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Mantilla and Latvakoski win inaugural Fleet Feet Half

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By Clay Shaw
Photos by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell

10.26.25 York, PA—Leila Mantilla of Havertown, PA and the Liberty Track Club blitzed the new race course from John Rudy Park to York City and back, on the York Heritage Rail Trail. Her time of 1:17:59 was only topped by the first two men. 

Mark Latvakoski of Hyde Park, Utah was the overall champion in 1:16:20.  Latvakoski is a Lehigh University grad and Hyde Park is just north of Logan, UT, almost Idaho.

The Fleet Feet Half Marathon drew 345 finishers and ideal running weather among the Autumn colors.  The event started and finished on the exact archway of the northern end of the York Heritage Rail Trail, about 27.5 miles from the Maryland border.

Nicole Register of Jacobus, who in September won the York White Rose 5 Mile, was second with a personal best of 1:25:55.  Katryn Yocum and Lacey Higgins, both of Carlisle, finished third and fourth in 1:32:55. Katie Fuller of Mechanicsburg was fifth in 1:33:12. Tasha Martin of McSherrystown was the top master in 1:44:15.

Ryan Addlesberger of Dover was second in 1:17:10. Jonathan Wyrick of Carlisle was third in 1:20:14. Travis Luckenbaugh of Harrisburg was fourth in 1:20:58, and top master. David Rizzuto, 59, of York led the grand-masters in 1:21:11 and was fifth overall. 

Thank you, Fleet Feet, for staging and organizing the new half marathon.  York badly needed a stand-alone half marathon.

Full Results

Top Women

  1. 1:17:59 Leila Mantilla, 31, Havertown, PA
  2. 1:25:55 Nicole Register, 22, Jacobus, PA
  3. 1:32:55 Katryn Yocum, 21, Carlisle, PA
  4. 1:32:55 Lacey Higgins, 24, Carlisle, PA
  5. 1:33:12 Katie Fuller, 33, Mechanicsburg, PA
  6. 1:33:38 Lindsay Fox, 33, Hummelstown, PA
  7. 1:35:41 Kelly Rose, 37, York, PA
  8. 1:37:23 Jaime Sheatler, 36, East Berlin, PA
  9. 1:37:40 Natasha Clarke, 34, Mt Joy, PA
  10. 1:38:19 Hannah McCoy, 36, York, PA
  11. 1:39:55 Kelly Robinson, 37, Harrisburg, PA
  12. 1:41:11 Melissa Reid, 38, Lancaster, PA
  13. 1:41:21 Madeleine Smith, 38, Harrisburg, PA
  14. 1:41:37 Amanda Cario, 39, York, PA
  15. 1:42:02 Sarah Kochinsky, 30, Lancaster, PA

Top Men

  1.  1:16:20 Mark Latvakoski, 21, Hyde Park, UT
  2. 1:17:10 Ryan Addlesberger, 34, Dover, PA
  3. 1:20:14 Jonathan Wyrick, 24, Carlisle, PA
  4. 1:20:58 Travis Luckenbaugh, 41, Harrisburg, PA
  5. 1:21:11 David Rizzuto, 59, York, PA
  6. 1:21:37 Nathan Kimmel, 22, Ephrata, PA
  7. 1:21:37 Eli McClymont, 20, Mechanicaburg, PA
  8. 1:24:09 Matt Silveira, 38, Elizabethtown, PA
  9. 1:25:17 Aaron Hoffman, 45, West Chester, PA
  10. 1:26:43 Declan Barber, 28, Mt Joy, PA
  11. 1:27:19 Chad Custer, 25, Harrisburg, PA
  12. 1:27:59 Eric Gibson, 36, Camp Hill, PA
  13. 1:28:49 Nicholas Batdorf, 44, New Cumberland, PA
  14. 1:29:03 Matt Staub, 50, Hanover, PA
  15. 1:30:36 Zak Kelly, 34, Willow Street, PA
The Fleet Feet Half Marathon started at the exact northern end of the York Heritage Rail Trail.
Heather Roe, York Road Runners Club president, serves as course marshal as the runners circle Rudy Park before heading onto the York Heritage Rail Trail.
Rockin’ the Northern Extension (as we call it in York), runners cross under Interstate 83 and run on a narrow pedestrian crossing along US 30 far in the background.
Leila Mantilla of Havertown, PA led the women in 1:17:59; only the top two men ran faster.
Mark Latvakoski of Hyde Park, UT led from start to finish winning the inaugural Fleet Feet Half Marathon in 1:16:20. York City looms in the background close to the turn-around point.
Nicole Register of Jacobus runs a personal best of 1:25:55 to place second.
Travis Luckenbaugh of Harrisburg was fourth and top master in 1:20:58.
Katie Fuller #108 of Mechanicsburg runs with Lacey Higgins #145 of Carlisle. Fuller was fifth in 1:33:12, Higgins was fourth in 1:32:55. Travis Hess #144 of Lititz joins in the fun.
David Rizzuto of York was fifth in 1:21:11. He’s 59 and was second master, first over fifty.
Lindsay Fox of Hummelstown was sixth in 1:33:38 and told us the good news after the race.
Eli McClymont of Mechanicsburg and Nathan Kimmel #182 of Ephrata race together and finish in 1:21:37 to earn sixth and seventh place.
Kelly Rose of York placed seventh in 1:35:41. Chris Forno of Camp Hill ran 1:36:56.
Natasha Clarke of Mt Joy was ninth in 1:37:40.
Chad Custer of Harrisburg was eleventh in 1:27:19.
Melissa Reid of Lancaster was twelfth in 1:41:11.
Matt Staub of Hanover, age 50, was fourteenth in 1:29:03.
Amanda Cario of York, always smiling, was 14th in 1:41:37.
Sarah Kochinsky #186 of Lancaster was fifteenth in 1:42:02.
Tasha Martin of McSherrystown says hello on her way to being first master and 17th in 1:44:15.
Zak Kelly of Willow Street was fifteenth in 1:30:36.
Robert Sisock of Enola was sixteenth in 1:30:51.
Sally Brossman of Mechanicsburg was 18th in 1:44:18.
Sheri Bullock of York heads toward mile 8 on the Northern Extension.
Elias Dimitrakopoulos #408 paces Peter Leonard #20, both of Harrisburg, and Gavian Nortier #248 of Hummelstown.
Cortnie Amelotte of York says hello during the Fleet Feet Half Marathon in York.
Matt Schultheis of York ran 1:33:42.
Cooper Leeman of Ashburn, VA fooled us, thinking he might be from Christchurch, New Zealand.
Dana Chrismer #64 and Aimee Peeling #262, both of Mt Wolf, run together in 2:27:27.
Chrissy Hower of Wilmington, DE colorfully runs the Fleet Feet Half Marathon.
Kelly Sierra of Reading was best dressed; she ran 2:16:53.
Angela Schmiesing of York runs with Carl Machamer #212 of Mechanicsburg and Brandon Wattai #387 of Hummelstown
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