There were 110 participants in the 5k walk / run at the 2014 Ham and Turkey Festival on Saturday, Sept. 20. There were 45 walkers and 65 runners. The event was directed by Linda Baer.
The walkers started the 5k course at 7:30 a.m. Because this was a sanctioned event, instructions on what was walking and what was not were very important. The runners started at 7:45 a.m. With the different start times, the first runners and first walkers They were Overall Winners are (category, name and time): Male Runner - Kent Lang (18:59); Female Runner - Heather Doyle (24:41); Male Walker - J D Gattermeier (37:21); Female Walker - Roberta Pate (39:45).
Category Winners
Runners - Female: 10 and Under - Natalie Mahacek (32:13), Chloe Hughey (49:08), Kristin Wetzig (52:01); 11 - 14 - Elizabeth Lutz (28:07), Cora Kuykendall (31:10), Daylynn Baker (33:12); 15 - 19 - Brittany Ellington (29:22); 20 - 29 - Caitlin Smith (32:05), Jessica Perez (36:12), Tasha Duncan (57:49); 30 - 39 - Bobbi Hagerman (26:02), Becky Lawson (26:35), Sarah Russell (28:11); 40 - 49 - Andrea Mahacek (32:24), Julie Wingate (40:25), Heather Lang (45:58); 50 - 59 - Barbara Huddleston (30:12); 60 - 69 - Sharon Schaefer (28:36), Roseann Meyers (29:41).
Runners - Male: 10 and Under - Evan Brown (29:20), Owen Cliburn (32:43), Phillip Crawford (37:41); 11 - 14 - Chatman Pardoe (21:42), Logan Brown (25:36), Adam Crawford (25:48); 15 - 19 - Bryant Carpenter (31:16), Michael Romans (34:03), Ryan Tate (34:04); 20 - 29 - Brady Hohman (21:26), Adam Chesser (22:53), Daniel Cook (25:27); 30 - 39 - Aaron Schaefer (22:41), Seth Everett (23:27), Cale Brown (28:00); 40 - 49 - No participants; 50 - 59 - John Weghorst (20:24), Calton Denzil (21:51), James Smith (22:57); 60 - 69 - Stuart Huddleston (24:45); 70 and Over - Bill Gerling (26:04), Richard Carlson (29:16), Carl Meyers (30:34).
Walkers - Female: 10 and Under - No participants; 11 - 14 - Lizzy Colton (48:33), Mariah Mills (57:33); 15 - 19 - Morgan Cliburn (53:24), Allie Carpenter (58:02); 20 - 29 - Heather Belt (54:11), Jasmine Henry (69:22); 30 - 39 - Tiffany Drake (43:22), Tiffany Dowell (50:14), Barb Whittle (50:15); 40 - 49 - Melissa Bestgen (47:50), Stephanie Colton (48:35), Shelly Lutz (50:59); 50 -59 - Donna McClusky (53:51), Jeannie Pratt (54:10), Mindy Keeran (56:28); 60 - 69 - Dawn Cook (42:30), Christie Dowell (50:13), Timmie Cliburn (53:20); 70 and Over - Jeanette Keeran (56:29).
Walkers - Males: 10 and Under - No participants; 11 - 14 - Rhett Kiesling (53:23), Jack Warren (60:01); 15 - 19 - Samuel Leighton (53:21), Dylan Tate (60:03); 20 - 29 - No participants; 30 - 39 - Brent Bestgen (47:51), Rocky Martin (50:16); 40 - 49 - James Colton (48:34); 50 - 59 - Terry Wetzig (38:30), David Cook (43:01), Jim Pratt (46:50); 60 - 69 - Steve Miller (43:30), Elmer McCully (59:15); 70 and Over - Gene Eulinger (52:10).
The following who finished the events, both walkers and runners, are listed from first to last by name (age) and time to complete the course.
Walkers - 1. J D Gattermeier (76) 37:21; 2. Terry Wetzig (56) 38:30; 3. Roberta Pate (48) 39:45; 4. Dawn Cook (60) 42:30; 5. David Cook (59) 43:01; 6. Tiffany Drake (37) 43:22; 7. Steve Miller (63) 43:40; 8. Jim Pratt (54) 46:50; 9. Melissa Bestgen (40) 47:50; 10. Brent Bestgen (33) 47:51; 11. Lizzy Colton (12) 48:33; 12. James Colton (48) 48:34; 13. Stephanie Colton (40) 48:35; 14. Christie Dowell (63) 50:13; 15. Tiffany Dowell (38) 50:14; 16. Barb Whittle (36) 50:15; 17. Rocky Martin (37) 50:16; 18. Becky Dalbey (38) 50:58; 19. Shelly Lutz (49) 50:59; 20. Abbey Wood (30) 52:08; 21. Kim Hayes (32) 52:09; 22. Gene Eulinger (70) 52:10; 23. Karen Crawford (41) 52:11; 24. Mariah Mills (11) 52:33; 25. Malinda Fast (45) 52:34; 26. Timmie Cliburn (66) 53:20; 27. Samuel Leighton (16) 53:21; 28. Heather Kiesling (42) 53:22; 29. Rhett Kiesling (14) 53:23; 30. Morgan Cliburn (15) 53:24; 31. Shirley Davenport (60) 53:50; 32. Donna McClusky (54) 53:51; 33. Todd McClusky (54) 53:52; 34. Jeannie Pratt (52) 54:10; 35. Heather Belt (26) 54:11; 36. Karen Rimel (43) 54:12; 37. Mindy Keeran (57) 56:28; 38. Jeanette Keeran (81) 56:29; 39. Alli Carpenter (17) 58:02; 40. Michele Merrill (46) 59:14; 41. Elmer McCully (69) 59:15; 42. Jack Warren (12) 60:01; 43. Dawn Warren (32) 60:02; 44. Dylan Tate (18) 60:03; 45. Jasmine Henry (27) 69:22.
Runner - 1. Kent Lang (52) 18:59; 2. John Weghorst (58) 20:24; 3. Bradey Hohman (28) 21:26; 4. Chatman Pardoe (13) 21:42; 5. Denzil Colton (51) 21:51; 6. Aaron Shaefer (38) 22:41; 7. Adam Chesser (23) 22:53; 8. James Smith (55) 22:57; 9. Seth Everett (33) 23:27; 10. Stephen Cook (57) 23:59; 11. Larry Dahler (58) 24:07; 12. Heather Doyle (36) 24:41; 13. Stuart Huddleston (60) 24:45; 14. Daniel Cook (29) 25:27; 15. Nathaniel Donley (28) 25:29; 16. Logan Brown (11) 25:36; 17. Adam Crawford (12) 25:48; 18. Bobbi Hagerman (31) 26:02; 19. Bill LePage (58) 26:03; 20. Bill Gerling (70) 26:04; 21. Becky Lawson (32) 26:35; 22. Trevor Prenger (11) 26:52; 23. Kevin Stock (52) 27:02; 24. Cale Brown (35) 28:00; 25. Elizabeth Lutz (14) 28:07; 26. Sarah Russell (34) 28:11; 27. Sharon Shaefer (61) 28:36; 28. John Colton (13) 29:03; 29. Richard Carlson (72) 29:16; 9. 30. Evan Brown (10) 29:20; 31. Brittney Ellington (15) 29:22; 32. Rose Ann Myers (60) 29:41; 33. Barbara Huddleston (59) 30:12; 34. Carl Myers (80) 30:34; 35. Cora Kuykendall (14) 31:10; 10. 36. Bryant Carpenter (15) 31:16; 37. Emilio Juarez (26) 31:19; 38. Karen Prenger (34) 31:58; 39. Caitlin Smith (21) 32:05; 40. Natalie Mahacek (9) 32:13; 41. Andrea Mahacek (41) 32:24; 42. Melissa Baker (32) 32:24; 43. Owen Cliburn (10) 32:43; 44. Gary Baker (35) 33:12; 45. Daylynn Baker (12) 33:12; 46. Michael Romans (17) 34:03; 47. Ryan Tate (15) 34:04; 48. Jessica Perez (29) 36:12; 49. Philip Crawford (10) 37:41; 50. Hannah Harkins (34) 38:29; 51. Julia Farris (31) 39:17; 52. Julie Wingate (40) 40:25; 53. Clayton Winkler (12) 42:23; 54. Warren Colton (14) 43:32; 55. Heather Lane (41) 45:58; 56. Scott Harkins (35) 46:38; 57. Michelle Hughey (36) 49:08; 58. Chloe Hughey (10) 49:08; 59. Kirstyn Wetzig (10) 52:01; 60. Kyle Freiner (11) 52:06; 61. Haley Duncan (9) 52:17; 62. Karey Freiner (34) 52:46; 63. Sandra Arnold (38) 52:47; 64. Cadence Winkler (9) 52:48; 65. Tasha Duncan (24) 52:49.