(Holland Patent, NY – Dec. 7, 2011) The Boilermaker Road Race is pleased to award the traveling trophies in the fourth annual Boilermaker 15K School Challenge to Holland Patent Central School Boy’s and Girl’s Teams, at the Holland Patent Board of Education Meeting. The Holland Patent Boy’s team successfully defended its title as the reigning 15K Champion. The Girl’s team unseated the three time reigning champions, Whitesboro.
Holland Patent will be able to display the traveling trophies at the school until the end of the school year. “We felt this event was a great success this year and congratulations Holland Patient Girls for unseating Whitesboro, who have held the title since its inception and the Boy’s team on their second win,” said Race Divisions Director, Kevin Copeland.
Team scoring was based on the average 15K Race finish time of the first five boy’s team finishers and the first five girl’s team finishers. The Holland Patent Boy’s Team won with a combined time of 5:08:07, an average combined time of 1:01:38, the next place team was the New Hartford’s Boy’s Team with a combined time of 5:34:19, an average combined time of 1:06:52.
The Holland Patent Girl’s Team won with a combined time of 6:25:40, a combined average time of 1:17:08 followed by the Whitesboro Girl’s Team with a combined time of 6:26:53, an average combined time of 1:17:23.
Plaques were awarded to the first five males (Cody Racha, Dylan Racha of Holland Patent, Todd Stevens of Rome, Nolan Amos of Prospect and Colin Baldwin of Barneveld) and the first five females (Leah Rice of Prospect, Shay Callahan, Alysa Hoffman of Holland Patent, Cheyenne Petrillo-Lavier of Poland and Jennifer MacMillan of Stittville) on the Holland Patent School Teams.
The following schools were eligible to participate in the Empower Federal Credit Union School Challenge: Adirondack Central, Brookfield Central, Camden Central, Canastota, Clinton Central, Cooperstown, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Hamilton, Herkimer, Holland Patent, Ilion, Little Falls, Madison, Mount Markham, Mohawk, Morrisville-Eaton, New Hartford, New York Mills, Notre Dame, Old Forge, Oneida, Oriskany, Owen D. Young, Poland, Thomas R. Proctor, Remsen, Richfield Springs, Rome Catholic, Rome Free Academy, Sauquoit Valley, South Lewis, Vernon- Verona Sherrill, Waterville, West Canada Valley, Westmoreland and Whitesboro.
Each team runner had to be a full time student between grades 7-12 as of June 1, 2011 or a 2011 graduate of the school they attended.






