Sullivan Striders
Ninth Annual 2009 Hudson Valley Grand Prix + 2008 Awards
& Special Mini Grand Prix for 12 & Under!
2009 Hudson Valley Grand Prix Participants

Courtesy of John Finnigan
  The Hudson Valley Grand Prix, now in its ninth year, is a year-long race program that is designed to encourage friendly competition and achieve personal goals while interspersing excitement and suspense! A variety of distances and difficulty levels encourages goal-inspiring performances by runners exercising perseverance, patience and vigilance.  The HVGP at one time or another has attracted almost all elite runners in the region, plus dedicated non-elite runners.  2008 overall winners, first, second and third, male and female, will receive $100.00, 75.00, and 50.00 gift certificates from Groo's Athlete's Action, in Middletown. Although not announced at the start of the 2008 season, the HVGP, because of the generosity of our main sponsor, Groo's Athlete's Action, of Middletown,  there will be age-group, first place, elite and non-elite, male and female winners receiving $25.00 certificates from Athlete's Action. This is in addition to first place prize money, Trophies in all the above categories will remain unchanged. Random drawings for five $50.00 certificates to Athlete's Action will be available to ALL HVGP members, regardless of the number of races completed. Two additional 5K races will be available to 12-&-UNDER ONLY, for a total of seven 5K's.

The 2008 Awards Luncheon will again be held at the American Legion Lodge, Waywayanda Avenue, Middletown, on Sunday, January 25, 2009 directly after the second ORC Winter Series race. HVGP members: free; guest: $5.00.

The HVGP Board includes John Finnigan, Director; Cliff Davis; Marco Pabon; George Shurter; Art Ahr; Steve Brockett; Todd Jennings - ORC liaison; Dennis Toscano - SSC liaison.  2009 sponsors include Groo's Athlete's Action of Middletown, Rowley Building Products, The McMickle Agency(Middletown), The Winners Bracket(Middletown) & Patterson Painting(Cornwall-on-Hudson).  Honorable mention, Orange Runners Club & Sullivan Striders(results).

Scoring detail - Score best 9 race
Age Groups
    Elite/non-elite Cut-Off Times
  Male                         Female
19 and under
 20:00
 22:00
20-29
 19:00
 21:30
30-39
 18:30
 20:30
40-49*
 19:30
 22:30
50-59
 20:30
 25:00
60-69
 22:30
 27:00
70 and over
 30:00
 35:00
*Note - new cut-off times for 40-49 male.
Must compete at least 9 HVGP events for award eligibility.

Applications are available through area running clubs and at upcoming races, including the ORC Winter Series 5Ks, contact Cliff Davis at cdavis009@hvc.rr.com or print the 2009 registration form in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Don't have Adobe Reader - Get it here for FreeGet Adobe Reader Free!

There will be a special mini Grand Prix for 12 & uder male and female.  Scoring is best 4 of 7 (2 added (all 5K distances)). - Winter Series #4, Shamrock  Scramble, Chester, Rock Hill Run & Ramble,  Warwick, .  The application is right below the regular Grand Prix application.

Check out the results of the Hudson Valley Grand Prix  2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 & 2001.

This is the tentative list of races with more information (including date/time) on the Sullivan Striders Calendar.

     Name of Race
 Distance Contact
 Phone
 Date Town/County
  1 - Orange Runners Club - Winter Series #4 5K Bill Schneider
 551-2638
 February  22nd
 Middletown/Orange County
  2 - Shamrock Scramble 5K Al Favata
 565-1483
 March 22nd
 Walkill/Ulster County
  3 - The Hudson Valley 15K 15K
 ORC
 N/A
 April 19th
 Blooming Grove/Orange County
  4 - Ellenville Run Like the Wind 10K Robert Baxter
 647-2119
 May 18th
 Ellenville/Ulster County
  5 - Chester Kiwanis 15th Annual 2009 Hambeltonian 5K E.J. Szulwach
 469-4158
 May 23rd
 Chester/Orange County
  6 - The Classic 10K
 10K race@classic10k.com
 N/A
 June 14th
 Middletown/Orange County
  7 - 15th Rhulen Rock Hill Run & Ramble 5K R. Wallach
 794-3600x5026
 June 20th
 Rock Hill/Sullivan County
  8 - Goshen Great American Weekend
 10K
 Don Aitchison
 294-9602
 July 4th
 Goshen/Orange County
  9 - The Monster Classic 10K Orshii Boldiis
 239-2107
 August 2nd
 Monticello/Sullivan County
10 - Run 4 Downtown
 4M
 Dave Madden
 401-9108
 August 15th
 Middletown/Orange County
11 - 16th Annual Warwick Lions Labor Day
 5K George McManus
 986-3054
 September 7th
 Warwick/Orange County
12 - Roosa Gap Roller Coaster
 11.5M Bill Norton
 888-2107
 September 27th
 Wurtsboro/Sullivan County
13 - Tri-State Classic 10K Gary Linton
 856-6694
 October 11th
 Port Jervis NY, NJ, PA & NY
14 - Falling Colors 8K Dennis Toscano
 292-3557
 November 7th
 Rock Hill/Sullivan County
15 - Jingle Jog 7K Dave Badalato
 782-0846 December 6th
 Salisbury Mills/Orange County

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