BERNE — Move over, American Pharaoh. Local runners are now racing for their own triple crown.

The first race, the Kentucky Derby of the trilogy, was held Saturday in Berne — the Fox Creek 5K. The town’s supervisor, Kevin Crosier, raised a rifle to fire the starting shot into the crisp, clear air. Over 100 competitors were off and running.

David Richards of Cobleskill, who was in the lead group the entire route, crossed the finish line first in 15 minutes, 49 seconds. Richards was more than three minutes ahead of the second-place finisher, Noah Valvo of Delanson, at 19:03. Lukus Becker of Berne was on Valvo’s heels, finishing in 19:20.

The first-place woman was Shea Foley of Slingerlands, at 21:14. The second-place female finisher was Susy Garcia Romero of Rensselaer, at 21:26; third was Dana Peterson of Voorheesville, at 21:31.

The Preakness — second on the road to the triple crown — will be held on Aug. 18 in New Scotland, followed the next day by the Belmont equivalent in Altamont.

 

^{Shotgun start: Last Saturday morning, kicking off the first race of the Hilltown Triple Crown race, the Fox Creek 5K, Berne Supervisor Kevin Crosier, far right, shoots his rifle in the air to release 108 runners. The Enterprise — Michael Koff}

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Other results of the Hilltown race

Cortlandt Tisch, of Greenville, came in fourth at 19:46;

Kevin Creagan of Albany, fifth, 19:49;

Ben Sears of Albany, sixth, 20:00;

David Long, seventh, 20:28;

Andrew Godenzi, eighth, 20:34;

Matthew Duncan, ninth, 20:44;

Alexander Allen, 10th, 21:10;

Shea Foley, 11th, 21:14;

Chris Palmer, 12th, 21:18;

Susy Garcia Romero, 13th, 21:26;

Dana Peterson, 14th, 21:31;

Andy Campbell, 15th, 21:32;

Dave Glass, 16th, 21:34;

Mike Soeller, 17th, 21:36;

George Baranauskas, 18th, 21:42;

Erin Murphy, 19th, 22:46;

Thomas Denham, 20th, 23:06;

Tom Jablonowski, 21st, 23:07;

Rich Miller, 22nd, 23:12;

David Leith, 23rd, 23:27;

Rick Jones, 24th, 23:33;

Charles Trombley, 25th, 23:52;

Erin Reep, 26th, 24:07;

Larry Salvagni, 27th, 24:12;

Meghan Araldi, 28th, 24:20;

John McCarthy, 29th, 24:48;

Amber Trendell, 30th, 24:58;

Nancy Stevens, 31st, 25:27;

 Benjamin Becker, 32nd, 26:13;

Cindy Shafer, 33rd, 26:18;

Allison Race, 34th, 26:24;

Erin O’Mara, 35th, 26:28;

Richard Reynolds, 36th, 26:31;

Ed Hearne, 37th, 26:40;

Andrew Joslin, 38th, 26:46;

Melanie Diamond, 39th, 26:47;

Kristin Zielinski, 40th, 26:47;

Katie Hampston, 41st, 26:56;

Amy Ego, 42nd, 26:58;

Karoline Sears, 43rd, 27:06;

Dayton King, 44th, 27:08;

Lindsay Conklin, 45th, 27:15;

Tom Pris, 46th, 27:40;

Andy Pris, 47th, 27:41;

Carter Mack, 48th, 27:49;

Tom Bennett, 49th, 28:00;

Elisabeth Gundlach, 50th, 28:08;

AnnMarie Hess, 51st, 28:26;

Darwin Roosa, 52nd, 28:27;

Anna Hampston, 53rd, 28:32;

Evan Mack, 54th, 28:35;

Michael Gies, 55th, 29:09;

Jeevarathnam Attampervmal, 56th, 29:19;

Lara Comithier, 57th, 29:32;

Anne Cook, 58th, 29:55;

Abbie Mouravieff-Apostol, 59th, 30:21;

Emily Fredericks, 60th, 30:26;

Sara Evanchick, 61st, 30:27;

Jamie Bocketti, 62nd, 30:28;

Amy Wright, 63rd, 30:40;

Jean Hull, 64th, 30:41;

Nichola Tallman, 65th, 30:44;

Henry Mack, 66th, 30:44;

Locke Gerken, 67th, 31:13;

Kaitlyn MacLeod, 68th, 31:27;

Jennifer Jaskolka, 69th, 31:45;

Amber Waugaman, 70th, 31:49;

Jeff Gerken, 71st, 32:07;

Valerie Marre, 72nd, 32:08;

Douglas Thorn, 73rd, 32:11;

Cayden King, 74th, 32:32;

Giselle Richards, 75th, 32:59;

Susan Kayne, 76th, 33:08;

Susan Klim, 77th, 33:11;

Marie Kaye, 78th, 33:20;

Arlan Wright, 79th, 33:23;

George Wright, 80, 33:24;

Lauren Anderson, 81, 33:41;

Carrie Palow, 82nd, 33:41;

AJ Wright, 83rd, 34:07;

Kaitlin Conway, 84th, 34:13;

Meghann O’Connell, 85th, 34:26;

Alice Carpenter, 86th, 34:59;

Nancy Johnston, 87th, 35:05;

Audry June, 88th, 35:39;

Barbara Coryell, 89th, 35:39;

Joe Hein, 90th, 35:56;

Jack Rothaupt, 91st, 35:56;

Debra Rothaupt, 92nd, 36:11;

Rhonda Lipscomb, 93rd, 36:13;

Jeanne Futerko, 94th, 37:00;

Bob Gossman, 95th, 37:52;

Lexi Pris, 96th, 38:36;

Suzy Pris, 97th, 38:41;

Dan Madison, 98th, 38:57;

Joe Kelly, 99th, 39:56;

Amanda Serafini, 100th, 40:24;

Jessica Bashwinger, 101st, 40:25;

Ken Orner, 102nd, 40:26;

Thomas Strobeck, 103rd, 41:22;

Mary Pattison, 104th, 41:49;

Bridget Barth, 105th, 42:45;

Eileen Gundlach, 106th, 43:22;

Richard Gundlach, 107th, 44:19;

Diane Stawski, 108th, 46:15.