Sullivan Striders
Eighth Annual 2007 Awards & 2008 Hudson Valley Grand Prix
& Special Mini Grand Prix for 12 & Under!

Courtesy of John Finnigan
  The Hudson Valley Grand Prix, now in its seventh 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 "developing" runners.  2007 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 2007 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 developing, 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 2007 Awards Luncheon will again be held at the American Legion Lodge, Waywayanda Avenue, Middletown, on Sunday, January 27, 2008 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; Todd Jennings; Steve Brockett; Steve Holmbraker, ORC liaison; Dennis Toscano, SSRC liaison.  2007 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).

Applications for the 2008 edition of the HVGP should be available at the 2007 Jingle Jog 7K, but no later than the first ORC Winter series race, in January.

Scoring detal - Score best 8 race
Age Groups
 Elite/Developing  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 8 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 cdavis5@hvc.rr.com or print the application for the GP or the Mini GP 2008 coming soon 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 2007.  2006 Results.

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  24th
 Middletown/Orange County
  2 - Shamrock Scramble 5K Al Favata
 565-1483
 March 30th
 Walkill/Ulster County
  3 - Ellenville Run Like the Wind 10K Rich Robillard
 647-2119
 May 18th
 Ellenville/Ulster County
  4 - Chester Kiwanis 15th Annual 2008 Hambeltonian 5K E.J. Szulwach
 469-4158
 May 24th
 Chester/Orange County
  5 - The Classic 10K
 10K race@classic10k.com
 N/A
 June 8th
 Middletown/Orange County
  6 - 15th Annual Rhulen Rock Hill Run and Ramble 5K R. Wallach
 794-3600x5026
 June 14th
 Rock Hill/Sullivan County
  7 - Goshen Great American Weekend
 10K
 Don Aitchison
 294-9602
 July 5th
 Goshen/Orange County
  8 - The Monster Classic 10K Orshii Boldiis
 239-2107
 August 3th
 Monticello/Sullivan County
  9 - Run 4 Downtown
 4M
 Dave Madden
 401-9108
 August 16th
 Middletown/Orange County
10 - 16th Annual Warwick Lions Labor Day
 5K George McManus
 986-3054
 September 1st
 Warwick/Orange County
11 - Roosa Gap Roller Coaster
 11.4M Bill Norton
 888-2107
 September 28th
 Wurtsboro/Sullivan County
12 - Tri-State Classic 10K Gary Linton
 856-6694
 October 19th
 Montague/Sussex County NJ, NY & ends in PA
13 - Falling Colors 8K Dennis Toscano
 292-3557
 November 1st
 Rock Hill/Sullivan County
14 - Jingle Jog 7K Dave Badalato
 782-0846 December 7th
 Hamptonburgh/Orange County

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