2023 Company Races: RPTU Team Succeeds in Landau and Kaiserslautern

In May, the RPTU participated twice with a combined team in corporate runs in the Palatinate: on May 17, the “Firmenlauf Südpfalz” took place in Landau, and on May 25, the team competed in the “B2Run” in Kaiserslautern. The team was successful in both the team and individual categories.

A total of more than 200 runners were part of the RPTU team at the 2023 corporate runs, which was led by team captains from Unisport at RPTU’s Center for Sport, Health, and Wellbeing. Some team members even competed in both 5-kilometer races. Recognizable by their matching team shirts emblazoned with the slogan “We are the RPTU,” the new university was successfully represented at both of its campuses, both in terms of athletic performance and team spirit.

The race in Landau was held without official timing; with over 5,000 participants, only the teams with the largest number of runners were ranked. The RPTU team there consisted of more than 130 runners, placing sixth in the team standings. Despite the lack of official timing, some team members approached the race with great ambition, and RPTU participants were among the first to cross the finish line in both the women’s and men’s races.

In Kaiserslautern, the RPTU team consisted of just under 100 runners. Among approximately 6,000 participants, the RPTU team secured third place twice: in the women’s division, Diana Neben crossed the finish line in third place with a time of 18:41 minutes, and Maximilian Gebhard achieved the same feat in the men’s division with a time of 15:35 minutes.

In addition, team rankings were awarded based on the combined times of each team’s five fastest runners. The RPTU took first place in both the women’s and men’s team rankings, underscoring the team’s strength.

As early as 2022, the university teams from Kaiserslautern and Landau were successful at both events, both as a group and as individual participants. The goal is to participate together again next year with RPTU.

Further information:
Südpfalz Landau Company Run: www.firmenlauf-suedpfalz.de
B2Run Kaiserslautern: www.b2run.de/run/de/de/index.html

Women’s Team Time (B2Run Kaiserslautern): 1:43:42
Diana Neben 18:41.1
Lena Biehl 19:30.1
Lena Stahlschmitt 20:05.7
Imke Schneider 22:08.1
Marie Krebs 23:17.0

Men’s Team Standings (B2Run Kaiserslautern): 1:25:20
Maximilian Gebhard 15:35.5
Frederik Stobbe 16:39.3
Heiner Kruse 16:41.8
Eugenio Perez Patallo 18:09.5
Malte Prietz 18:14.0

For questions:
Bastian Merz
Center for Sports, Health, and Wellbeing (ZSGW)
+49 (0) 631 205-5030
bastian.merz@rptu.de