News - September-October 2023
Oct 28
Congratulations to the girls cross country teams of Eudora and Baldwin. Eudora is the 4A champ and Baldwin was right behind in 2nd. Tonganoxie boys took 3rd in 4A. Races were held in Wamego.
Oct 21
Oct 23 - Top 3 finishers of Lawrence area runners at the Garmin Kansas City Marathon (& HM, 10K, 5K):
Name Age City Place Time
Half Marathon
Daniel Zoller 20 Lawrence 3 M18-24 1:20:58
James Fisher 45 Eudora 3 M45-49 1:33:44
Gregg Kunard 50 Topeka 2 M60-64 1:46:55
Lisa Schmucker 59 DeSoto 1 F55-59 1:52:01
Mimi Gardner 70 Berryton 1 F70-74 2:35:52
Sally Kennett 81 Lawrence 1 F80+ 2:39:54
10K
George Peterson 31 Lawrence 1 M30-34 41:26
Christine Andersen 44 Basehor 1 F40-44 46:46
Doug Hewitt 72 Lawrence 1 M70-74 53:12
5K
Robert Murray 57 Eudora 2 M55-59 26:01
Oct 17
| Chicago Marathon, Oct 8 - Results of Lawrence Area Runners | |||||
| Name | Hometown | AG Pl. | Age Group | Time | |
| Vazquez Olivas, Eric | Bonner Springs | 4 | M | 20-24 | 2:17:04 |
| Pro, Stephan | Lawrence | 4 | M | 45-49 |
2:30:29 |
| Pons, Daniel | Lawrence | 212 | M | 30-34 |
2:45:02 |
| Gannaway, Bill | Topeka | 702 | M | 55-59 |
3:46:53 |
| Vieux-Revell, Abbey | Eudora | 1471 | F | 40-44 | 4:11:19 |
| Fredrick, David | Lawrence | 2327 | M | 45-49 |
4:15:54 |
| Olds, Danielle | Lawrence | 1302 | F | 45-49 | 4:25:48 |
| Miller, Serita | Lawrence | 2805 | F | 40-44 |
5:14:35 |
| Morris, Ariel | Lawrence | 2779 | F | 30-34 |
5:18:45 |
| Gannaway, Tina | Topeka | 993 | F | 55-59 |
5:48:29 |
| Bowser, Theresa | Lecompton | 1015 | F | 55-59 | 5:51:17 |
| Treadwell, Katie | Lawrence | 3335 | F | 40-44 |
5:57:53 |
| Watson, Lance | Topeka | 3728 | M | 35-39 |
6:03:09 |
Oct 16
The runLawrence website has a link to the state road-running records as a service to the Kansas running community.
Qualifying performances must meet the standards listed on the “state records” link on the club’s website and must be run on a course that has been certified as accurate by USA Track & Field.
Courses that meet the requirements may be found on the USATF website at: https://certifiedroadraces.com/search
Oct 8
The 8th Annual Billy Mills 10K was held today at the Haskell cross country course. Here are photos from the event. Results
Start of Saturday's 2023 Shoreline Shuffle 5K and 10K on the Clinton Lake trails hosted by the Trail Hawks. Photo by Kara Baden. Results
Oct 7
Scenes from the Haskell Invitational this morning with competition for college and high school teams. Kiara Iron Heart from Haskell was the winner in the women's collegiate 6K race. Results
Oct 5
Armed with Smarts and Science, Camille Herron Sets an Astounding Record in Greece. The American ultrarunner credits patience and reduced carbohydrate intake to helping her smash the women’s course record in the Spartathlon, the iconic 153-mile race from Athens to Sparta. more
(from Outside Online, Brian Metzler, Oct 4, 2023, limited access to the article; you may need an account to read it.)
Oct 4
Matt O"Reilly was named the club volunteer of the year for 2023. He has served as the club vice president, helped at various places for years with the Thanskgiving Day Run. He has volunteered as a pacer at numerous events around the regional and with his art skills hand crafted many awards for local races. He's been race director for Trail Hawks races and the Kansas Half Marathon. When not doing so many things with running, he's an engineering professor at KU and won the 2019 HOPE Award for Teaching Excellence. He's been so busy this summer we hadn't given him the award until today at the Ad Astra Running Store.
Sept 30
A new event was held at Clinton State Park today - the Disc n Dash. Runners ran on a 10K trail course and a teammate played 18 holes of disc golf. Times and scores were added to determine winners. Results
Special awards were made by Matt O'Reilly.
Sept 26
Jackie Wilson's track workouts with runLawrence members has paid off with her 2nd place overall finish at the Windsor Women's 10K on Sept 23rd. She's back home in the UK and running strong as ever. Read more about her amazing race.
Sept 25
The big cross country race, the Rim Rock Classic, draws some of the best high school runners. Over 3,000 ran over the two days. All results
(Tim Byers photo)
Sept 16
The Douglas County Young Life 5K was held this morning at the First United Methodist West Campus. Results | Photos
Sept 14
Next time you see Rick or Kristi Mayo, owners of Mile 90 Photography, thank them for their work recording so many races and consistently at a high artistic level. Above is a shot from the recent Hawk 100. More scenes from the Hawk 100.
Sept 11
We've lost a longtime leader in the running community. Lou Joline passed away Sept 3. Lou was the president of the Kansas City Track Club for 10 years and was also very active in the Blue Springs Running Club and Mid America Running Association. He directed many races, the most successful of which was the Brew-to-Brew Relay which he directed for 20 years. Obituary
Sept 10
Top finishers of Lawrence area runners at the Plaza 10K in KCMO.
1st M overall, Evan Landes (Lawrence) 30:21
1st F50-54, Michelle Andrew (Topeka) 42:19
3rd M65-69, Brian Daldorph (Lawrence) 45:57
3rd F20-24, Emily Chambers (Lawwrence) 46:01
4th M70-74, Doug Hewitt (Lawrence) 54:35
Sept 4
Justin Heitz (Lawrence) finished 6th overall at the Leawood Labor Day 5K.
More photos. (photo by Run and Shoot Freelance Collective)
Results
Sept 3
Keith Dowell's team at the DeSoto 5K-9 fun run. Results
Now available: Mile 90 Photos from the Aug 19 Rexy Run. Tatsiana Khyitsko Trimborn (1107) was the 4th overall female in the 8K. The gravel part of the course was brutal on her legs. (Mile 90 Photography)
Sept 2
Photos from the Bob Timmons Classic- the start of the fall cross country season at Rim Rock Park.