BLACKSBURG – Nearly 300 runners came out for the annual Draper Mile Race, held Friday, Aug. 4.
The 41st annual Draper Mile, a one-mile downhill race held in conjunction with the Steppin’ Out Festival and part of the 2023 RunAbout Race Series, included awards for a variety of age groups. The course is mostly downhill, starting and ending on Draper Road, with the finish in the middle of the street festival. Times are generally about 10–12 seconds faster than for a track mile.
The first Draper Mile was in 1982, with 97 participants.
Top 50 results include:
First, Willy Fink, 3:57.13; 2) Alex Watty; 3) Matt Denlinger; 4) Jonathan Goerlich; 5) Jonas Roach; 6) Samuel Haynes; 7) Thomas Fulcher; 8) Noah Jones; 9) Ryan Bagchi; 10) Harrison Whitfield; 11) Henry Strahm; 12) Andrew Parkins; 13) Nate Lehman; 14) Anderson Norton; 15) Tamir Zharmagambetov; 16) Kevin McGuire; 17) Fenton Tracy; 18) Connor Cormack; 19) Anthony Du; 20) Jonathan Lowry; 21) Alex Kolar; 22) Bennett Hunter; 23) Daniel Duarte; 24) Donovan Forbes; 25) Dillon Craig; 26) Mecom Lawson; 27) Kevin Byrd; 28) Evan Bruce; 29) Keldon Warner; 30) Louis Semtner; 31) Glen McGuire; 32) Tyler Warren; 33) Rivers Matthews; 34) Jeremiah Jones; 35) Ignacio Moore; 36) Alisha Ebert; 37) Junwen Wang; 38) Aaron Paytner; 39) Benjamin Bailey; 40) John Delinger; 41) Caleb Warner; 42) John Peter Kitching; 43) Ethan Lillycrop; 44) John Matthews; 45) Robert Crnkovich; 46) Katie Wardinski; 47) Nathaniel Evans; 48) Scott Shepherd; 49) Logan Ramsey; 50) Isaiah Peters.
Staff report