Toyfest 10K

Photos by Stan Krol

140 runners take off at the start of the 2001 Toyfest 10K in East Aurora. Eventual winner Peter Meindl is a blur in the center of the picture.

At the finish, Peter Meindl has clocked the fastest 10K run in Buffalo so far this year.

First woman overall is Brigitte Soltiz

Will Hicks from Lopez Washington wins the 40-49 age group in 35:32.

Bach Weslow finishes 5th overall and takes 2nd place in his age group behind Winston Guy.

Amy Fakterowitz winning the 30-39 age group and 3rd overall among the women.

Jim Lynch trailing slightly behind the fast rolling Taylor Lynch. Jim will cover the 6.2 mile route in in 49:06.

Fran Emmerling working toward a 9th place overall finish and 2nd place in his age group. Fran's time is 38:24.	8 year-old Alex Weberg of East Aurora winning his under 10 age division with a time of 50:55.
Jerry Malczewski from Lancaster finishing in 49:30. John Reinholz, also from Lancaster, will finish four seconds later.	Marta Scott and Sharon Linstedt will finish in 48:35.
Patrick Delaney winning his 60-69 age group with an excellent 46:45 clocking.	Darya Brach cruises to a 3rd place finish in her age group in 48:28.
Shelly Ruclur of Orchard Park jogs to a 2nd place finish in the womens 20-29 age group in 47:34.	Neil Farrell of Orchard Park keeps a watchful eye on his son Neil. Neil, the younger, is the youngest finisher in the 10K race at age 7. The Farrell men clocked 1:03:08 and 1:03:10 respectively.

The Winners
Peter Meindl and Brigitte Soltiz are the men's and women's overall winners of the 2001 Toyfest 10K.