The course starts and finishes on a college track, which gives it a clean, contained feel. The route itself goes out into the surrounding area before looping back, so you get a mix of campus edges and open road. Chip timing keeps the results honest, and age group awards go fairly deep into the field.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
3.1 Miles · 2025 results
Top 3: Dylan Cope (17:04) · Aaron Lake (17:29) · Gavin Killion (18:51)
The Seton Flying Cardinal 5k has been held every year since at least 2022. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the 3.1 Miles field finished slower than 47:54, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:08:29, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
It is a small race (197 finishers), which is friendlier and less intimidating than a big-city event, though the field thins out. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first 3.1 Miles, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The 3.1 Miles winner ran 17:04 while the median finisher took 47:54. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.
