The UCA Centennial 5K race last Saturday attracted over 150 participants, including 147 runners and 20 walkers.
Ross Kramer, a UCA student, was the overall male winner and set the course record with a time of 17:22. Terri Conder Johnson, a UCA alumna, was the overall female winner in 20:52. Overall second and third place male finishers were Nolan Carter (18:48) and Kevin Lemley (19:08). Lemley is a UCA alumnus. Overall second and third place female finishers were Amy Porter (22:24:31) and Rebekah DiGiacomo (22:24:70). Porter is a UCA alumna and DiGiacomo is a UCA student.
In the student division, top male finishers were Chad Kirkman (20:57), Matthew Duck (22:27) and Michael Cassidy (23:16), while the top females were Heidi Miller (23:26), Jennifer Ginau (25:06) and Lauren Rodebush (25:55). In the alumni division, top male finishers were Dustin Speer (20:22), Keith Williams (21:35) and Matthew Bintliff (22:37), while the top females were Paula Vandaveer (25:33), Teresa DeVore (25:50) and Sharon Lawrence (26:08). In the masters division, the top male finishers were Bill Torrey (19:40), Art Gillaspy (22:10) and Don Starr (22:23), while the top females were Lana Bollen (24:24), Donna Stephens (25:07) and Daneen Hensiek (25:14).
Seven-year-old Casey Ott was the youngest runner and Jim Agee (at age 69) was the oldest runner. Five-year-old Joe Voss (grandson of Joe White) was the youngest walker and Lev Ignolnikov (69) was the oldest walker.
Gerard Bruno and Jennifer Ruud traveled from Stanhope, NJ to run the course.
Complete race results are available on www.ArkansasRunner.com.
