Annual Be-A-Walker 5K Oct. 1, 2005
The previously rained-out 16th Annual McNaughton Be-A-Walker predicted-time 5K sponsored by the Heartland Racewalkers was held in Roe Park on Oct. 1 and this time the weatherman cooperated. Thanks to Peg Armstrong for coordinating the refreshments and to our volunteers: Peg and Al Armstrong, Fred Adams, Don Swegel, Lori Bainter-Ratzlaff, and race director Alan Poisner. Some pictures from the event can be found now at the PICTURES link at this site. The full results for all walkers will be found at the RESULTS link. Medals were awarded to the winners in the predicted-time race and the top age-graded finishers will also be recognized. The most outstanding result was the 85.3% age-graded finish for Jean Brunnenkant, who once again showed why she is the national champion. We also want to acknowledge the performance of 11-year-old Kiara Bunton who was entering her first 5K race (longer than the distance usually entered for athletes in this age division). We also want to recognize first-time racewalkers Susan Rico-Ahrens and Jennifer Gallagher. Most of our walkers greatly overestimated their walking time indicating that they were actually faster than they realized.
Winners in the predicted-time 5K:
- Amy Christensen -15 sec
- Virginia Harmer -17 sec
- Sue Knapp -21 sec
- Kiara Bunton +21 sec
Tops in the age-graded finishers:
- Jean Brunnenkant 85.3% (GOLD MEDAL CALIBER)
- Eileen McManus 69.4%
- Kiara Bunton 68.3%
Tops in actual finishing time:
- Eileen McManus 33:29 (Excellent time for this course)
- Virginia Harmer 34:05
- Kiara Bunton 35:53