Amsterdam High School track and cross country standout Jake Krong, 17, was overall winner of the 18th annual Winter Wimp Foot Race, held in Hagaman on Saturday, January 12. His time in the 4.4-mile main event was 25 minutes and 20 seconds. Second place went to the Flying Frenchman, Jim LeBrou, 36, of Niskayuna, who was five seconds back, and third was captured by Scott Barton, 17, of Fort Plain, who crossed in 26:07.

The women’s competition was won by 50-year-old Martha DeGrazia of Slingerlands, with a time of 31:46. Ellen Raffuel, 36, of Saratoga Springs and Carly Page, 14, of Scotia finished second and third in 31:55 and 32:21, respectively.

In the companion 2.2-mile “Wimp-Out” race, the overall winners were Charles Smullen, 41, for the men and Janette Krong, 38, for the women. Finishing times for Smullen and Krong, both from Amsterdam, were 12:26 and 17:23.

A total of 113 men and women competed in this 18th running of the Winter Wimp, marking one of the biggest turnouts in the history of the event.

Also noteworthy were the outstanding efforts of race director Rick Vertucci and the many volunteers, who made everything run like clockwork, and the generosity of the many race sponsors. The god of weather even cooperated, providing a dry and seasonably warm day.