Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) organized a “Virtual Pi Mile” event on Saturday March 28 in light of the postponement of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s official, in-person event due to the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).

Participants in the 5k race, which was opened beyond ChBE to the greater Georgia Tech community, mapped out their own individual routes and ran with appropriate social distancing. They uploaded their times and optional selfies upon completion of the race.

Winners of the Virtual Pi Mile were (pictured left to right):

• Graduate Student: Jon Grunewald, 16 minutes and 48 seconds
• Postdoctoral Researcher: Maddie Ball, 23 minutes and 21 seconds
• Faculty: Victor Breedveld, 18 minutes and 17 seconds

Best Excuse for Not Running Faster (pictured left and center below):

• Martha Grover (1^st place): “I stopped to smell the flowers.”

• Mark Styczynski (2^nd place): “I tried to dodge the hills, but found even more.”

Latest Runner (pictured at right below):

• Brad Dixon, who missed the window to upload his time, because he was too busy promoting the event.

Congratulations to all of our runners!:

Aaron Liu, Carsten Sievers, Chiamaka Obianyor, Chunyi Li, Danny Shade, David Sholl, Dhrumil Shah, Elijah Holland, Fernanda Piorino, Haley White, Jianshan Liao, Jon Grunewald, Juan Mena, Julie Champion and family, Krista Walton, Lukas Bingel, Maddie Ball, Maria Rain Jennings and family, Mark Styczynski, Martha Grover and family, Monica McNerney (alum), Qiang Fu, Rebecca Schneider, Samantha Pustulka and dog, Tania Evans, Valerie Kay, Victor Breedveld, William Bradley, and Youn Ji Min.