr. Old Girls Race (.859 mile distance): 1) Elizabeth Geary (5:54.4), 2) Hattie Auyer (5:59.6), 3) Emily Mossow (6:21.9), 4) Charlotte Staples (6:23.9)
9 & 10 Yr. Old Boys Race (.859 mile distance): 1) Dominik Lada (5:52.4), 2) James Kyle (6:11.4), 3) Alesandro Snoddy-Morales (6:22.6), 4) Damian McCabe (6:26.7), 5) Evan Shepard (6:28.2). Other finishers: Wyatt Torpey, Lukas Gugino
11 & 12 Yr. Old Girls Race (.859 mile distance): 1) Kaja “Kat” Lada (6:10.5), 2) Stella Schaefer (6:21), 3) Amelia Wilson (7:06)
11 & 12 Yr. Old Boys Race (.859 mile distance): 1) Evan Mason (5:27.6), 2) Owen Darch (5:54.8), 3) Ethan Groet (6:20.7), 4) Benjamin Shepard (6:21.2), 5) Brock Thomas (8:42.8).
