Runners compete in Torch Run
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More than 100 athletes raced in the Torch Scholarship Run Sunday morning in Polson. The racers for the half-marathon portion of the event arrived a little before 8 a.m., while the 5-kilometer runners snatched another hour of sleep and arrived at the starting line a little before 9 a.m.
The brisk weather kept the energized runners stretching and moving to keep warm. Most runners dressed in layers and stripped to their essential running attire only a minute or two before the start of the race on 9th Avenue East.
Runners in both the half-marathon and the 5K races struggled up some grueling hills, straining their lungs and stretching their endurance. Perhaps the most astonishing runner was local legend Bob Hayes. The 83-year-old competed vigorously in the half-marathon, despite competing in a strenuous race a week before.
“I don’t know how smart this is,” Hayes admitted while laboring up a hill. “I just did a marathon last week.”
The Torch Scholarship Run is put on by the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi — a service organization based out of Polson. For the second year in a row, the organization has used the race to earn money for their scholarship. This year’s service-based scholarship will benefit Polson senior Tim Rausch.
5K race results:
Women
Shari Leedom 23:55
Roxena Mcdermott 24:06
Carolyn Taylor 26:31
Michaela Capps 26:56
Joleen Barce 27:27
Pat Bristol 27:34
Brooke Lund 27:36
Deanna McElwee 28:04
Jill Todd 28:04
Sharon Toussaint28:05
Dana Cantlon 29:11
Kate Haake 29:33
Jill Herrick 29:39
Bonnie Klein 32:07
Andrea Fernandez 33:00
Naomi Bagley 33:04
Debby Haake 34:09
Clarissa Palmieri 34:31
Josey Motichka 34:37
Jenna Herrick 34:38
Brandy Chisholm 35:04
Carole Forry 35:37
Chloe Foster 35:50
Judy Bilile 36:09
Renae Cornelius 36:10
Meghan Mccallum 37:10
Anne Mccallum 37:25
Marcie Motichka 37:37
Cassidy Cheff 37:57
Deb Klein 38:04
Charmagne Dolphin 38:10
Kelly Schultz 38:42
Crystal Allison 39:02
Marlene Horsfall 39:02
Diane Byers 39:51
Anita Skane 41:18
Toni Clary 42:46
Quinn Motichka 42:59
Amanda Harrod 43:26
Mckenna Sampson 43:27
Calliope Mikulecky 44:11
Marie Fong 44:26
Korrie Frisk 44:42
Hannah Vaughan 44:42
Deedee Wender 45:55
Pam Rodeghiero 46:55
Amy Vaughan 46:56
Melissa Bahr 46:57
Jenny Forbis 47:12
Leslee Dickson 48:28
Reagan Mcdermott 50:10
Bonnie Mueller 51:18
Floss Felsman 51:19
Amber Zygutis 51:59
Whitney Goss 52:00
Emma Softich 53:22
Sheila Softich 53:53
Erika Nunlist 54:04
Sierra Pete 54:05
Lori Peterson 62:05
Susan Brown 62:06
Juli Humphrey 63:08
Kathy Klinge 63:12
Men
Shea Carlson 20:49
Chris Herrick 21:04
Paul Soukup 22:27
Tel Motichka 22:34
Trevor Motichka 22:57
Scott Taylor 25:32
Jon Herrick 25:55
Steven Palmieri 26:35
Shawn Hendrickson 27:37
Philip Vaughan 27:38
Jesse Barry 28:41
Rich Forbis 29:40
Paul Grinde 29:44
Eric Donovan 30:04
David Vaughan 30:17
David Fong 31:16
Rob McDonald 32:43
Sam Schultz 34:35
Bob Bristol 34:38
Pat Santos 37:09
Dunner Parazoo 38:52
Bill McDermott 50:10
Half-marathon results:
Women
Jenni Brown 1:36:37
Stephanie Henjum 1:39:18
Heather Mergenthaler 1:40:38
Brittany Katzer 1:41:18
Leigh Huffine 1:47:46
Lea Moss 1:48:21
Bonnie Doerfler 1:51:42
Kamala Trotter 1:55:42
Marcey Mcatee 1:56:56
Melanie Byrd 1:56:56
Rebecca Lutgen 1:56:57
Ashley Duty 1:56:58
Alysa Pearston 1:57:24
Jennifer Haun 1:59:02
Wendy Thingelstad 1:59:11
Leslie Byers 1:59:26
Karla Gallatin 2:05:45
Julie Gates 2:07:16
Jennifer Cheff 2:07:35
Kristina Peterson 2:17:50
Bonnie Haun 2:22:33
Men
Edward Leas 1:28:40
Michael Sitter 1:28:40
John Kensek 1:30:41
Brande Mergenthaler 1:30:44
Chris McElwee 1:33:15
Brennin Grainey 1:33:27
Jim Sevaly 1:37:37
Mitchell Young 1:40:29
John Anselmo 1:45:00
Carlos Fernandez 1:51:14
Doug Smith 2:00:53
Mike Graf 2:22:36
Bob Hayes 2:30:32
