Golden Harper, Lightning, Danny, Speedy, Bryce, Summer Harper, Krystal Harper, Amber Andrews, Cheryl Harper, Mary Ran
The Fun Run August 5, 2008 was FREE but participants still got race bibs, FREE t-shirts, and entered in a FREE PRIZE DRAWING! Several Sojourners were among those who won large items and gift cards! The evening was pleasantly cool at City Center Park due to heavy cloud cover. The race was very laid back, they didn’t keep track of what place we finished, and the police told us to have fun and cheat if we wanted, by cutting the course short! However, most runners finished the full course and a few seemed to take it as somewhat of a serious workout, wearing flats, such as top male finishers Danny Moody and Bryce Peterson and top female finishers Mary Ann Schauerhamer and Amber Andrews. The square course was only 3.0 miles on asphalt north of the park.
The top 3 men and women won 100, 150, and 200 dollars August 2, 2008 as part of the USATF Circuit. Tech tees, hot breakfast, and live music made the morning complete for 365 attendants. See www.wadsco.com.
Men:
1. Teren Jameson, 15:14, husband of Emily (below)
2. Seth Wold, 15:30
3. Jeffery McClellan, 15:31
Women:
1. Emily Jameson, 17:39, Former BYU All-American
2. Zuzana Tomas, 17:56, 2008 Slovak Olympic Marathon Team (leaving tomorrow for Beijing)
The UC Strikers, a local soccer program, held their 2nd fund raiser 5k which also benefitted his youngest sister, Sandra, who became paralyzed in a sledding accident and is in need of a van and a power wheel chair. 85 runners supported the cause July 19, running from the Lakeside Sports Park, north-west of UVSC. The 1st male and female won a 6-month gym pass and a free hair cut. There were also medals and a random drawing. The flat course was well-marked and there was music at the starting/finishing line.
1. Mary Ann Schauehamer18:54, Sojourner, former Div I college runner, 2. Jaydn Asay 20:46, 9th Grade, Lakeridge Jr High, Orem, 3.Brett Zobell 21:51,4. Sam Rosen 22:32, Timpview High School, Provo, UC Striker Soccer Team, 5. Ariel Silveira 22:47, Orem, ran for Zerro Running Club in Uraguay
Chelsea McKell represented the Sojourners at the American Fork Steel Days 5k and Bryce Peterson donned the Eagle at the 1st Annual Tin Cup Challenge 10K in Driggs, ID winning by 4-5 minutes with 36:25 at 6200 feet elevation (34:51 alt. adj.) on a mostly flat course with a slight uphill.
Sojourner Chelsea McKell was the first woman to finish the correct course at the Best Buddies road race starting at Mountain View High School, July 12. Mary Ann Schauerhamer and David Bell led the race early, but when a cop who was assisting in the race directed them to go the wrong way, they led the next 5 runners on a 4+ mile route. The cop sent the rest of the runners the right way.
This was the 1st annual race put on by Best Buddies, an organization that provides opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Next year the race director said she might send the biker in the front of the race to lead. Mary Ann finished her 4 mile course a in 25:05, or 6:16/mile, a 19:22 5k pace. David, who took the lead after 2 miles, ran his slightly longer 4.05 mile course in about 24:15, or 5:59/mile, an 18:34 5k pace. Because of the confusion of the course and the generosity of the 5k winners, David and Mary Ann were awarded medals and prizes, and the other 5 who went the long way and the first finishers of the 5k route are to be awarded medals soon.
Matt Chatterly heads up a group 2 miles into the race
The Cascadia Trail Series resumed Saturday morning with the Battle at Big Springs 8k Off Road Challenge and it was a blast! Everyone who didn’t come really missed out on a great time. The weather was cool and perfect, the course was fantastic, and nearly every single runner got something great in the prize drawing. Karl Jarvis of the Runner’s Corner Mountain Ultra Team just edged out Runner’s Corner employee Danny Moody for the win and UVU runner Mary Nothum ran away with the women’s win followed by Karynn Bentley and Sojourner Jennifer Hughes who is still kicking butt despite being quite pregnant! Thanks to everyone who came and we hope to see you all and a bunch more people at the Trial on Trail Fifty-One 12k in September. Pics and Results should be posted early in the week at http://srcevents.com/cascadia .
In the July 4th Freedom Festival 10K Michael Vick and Jared Keller placed 2nd and 3rd out of 1125 men and women, and 1st and 3rd in age divisions with 32:57 and 33:13 out of 550 men. Cody Christensen and Kevin Cowles took 1st and 2nd for men, and Rena Chesser and Michelle Lowry placed 1st and 2nd for women.
In the 5k, Mary Ann Schauerhamer placed 2nd out of 897 women and 16th out of 1667 men and women in the 5K in 18:00 behind BYU All-American Lindsey Dunkley. Angela Petersen, who just finished her senior year running for BYU, placed 3rd. Jon Nelson and Karl Wilcock won the men’s.
Those who were allowed to took home 300, 200, and 100 dollar checks for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!
Mary Ann Schauerhamer and Amber Harper took the top 2 places for women June 14 with times of 18:17 and 19:42, both winning their age categories as well. They also placed 3rd and 8th overall out of 266 runners.
Among other Sojourner’s in the race, Chelsea McKell placed 2nd in her age category and 5th for women,and Ty Andrews placed 25th overall and 8th in his age category. Former BYU runner Chad Durham won the men’s division in 16:49.
Mary Ann also won the women’s division in the Lehi Roundup June 28 in 18:27. Chad Durham won the men’s division again in 16:05.
All-American Rena Chesser and Mary Ann Schauerhamer flew to Indianapolis to try to qualify for the Trials May 31 at the IUPUI American Milers Invitational. Rena ran a 10:09.89, out-kicking 6 competitors the last lap, digging deep into to the B-Standard for the Olympic Trials. Her time is the 22nd fastest time this year by an American. The top 24 women from this and last year get to run in the Trials in Eugene, OR. Since 9 additional women ran under 10:09 last year, Rena was ranked 31st. However, 5 of these women and 1 woman who qualified this year chose not to go. That moved her ranking up to 25th, just one place off of the Trials behind Brittany Somers, 10:09.87, 2-one-hundredths of a second faster. This was only her second steeple in 2 years!
Rena Chesser and Mary Ann Schauerhamer took first and 2nd May 17 in the road race at Thanksgiving Point, beating all the men and women. Rena ran 18:41, and Mary Ann ran 19:14 on the hilly, winding course. 760 runners ran the race.
Mary Ann led the first 2 miles in just over 6:00/mile, then Rena led the last mile which included a steep hill on the final stretch. The course wound along the beautiful Thanksgiving Gardens paths. A flock of doves were released at the start. The race was held in promotion of the book “Running With Angels,” a story of triumph over personal tragedy.
Rena Chesser pulled into the lead after the first lap in the 1500 meters at Weber May 3, leading the way for teammate Mary Ann Schauerhamer who then took the lead the last 700 meters, winning in 4:38. Rena finished with a season best of 4:42 in 2nd place.
At the Utah Twilight at the U of U, Danielle Menlove led women much older than her for much of the 1500 meter May 8. She was just out-kicked on the last lap, placing 2nd, and beating all of the BYU 1500 runners.
Mary Ann Schauerhamer won her heat of the 400 meters in a P.R. of 58.32. This was her first 400 meter race in 7 years, and only her 3rd ever! She came back to P.R. in the 200 meter, then teamed up with Rena Chesser, Jen Grossarth and Nichole Clark to place 3rd in the 4 x 400. Rena ran a 60 sec split but took the baton early, making her distance farther than the others, followed by Mary Ann who turned in a 59. Their total time was under 4 minutes.
