Two-year old Garrett Hughes reminded us all today that “getting there” is half the fun of running.  In the midst of the Kids Run, Garrett spied the only small puddle left along Riverfront Park.  Being wiser beyond his years, Garrett knew a good thing when he saw it.  He detoured off to the side and took a two-legged hop into the puddle.  I guess we should all remember to puddle-jump every now and then…..

For the Big Kids, it was Marysville’s Chris Bell who took the lead and never looked back.  Chris’ time was 17:52.   Taking second and third respectively were Staten Island’s Mike Leathers in 18:20 followed by Jere Dorowish in 19:03.  First male Masters, coming in 5^th overall, was Dan Lewis in 19:50.   Twenty-year old Holly Feeser took first for the ladies in a swift 21:06.   Not far behind Holly, the race for 2^nd and 3^rd was closely contested between Kim Leathers (21:10) and Belinda Heltzel (21:12).  First  female masters was Molly Hans in 24:42.

With the last of our three 5K races in the books, HARRC is pleased to announce that our total donation to DVS of Cumberland & Perry Counties is a PR of $862.00!  Thanks to ALL participants for their generous donations!  We are grateful to the East Shore YMCA and Chad Krebs for graciously allowing us to use their facility.  A big THANKS to everyone who donated their time & talents  – Debbie & Steve Whittle; Deb & Jim Donahue;  Charlie Laverty; Al Mercik; Joanne Caulfield; Stacey Pietras and Walt (what would we do without him?) Greene.  We are indebted to Deb Donahue and DVS for providing coffee, Panera baked goods, and random prizes.

We wish everyone a continued healthy running year and look forward to seeing you again for Spring Series 2007!

Today’s fun facts…….the 9AM start was welcome as race-time temp was 64 degrees with 80% humidity………..we anticipate that we’ll be seeing  more fast times from CD East track runner, Luke Schrader……….we suspect that the 40 – 49 year old female runners were all home coloring eggs today, as we had no participants in that age group………while it’s doubtful that Tom Davis drove all the way from his home state of Florida for today’s race, we’re happy he came anyway …..apologies to Frank Crupi, whom we bypassed in the results.  We did have an award for Frank; he was gracious about our error and we’re back on his good side………. and be on the look-out for the “Runner Dude”, “Runner Girl” and “Gotta Run”  bumper stickers that were given out in today’s race.

 Results:

 1. Chris Bell  - age 19 – 17:52

2. Mike Leathers – age 23 – 18:20

3. Jer Dorowish – age 33 – 19:03

4. Jason Gamble – age 27 – 19:48

5. Dan Lewis – age 50 – 19:50

6. Tom Snedden – age 58 – 19:59

7. Mike Wanich  - age 20 – 20:03

8. Tom Davis  - age 47  - 20:28

9. Eric Miller – age 14 – 20:38

10. Holly Feeser  - age 20 – 21:06

11. Kim Leathers – age 23 – 21:10

12. Belinda Heltzel – age 28  - 21:12

13. Michael Hughes  - age 37  - 21:39

14. Christopher Markley   - age 43  - 21:43

15. Paul Moretz  - age 43  - 21:57

16. Steve Miller  - age 44  - 22:28

17. Luke Schrader  - age 13   - 22:31

18. Mike Smith   - age 44   - 22:32

19. Sammy Smith   - age 12   - 22:35

20. Frank Crupi  - age 54  - 22:38

21. Joe Hudock  - age 38  - 22:43

22. Ted Crawford  - age 58  - 22:47

23. Kevin Shinnick  - age 37  - 23:48

24. Molly Hans  - age 52  - 24:42

25. Carl Myers  - age 50 – 24:48

26. Dave Falgoust  - age 48  - 25:00

27. Jim Donahue  - age 47  - 25:10

28. Ed Hans  - age 53  - 25:40

29. Sam McClintock  - age 49  - 25:46

30. Chris Gipe  - age 61  - 26:55

31. Josh Lebo  - age 13  - 27:14

32. Neil Rollins – age 26  - 27:28

33. Scott Peterson – age 33 – 27:40

34. Ian Moretz  - age 9 – 28:36

35. Jennifer Ney – age 38  - 29:18

36. Ronnie Ney  - age 16  - 29:19

37. Mary Alice McClintock – age 51 – 30:07

38. Joanne Caulfield  age 56  - 30:45

39. J. Deitch  - age 35  - 31:42

40. Lisa Peterson – age 37 – 31:58

41. Dorothy Minnick – age 54  - 31:59

42. Merry Blew  -age 50 – 32:48

 

Kids Run:

Sadie Smith – age 5

Sarah Smith – age 8

Paige Reese – age 8

Garrett Hughes – age 2

Emily Hughes – age 4

Aidan Hughes – age 6

Kaeley Reese – age 4