| Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science Pretty Good Race |
The 44th annual SCS Pretty Good Race
5K Run and Coach Tomayko 5K Race-Walk
took place on Friday, 30 August 2024, at 4:30 p.m.
under the Panther Hollow Bridge.
2024 Results are posted below.
2024 PGR Runner Instructions (.pdf)
2024 PGR Map and Course Directions (.html)
Our version of the Pittsburgh Great Race, the "Pretty Good Race," is held every September in Schenley Park. Bets between students and their advisors are traditional. Phil Miller wrote an article about the History of the Pretty Good Race for the 25th anniversary of the founding of the CMU Computer Science Department.
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| YEAR | FIRST MALE | FIRST FEMALE |
| 2024 | Tolson Bell (18:33) | Anusha Sinha (25:09) |
| 2023 | Tolson Bell (18:08) | Anusha Sinha (24:24) |
| 2022 | Jack Kosaian (16:26) | Nicole Feng (21:02) |
| 2021 | Jeff Bigham (18:13) | Alicia DeVos (22:08) |
| 2019 | Jeff Bigham (18:34) | Yufei Ye (25:11) |
| 2018 | Joe Pane (16:17) | Megan Cala (22:36) |
| 2017 | Jack Kosaian (17:32) | Emily Ruppel (22:43) |
| 2016 | Ivan Ruchkin (18:15) | Hannah Lyness (22:50) |
| 2015 | Joe Pane (17:30) | Roykrong Sukkerd (24:53) |
| 2014 | Jeff Bigham (17:52) | Lisa Yu (26:26) |
| 2013 | Jeff Bigham (17:49) | Jamie Morgenstern (19:40)** |
| 2012 | Rob Hall (18:50) | Jamie Morgenstern (20:43) |
| 2011 | Stephen Rose (18:52) | Jamie Morgenstern (21:22) |
| 2010 | Phil Gibbons (19:00) | Jamie Morgenstern (22:06) |
| 2009 | Karl Naden (19:12) | Claudia Mueller-Birn (27:22) |
| 2008 | Breck Fresen (15:17)** | Gorana Smailagic (24:08) |
| 2007 | Phil Gibbons (18:23) | Mary McGlohon (25:08) |
| 2006 | Jake Krohn (18:19) | Jacqueline MacDonald (21:40) |
| 2005 | Phil Gibbons (18:19) | Mary Koes (23:30) |
| 2004 | Rob Reeder (18:21) | Tara Matthews (20:32) |
| 2003 | Rob Reeder (17:16) | Yifat Faran (19:58) |
| 2002 | Phil Gibbons (18:14) | Boriska Toth (20:31) |
| 2001 | Steven MacGregor (16:55) | Boriska Toth (21:41) |
| 2000 | Edward Hogan (16:53) | Vandana Verma (23:09) |
| 1999 | Edward Hogan (16:00) | Vandana Verma (23:49) |
| 1998 | Peter Stone (19:09) | Vandana Verma (21:43) |
| 1997 | Peter Stone (18:33) | Dana Stewart (25:03) |
| 1996 | Yuri Smirnov (17:58) | Anne Humphreys (24:49) |
| 1995 | Yuri Smirnov (17:49) | Elizabeth Stuck (25:22) |
| 1994 | Yuri Smirnov (16:38) | Phoebe Sengers (24:10) |
| 1993 | Yuri Smirnov (16:03) | Susan Hinrichs (24:37) |
| 1992 | Yuri Smirnov (19:00) | Susan Hinrichs (23:42) |
| 1991 | Michael Leary (18:29) | Susan Hinrichs (24:05) |
| 1990 | John Pane (17:51) | Kim Faught (22:45) |
| 1989 | John Pane (17:46) | Theresa Pane (22:50) |
| 1988 | John Pane (17:09) | Jenny Robertson (23:56) |
| 1987 | John Pane (18:06) | Nahid Capell (21:48) |
| 1986 | Bob Guzikowski (17:00) | Nahid Capell (21:15) |
| 1985 | John Pane (17:36) | Kim Faught (22:22) |
| 1984 | John Pane (17:23) | Irene Skupniewicz (21:44) |
| 1983 | John Pane (17:12) | Lori Zuti (23:03) |
| 1982 | Peter Highnam (16:48) | Elaine Kant |
| 1981 | Rich Korf | Elaine Kant |
| YEAR | FIRST MALE | FIRST FEMALE | ||
| 2024 | Collison McGrodin (48:00) | Saumya Gangrade (48:02) | Collison McGrodin = Colin McDonald + Harrison Grodin Conjoined | |
| 2023 | Lawrence Chen (39:12) | Sarah Santos (42:55) | ||
| 2022 | Harrison Grodin (40:57) | Mirudhula Mukundan (41:40) | ||
| 2021 | Yuchen Xu (51:02) | Harkiran Saluja (38:09) | ||
| 2019 | Ryan Kavanagh (32:27) | Rafaela Grabert (31:21)** | ||
| 2018 | Ryan Kavanagh (37:08) | Kate Shih (37:47) | ||
| 2017 | Ziv Scully (35:52) | Giulia Giampapa (46:39) | ||
| 2016 | Joseph Giampapa (40:51) | Giulia Giampapa (48:07) | ||
| Silvia Giampapa (48:07) | ||||
| 2015 | Joseph Giampapa (40:43) | Giulia Giampapa (43:40) | ||
| 2014 | Joseph Giampapa (39:28) | Anna Belova (37:40) | ||
| 2013 | Joseph Giampapa (35:07) | Silvia Giampapa (49:57) | ||
| 2012 | Philip Lehman (43:42) | (none) | ||
| 2011 | (none) | (none) | ||
| 2010 | W. Ben Towne (32:24)** | Jane Miller (39:32) | ||
| 2009 | Joseph Giampapa (39:17) | |||
| 2008 | Rikuo Kittaka (45:31) | Masami Kittaka (45:31) | ||
| 2007 | Joseph Giampapa (38:37) | Queenie Kravitz (48:10) | ||
| 2006 | Laurence Kramer (41:30) | Samantha Schearer (42:44) | ||
| 2005 | Laurence Kramer (42:18) | |||
| 2004 | Richard Stern (36:56) | Supriya Kapila (42:22) | ||
| 2003 | Philip Lehman (43:41) | Lynn Reder (44:02) | ||
| 2002 | Richard Stern (39:03) |
** = New record
Also see the summary stats.