Looking back on the outcomes from the event, on Saturday Nov. 11, around 70 individuals gathered on Virginia Tech’s Drillfield for the Donut Dash 5k. The event had 43 runners check in, and over 25 volunteers.
During the race, participants would make three laps (each 1 km) around the Drillfield course, eat as many donuts as they wanted, and then run the last two laps to close out the race. Each donut eaten reduced their final time by 45 seconds.
The first person across the finish line was Anderson Norton, with a raw time of 20:49. After eating one donut, he had a final adjusted time of 20:04, making him the overall winner for the event.
Stephanie Arnold won the Women’s 18-21 division for the second year in a row, with an adjusted time of 24:33, consuming two donuts.
In the Men’s 18-21 division, Virginia Tech freshman Jack Staples beat out the competition with a final time of 21:28.
Most competitors went for raw speed this year, consuming 1.3 donuts per runner on average. This year’s max donut count was five donuts eaten by Tyler White.
The event served as a fundraiser for the NLCF Honduras team, travelling to Danlí, Honduras in March 2018. After everything was said and done, the love of running and sweets helped raise $1062.85 for the team.
Individual winners included:
Women’s Under-18:
First, Marija Grove, Adjusted time 24:24
2, Shea Chamlis
Women’s 18-21:
First, Stephanie Arnold, Adj. time 24:33
2, Emma Rafferty
3, Samantha Bond
4, Julia Tani
5, Maddison Nardi
6, Caroline Bowman
7, Kelsey Sellers
8, Maura Durkan
9, Abigail Darko
10, Ashley Deans
11, Stephanie Manning
12, Katie Muggleworth
13, Margaret Davis
14, Becca Bangley
15, Ashleigh Lowery
16, Emilie Schwelkert
17, Allie Moseley
Women’s 22-25:
First, Katie Jenkins, Adj. time 28:10.5
2, Katelyn Benson
3, Morgan Armstrong
Women’s 26-40:
First, Ashely Bausch, Adj. time 37:37
2, Lindsey Drum
3, Melissa Yopp
Men’s 18-21:
First, Jack Staples, Adj. time 21:28.7
2, Michael Johnson
3, Daniel Bean
4, Victor Zimbardi
5, Alexander Palmer
6, Trevor LeMaster
7, David Sanches
8, Alex Keller
9, Emmet Eckman
10, Jakob Lyons
11, John Bibel
12, Tyler White
13, Ryan McCann
Men’s 22-25:
First, James Mangahas, Adj. time 35:13.7
2, Johnny Crumpler
Men’s 26-40:
First, Kyle Lansing, Adj. time 23:04.8
2, Robbie Poff
Men’s 40-plus:
First, Norton Anderson, Adj. time 20:04.
