Winners abound at Kiowa Labor Day 5K race

With temperatures in the 60s and partly cloudy, it was an absolutely beautiful morning for Kiowa's Labor Day 5K race. Starting the race about 8:30 a.m., the runners and walkers who finished totaled 211.

South Barber Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller was first to cross the finish line with a time of 18:56.7. Because he is 44 years old, Miller is considered the Overall Masters Male Finisher. When asked, Miller said he thinks he's won the 5K three times and second the last six years when Luis Chavez has entered and won. Chavez was not here this year.

Running just seconds behind Miller was Overall Male Finisher Newt Heatherman, who is a member of the cross-country team at Burlington, with a 19:07.

It's the same situation with the overall female winners. At age 41, Sarah Bickerstaff was the first female to cross the finish line in 20:13.2. Raised in Alva, Bickerstaff was known as a runner and did triathlons. She now resides in Omaha, Nebraska, where she works for Conagra Foods. Bickerstaff was the Overall Masters Female Finisher.

Bickerstaff also set a new record for the Overall Female Masters Division, replacing her old time of 20:14 set back in 2023 with a new time of 20:13.When asked if she trains, Bickerstaff said no because her busy schedule doesn't allow for it.

Alva's Lakin Gaddy is a cross-country runner for AHS, where she is a senior. She was the Overall Female Finisher, with a 21:43.2.

Other 5K Division winners were:

1st Male Kiowa Finisher, Mylo Miller

1st Female Kiowa Finisher, Jancey Goodno

Youngest Male Finisher, Copper Brattin

Oldest Male Finisher, Mike McGinley

Youngest Female Finisher, Maudie Nielsen

Oldest Female Finisher, Pam Green

Middle of the Pack, Declan Blevins

Winners in the Male 9 and Under group were:

1st – Ford Frieouf 30:01.8

2nd – Grady Hutson 32:42.4

3rd – Merritt Morgan 34:00.2

4th – Taten Graves 38:32.1

The winners of the Female 9 and Under group were:

1st – Isla Shelite 36:02.1

2nd – Ada McNett 45:49.3

3rd – Prairie Quick 47:13.2

4th – Maudie Nielsen 56:15.1

In the Male 10-13 group, the winners were:

1st – Reid Frieouf 20:43.3

2nd – Tucker Owen 23:54.9

3rd – Stetson Metcalf 24:19.1

4th – Beck Grabar 24:41.1

Winners of the Female 10-13 age group were:

1st – Jancey Goodno 25:00.7

2nd – Halle Grabar 25:36.3

3rd – BaiLea Swonger 27:52.3

4th – Lynnon Humphrey 28:08.1

In the Male 14-19 age group, the winners were:

1st – Killian Bath 21:41.4

2nd – Cash Dotson 25:38.3

3rd – Larry Heatherman 25:38.4

4th – Ayedn Burleigh 26:16.9

Winners of the Female 14-19 group were:

1st – Lyndee Fraire 23:58.8

2nd – Danielle MacKinney 26:12.9

3rd – Kenslea Schupbach 26:38.4

4th – Autumn Drake 31:03.6

Winners of the Male 20-29 group were:

1st – Gabriel Vannucchi 20:14.2

2nd – Daniel Bonilla 21:39.4

3rd – Jason McCarty 23:39.2

In Female 20-29, winners were:

1st – Sarah Garvie-Wilber 22:55.2

2nd – Brogan Winston 26:22.4

3rd – Courtney Roark 33:55.4

Winners of the Male 30-39 age group were:

1st – Pake McNally 24:05.4

2nd – Brad Grabar 25:37.0

3rd – Sammy Kruckenberg 28:19.9

In the Female 30-39 group, winners were:

1st – Kaylen Corder 23:49.0

2nd – Tayla McNally 24:06.7

3rd – Maggie Gada 25:07.6

Winners in the Male 40-49 group were:

1st – Craig Schmidt 22:40.4

2nd – Otto Schwerdtfeger 24:21.6

3rd – Sam McBrayer 24:26.0

In the Female 40-49 group, winners were:

1st – Oaklee Grant 25:54.5

2nd – Kelly Owen 25:59.1

3rd – Rachael Smith 29:24.7

Winners of the Male 50-59 age group were:

1st – Patrick Dugan 31:29.7

2nd – Justin Goodno 32:42.3

3rd – Chad McBrayer 33:08.5

Female 50-59 winners were:

1st – Jeannie Bath 28:17.8

2nd – Dana Roark 28:27.2

3rd – Teresa Shaffer 34:05.1

In the Male 60-69 age group, winners were:

1st – Steve Tanio 27:29.7

2nd – Greg Fankhauser 28:59.3

3rd – Brad Wedman 38:56.5

In the Female 60-69 age group, winners were:

1st – Shelly Merklein 30:56.7

2nd – Irala Magee 32:58.6

3rd – Jamie Terwort 46:39.7

Male 70 and over winners were:

1st – Henry Bickerstaff 26:36.0

2nd – Mark Wetz 35:10.6

Winners of the Female 70 and over group were:

1st – Pam Green 42:09.1

2nd – Ruby Velasquez 47:45.2

One-Mile Fun Run finishers were:

1. Simeon Dolan 7:42.0

2. Anden Rathgeber 8:22.3

3. Livia Miller 8:39.4

4. Aidan Ricke 9:31.6

5. Ryan Ottley 9:35.9

6. Perry Hobson 10:00.0

7. Claire Elwood 10:14.0

8. Elena Ricke 10:20.5

9. Lydia Dolan 10:39.7

10. Livi Riggenbach 10:48.6

11. Bradley Glick 11:56.6

12. Benny Bellamy 12:56.9

13. Sarah Bellamy 13:57.5

14. Sutton Rhodes 13:58.9

15. Kennedy Walz 10:04.4

16. Owen Luce 16:26.7

17. Lexi Riggenbach 16:27.2

18. Piper Rhodes 17:00.0

19. Jennifer Luce 17:28.7

One-Mile Fun Run 1st Place Male Winner: Simeon Dolan

One-Mile Fun Run 1st Place Female Winner: Livia Miller