By Alan Sorensen
Turn out was strong and the top times were quick for the Havre Striders Festival Days 5K and 1-mile run, jog, or walk Sunday morning.
A total of 64 participants completed the 5K competition held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday and 18 completed the 1-mile course around the MSU-Northern campus an hour later.
Blazing the way in the longer race through Highland Park were a pair of KG runners who came in within two seconds of each other. Aaron Smith copped top honors with a time of 17 minutes and 37 seconds, while teammate Eric Hanson crossed the line at the First Avenue S-curve in 17:39.
The first woman to finish was Havre High ace harrier Jennie Peterson in 19:20. Hot on her heels were her head coach Kim Ray in 20:02 and her assistant coach and former KG standout Christin Smith in 20:09.
Also breaking the fabled 20-minute barrier in the 3.1 mile run were Kyle Raining Bird, 18:14; Garrett Watson, 18:49; Donovan Archambault, 19:13; Cliff Cunningham, 19:14; Dave Crossly, 19:36; Deven Donoven, 19:51.
Taking the cake in the 1-mile run for the men was Zoon Wood in 6:06, with Laura Watson leading the way for the distaffs in 7 minutes flat. Also finishing in the 6-minute range were Joel Dupree in 6:12 and Jim Chenoweth in 6:30.
Complete results in the 5K were: 1. Smith, 17:37; 2. Hanson, 17:39; 3. Raining Bird, 18:14; 4. Watson, 18:49; 5. Archambault, 19:13; 6. Cunningham, 19:14; 7. Peterson, 19:20; 8. Crossly, 19:36; 9. Donoven, 19:51; 10. Ray, 20:02; 11. Smith, 20:09; 12. Kirk Miller, 20:39; 13. Kari Filius, 21:03; 14. Jen Dibblee, 21:53; 15. Greg Lynnes, 21:54; 16. Amy Wood, 22:36; 17. Eric Wallace, 22:59; 18. Dave Martens, 23:00; 19. Lisa Hopewell, 23:05; 20. Kris Harrison, 23:07; 21. Becky Peterson, 23:11; 22. Nikki Grant, 23:38; 23. Jillian Brough, 23:40; 24. Jenna Baltrusch, 23:42; Zach Crossly, 23:43; 26. Jim Rogers, 23:44; 27. Lori Betts, 23:49; 28. Tom Dupree, 23:53; Crystal Hall, 24.35; 30. Dennis Murphy, 24:51; 31. Bob Malsam, 24:59; 32. Don Roseburg, 25:28; 33. Cara Holmquist, 25:55; 34. Jeff Dibblee, 26:03; 35. Frank Peterson, 26:14; 36. Tara Roseburg, 26:22; 37. Andrea Holmes, 26:25; 38. Bob Peterson, 26:27; 39. Kayleen Hockett, 26:47; 40. Barbara Slonaker, 27:09; 41. Jackie Williams, 27:09; 42. Nikki Dibblee, 27:25; 43. Trina Muller, 27:27; 44. Chris Barts, 27:35; 45. Matt Herman, 28:45; 46. Audrey Schumacher, 29:59; 47. Alan Sorensen, 31:11; 48. Brandy Hanson, 32:52; 49. Diana Betts, 33:12; 50. Daniel Raining Bird, 34:55; 51. Sharon Marino, 35:30; 52. Linda Harmon, 38:03; 53. Kim Komevosky, 42:39; 54. Cindy Ellingson, 42:44; 55. Judy Badgley, 43:35; 56. Mike Barts, 44:49; 57. Susan Lowen, 45:45; 58. Ben Lowen, 47:27; 59. Nancy Hamilton, 47:30; 60. Melissa Oberquell, 47:36; 61. Jessica Harmon, 48:13; 62. Wanda Raining Bird, 48:14; 63. Pam Long, 50:45; 64. Roxanne Rogers, 50:47.
Mile winners were: 1. Wood, 6:06; 2. Dupree, 6:12; 3. Chenoweth, 6:30; 4. Watson, 7:00; 5. Alex Chenoweth, 7:01; 6. Patrick Albertson, 8:44; 7. Carly Chenoweth, 9:24; 8. Danny Miller, 9:27; 9. Jamaica Kaercher, 10:09; 10. Kyra Kaercher, 10:41; 11. Evan Albertson, 11:52; 12. Brett Albertson, 11:52; 13. Laura Anderson, 12:20 14. Noah Anderson, 12:21; 15. Connor Albertson, 12:41; 16. Julie Albertson, 13:31; 17. J.J. Albertson, 13:55; 18. Bonnie Bennett, 19:55.
