More than 200 people converged on Landingville Saturday morning to participate in the Spooky Schuylkill 5K.
The event is hosted by Schuylkill Connects and this year was the thirteenth running of the race. Many of the participants ran the road and trail course in a Halloween costume. Even a few dogs participated.
According to Schuylkill Connects executive director Mandy Fitzpatrick, this year’s version may have been the most popular with the amount of race participants and spectators.
She said when she first started at what was then called Schuylkill County VISION, the Spooky Schuylkill 5K had less than 100 runners and almost no spectators.
“LVHN was here with bells, so there was a lot of noise for the runners,” Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick thanked the board of directors at Schuylkill Connects, the event sponsors, the borough of Landingville, and Landingville Fire Co. for allowing use of their parking lot.
“They make this day run pretty smoothly,” she said.
Event sponsors include Lehigh Valley Healthy Network/Jefferson University, Explore Schuylkill, Hidden River Credit Union, Hess Catering, Koch’s Turkey Farm, Boyer’s Food Market, Marshall, Bohorad, Thornburg, Price & Campion, P.C., Solar Innovations, CACL, Mauch Chunk Trust, Power Wellness Consultants LLC, Cotts Inc, Spotts Insurance, and Tompkins.
As for the race, 15-year-old Cameron Jones was the top overall finisher and 14-year-old Genevive Dando was the top female finisher.
Here are the results from the Spooky Schuylkill 5K, as tabulated by Bernie’s Race Timing:
Spooky Schuylkill 5K– Overall Top 25
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Jones, Cameron
15
17:18
2
Meyer, Shane
18
17:23
3
Elston, Aidan
15
17:24
4
Ruff, Tyler
37
17:27
5
Lex, Preston
15
18:02
6
Waldo, Harold
31
18:11
7
Saba, Gabe
16
18:25
8
Hylka, Wyatt
16
18:44
9
Kline, Memphis
14
18:45
10
Dando, Genevive
14
18:52
11
Evans, Connor
14
19:33
12
Killian, Austyne
17
19:34
13
Tokarczyk, Joey
14
19:40
14
Koneschusky, Jackson
12
19:46
15
Smith, John
16
20:03
16
Puls, Keiden
14
20:17
17
Kim, David
14
20:27
18
Schafer, Nick
36
20:29
19
Koneschusky, Gregory
38
20:35
20
Lawfer, Kevin
14
20:42
21
Jago, Gavin
20
20:57
22
Trabosh, Kelly
47
21:01
23
Childs, Quinten
17
21:08
24
Frankenstein, Shawn
42
21:14
25
Schererer, Elijah
15
21:15
Genevive Dando was the top female finisher of the 2025 Spooky Schuylkill 5K. (Coal Region Canary photo)
Top 25 Female Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Dando, Genevive
14
18:52
2
Trabosh, Kelly
47
21:01
3
Zimmerman, Marley
17
21:31
4
Schappe, Ashley
29
21:37
5
Jones, Aubrey
14
22:49
6
Pedron, Autumn
26
23:00
7
Kaplafka, Anna
14
23:15
8
O’Brien, Peyton
13
23:16
9
Hascin, Amanda
44
23:22
10
Macknis, Callie
13
24:05
11
Siket, Camryn
12
24:12
12
Fogarty, Tiffany
35
24:47
13
Rymarkiewicz, Regan
13
24:51
14
Paisley, Jennifer
44
24:55
15
Wisner, Lillian
16
25:26
16
Tarleton, Eva
16
26:05
17
Ackell, Brook
11
26:29
18
Dougherty, Annastasia
9
26:32
19
Flemin, Shannon
25
26:49
20
Evans, Christine
46
26:57
21
Kolbe, Sarah
44
27:09
22
Morris, Brittany
34
27:31
23
Westrick, Elyza
11
27:36
24
Porter, Willow
8
27:45
25
Haus, Caitlyn
35
27:59
Top 25 Male Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Jones, Cameron
15
17:18
2
Meyer, Shane
18
17:23
3
Elston, Aidan
15
17:24
4
Ruff, Tyler
37
17:27
5
Lex, Preston
15
18:02
6
Waldo, Harold
31
18:11
7
Saba, Gabe
16
18:25
8
Hylka, Wyatt
16
18:44
9
Kline, Memphis
14
18:45
10
Evans, Connor
14
19:33
11
Killian, Austyne
17
19:34
12
Tokarczyk, Joey
14
19:40
13
Koneschusky, Jackson
12
19:46
14
Smith, John
16
20:03
15
Puls, Keiden
14
20:17
16
Kim, David
14
20:27
17
Schafer, Nick
36
20:29
18
Koneschusky, Gregory
38
20:35
19
Lawfer, Kevin
14
20:42
20
Jago, Gavin
20
20:57
21
Childs, Quinten
17
21:08
22
Frankenstein, Shawn
42
21:14
23
Schererer, Elijah
15
21:15
24
Sanders, Jonah
14
21:24
25
Schimpf, Aaron
39
21:51
Male 60+ Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Olenick, Gene
60
23:53
2
Sausser, Randall
67
24:57
3
Pedron, Dave
66
31:08
4
Buchspics, Ralph
75
33:49
5
Carduff, Frank
64
34:57
6
Werner, Robert
62
41:12
7
Straub, Jerry
64
45:03
Female 60+ Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Adams, Dina
61
34:05
2
Weres, Joann
69
34:48
3
Steinbaecher, Lisa
65
38:39
4
Woodward, Mary Anne
61
39:32
5
Benvlis, Elizabeth
72
43:24
6
Hoynoski, Lisa
64
51:35
7
Burke, Patricia
61
56:23
Male 50–59 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Merillat, Damian
50
47:09
Female 50–59 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Ulicny, Pamela
56
33:37
2
Studlack, Cindy
51
36:29
3
Fogarty, Valerie
58
39:23
4
Kanigoski, Denise
53
42:32
5
Tobias, Cindy
58
44:00
6
Greenawalt, Kristin
58
49:44
7
Falls, Tammy
50
49:45
8
Moyer, Cheryl
59
51:37
Top 10 Male 40–49 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Frankenstein, Shawn
42
21:14
2
Rymarkiewicz, Tim
47
23:27
3
Minchoff, James
40
24:03
4
Lehman, Denis
47
25:19
5
Jones, Matt
46
29:11
6
Walter, Aaron
42
30:23
7
Krause, Jeff
42
30:42
8
Hannaway, William
48
32:42
9
Ryscovyan, Jimi
46
32:47
10
Kramer, Timothy
42
34:07
Top 10 Female 40–49 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Trabosh, Kelly
47
21:01
2
Hascin, Amanda
44
23:22
3
Paisley, Jennifer
44
24:55
4
Evans, Christine
46
26:57
5
Kolbe, Sarah
44
27:09
6
Nork, Nancy
47
29:02
7
Timony, Lacey
42
30:08
8
Ryscovyan, Jennifer
43
32:38
9
Ambrose, Lisa
45
33:10
10
Thomas, Elizabeth
49
33:48
Top 10 Male 30–39 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Ruff, Tyler
37
17:27
2
Waldo, Harold
31
18:11
3
Schafer, Nick
36
20:29
4
Koneschusky, Gregory
38
20:35
5
Schimpf, Aaron
39
21:51
6
Cusack, Conor
35
24:20
7
McNulty, Andrew
38
28:09
8
Hughes, Cody
36
31:32
9
Tyuchyshyn, Brad
37
34:08
10
Stevenson, Sean
35
36:31
Top 10 Female 30–39 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Fogarty, Tiffany
35
24:47
2
Morris, Brittany
34
27:31
3
Haus, Caitlyn
35
27:59
4
Sterner, McKenzie
32
28:27
5
Torres, Corina
32
29:13
6
Kolbe, Jada
32
31:00
7
Bailey, Miranda
35
34:08
8
Andrade, Jomara
30
34:19
9
Cusack, Kendall
34
38:57
10
Tymchyshyn, Jessica
39
44:01
Male 20–29 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Jago, Gavin
20
20:57
2
Montemuro, Jason
27
22:06
3
Hunten, William
21
23:58
4
Studlack, Colin
21
36:27
5
Bertsch, Brandon
28
50:58
Female 20–29 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Schappe, Ashley
29
21:37
2
Pedron, Autumn
26
23:00
3
Flemin, Shannon
25
26:49
4
Rymarkiewicz, Lola
20
28:14
5
Dinich, Molly
26
31:59
6
Clark, Molly
23
34:19
7
Sterner, Madison
28
34:24
8
Farnsworth, Alexandria
29
37:15
9
Hoynoski, Gabby
28
51:37
Top 10 Male 15–19 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Jones, Cameron
15
17:18
2
Meyer, Shane
18
17:23
3
Elston, Aidan
15
17:24
4
Lex, Preston
15
18:02
5
Saba, Gabe
16
18:25
6
Hylka, Wyatt
16
18:44
7
Killian, Austyne
17
19:34
8
Smith, John
16
20:03
9
Childs, Quinten
17
21:08
10
Schererer, Elijah
15
21:15
Top 10 Female 15–19 Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Zimmerman, Marley
17
21:31
2
Wisner, Lillian
16
25:26
3
Tarleton, Eva
16
26:05
4
Line, Gravelyn
16
28:48
5
Bright, Allie
16
28:49
6
Hensel, Alayna
16
29:04
7
Senglar, Kaylee
19
30:24
8
Brown, Lillian
15
33:36
9
Aponte Hernandez, Aryanna
15
33:36
10
Grantham, Hannah
19
34:06
Top 10 Male 14 & Under Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Kline, Memphis
14
18:45
2
Evans, Connor
14
19:33
3
Tokarczyk, Joey
14
19:40
4
Koneschusky, Jackson
12
19:46
5
Puls, Keiden
14
20:17
6
Kim, David
14
20:27
7
Lawfer, Kevin
14
20:42
8
Sanders, Jonah
14
21:24
9
Roman, Aiden
10
24:47
10
Tokarczyk, Teddy
10
24:54
Top 10 Female 14 & Under Results
Pl.
Name
Age
Time
1
Dando, Genevive
14
18:52
2
Jones, Aubrey
14
22:49
3
Kaplafka, Anna
14
23:15
4
O’Brien, Peyton
13
23:16
5
Macknis, Callie
13
24:05
6
Siket, Camryn
12
24:12
7
Rymarkiewicz, Regan
13
24:51
8
Ackell, Brook
11
26:29
9
Dougherty, Annastasia
9
26:32
10
Westrick, Elyza
11
27:36
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