Another great Kootenai River Run
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| More than 200 runners, walkers and stroller-pushers lined up for the 2011 Kootenai River Run. |
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| Catherine DelSalle grabs the number of runner Micah Krmpotich, winner of the 2011 Kootenai River Run 10K event. |
While race results and times aren't yet available, Jacob Callister, who'll be a senior at Bonners Ferry High School next year, won the 5K event, and 2011 BFHS graduate Micah Krmpotich strolled in to win the 10K event with room to spare.
Run founder and organizer Jim Cadnum did another amazing job this year, rallying volunteers from throughout the community (who in the interest of the race gave up the opportunity to run!) to keep everything running smooth.
There were even Friends of the Arts at the finish line; Catherine DelSalle and Shannon Earle did a fine job logging the times and names! Bonners Ferry Junior Miss runner up, the former Irina Wormgoor, radiant with child, was on the sidelines getting pictures of all academy finishers.
What was amazing this year is how far some people came to compete; in addition to the usual 9B, 7B, Kootenai County and British Columbia plates in the parking lot, this year's event saw plates in the parking lot from as far away as Illinois and Arizona.
One of the Washington plates turned out to be from clear on the coast, and brought with it a runner from Long Beach, California, a runner with a unique story to tell (read it here).
In the final tally, there were 260 registrants and 255 of those finished their run. In the men's 5K, 82 finished, in the women's, there were 100 finishers. In the men's 10K, 39 finished, 34 women finished that run.
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| Melody Braden was the winner in the women's 5K run. |
In the 1-11 age group, the top three finishers were Lindsey Christopherson, 33:34, Adisy McClain, 34:38, and Elisa Balcaen, 37:02. Top finishers in the 12-15 bracket were Sydney Foster, 25:40, Kate Matlosz, 28:18, and Carter Boyd, 40:08.
In the 16-19 bracket, winners were Erin Hiatt, 25:10, Katy Hiatt, 25:34, and Liz Racer, 25:38. Age 20-29 women's 5K winners were Melody Braden, 21:07, Sarah Carpenter, 25:11, and Katie Moore, 27:43. In the 30-39 year old age bracket, top finishers were Suzanne Kaplan, 21:31, Jennifer Borg, 25:48, and Treva Rawlings, 26:05.
In the women's 40-49 age bracket, winners were Lisa Matlosz, 27:17, Margaret Porter, 28:22, and Willow Feller, 30:41. In the 50-59 bracket, top finishers were Sulet Hiatt, 28:50, Elaine Wheatley, 29:03, and Nancy Rausch, 37:14.
Winners in the 60-69 age bracket were Susan Bates-Barbude, 30:48, Janis Kerby, 52:17, and Susan Wright. Leslie Marshall was the oldest participant, running in the 70+ age bracket and finishing with a time of 58:34.
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| Jacob Callister, Bonners Ferry, won the men's 5K run. |
In the 1-11 age group, the top finishers were Jamin Bontrager, 24:43, Josiah Merrill, 26:23, and Ethan Butler, 29:20. Josh Dufrene, 26:25, and Trey Dufrene, 33:48, were the only two competing in the 12-15 bracket, and Jacob Callister, 19:14, David Kline, 21:13 and Alex Minor, 21:28, were the winners in the 16-19 bracket.
In the 20-29 age bracket, top finishers were Kyle Drube, 20:50, Luke Foster, 27:00, and Manny Gastelum, 55:21. Among men aged 30-39, winners were Hank Willis, 22:14, Scott Victorson, 26:16, and John Tock, 29:50. In the 40-49 bracket, John Harding, 19:20, Scott Bourassa, 20:37, and Chris Rawlings, 21:18, were the winners.
In the 50-59 age bracket, winners were Grant Giles, 20:32, Mike Tymrak, 23:42, and Michael Kilgore, 25:22. In the 60-69 bracket, Larry Zowada won with a time of 29:48, followed by Roger Doucet, 30:07, and Chet Savage, 34:53. The oldest 5K men's runner was Gerald Bouse, running in the 70-plus bracket, who finished with a time of 30:52.
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| Casey Hampton came in first in the Women's 10K event. |
In the 12-15 women's bracket, Mackenzie Mendenhall won with a time of 1:47:00, followed by Katie Colson, 1:47:01. In the 16-19 bracket, Lorena LeBarbera came in first with a time of 57:35, followed by Kelly Dorris, 1:12:01, and Ashley Raynal, 1:13:23.
In the 20-29 bracket, Casey Hampton led with 45:16, followed by Tawyny MacDonald, 46:16, and Kimberly Clark, 58:10. In the 30-39 bracket, Lyndsay Hart finished first at 51:01, followed by Lizzy Hughes, 52:39, and Misty Jacobson, 57:32.
In the 40-49 bracket, top finishers were Tamie Hicks, 46:08, Cindy Ryan, 48:22, and Tonya Kilgore, 52:49. Jamie Wynsma was the only finisher in the 50-59 category, coming in with a time of 1:40:00, and Etta Mae Schnuerle was the only runner in the 60-69 bracket, finishing with a time of 1:42:03.
Micah Krmpotich, Bonners Ferry, was the overall winner in the men's 10K race, finishing with a time of 37:42.
In the 1-11 age bracket, the only finisher was Will Colson, who crossed the finish linie at 1:47:00. In the 12-15 bracket, Scott Kopczynskiled with a time of 40:10, followed by Bradley Thompson, 42:46, and Luke Wood, 54:36. In the 16-19 bracket, it was Micah Krmpotich in the lead at 37:42, followed by Dylan Sweeney, 38:45, and Mason Foster, 45:56.
In the 20-29 bracket, top finishers were Brad Clark, 45:30, Brad Lang, 46:11, and Tyler Warner, 47:12. In the 30-39 age bracket, Samuel Overman finished at 40:08, followed by Steve Short, 48:57. In the 40-49 bracket, it was Chae Lee leading with a finish time of 50:51, followed by Kim Yong, 51:13, and Tim Straw, 51:22.
In the 50-59 bracket, Sam Testa won with a time of 49:51, followed by Grant Coughlin, 50:16, and Tim Fulton, 52:17. Winners in the 60-69 bracket were Dennis Aslett, 48:44, Tom Riggs, 49:52, and John Harbuck, 53:11.
Thanks go out to organizers Jim Cadnum and Paul Bonnell, and to all those who helped behind the scenes to make this year's Kootenai River Run an outstanding event!