5K for Relay Race Report

What a great day for a race! The weather was perfect, the turnout was good, and a lot of money was raised for a great cause. This is the second year for 5K for Relay which benefits the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. With the economy the way it is and everyone’s pocketbook hurting, we still managed to exceed our goal and raise over $5,000. How about that $5K for 5K!

There was a nice turnout of cancer survivors, many who participated in the race. 133 people crossed the finish line with the Pacers’ very own Terry Lawhead winning the race.

For many, this was their first 5K including Marty Van Deusen who brought up the rear. She did so with her head held high and everyone in attendance cheering her across the finish line. Miss Marty is 58 years old and physically challenged. She had been training for this event since January but had yet to ever do more than 2 miles…until now! The smile on her face (and everyone else’s) when she crossed the line was unforgettable. Thank you Miss Marty for being an inspiration to everyone. 　

A big thanks also goes to Hattiesburg Eye Clinic of Petal and Dr. Johneen Gilich for their generous support. Thanks to all of the Pacers who participated and volunteered. A special thanks to Kristin Pratt and Becky Ryder for all their hard work and commitment to making this a successful event. Mayor Carl Scott and the Petal Police Department deserve a big shout out for making the course clean, beautiful, and safe. To all of the Asbury UMC community who participated and volunteered, you were truly amazing.

Next year is promising to be even bigger and better because the wheels are already turning in my head on how to improve. If you didn’t participate this year there’s always next year so mark your calendars now! May 1^st 2010, 5K for Relay, hope to see you there!

Sheila Eaton

　2^nd Annual 5K For Relay - Awards

April 25, 2009　

CATEGORY	Place	Time	CATEGORY	Place	Time
MALE OVERALL			FEMALE OVERALL
Terry Lawhead	1	18:21	Keri Frasier	4	20:08
MASTERS MALE			MASTERS FEMALE
Richie Sumrall	2	19:34	Audrey Jackson	12	22:42
GRAND MASTERS MALE			GRAND MASTERS FEMALE
Neil Solomon	3	19:37	Jill Solomon	33	25:58
MALE WALKERS OVERALL			FEMALE WALKERS OVERALL
Lane Simmons	111	40:23	Cindy McDonald	116	44:02

AGE GROUP DIVISIONS 5K RUN

AGE: Under 14			AGE: Under 14
1.Connor Griffin	47	27:14	1. Ella Leek	114	43:44
2. Graty Leek	107	38:18	2. Molly Schraeder	115	43:44
3.			3.
AGE: 14 - 19			AGE: 14 - 19
1. Tyler Flores	8	21:50	1. Whitney Argenbright	21	24:09
2. Mitchell Ashby	52	28:11	2. Casey Voss	75	30:58
3. Channing Oglesby	60	29:51	3.
AGE: 20 - 29			AGE: 20 - 29
1. Jerry Mahon	16	23:21	1. Alyssa Cairns	17	23:24
2. Richard Harbison	54	28:49	2. Karla Kannon	24	24:27
3.			3. Priscilla Hebert	26	24:53
AGE: 30 - 39			AGE: 30 - 39
1. Tony Phillips	7	21:49	1. Jodie Lee	14	22:53
2. Michael Blair	9	21:51	2. Melanie Friend	19	23:32
3. Mike Boyd	10	22:16	3. Laura Anderson	22	24:17
AGE: 40 - 49			AGE: 40 - 49
1. Nestor Raul Anzola	18	23:26	1. Wendy Harms	27	25:08
2. Billy McWilliams	20	23:34	2. Becky Wilks	40	26:33
3. Lewis Griffin	51	28:10	3. Melinda Carroll	43	26:50
AGE: 50 - 59			AGE: 50 - 59
1. Ed Curtis	5	20:55	1. Robbie Headrick	36	26:18
2. Phillip Wedgeworth	6	21:13	2. Janis Cook	55	28:51
3. Guy Doty	25	24:44	3. Dee Rasberry	77	30:51
AGE: 60 and Over			AGE: 60 and Over
1. Ken Headrick	66	30:10	1. Becky Ryder	41	26:41
2. Bob McKowan	85	31:38	2.
3.			3.

　　
2^nd Annual 5K For Relay –
AGE GROUP DIVISIONS 5K Walk

AGE: Under 14			AGE: Under 14
1.			1.
2.			2.
3.			3.
AGE: 14 - 19			AGE: 14 - 19
1.			1. Sarah Schraeder	120	46:57
2.			2.
3.			3.
AGE: 20 - 29			AGE: 20 - 29
1.			1. Jennifer Blackwell	129	53:56
2.			2.
3.			3.
AGE: 30 - 39			AGE: 30 - 39
1. Rocky Eaton	127	53:39	1. Diane Novar	122	47:05
2. Brad Williams	130	57:22	2. Marcy Jones	131	57:23
3.			3.
AGE: 40 - 49			AGE: 40 - 49
1.			1. Missy Schraeder	119	46:57
2.			2.
3.			3.
AGE: 50 - 59			AGE: 50 - 59
1. Kurt Mulling	128	53:40	1. Cindy Doty	121	46:57
2.			2. Pam Powers	123	49:49
3.			3. Marty Van Deusen	132	1:27:10
AGE: 60 and Over			AGE: 60 and Over
1. Joe Powers	123	49:49	1. Beth Word	126	53:21
2.			2.
3.			3.

2^nd Annual 5K For Relay – Overall Results
Petal, MS - April 25, 2009

Place	Name	Gender	Age	Time
1	Terry Lawhead	M	42	18:22
2	Richie Sumrall	M	45	19:34
3	Neil Solomon	M	50	19:37
4	Keri Frazier	F	27	20:08
5	Ed Curtis	M	50	20:55
6	Phillip Wedgeworth	M	57	21:13
7	Tony Phillips	M	39	21:49
8	Tyler Flores	M	16	21:50
9	Michael Blair	M	34	21:51
10	Mike Boyd	M	35	22:16
11	Michael Draughn	M	33	22:30
12	Audrey Jackson	F	48	22:42
13	Chris Maul	M	33	22:47
14	Jodie Lee	F	34	22:53
15	Charley Morgan	M	32	23:19
16	Jerry Mahon	M	27	23:21
17	Alyssa Cairns	F	29	23:24
18	Nestor Raul Anzola	M	44	23:26
19	Melanie Friend	F	31	23:32
20	Billy McWilliams	M	47	23:34
21	Whitney Argenbright	F	14	24:09
22	Laura Anderson	F	31	24:17
23	Fei Xie	M	32	24:25
24	Karla Cannon	F	24	24:27
25	Guy Doty	M	50	24:44
26	Priscilla Hebert	F	26	24:53
27	Wendy harms	F	41	25:08
28	Jason Harms	M	37	25:08
29	Kim Gouch	M	52	25:10
30	Scott Stour	M	32	25:18
31	Katie Anderson	F	27	25:20
32	Shelly Inguerson	F	25	25:41
33	Jill Solomon	F	50	25:58
34	Jon Dumke	M	26	26:04
35	Mary Ellen Mangum	F	33	26:06
36	Robbie Headrick	M	53	26:18
37	Jennifer Lee	F	33	26:26
38	Jenny Maul	F		26:28
39	Terri Warck	F	29	26:29
40	Becky Wilks	F	44	26:33
41	Becky Ryder	F	64	26:41
42	Dave Davies	M	51	26:47
43	Melinda Carroll	F	46	26:50
44	Sue Martinez	F	46	26:52
45	Ben Lee	M	39	27:04
46	Loren Miller	F	25	27:10
47	Connor Griffin	M	12	27:14
48	Kelli Phillips	F	37	27:43
49	Mike Jones	M	39	27:48
50	Linda Drinkwine	F	29	28:02
51	Lewis Griffin	M	44	28:10
52	Mitchell Ashby	M	15	28:11
53	Adrienne McPhail	F	24	28:25
54	Richard Harbison	M	24	28:49
55	Janis Cook	F	50	28:51
56	Tara Brock	F	28	29:00
57	Amanda Williams	F	27	29:00
58	Cindy Brown	F	49	29:11
59	Susan Dobson	F	53	29:18
60	Channing Oglesby	M	17	29:51
61	Rob Soyers	M	27	29:52
62	Jared Huguet	M	25	29:57
63	Tisha Zelner	F	39	30:02
64	Becca Darwin	F	23	30:04
65	Melissa Fulton	F	31	30:05
66	Kent Headrick	M	62	30:10
67	Steve Shepherd	M	53	30:14
68	Nicole Eiger	F	27	30:17
69	Adam Meyers	M	25	30:18
70	Benji Drinkwine	M	32	30:19
71	Candy Voss	F	48	30:30
72	Jenny Murray	F	29	30:43
73	Michelle Flores	F	41	30:48
74	Joe Housley	M	48	30:56
75	Cassey Voss	F	16	30:58
76	Justin Compton	M	34	30:59
77	Dee Rasberry	F	55	30:59
78	Courtney Voss	F	21	31:00
79	Jana Nobles	F	25	31:00
80	Eric Howell	M	32	31:01
81	Erica Allen	F	33	31:06
82	Veronica Parker	F	40	31:06
83	Marci Oglesby	F	43	31:07
84	Josh Williams	M	32	31:37
85	Bob McKowan	M	66	31:38
86	Melanie Waters	F	28	32:00
87	Monica Rawlins	F	39	32:05
88	James Rawlins	M	40	32:05
89	Mitzi Rainey	F	36	32:37
90	Kathleen McCormick	F	45	33:03
91	Wendy Clayton	F	32	33:35
92	Ryan Jaynes	M	25	33:35
93	Kimberly Darwin	F	25	33:39
94	Cindy Hyden	F	50	33:57
95	Sarah Huguet	F	30	34:11
96	Wendy Anderson	F	38	34:35
97	Blake Anderson	M	40	34:35
98	Karen Lott	F	41	34:37
99	Marty Jones	M	37	35:09
100	Rebecca Johnston	F	35	35:38
101	Erika Miller	F	42	35:44
102	Amy Jones	F	34	35:51
103	Twein Blackwell	F		36:11
104				36:21
105	John Bechignoni	M	31	36:55
106	Johneen Gilich	F	31	36:55
107	Graty Leek	M	9	38:18
108				38:20
109	Melanie McDonald	F	21	39:06
110	Daphne Golden	F	40	39:49
111	Lane Simmons	M	47	40:23
112	Angela Davies	F	37	40:36
113	Stacy Berger	F	38	40:53
114	Ella Leek	F	7	43:44
115	Molly Schraeder	F	11	43:44
116	Cindy McDonald	F	48	44:02
117	Melanie Morgan	F	48	45:09
118	Graham Davies	M	20	46:13
119	Missy Schraeder	F	44	46:57
120	Sarah Schraeder	F	19	46:57
121	Cindy Doty	F	50	46:57
122	Diane Novak	F	39	47:05
123	Joe Powers	M	69	49:49
124	Pam Powers	F	54	49:50
125				50:03
126	Beth Word	F	61	53:21
127	Rocky Eaton	M	39	53:39
128	Kurt Mulling	M	53	53:40
129	Jennifer Blackwell	F	26	53:56
130	Brad Williams	M	39	57:22
131	Marcy Jones	F	36	57:23
132	Marty Van Deusen	F	58	1:27:10
133	Susie McKowan	F	58	1:27:11
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Race Report for 5K for Relay 4/25

Neil Solomon

An excellent course which my Garmin had at 3.1 miles. A little warm but a nice course. Congratulations to Terry Lawhead for another overall win.

Also a special congratulations to my wife, Jill who took another 2 minutes off an ran a 25:59 and won the grandmaster division. As usual Richie Sumrall and I ran the whole race shoulder to shoulder, with me setting the pace, and he outkicked me at the end this time. We each had PR with Richie at 19:35 and me at 19:37, this head to head battle is pushing us to PR's. Richie won the Masters and I won the Grandmaster and overall we were 2 and 3. Next race I am going to let him set the pace for us. The race was well attended with 135 runners with good goody bags and awards.

I almost didn't go to this race but I'm glad I did because it was a lot of fun. I didn't pre-register so I didn't receive a tee-shirt but the goody bag had nice stuff (travel toothpaste, toothbrush, a travel packet of wet wipes, key chain, and a ribbon). There was tons of food after the race including donuts (all different kinds) and pizza. I didn't anticipate running very fast. I've been having problems with side stitches and ate a bunch of birthday cake the night before. I made sure I started slow and was doing well until my car key fell out of the little bag that attaches to my shoe and I had to go back for it. Luckily I heard it hit the ground and noticed right away. That bag has gone on several runs with me, all longer than 3 miles, and that has not happened before so I don't know what happened but I won't use that zippered pocket again. Anyway, I picked up the key and tried to get back in the groove. The sunny stretch before the last turn got a little warm and I felt like my head was baking but I didn't slow down too much and finished with a PR of 24:18, which was 3rd in my age group. The prize was a three-sided clock with the name of the race below the clock and the other two sides with frames for photos. In the photo are (from left to right): Tisha, Sue, Adrienne, and Laura. © Laura Anderson