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Izzo and Chahid earn course records at Lancaster Red Rose 5 Miler

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By Clay Shaw and Karen Mitchell

6.6.26 Lancaster, PA—Katie Izzo of Flagstaff, AZ spent the week in Central Pennsylvania after winning the Delightful Run for Women 5K in Albany, NY the previous Saturday. She did workouts on the York Heritage Rail Trail and both the York College and F & M tracks.  She also ran the Red Rose Run course with members of the Red Rose Track Club on Tuesday night prior to the race. It all paid off for Izzo; she shattered the course record by running 26:00. While the clock had 25:59 and the photo shows her clearly across the finish mat, for road races, times with hundredths of seconds are rounded to the full second. Kristen Bankes of Reading held her old record of 27:17 for 47 years.

Paige Stoner, also of Flagstaff but a Pennsylvania native, was also well under the record; she finished second in 26:55. Diane Neubauer of Ambler, PA was third in 27:58. Maggie Liebich of Boise, Idaho was fourth in 28:18. Anna Vess of Ann Arbor, MI was fifth in 28:52. Allison Emmons of Hockessin, DE was top master in 29:21; she was eleventh in the deep field.

Hamza Chahid of Morocco, who also recently ran for Wingate University near Charlotte NC, was the men’s champion and new record holder, winning in 23:06. James Quattlebaum of Greenville, SC was second in 23:12. Sam Chelanga of Fayetteville, NC was third in 23:27, and at 41, the first master. The top three men broke the 1992 record of 23:37 set by Chris Fox.

JP Flavin of Ann Arbor, MI was fourth in 23:47 after a long drive from Michigan. Josh Izewski of Doylestown was fifth in 23:57. Izewski won the Broad Street 10 Miler in early May.

The race started in 1977; yours truly ran it and could have done it in 2026, but photos are a better contribution to the running community.  The $5000 first place prize, plus the $1977 course record bonus brought attention and a very deep field of talented athletes to Lancaster. Thanks to Mayor Jaime Arroyo and his staff in making the fifty-year anniversary race special.  Strong advertising surely helped as well; the number of finishers was 1939, nearly double of the  979 in 2025.

Top Women

  1.  26:00 Katie Izzo, 29, Flagstaff, AZ
  2. 26:55 Paige Wood, 30, Flagstaff, AZ
  3. 27:58 Diane Neubauer, 37, Ambler, PA
  4. 28:18 Maggie Liebich, 24, Boise, ID
  5. 28:52 Anna Vess, 27, Ann Arbor, MI
  6. 28:53 Samantha Drop, 27, Boulder, CO
  7. 29:03 Linnaea Kavulich, 26, Washington, DC
  8. 29:05 Autumn Sands, 26, Washington, DC
  9. 29:13 Alyssa Vassallo, 31, Whippany, NJ
  10. 29:16 Maria Seykora, 32, Broomall, PA
  11. 29:21 Allison Emmons, 47, Hockessin, DE
  12. 29:26 Gwen Parks, 23, Washington, DC
  13. 29:30 Lindsey Oremus, 28, Norristown, PA
  14. 29:32 Emily Konkus, 25, Sparks, MD
  15. 29:37 Stefanie Cassel, 27, Hummelstown, PA
  16. 29:48 Caryn Rippey, 22, West Lawn, PA
  17. 29:52 Imane Jourji, 21, Fes, Morocco
  18. 29:56 Katie Hesler, 23, Ardmore, PA
  19. 30:05 Riya Keshaw, 22, East London, RSA
  20. 30:10 Liz Filipelli, 34, Glenside, PA

Top Men

  1.  23:06 Hamza Chahid, 24, M’rirt, Morocco
  2. 23:12 James Quattlebaum, 30, Greenville, SC
  3. 23:27 Sam Chelanga, 41, Fayetteville, NC
  4. 23:47 JP Flavin, 27, Ann Arbor, MI
  5. 23:57 Josh Izewski, 36, Doylestown, PA
  6. 24:30 Graham Crawford, 33, Charlottesville, VA
  7. 24:40 Damian Hackett, 23, Washington, DC
  8. 24:42 Casey Ellis, 27, Towanda, PA
  9. 24:51 Brendan Flynn, 22, Downingtown, PA
  10. 24:54 Pieter Heesters, 22, Baltimore, MD
  11. 24:57 Alex Price, 32, Bethlehem, PA
  12. 25:00 Garrett Quinan, 21, Shippensburg, PA
  13. 25:04 Patrick Hanley, 30, Arlington, VA
  14. 25:08 Caleb Hershey, 22, Lebanon, PA
  15. 25:09 Colin McCauley, 24, Philadelphia, PA
  16. 25:13 Robert Reynolds, 36, York, PA
  17. 25:27 Aiden Gonder, 23, Elizabethtown, PA
  18. 25:35 Tyler French, 25, Annandale, VA
  19. 25:50 Steve Jordan, 33, West Chester, PA
  20. 26:11 James Glockenmeier, 24, Washington, DC
Lancaster Red Rose 2026 start with talented field and 1839 finishers celebrates 50th Anniversary.
Leaders and bubbles on Duke Street. Hamza Chahid #247, JP Flavin, Josh Izewski #751, Casey Ellis, and James Quattlebaum #1237 lead the way early in the race.
Lancaster Mayor Jaime Arroyo #61 runs with Javier Sumrall #1504 and Nicholas Martino #1005 in the Red Rose Run.
Omar Stoltzfus #2046 of Parkesburg, PA wears a Bird-in-Hand half marathon shirt with suspenders and long trousers, running 34:19.
Katie Izzo of Flagstaff, AZ wins the 50th Red Rose Run in 26:00.
Katie Izzo of Flagstaff, AZ celebrates the win and new course record of 26:00 set at the 50th Anniversary Red Rose Run 5 Miler in Downtown Lancaster, PA.
Hamza Chahid of Morocco wins in a new course record of 23:06.
James Quattlebaum of Greenville, SC was second in 23:12 and was also under the old course record of 23:36.
Paige Stoner of Flagstaff, AZ, a Pennsylvania native, was second in 26:55, also breaking the old course record.
Diane Neubauer of Ambler, PA was third in 27:58. Diane was recently fourth at the Broad Street 10 Miler.
Sam Chelanga of Fayetteville, NC was third overall and top master in 23:27.
JP Flavin of Ann Arbor, MI was fourth in 23:47 and was recently second in the Broad Street 10 Miler in Philly.
Maggie Liebich of Boise, Idaho was fourth in 28:18.
Josh Izewski of Doylestown, PA was fifth in 23:57. Josh recently won the Broad Street 10 Miler, setting a new CR.
Anna Vess of Ann Arbor, MI earns fifth in 28:52.
Graham Crawford of Charlottesville, VA was sixth in 24:30.
Maria Seykora of Broomall, PA was 10th overall in 29:16.
Allison Emmons of Hockessin, DE was eleventh and top master in 29:21. She is between Red Rose TC runners Nate Tagg #1516 and Alex Epler #431.
Margaret Moore of York, PA ran 46:57 to win the 70-79 group by thirteen minutes.
Imane Jourji of Fes, Morocco was 17th in 29:52. Campbell Montgomery #1967 of Lancaster finishes a step in front of her.
Robert Reynolds of York, PA was 16th in 25:13. Robert won the Lancaster Race Against Racism 5K in April.
Leah Mayer of New Providence, PA was 30th in 33:17.
Samantha Snukis of Lititz, the 2023 Red Rose Run champ, was 21st and second master in 30:14. Sam was first Lancaster County female in the deep elite field.
Katie Hesler of Ardmore, PA was 18th in the Red Rose Run in 29:56.
Stefanie Cassel of Hummelstown, PA was 15th in 29:37. Stefanie recently won the Downtown Carlisle Mile.
Eric Shelton of Dover, PA was 24th in 26:29.
Mayor Jaime Arroyo with the top five women and Katie’s big check. From left to right: Katie Izzo, Paige Wood, Diane Neubauer, Maggie Liebich, and Anna Vess.
Mayor Jaime Arroyo with Hamzi Chadid, Josh Izewski, JP Flavin, and James Quattlebaum. (Sam Chelanga missing from photo, ran in the Chicago half marathon the next day).
Many age group award runners with Mayor Jaime Arroyo. Some 1970’s outfits in the group.
Lancaster Stormers mascot enjoys fun with young fan.
Red Rose Track Club celebrates with team photo and the Lancaster Stormers mascot.
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