5 K Run Kicks off Fall Community Center programs

By Alberta Stojkovic -

Run­ners and walk­ers had a beau­ti­ful, sunny fall morn­ing for the fourth Annual 5K Mor­row County Com­mu­nity Cen­ter Run on Sat­ur­day. After an all-night rain, skies cleared and the tem­per­a­ture reached 50 degrees for a crisp run start­ing at the Mount Gilead Swim­ming Pool, con­tin­u­ing past the High School and up Iberia Road and back.

Com­mu­nity Cen­ter Oper­a­tions Man­ager, Cathy Adams thanked vol­un­teers who helped the day of the race and gave spe­cial thanks to Carol Holsinger for orga­niz­ing the race, find­ing spon­sors, prizes and putting goody bags together.

Holsinger gave first and sec­ond place medals for top male and female times as well as medals in ten age groups. Top women’s time was Nikki Work­man with 26:43 min­utes. Top men’s time was Matt Brinkman with 20:45 minutes.

In the women’s divi­sion Lamara Rogers had the best time in the 18 – 24 year group with 34:13 min­utes, Kris­ten Stuff won in the 25 – 30 year-old group with 29:30 min­utes. Fawn Mol­lenkopf won the 30 – 35 year group with 31:12 min­utes and Missy Kid­well came in sec­ond in that group with 34:13. Nikki Work­man was first in her 35 –39 year group with 26:43 and Keysha Geck­ler came in with 36:19 min­utes. Jen Simp­son won in the 40–44 year group with 27:49 and Joann Trainer won the 50 and over group with 45:19. Kristi Bulkowski and Max came in first for walk­ers with a stroller at 50:53 minutes.

Nick Arndt came in first in the 25–30 year men’s divi­sion. Shane Smith came in first at 21:5 with William Arndt com­ing in sec­ond at 26:26 in the 30–35 year group. Matt Brinkman won his age group of 35 – 40 as well as win­ning over­all with 20:45 min­utes. Bill par­sons came in sec­ond in the 35–40 year old group with 24:06. Jeff Polzin was first in the 40–44 year men’s divi­sion with 28:57 and Mark Noland was sec­ond in that divi­sion with 26:55.

Both Holsinger and Adams thanked Gold con­trib­u­tors to the race which included: Con­sol­i­dated Elec­tric, Drug Mart, Grif­fith & Brininger, LLC, Home­town Eye Care, Life Line Med­ical Ambu­lance Co., Dr. Stephen Ritz, and Dr. Allen Sto­jkovic. Sil­ver con­trib­u­tors were Hoff­man Office Cen­ter, Cen­tral Ohio Farm­ers Coop, Mount Gilead State Park, Sacred Hearts Coun­cil 14671 and Sny­der Funeral Homes.

Run­ners were espe­cially appre­cia­tive of draw­ing prizes that included four $25.00 gas cards from Kurilec Expolinc and two Com­mu­nity Cen­ter mem­ber­ships. Goody bags and prizes were pro­vided by Drug Mart, Avon/Nancy Reed, Mount Gilead Pub­lic Library, James Madi­son Insur­ance, Mount Gilead State Park and Health Source — McClel­land Chi­ro­prac­tic and Mor­row County Extension.

The 5 K Run is just one of sev­eral events and pro­grams, which are under­way this fall at the Com­mu­nity Cen­ter. Zumba classes meet at the Activ­ity Cen­ter at 50 S. Main St. in Mount Gilead on Tues. and Thurs. at 6:30 p.m. Classes in Mus­cu­lar Strength and Range of Move­ment are on Tues. and Thurs. at 10:30 a.m. Water Aer­o­bics are on Mon. and Tues. at 7:10 a.m. and Swim Lessons are on Mon. and. Wed. Begin­ners are at 5:30 p.m. and Advanced swim­mers at 6:15 p.m. Some classes and activ­i­ties are also avail­able through the Sil­ver Sneak­ers program.

For more infor­ma­tion on any classes or Com­mu­nity Cen­ter Fit­ness Activ­i­ties you can con­tact the Cen­ter at 419–947-2100 or visit the Com­mu­nity Cen­ter for Fit­ness and Health at 16 S. Main St. in Mount Gilead.

Posted by Taylor Kaser on Oct 17 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.