News - March - April 2025

Apr 21

Sharon Lokedi won this year's women's race at the Boston Marathon. Here she was competing for KU in 2017.

Apr 19

The rain didn't come and the Kansas Relays Community 5K had a beautiful morning for the event. Overall winners were Tegan Michael (Hoyt) and Ashley Turpin (Meriden). 122 finishers. Check out the photos. Results

25Apr19 Kansas Relays 5K

 

Apr 17

Correction! Dee Boeck actually won the F75 age category at the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile in Washington DC. The person with the faster time than Dee was actually age 52. And Molly Wood finished 10th, not 11th in the F70 group.

Apr 14

Damon Mar ran the Double Chubb 50K (St Louis) in 7:11:57 good for 15th place.

Apr 13

Lawrence runners took one-two-(three) at the Flint Hills Gravel 21K at Americus yesterday. Jennifer Kongs and Matt O'Reilly were 1-2. Emma Hauser, formerly of Lawrence now of Madison WI was 3rd.

Recognizable names finishing at Rock the Parkway were (in the half marathon) James Martinez (1st M20), Brian Daldorph (3rd M65), and club members Kristina Selters and Ellen Young, and (in the 5K) Stacy Riggins.

Apr 9

Recent results of club members:
At the Cherry Blossom 10 Mile (Wash, DC), Apr 6
Dee Boeck, 2nd F75,1:40:49
Molly Wood, 11th F70, 1:41:33
Becky McClure, 69th F65,1:54:10

At the Rockin K (Ellsworth KS), Apr 5
Dan Kuhlman, 10th in the marathon, 5:55:34

Mar 17

Photos from the Ad Astra Irish Mile today. Two state records were set. Stephanie Brokaw (Manhattan) set the new best state time for a Kansas female with a time of 4:59. Dee Boeck (Lawrence) set a new F75-79 record with a 8:06.

25Mar17 Ad Astra Irish Mile

Mar 15


Race director need to be prepaped for any emergencies; a tornado is another level of concern. Jake Anderson, director of the Three Days of Syllamo (Blanchard Springs, Ark.) survived the tornado hit on his cabin by hiding in the bath tub. A miracle only one injury among all the participants camped there. The races were canceled after the tornado. Damon Mar, club member, was at the run.

 

Mar 4


Liberal, Kansas and Olney, UK host their International Pancake Day races every Shrove Tuesday. This year's winner was Liberal's Pamela Bolivar in 1:03 over the 415 yard course.
KSN video of Liberal race.
BBC video of the Olney race. Here's a link to the BBC story on the Olney race.

Mar 3

Congratulations to race director Ellen Young for another great edition of the Shamrock Shuffle. Great attendance with 538 finishers in both the 5K and 10K.

runLawrence members award winners:
5K
Doug Hewitt, 3rd men's super masters, 28:18.3
Don Whittemore, 1st M80, 41:14.4

10K
Kent McDonald, 1st men's super masters, 47:39.7
Kim Luce, F50, 53:39.3
Kent Ely, 2nd M55, 1:03:05.5
Becky McClure, 2nd women's super masters, 1:03:49.1
Theresa Bowser, 3rd F60, 1:16:30.4

Mar 1

Congrats to runLawrence member Becky McClure - 2nd in the Super Masters category in the Shamrock Shuffle 10K.

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