It was for the 11th time that runners covered the ‘Sadecka Dycha’ – the 10 km distance between Stary Sącz and Nowy Sącz. A group of approx. 300 contestants completed the race despite the bad weather, rain and low temperature.
The general classification OPEN was won by Adam Czerwiński from Max-Fliz Ekspedycja who covered the 10km in 32:46 mins, the second person to arrive at the finish line was Dmitro Pożewilow (4F Kharkiv) who covered the distance in 32:58 mins. and third came Emil Drabik (MOK Mszana Dolna) who lost 40 seconds to the winner.
NEWAG was represented by Klaudia Kolegowicz 45:00, Katarzyna Tarasek 54:07 and Katarzyna Brożek 58:19. From NEWAG men, Wojciech Tarasek 35:48 came first, with Franciszek Długosz 39:20 as second and Kamil Kościółek 40:45 as the third.
Winners of age categories:
K16
Liubov Severianova (SC BIG-TIME RIVNE) – 41:08
Izabela Klecka – 43:27
Izabela Biernat – 46:29
K20
Sabina Jarząbek (Kielecki Klub Lekkoatletyczny) – 35:46
Paulina Górak (AZS AWF Kraków) – 36:04
Daria Vdovychenko (SC BIG-TIME RIVNE) – 37:24
K30
Patrycja Talar (Runners World Poznań) – 37:16
Kamila Hayder (KS AZS AWF Kraków/5BSP) – 37:21
Ewa Kucharska (CA Aktywni) – 38:57
K40
Wioletta Gnutek – 46:37
Sławomira Nędza – 47:28
Agniesza Olbrat – 47:47
K50
Barbara Paczos (Stal Mielec Masters) – 46:22
Ewa Pałuzewicz (Visegrad Maraton Rytro) – 46:59
Anna Kusion – 47:58
K60+
Alicja Sikora (TEAM Sikora) – 49:41
Helena Wszołek (Ambasador Festiwalu Biegów) – 50:20
Kazimiera Legutko (Dolina Dunajca) – 53:08
M16
Kacper Uchacz (AZS AWF Kraków) – 35:45
Wiktor Madziar – 38:04
Patryk Marcinkowski – 39:17
M20
Emil Drabik (MOK Mszana Dolna) – 33:26
Rafał Sułkowski – 34:14
Iurii Vykhopen (SC BIG-TIME RIVNE) – 34:20
M30
Adam Czerwiński (Max-Fliz Ekspedycja) – 32:46
Dmitro Pożewilow (4F Kharkiv) – 32:58
Jacek Rudziński – 34:18
M40
Bogdan Dziuba (Stalowowolski Klub Biegacza) –
Hubert Wiedrak (aktywnakorczyna.pl) – 34:15
Michał Talaga (MOK Mszana Dolna) – 34:18
M50
Grzegorz Czyż (Grupa Azoty – Automatyka Tarnów) – 36:02
Janusz Wójcik (MOK Mszana Dolna) – 36:02
Tadeusz Jurczak – 37:28
M60+
Stanisław Łańcucki (Stalowowolski Klub Biegacza) – 38:34
Andrzej Macioł (Eskadra Dywizjon) – 38:48
Tadeusz Jasek (PZLAM) – 43:43
The race was followed by an official cup-awarding ceremony and a draw of attractive prizes among the race participants. The prizes were granted by President of NEWAG S.A. – Zbigniew Konieczek, Deputy President of the Board of NEWAG S.A. — Józef Michalik and Marian Ryżak, NEWAG’s employee and the main coordinator and organizer of the race.
Apart from the main organisers: NEWAG S.A. and NEWAG Foundation, the event was co-sponsored by the following companies: Medcom Sp. z o.o., Iguana – Gastro – Polska, DELLNER COMPONENTS Sp. z o.o., U ŻABY Dawid Żabiński, Zakład Metalowy ORTYL Sp. z o.o. S.K.A., Eco Inwest Sp. z o.o., P.P.H.U. Gramet Barcice, P.H. VOLPEX, Metalex Sp. z o.o., TT-Thermo King sp. z o.o., WAGO ELWAG Wrocław, ERBET Sp. z o.o., 3A Composites Mobility S.A., SSK Rail Sp z o.o., Eneria sp. z o.o., Rawicka Fabryka Wyposażenia Wagonów „Rawag” Sp. z o. o. THANK YOU ALL !!
The Organisers would like to express their gratitude to all the Sponsors for supporting the organisation of this event hoping for further cooperation in the next edition of the race.
We express our thanks to all the contestants and fans for participating in 11th ‘Sądecka Dycha’ Race and we would like to invite you to the next edition of this event.