Thank you for being part of the 2025 TMC Arizona Distance Classic!!

Hello to the registrants for the 2025 TMC Arizona Distance Classic! We had a great time this past weekend and we hope that you did too!

Read on for more post-race information:

• Race results and finisher video clips
• How to pick up awards and remaining shirts
• Where to find race photos
• Speedsters
• Sponsor acknowledgement
• Volunteer "thank you"
• St. Luke's Home fundraising
• Next up on our running event calendars

NEXT YEAR: Next year's event will be held on March 8, 2026. We've opened registration for next year's TMC AZDC and you can use the discount code "AZDC2025Reward" for an additional $10 off the current early-bird pricing. You can register here.

The super-cool $10 discount is good through March 10th, but the early-bird prices go through the end of March.

If you could spare just a couple of minutes (really, just several minutes!), we would love for you to complete a short Participant Survey to help us know what we did well and what we can keep working on for next year.

And if we missed anything or if you have any other comments or questions about the event, contact Race Director Randy Accetta at randy@runtucson.net.

Race results can be found on either the Southern Arizona Roadruners or Roadrunner Race Timing websites.

Check out the SAR results pages and watch a video clip of you going through the finish line!

If you earned an award but didn't pick it up at the Awards Ceremony, you can head to The Running Shop at 3055 North Campbell Avenue to pick it up through the end of March, 2025.

Not sure what the award categories are? Check out this page.

If you're local and missed the event but want to get your shirt and virtual finisher's medal, visit The Running Shop through the end of March. (Unfortunately, we cannot mail race items.)

Wherever you came from, we're grateful that you traveled to our home to do this event. Participants came from Colorado, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, California, New York, Michigan, Oregon, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Indiana, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Hawaii, Illinois, Virginia, Nevada, Montana, Iowa, New Jersey, and North Carolina - plus Poland, Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Race photos by John Harris can be found here.

Race photos by Damion Alexander can be found here.

You can post your own photos at the race registration photo page too!

For social media, you can tag @runsar, @tucsonmedicalcenter and @runtucson -- we're trying to bring more people to vacation in Tucson, so feel free to tag @OVTourism and @theovchamber.

And be sure you follow the TMC AZDC on Facebook so you stay up to date with the latest announcements and plans for next year.

With three races, there was some great running from top speedsters and age group podium placers. Remember to watch the finish line videos on the SAR results pages.

5K: Claudio Cheuquen took first place overall in 19:08, while Leah Mensch was second overall and first in the women's division in 19:13.

Quarter Marathon: Lionel Sanders ran 34:55 to take the overall victory, while Poland's Gabriela Gawel snagged the first overall female prize in 47:16.

Half Marathon: Spencer Kirsteatter from Wisconsin ran from the front the whole way to take the victory in the Half Marathon in a splendid time of 1:11:49. Oro Valley's own Jori Galles (above) continued her hot streak with the win in a time of 1:21:54.

Chair Duo: The two Chair Duo teams included first place Summer Lopez (above) and Liz Barrios-Lopez from Florida and second place Luke Senner and Michelle Nolen from Tucson.

Thank you to TMC Health for being the title sponsor for this event. 

In addition to the TMCOne location on La Cañada, we look forward to helping support TMC Health as they provide even more services in more locations for the greater Oro Valley community. See https://www.tmcaz.com for details on health care in Southern Arizona.

See https://jobs.tmcaz.com if you're interested in working at the various TMC Health locations.

Thanks to Ridgway Private Wealth and RightSure Insurance Group for providing additional financial support, and thanks to Lucas Tyler and the crew at The Running Shop for all the effort.

Thanks, too, to Skratch Labs, Arizona Pristine Roofing, StretchLab, and Natural Grocers for your in-kind and financial support and your race day presence.

Thanks to the food trucks who came out! And to Kenny Darr at KGUN and Dave Perry at the Explorer, and to the OV Chamber: thank you for helping get the word out!

Thanks, too, to the teenagers from Kids Unlimited for singing the National Anthem.

Special thanks to everyone who helped produce this event, including the folks who helped set the course, clean up afterwards, hang banners, hand out water, direct runners on the route, and hand out numbers and shirts at packet pickup:

Salpointe Catholic HS National Honor Society Students (above)

Doreen Davis

Tia Accetta

Zachary Poit

Laura Arnold

Hector Castrejon

Martha C Flores

Callie Turnbull

Adam Giacolone

Reina Sharrah

Tim Gilbert

Eric Sosa

Ösa Lader

Becky Hanson

Evelyn Johnson

Greg Benzon

Beverley Benzon

Gary Giese

Azani Anderson

Akili Anderson

Kristina Fernandez

Gordon Reynolds

Valentin Lopez

Stephanie Meron

John OMasta

Thanks to Roche Tissue Diagnostics for sharing their facilities -- and to the Town of Oro Valley, the Oro Valley Police Department, Desert Barricades, and Golder Ranch Fire for ensuring public safety.

Thanks to SAR Board members for all their work on race day and behind the scenes: Mohammed Al-Sammak, Dave Dixon, Amairani Garcia, Caroline Gardiner, Donna Gracia, Ashley Levy, Wayne Lubis, Craig McCarthy, Agata Orlinski, Layra Reza, Robert Rezetko, Greg Wenneborg.

Thanks, too, to John Ward for all operational support.

The SAR Board Sub-Committee collectively spent over 150 hours on this event: Dave Dixon, Craig McCarthy, Robert Rezetko, Lucas Tyler, Greg Wenneborg. As a SAR Board member and St. Luke's Home Advisory Board member, Robert was especially instrumental in bringing this event together!

And last but not least, very many thanks to Race Director Randy Accetta of Run Tucson for partnering with us to bring back this great event!

If you're interested in joining the non-profit Southern Arizona Roadrunners, check out the membership page here.

You can check out the full SAR race calendar here.

We've opened registration for next year's TMC AZDC and you can use the discount code "AZDC2025Reward" for an additional $10 off the current early-bird pricing. You can register here.

The super-cool $10 discount is good through March 10th, but the early-bird prices go through the end of March.