Rugged Maniac New Jersey

Rugged Maniac New Jersey
The Gauntlet obstacle in New Jersey, 2016.
Venue	Old Bridge Township Raceway Park
Location	Englishtown, New Jersey
Date	July 8-9, 2017 (Saturday & Sunday)
Champions
Men	Billy Allen / John Hirsch
Women	Jane Seo / Christen Mandela

The New Jersey Rugged Maniac (or Tri-State Rugged Maniac) 5K Obstacle Course event has been held annually in New Jersey since 2011. The event currently takes place at the Old Bridge Township Raceway Park (a motorsport venue) with a two-day event in July.

History

Rugged Maniac New Jersey has been running for six consecutive years. Growth has been steady, starting from the inaugural event in 2011 that saw 5,000 participants.^[1] Now, approximately 10,000 runners attend each year since 2015, making this event one of the largest Rugged Maniac productions in the United States.^[2]^[3]

Winners

Men

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
2016 - Day 2	John Hirsch	!!!!!!!26:41 26:41	Tony Kharitonov	!!!!!!!28:11 28:11	Ren Rastocki	!!!!!!!29:44 29:44
2016 - Day 1	Billy Allen	!!!!!!!22:31 22:31	John Hirsch	!!!!!!!26:55 26:55	Frank Pratko	!!!!!!!28:19 28:19
2015 - Day 2	Patrick Fisher	!!!!!!!32:53 32:53	Steven Penkert	!!!!!!!36:20 36:20	Denis Brinzari	!!!!!!!37:32 37:32
2015 - Day 1	Eric Delgado	!!!!!!!27:38 27:38	James Gilmore	!!!!!!!29:14 29:14	Tony Kharitonov	!!!!!!!29:27 29:27
2014 - Day 2	Scott Jimenez	!!!!!!!29:56 29:56	Eugene Shepherd	!!!!!!!30:05 30:05	Nicholas Rojas	!!!!!!!33:10 33:10
2014 - Day 1	Tony Kharitonov	!!!!!!!27:50 27:50	Matthew Carroll	!!!!!!!29:53 29:53	James Gilmore	!!!!!!!29:57 29:57
2013	AJ Focht	!!!!!!!30:47 30:47	Tommy Casper	!!!!!!!25:22 25:22	Jesse Dynak	!!!!!!!29:10 29:10
2012	Mike Webb	!!!!!!!22:32 22:32	Kevin Varno	!!!!!!!23:51 23:51	Thomas Croskey	!!!!!!!24:29 24:29 ^[4]
2011	Patrick Comstock	!!!!!!!22:02 22:02	Adam Modzelewski	!!!!!!!22:52 22:52	Max Cohen	!!!!!!!22:54 22:54

Women

Year	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
2016 - Day 1	Jane Seo	!!!!!!!29:36 29:36	Elena Elkoun	!!!!!!!36:39 36:39	Melissa O'Selmo	!!!!!!!38:12 38:12
2016 - Day 2	Christen Mandela (2/2)	!!!!!!!40:27 40:27	Nicole Aleles	!!!!!!!40:34 40:34	Perri Goldstein	!!!!!!!42:30 42:30
2015 - Day 2	Christen Mandela (1/2)	!!!!!!!36:52 36:52	Lindsey Neumann	!!!!!!!39:11 39:11	Lisa Bowman	!!!!!!!46:48 46:48
2015 - Day 1	Catherine Carroll (2/2)	!!!!!!!35:40 35:40	Jeanne Carollo	!!!!!!!36:10 36:10	Carolyn Rodgers	!!!!!!!38:09 38:09
2014 - Day 2	Sharyn Freda	!!!!!!!41:31 41:31	Victoria Freels	!!!!!!!42:16 42:16	Lisa Bowman	!!!!!!!45:04 45:04
2014 - Day 1	Catherine Carroll (1/2)	!!!!!!!33:42 33:42	Carolyn Rodgers	!!!!!!!36:05 36:05	Cherish Giannetta	!!!!!!!36:16 36:16
2013	Julie Dynak	!!!!!!!34:14 34:14	Veronica Dilzer	!!!!!!!!41:9 41:9	Diane Freeman	!!!!!!!45:49 45:49
2012	Dana Cohen	!!!!!!!24:24 24:24	Heather Leiggi	!!!!!!!26:04 26:04	Lindsey Mckee	!!!!!!!27:30 27:30
2011	Lindsey Mckee	!!!!!!!29:54 29:54	Kelley Kozlowski	!!!!!!!30:31 30:31	Allison Thomas	!!!!!!!30:41 30:41

All race times are taken from Rugged Maniac's timing page.^[5]

References

↑ Schiffer, Alex (July 8, 2015). "N.J.'s Rugged Maniac 2015: What are Englishtown event's toughest obstacles?". nj.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
↑ "Rugged Maniac Obstacle Race draws thousands to Raceway Park". newjersey.news12.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
↑ Napoliello, Alex (July 10, 2016). "Rugged Maniacs get muddy at Raceway Park". nj.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
↑ "RACE RESULTS - RUGGED MANIAC TRI-STATE (2012)". Retrieved October 3, 2016.
↑ "Timing & Results". Retrieved May 16, 2016.

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