Election of officers and other information

Runners and walkers,

The next meeting of the Linkville Lopers will be Wednesday November 17, at 7:00 PM at 133 North 4th. We will have nominations for officers. If necessary, we will vote at the December meeting. All positions are open. President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and three Board members. These are two year terms. As far back as I recall we haven't had voting as we are lucky to just get people to volunteer for these positions. If you or anyone you know would be interested, please come to our meeting. Our current officers are Homer Garich, President; Chad Elbert, Vice President; Jeff Franklin, Secretary/Treasurer; and Board members Scott Murchison, Denny Brumback and Jeff Sparks.

We are desperately looking for a race director for the annual Turkey Trot to be held on Saturday November 27 at Moore Park. This does not involve a lot of time. 2-3 hours on race day. If anyone is interested please contact me. email or phone at 882-1453 or 281-3838.

Registration forms are out for the Snowflake Mile to be held on Thursday December 9 at 6:45 PM. I think most schools will have them as well some local businesses. For information call Marvin Dykstra 331-5737

Thanks
Homer

Spud Run Results.

I know this is a bit late, but better late than never. Thanks to all that participated. We hope you enjoyed yourself.

5 mile;

1. Troy Crowell, 29:38;
2. Misael Flores, 33:00;
3. Linda Hartman, 34:00;
4. Brandon Chase, 34:33;
5. Amber Bradley, 37:04;
6. Uwe Britsch, 37:11;
7. Aaron Kuhlman, 37:35;
8. Anu Campbell, 38:19;
9. Lucas Lembrick, 40:40;
10. Mark Godbey, 40:43;
11. Fred Ginestar, 40:57;
12. Robert Sayler, 40:57;
13. Kayla Swingle, 41:46;
14. Kara Ginestar, 41:54;
15. Denny Brumbeck, 41:57;
16. Kalistah Cosand, 42:44;
17. Gene Richardson, 42:46;
18. Tim Newnham, 43:38;
19. Eric Noble, 43:57;
20. Jeff Chase, 44:46;
21. Tom Romig, 45:00;
22. Meghan Esbenshade, 45:17;
23. Brenda Clemens, 45:27;
24. Tim Clemens, 45:27;
25. Joe Jertberg, 45:31;
26. Mike Noonan, 46:28;
27. Melody Meyer, 46:34;
28. Gina Alvis, 47:15;
29. Mollie Williams, 47:34;
30. Sally Taylor-Villar, 47:56;
31. Theresa Ross, 47:56;
32. Timothy Underwood, 50:31;
33. Sherrie Chase, 55:27.

1 mile

1. Tyler Park, 5:23;
2. Chelsea O'Grady, 8:01;
3. Gloria Steiner, 8:20;
4. Haley Steiner, 8:30;
5. Nishi Chase, 8:34;
6. Krista Chase, 8:34;
7. Gian Christmas, 9:54;
8. Julia Flocchini, 10:30;
9. Candence Nelson, 10:47;
10. Josh Nelson, 10:47;
11. Tamera Cosand, 12:00;
12. Michael Wagner, 12:48;
13. Duane Newnham, 12:49;
14. Pat Brumback, 12:55;
15. Sarah Chase, 16:20;
16. Susan Dowling, 17:03;
17. Enver Bozgoz, 17:20;
18. John Dowling, 17:28;
19. Cindy Newnham, 18:45;
20. Jessica Singleton, 18:47;
21. Matt Ertle,19:10;
22. Ashley Ertle, 19:18;
23. Jill Bisno, 19:18;
24. Julie Westenberg, 19:19;
25. John Burke, 22:43.

Wednesday night walk/runs

The Wednesday night group run/walks will be at Veterans park at 6:00pm for the next few months so that there will be access to lighted streets and drier sidewalks.

Chad.

Wednesday Night Run.

It sounds like last week went well. For those of you not on our local email, here is the latest from Homer.

We had a good turnout last Wednesday. Roughly 8 or 9 runners and 3 or 4 walkers. This Wednesday we are meeting at Mias and Pias at 6:00PM. We'll be closer to liquid refreshment after our get together. Hope to see you there. Also, we have an active Facebook, so check it out along with our website and blog.

Chad.

MMR results.

Thankyou to all that participated in the first MMR on the 26th. What a great day for a race. I thought I would first start with an update on Dan Warner. He tripped during the 5K and cut his face by his eye and broke a finger. Thanks to the efforts of the nurses that were participating and voluteering, he was in the ambulance and off to the hospital very quickly. They were even able to get his car up to the hospital after the race was over. I can't thank you ladies enough for being there. Jeff was able to get in touch with him last week and he is doing well. The ER had to do some work on his face and set his finger but he was able to go home that day and is considering running again after he heals up.

I'll get some pictures posted but wanted to get the results out to everyone.

We had a total of 78 participants in the two events. This was an amazing turnout and I hope you all had fun on the challenging trails at Moore Park.

5k Results

Place Name Age Gender Time

1 Alek Angeli 16 M 20:28
1 Culley Dumbeck 17 M 20:28
3 Troy Crowell 40 M 21:03
4 Alex Mangan 16 M 22:30
5 Greg Christensen 58 M 22:31
6 Tyler Park 18 M 22:32
7 Tyrone Raber 33 M 24:17
8 Laura Raber 32 F 24:21
9 Christina Tyson 15 F 24:53
10 Amber Bradley 33 F 25:04
11 Dave Hewitt 31 M 25:14
12 Tony Vino 43 M 26:33
13 Steven Bell 42 M 27:43
14 Jamie Mangan 40 F 28:52
15 Milo Chase 13 M 29:13
16 Mark Godbey 55 M 29:36
17 Taylor Nelson 27 F 29:36
18 Kalistah Cosand 22 F 30:34
19 Tyler Dierickx 20 M 30:55
20 Carrie Driscal 49 F 32:06
21 Kyle Kinyon 17 M 32:09
22 Susan Lawrie 48 F 32:11
23 Jered Yewchuk 13 M 32:13
24 Julia Shrader-Lauinger 27 F 32:14
25 Krista Chase 39 F 32:18
26 Jim Libby M 32:26
27 Breanna Almond 15 F 33:19
28 Mariah Raade 29 F 33:53
29 Renea Wood F 34:18
30 Caitlin Littrell 30 F 35:55
31 Heather Coty 30 F 35:56
32 Eve Washe 32 F 37:01
33 Aurora Robeson 30 F 38:28
34 Kelsy Blitzer 23 F 38:38
35 Jennifer Lovell 32 F 38:39
36 Rob Sanchez 33 M 39:13
37 Laura Atkins 33 F 41:54
38 John Schaefer 28 M 41:56
39 Elizabeth Fiogerzi 32 F 44:57
40 Danielle Turner 32 F 50:52
41 Molli Meyer 29 F 51:02
42 Beverly Sanchez 33 F 51:04
43 Alysa Schaffer 11 F 55:30
44 Meredith Shipman 36 F 55:31
45 Rene Dubois 37 F 55:32
46 Tara Piper 4 F 1:08:02
47 Kim Twitchell F 1:08:01


Half Marathon Results

Place Name Age Gender Time

1 Jon Buel 23 M 1:40:28
2 Jeremy Eisen 39 M 1:40:51
3 Brad Mangan 42 M 1:42:12
4 Dean Moris 37 M 1:42:43
5 Stephen O'Neal 52 M 1:46:31
6 Jack White 36 M 1:56:38
7 Willem Dejong 34 M 1:56:40
8 Chris Graetsch 41 M 1:57:02
9 Mark Smith 47 M 1:57:03
10 Ken Huckins 47 M 1:57:30
11 Aaron Juhlman 39 M 1:57:52
12 Nathon Stroh 38 M 2:01:15
13 Claudia Graetsch-Vasquez 38 F 2:04:48
14 John Bott 52 M 2:09:03
15 Deb Shaffer 36 F 2:11:50
16 Brooke Parks 28 F 2:13:10
17 Lucas Stroud 31 M 2:14:17
18 Jenine Hoisington 47 F 2:14:20
19 Maria Kessler 50 F 2:18:34
20 Cody Ames 32 M 2:20:23
21 Nicole O'Hair 43 F 2:25:47
22 Jerry Anderson 50 M 2:26:01
23 Leslie Heather 45 F 2:26:07
24 David Heather 54 M 2:26:07
25 John Tohason 50 M 2:36:39
26 Jeff Anderson 49 M 2:39:18
27 Adeline Brinkley 13 F 2:39:37
28 Beth Brinkley 46 F 2:39:52
29 Tracy Justice 42 F 2:41:41
30 Daniel Piper 12 M 3:22:43
31 Ben Piper 43 M 3:22:46

Wednesday night group run/walk.

We are trying to get people together for a weekly group run/walk. Next Wednesday September 29th we will meet at Veterans Park at 6:00pm. When everyone shows up we can decide how far and where we want to go.

We would like to try to make this a weekly get together that is just for fun all skill levels welcome.

Chad.

Spud Run.

Can you believe it is that time or year again when they start harvesting potatoes? Well whether you want to believe it or not, fall is hear.

With that in mind it is time to start thinking about the SPUD RUN. This is a fun little run that has been put on for years by the Lopers in conjunction with the Merrill Potato Festival. The races start at 9:00 am at the corner of West Main street and HWY 39. If you head South through Merrill you'll see us set-up on the right. Race day registration starts at 8:00am and you can pre-register if you like. It makes it easier on the race directors if you do pre-register, so try to send it in early. After the race plan to enjoy the festivities of the Potato Festival and parade.

There is a 5 mile run and a 1 mile run/walk. The cost is $5. We'll be putting entry forms around. They'll be at The Ledge, GNC, Ella Redkey, Harbor Fitness and were ever else we can get them.

The proceeds from this event and all Linkville Lopers event go to help the club put on these local events and to raise money for our scholarship fund. We will be giving out first scholarships this year. There will be more to come about the scholarships in the next month.

Chad.