The top male and female runners at the 43rd annual Brentwood Firecracker 5K Run are part of the Gen Z population.<\/p>\n
Julian Paul, from Pittsburgh, and Natalie Shapiro, from Morganville, N.J., captured first place in the overall male and female competition with times of 15:38 and 16:55. Paul is 23 years old; Shapiro is 24.<\/p>\n
Paul improved from an eighth-place showing and 16:12 mark in 2025. He averaged 5:02 per mile to defeat 16-year-old Shepherd Butler by 13 seconds.<\/p>\n
Butler, from Cranston, R.I., withstood a challenge for second place from Eli Anish, 24, from Pittsburgh, and Aliquippa\u2019s Dominic Flitcraft, 21, who placed third and fourth in 15:53 and 15:55.<\/p>\n
Anish finished fifth last year in 15:55.<\/p>\n
Corry resident Jacob Derry, 26, garnered fifth place this year in 16:26, crossing the finish line ahead of Oakdale\u2019s Cooper Knorr, 16, Isaac Doerfler, 17, from Pittsburgh, and Beaver\u2019s Josef Dipientrantonio, 32.<\/p>\n
Shapiro secured ninth place in the final race results while Nathaniel Orndorf, from Akron, Ohio, rounded out the overall top 10 with a 17-minute effort. John Shapiro, 18, from Morganville, N.J., finished five seconds behind Orndorf with a 17:05 time.<\/p>\n
Natalie Shapiro, Michaela Kizershot White, 33, from Pittsburgh, and Claire Anderson, 22, from Jamestown were the three leading female runners. White and Anderson clocked times of 17:29 and 17:40.<\/p>\n
Clairton\u2019s Sylvia Kashak, 19, at 18:37, South Park\u2019s Cassondra O\u2019Connor, 21, at 19:04, Ann Mazur, 40, from Charlottsville, Va., at 19:41, Maria Gilles, 22, from North Ridgeville, Ohio, at 19:44, Lily Shapiro, from Morganville, N.J., at 20:40 and two Pittsburgh residents, Calista Larue, 21, at 20:47 and Jenna Bielewicz-O\u2019Malley, 41, at 20:55, rounded out the top 10.<\/p>\n
One of the largest, longest running and most popular 5K races in the Tri-State area, the Brentwood Firecracker is held annually July 4 on Brownsville Road and attracts both elite athletes and families with miles of cheering spectators.<\/p>\n
A total of 2,278 contestants started this year\u2019s race; 2,249 crossed the finish line.<\/p>\n
The three leading runners in each age division were as follows:<\/p>\n
MALE<\/p>\n
1-11: Wyatt Stavor, 9, 23:13; Parker Roorback, 11, 24:18, Avery George, 11, 24:31. (Stavor was a repeat winner.)<\/p>\n
12-14: Liam Seey, 13, 18:21; Joseph DiMarco, 14, 19:41; Anderson Wachter, 14, 19:47.<\/p>\n
15-19: Shepherd Butler, 16, 15:51; Cooper Knorr, 16, 16:44; Isaac Doerfler, 17, 16:51.<\/p>\n
20-24: Julian Paul, 23, 15:38; Eli Anish, 24; 15:53; Dominic Flitcraft, 21, 15:55.<\/p>\n
25-29: Jacob Derry, 26, 16:26; Joseph Wright, 25, 19:50; Russell Smith, 28, 20:03.<\/p>\n
30-34: Josef Dipietrantonio, 32, 16:51; Nathaniel Orndorf, 31,17:00; Thomas White, 33, 17:18.<\/p>\n
35-39: Arjun Mishra, 35, 17:26; Brian Bacik, 35; 17:44; Kevin Baldasare, 37, 17:52.<\/p>\n
40-44: Sean Battis, 44, 18:21; Philip Grand, 44, 18:49; Daniel Schmitt, 40, 20:06.<\/p>\n
Masters: Sean Battis, 44, 18:24; Brett Mason, 50, 18:37; Emery Strotman, 47, 18:48.<\/p>\n
45-49: Emery Strotman, 47, 18:46; Michael Bakota, 49, 21:24; Kevin Vinay, 46, 21:45.<\/p>\n
50-54: Brett Mason, 50, 18:36; Pat Joyce, 51, 22:54; Isaac Simonis, 52, 23:06.<\/p>\n
55-59: Eric Anish, 57, 19:29; Tadd Morris, 58, 20:28; David Wilt, 59; 22:09.<\/p>\n
60-64: Mike Romzy, 64, 22:53; Larry Van Dyke, 64, 23:08; Mike Klier, 62, 23:21.<\/p>\n
65-69: Domenic Presto, 66, 26:03; Shawn Sherry, 65, 27:36; Tony Chan, 67, 27:38.<\/p>\n
70+: Joe Lazor, 77, 30:40; David Dziamniski, 71, 30:53; Al Vrabel, 73, 30:55.<\/p>\n
FEMALE<\/p>\n
1-11: Zoe Healey, 8, 25:50; Ava Seey, 11, 27:36; Morgan Quinn, 11, 30:22.<\/p>\n
12-15: Autumn Dorcak, 13, 21:36; Amaya Kirk, 14, 22:10; Olivia Machi, 14, 23:30.<\/p>\n
16-19: Sylvia Kashak, 19, 18:37; Hannah Hayes, 17, 21:39; Jaslyn Debnar, 19, 22:17.<\/p>\n
20-24: Natalie Shapiro, 24, 16:55; Claire Anderson, 22, 17:40; Cassondra O\u2019Connor, 21, 19:04.<\/p>\n
25-29: Carly Tanney, 29, 22:12; Allison Mrkonja, 29, 23:11; Sarah Hacke, 27, 24:00.<\/p>\n
30-34: Michaela Kizershot White, 33, 17:29; Kimberly Milius, 33, 22:45; Bailey Campbell, 31, 23:24.<\/p>\n
35-39: Melody Carranza, 35, 23:34; Jamie Halesey, 39, 24:17; Laura Boley, 38, 24:24.<\/p>\n
40-44: Ann Mazur, 40, 19:41; Jenna Bielewicz-O\u2019Malley, 41, 20:55; Sarah Lenart, 44, 22:22.<\/p>\n
Masters: Ann Mazur, 40, 19:42; Jenna Bielewicz-O\u2019Malley, 41, 21:00; Sarah Lenart, 44, 22:27.<\/p>\n
45-49: Christi Novak, 46, 24:08; Jamie Gasbarro, 46, 24:28; Katrina Kletzly, 47, 24:39.<\/p>\n
50-54: Deana Wallace, 54, 26:36; Stephanie Teagarden, 51, 26:38; Heather Brady, 51, 27:01.<\/p>\n
55-59: Debbie Conner, 56, 23:07; Julie Freedy, 55, 25:32; Diane Raible, 55, 30:10.<\/p>\n
60-64: Amy Hutchison, 60, 25:15; Deanna Brown, 62, 27:24; Patty Balsamico, 60, 29:42.<\/p>\n
65-69: Amy Ference, 66, 31:49; Judy Darling, 67, 32:20; Christina Ribich, 65, 34:59.<\/p>\n
70+: Ellen Warner, 72, 31:07; Cynthia Rigby, 75, 35:48; BK Kosmach, 70, 41:56.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The top male and female runners at the 43rd annual Brentwood Firecracker 5K Run are part of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-247233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}