By Duncan Nixon
Correspondent
The Lake Monticello 5K Spirit Run took off at 7 a.m. on the Fourth of July. The weather conditions were excellent. On the men’s side the winner was absolutely no surprise. Matt Barresi won for the 18th time. He finished well ahead of the field again in a time of 17:30. He is a consistent runner. He won the 2021 Spirit 5K in a time of 17:36. Barresi ran in college for American University. Second place in the men’s race went to Tim Sick who finished in 19:31.
In the women’s race the winner was a teenager, Sophie Farley, a rising junior at Fluvanna County High School, who finished first with a time of 21:29. Second place went to Kari Waksmunski, who was best in the 31-40 age group. Age group winners were as follows.
| Men | Women | |
| 7 and under |
CJ King | Gabriella Barresi |
| 8–12 | Max Cantagallo | Allison Krogh |
| 13–17 | Mathew Cantagallo | Kayla Kozella |
| 18–30 | Matt Valentic | Jackie Huffman |
| 31–40 | Tim Sick | Kari Waksmunski |
| 41–50 | Mat
Cantagallo |
Michele Mogavero |
| 51–65 | Bill Pemberton | Deb Lugar |
| 66 and over | Paul Sick | Mickey Hurwitz |
The Lake swim consists of an open water dash from Beach 3 to the main beach at Lake Monticello. This year 164 swimmers of all ages were entered. The race started in timely fashion, only a couple minutes after the scheduled 3 p.m. time. The temperature and humidity were tolerable as opposed to some Fourth of Julys in the recent past with temperatures in the 90s. The winners of the swim were once again Cooper Dillman and his older sister Shannah Dillman. Cooper, who is 15 and a rising sophomore at Monacan High School in the Richmond area, won easily. Shannah was closely followed out of the water by her younger sister Carleigh Dillman. Shannah has just graduated from Monacan High School and will be attending The University of West Florida in the fall.
Age group winners are as follows.
| Men | Women | |
| 10–12 | DA Roberts | Issabella Thompson |
| 13–17 | Jaxon Brooks | Carleigh Dillman |
| 18–24 | Sito Arroyo | Aoifa Arras |
| 25–34 | Jordan Arenciba | Carly Csapo |
| 35–44 | Harris Arnoff | Michelle Cook |
| 45–54 | David Roberts | Michelle Kershner |
| 55–64 | Alan Adadg | Joan Albistor |
| 65 and over | Greg Stamper | Helen Ficke |
The children’s Fourth of July putting contest was held on the putting green at the golf course and was monitored by Head PGA Professional Mark Marshall, assistant PGA professional Steve Shriner and Mark’s wife Loren. The winners by age group were.
| 5-7 | Lucas Dunaway |
| 8–10 | Brando Kalznosky |
| 11–12 | Peter Bergstesser |
