Last week the Thankful Turkey 5K, sponsored by the Bluebonnet Lions Club of San Marcos, was held out at the River Ridge course.
A good crowd of local and nearby area runners was on hand for a perfect day for running. Cool temperatures and no wind made for excellent running conditions.
With more than 150 runners competing for a turkey, ham or pie award for placing in an age category, it was made all the better as those that may not have won an award were offered a chance to be a winner at drawings after the race. It took almost 30 minutes to go through the gifts from sponsors of the race. Not many runners left without something to take home.
Taking first overall in a very fast time was Brock Simmons from Austin in a time of 15:49. The female overall champion was Anne Eckern from Houston in a 20:28 time. Randall Wood, San Marcos took the male Masters title with a 18:06 time, and Angie Burke, San Marcos was the female Masters champion in 23:23. The wheelchair winner was Kristin Messer of Austin in 22:08.
In the male “19 and Under” age group Marcos Gonzales, Kyle, was first in 16:45, with several runners from Lockhart getting 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th places. Michael Hernandez, 23:04 and Matthew Brannagan, 31:58 rounded out the San Marcos entries. In the female division, Lockhart again took the first and second place awards just ahead of Cydney
McMillan of San Marcos in third in 23:18. Fourth place went to Tobya Hausen, San Marcos, 23:24 and Jill Ament, San Marcos, was fifth in 23:27. Hannah Hoffman ran a 35:35 and Marissa Morales, at age 10, 53:54, were the other San Marcos entries.
In the male 20-29 age group, Mark Foster took second in 17:08 and Paul Archer ran in at 18:00. San Marcos runners in that age group included Justin McCreight, who ran a 24:03; Kevin Medina, 30:24 and Walker Rodriquez, who ran a 34:30.
The females in the 20-29 age group had plenty of competition, as it was by far the largest age category with 24 runners. San Marcos’ Krista Betzing was first in 22:45, followed by Meghann Sauer, 25:29 and Naomi Mahamuth, 29:06. Other San Marcos runners included JoAnna Garcia (29:38); Meredith Hickson (29:55); Amanda Gold (29:59); Michelle Craig (30:22); Alyssa Chamrad (33:37); Kellee Sanchez (33:37) and Jeni Bolton (34:29). Rachel
Bailey (37:28), Courtney Lamar (38:38), Hannah Hyatt (38:38) and Sonia Elisa Martinez (39:20), all from San Marcos, along with Candace Ofter (52:51) and Deondra Akin (54:01) from Kyle made for a very competitive race.
In the male 30-39 age group, area runners included Kyle’s Matthew Veloz at 22:33, San Marcos’ Lucio Lopez in 24:13 and San Marcos’ Gabriel Segura in 28:09. For the women’s 30-39 age group, Martindale’s Anna Jaso took second with a time of 23:54; San Marcos’ Liesela Austin (28:24), Jennifer Bowie (34:21) and Melissa Molina (40:37) all ran well in the race too. Other Martindale runners included Cheryl Sonderquist (28:48), Elena Machado (35:33) and Deanna DeLeon (36:27).
In the male 40-49 age bracket, it was San Marcos’ Eric Rindahl who took first place with a time of 21:01, and Staples’ Tom Windmiller took third with 23:05. San Marcos’ Michael Small clocked 24:09; Tommy Machado of Martindale clocked 24:22 and San Marcos High School assistant football coach Paul Kilby timed in at 28:19. Dave Carlsberg, San Marcos timed in at 28:52 and Martindale’s James Phillips (56:14) rounded out the men’s age group.
San Marcos’ Cindy McMillan took first for the 40-49 women in 24:23 and San Marcos’ Sylvia
Quintero finished second in 27:26. Other local finishers included Laura Mason in 4th (31:19); Sarah Vaughan (31:42); Brigitte Payne (34:23); Joan Hickey (40:23) and Kyle’s Roxanne Garza (53:56).
The men in the 50-59 age group were well represented with Fentress’ Mike Vordenbaum taking first with a 19:54. San Marcos’ Alan Atchison placed third with a time of 23:39. San Marcos runners Mike Daily (25:17), Dan Gibson (26:09), Robert Krantz (26:44), John Wortham (29:35), Gary McBryde (35:48) and Len Hickey (43:51) added to a full age group.
The 50-59 women had San Marcos’ Julia Symon (27:24) in third with Kyle’s Teresa Medina (30:58) in fourth. Other local finishers included San Marcos’ Cindy Shannon-Lee (31:06), Buda’s Charlene Martinez (31:20), Staples’ Elma Minor (32:40), San Marcos’ Vicki Giere (33:49), Kyle’s Jan Koger (42:00) and Martindale’s Gerry Brown (54:01).
In the male 60-69 age bracket, San Marcos’ Frank Payne took first with a time of 25:22. Martindale’s Ronnie Murphey (31:06) and Buda’s Mark Brock (32:06) ran some good times. No local 60-69 women were represented as the entries came out of Georgetown.
In the male “70 and over” age bracket, an old friend, Orlando Alaniz, Austin, once again took first in 30:41, with San Marcos’ Russell White in second at 30:48. For the women, Austin’s Vonda Lee Adorno, a regular entrant at our races, took first in 31:12, and San Marcos’ Sumi Onoderi-Leonard took second with a time of 41:34.
What a treat to see the senior runners show other runners that running is really a lifetime activity!
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