Race Reports
STXC Race 5 Look Back: Chenango Valley State Park Results, Team Battles & Photos
Southern Tier Cross Country Race 5 brought fast racing and close team battles to Chenango Valley State Park, including a men’s tiebreak decided by the fifth runners from Thilly Wabbit and Bogus City Striders. See the team results, race photos, and registration links.
Run 4 Downtown Turns 20: The Records, Rivalries and Families Behind a Middletown Tradition | Photos & Results
20 Years. Four Miles. Thousands of Stories.
Twenty years after runners first filled the streets of Downtown Middletown, the Run 4 Downtown celebrated its 20th running on August 15, 2026—and the anniversary produced some of the fastest performances the current course has ever seen.
Gavin Rossi ran 19:47 to shatter the men's current-course record, while Skylar Musa ran 22:42, lowering her own women's course record and earning her fifth consecutive Run 4 Downtown victory.
But the real story becomes even more interesting when you look beyond the leaders.
We went back through nearly two decades of Run 4 Downtown results and found runners whose names appear 10, 15 and even 18 years apart. Some are remarkably close to the times they ran more than a decade earlier. Others moved through entirely different age groups while continuing to return to the same Middletown starting line.
There is Jean Norton, whose 2006 and 2024 four-mile performances are separated by 18 years—and only 46 seconds.
There is Patty Insignares, whose 2006 and 2022 performances are separated by 16 years and less than one minute.
There are runners such as Michael Amodio, Steve Brockett, Peggy Jacobsen and Alison Britto, whose names connect different eras of the event.
And then there are stories a results sheet could never completely explain.
One longtime Run 4 Downtown runner eventually officiated a wedding at the race after the couple crossed the finish line. Family First became such an important part of the event that the race's team competition was eventually named Mickey's Team Challenge in honor of Mickey Hock.
Even the 2026 winners tell stories beyond their finishing times. Musa returned one year after winning the race only three months after having a baby and ran more than two minutes faster. Rossi arrived after a Division I track season at Rutgers and became the first runner to break 20 minutes on the course introduced in 2024.
From roughly 130 participants at the inaugural event in 2006 to more than 800 runners and walkers in 2026, Run 4 Downtown has evolved into one of Middletown's signature community traditions.
The results tell us who ran fastest.
Twenty years of results tell us something bigger:
who kept coming back.
