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Danoski and El Jazouli win the 116th Berwick Run for the Diamonds

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By Clay Shaw
Photography by Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell

11.27.25 Berwick, PA—Thanksgiving morning in Berwick, PA is likely my favorite event of the year. It’s the history, the course, the race committee, all combined to make it our Thanksgiving “job.”

An epic start on wide Market Street, a divided city street with grass islands in between, the course heads straight north for nearly a mile that soon takes the runners into the countryside and up the famous Summerhill.  The course undulates before the long, final straight sprint back to the start/finish line of Market Street.  Thanksgiving crowds are in pockets throughout the course.

Issame El Jazouli of Paterson, NJ, a citizen of Morocco, broke away from the pack after the first mile.  Mindful that this event awards the first seven overall with diamonds and red jackets, the race always has good competitiveness in the fields.  El Jazouli was alone going up the massive hill, but was caught by Alex Price of Bethlehem at the top of the hill. Price and El Jazouli ran together for nearly a mile before El Jazouli surged on the steep downhill and began to lengthen his lead to a comfortable margin.  El Jazouli won in 44:39, making the top 25 all-time list. Price, third in 2024, was second in 44:59.  Christian Schaaf of Phoenixville was third in 45:41. 5-time champion Matt Gillette of Allentown was fourth in 45:47. Gregory Jaindl of Dunmore, PA was fifth in 45:49. Jaoyad El Jazouli of Paterson, NJ was sixth and top master in 46:11. Hafid Chani of Paterson, NJ earned the final diamond with his 46:56 in seventh place.

Carly Danoski of Dunmore, PA was the women’s champion in 56:33. Danoski was second in 2023 and seventh in 2024. She looked very pleased as she broke the tape this year.  3-time champion Marina Martino of Dallas, PA was second in 56:55. Whitney Heydenreich of Danville was third in 57:02. Corinne Fitzgerald of New York City was fourth in 58:11. Katie Sick of Millville, PA was fifth in 58:27. Jessica Crowley of New York City was sixth in 58:42. Katie Kozich, 17, of Mountain Top, PA was seventh in 58:50.

Diamonds and red jackets go out to the champions of the 40-, 50-, 60-, and 70-year-old age groups. Carmella DiPippa of Bloomsburg, now 71, ran her 42nd Berwick Run for the Diamonds winning her first ever diamond and red jacket, in 1:32:42. She was surprised and thrilled!! Jennifer Perry of Dalton, PA earned the women’s 40 diamond/red jacket in 1:02:06; she placed eleventh overall. Other diamond/red jacket winners were for age group 50, Nathan Hangey of Quakertown, PA in 58:55 and Kelli Kidd of Portsmouth, RI in 1:04:43. In age group 60 it was Tim Schuler of Lititz, PA in 1:04:11 and Irene Cobb of Nicholson, PA, in 1:16:42. In the 70+ group it was DiPippa and Fernando Moura of Douglasville, PA in 1:17:18. Such cool awards make this race a standout.

Masters Diamonds winners (from left to right): Jennifer Perry, Jaouad El Jazouli, Nathan Hangey, Tim Schuler, Fernando Moura, and Carmella DiPippa.

Top Women

  1. 56:33 Carly Danoski, 27, Dunmore, PA
  2. 56:55 Marina Martino, 34, Dallas, PA
  3. 57:02 Whitney Heydenreich, 37, Danville, PA
  4. 58:11 Corinne Fitzgerald, 34, New York, NY
  5. 58:27 Katie Sick, 34, Millville, PA
  6. 58:42 Jessica Crowley, 29, New York, NY
  7. 58:50 Katie Kozich, 17, Mountain Top, PA
  8. 59:05 Corinne Mouw, 25, Raleigh, NC
  9. 1:01:04 Alyx Flick, 20, Bloomsburg, PA
  10. 1:01:57 Odin Ryer, 16, Danville, PA
  11. 1:02:06 Jennifer Perry, 45, Dalton, PA
  12. 1:02:10 Bella Johns, 20, Danville, PA
  13. 1:02:26 Erun Milius, 40, Dallas, PA
  14. 1:02:48 Elaina Klinger, 25, Riverside, PA
  15. 1:02:51 Morgan Davern, 26, Elkton, MD

Top Men

  1. 44:39 Issame El Jazouli, 28, Paterson, NJ
  2. 44:59 Alex Price, 32, Bethlehem, PA
  3. 45:41 Christian Schaaf, 26, Phoenixville, PA
  4. 45:47 Matt Gillette, 34, Allentown, PA
  5. 45:49 Gregory Jaindl, 28, Dunmore, PA
  6. 46:11 Jaouad El Jazouli, 41, Paterson, NJ
  7. 46:56 Hafid Chani, 39, Paterson, Nj
  8. 47:08 Daniel Danilovitz, 19, Moosic, PA
  9. 47:21 Theo Kahler, 27, Easton, PA
  10. 47:40 Shane Houghton, 25, Easton, PA
  11. 47:44 Mason Kimball, 26, Ardmore, PA
  12. 48:37 Dane Spahr, 20, Danville, PA
  13. 48:43 Joseph Cardilo, 21, Dunmore, PA
  14. 48:44 Zack Musselman, 27, Philadelphia, PA
  15. 49:26 Brandon Fogarty, 24, New Ringgold, PA
One of the year’s favorite photo-ops, the start of the Thanksgiving Day Berwick Run for the Diamonds. The leaders Price #3, I. El Jazouli #15, Jaindl #4 and Houghton #5 crest the hill, while the mass runs on both sides of Market Street in the background.
Carly Danoski of Dunmore, PA wins the 116th Run for the Diamonds in 56:33.
Issame El Jazouli of Paterson, NJ wins the 116th Berwick Run for the Diamonds in 44:39.
Isssame El Jazouli #15 of Paterson, NJ moves to the front in first mile.
Alex Price #3 of Bethlehem, PA and Issame El Jazouli #15 of Paterson, NJ break from the pack early in the 116th running of the Berwick Run for the Diamonds 9 miler.
3-time champ, Marina Martino of Dallas, PA was second in 56:33
Christian Schaaf of Phoenixville, PA sprints for third place in 45:41.
Whitney Heydenreich of Danville, PA was third in 57:02.
5-time winner Matt Gillette of Allentown, PA was fourth in 45:47.
Corinne Fitzgerald of New York, NY was fourth in 58:11.
Katie Sick of Millville, PA was fifth in 58:27.
Jessica Crowley of New York, NY was sixth in 58:42.
Jaouad El Jazouli of Paterson, NJ was sixth and top master in 46:11.
Roger Davis, 67, of Jenkintown, PA ran his 51st Diamond Run. Davis ran 1:10:40. Doing the math, he started at age 16.
Corinne Mouw of Raleigh, NC was eighth in 59:05.
Charles “Gabe” Joslyn of Boiling Springs, PA hopes to win the Diamonds Run someday. His dad won in 2006 and 2011.
Alyx Flick of Bloomsburg, PA was ninth in 1:01:04.
Jennifer Perry of Dalton, PA was eleventh and earned the masters diamond and red jacket, in 1:02:06.
Dave Mitchell of Bloomsburg, PA is driving the bus with this group as he scored a third 70-74 in 1:18:14.
Girls just want to have fun. Claire Dufrene of Watsontown, PA and Hannah Bartholomew of Danville, PA finish together in 1:06:09.
Julie Piazza of Tunkhannock, PA finished in 1:05:35.
Amanda Sbriscia of Granby, MA, one of the many who travelled to the race from out of state, finished in 1:10:12.
Steven Secor of Lykens, PA with a New Mexico shirt, finishes just ahead of the 70-year-old diamond winner Fernando Moura #606 of Douglassville, PA.
Amanda Parsons of Elysburg, PA finishes in 1:24:28.
Morgan Davern of Elkton, MD was 14th in 1:02:51.
Janelle Werner of Beavertown, PA was 21st in 1:03:51.
Alex Bull of Ballarat, Australia made the long trip home to represent the Berwick Ramblers.
Nick Shaw of Woodside, NY finished in 1:06:13.
Top 7 women (from first to seventh). Danoski, Martino, Heydenreich, Fitzgerald, Sick, Crowley and Kozich.
Top 7 men (from first to seventh). I El Jazouli, Price, Schaaf, Gillette, Jaindl, J El Jazouli and Chani.
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