The 4th Annual POG Morristown 8K had a great turnout. Over 300 runners and walkers joined in the fun of this unique race to honor the late Paul Otis Goble. The air was a little muggy early on, but everything cleared up in time for the rest and recovery refreshments provided by and held in the beautiful gardens of the Kopper Kettle Inn. Everyone enjoyed the hot chicken wings, beer, oranges, bananas and cookies. It was a great place for the Award Ceremony, too.

We want to say thanks to the sponsors: St. Francis Hospitals, Feet First, Kopper Kettle Inn, Greenfield Office Supply and Runyon Tire & Auto Service for their support of the event. A huge thank you goes out to all the volunteers who helped to make this a great event.

This year there were some new divisions in the 8K run geared toward the youth of the community. School cross country runners were encouraged to participate on teams. The winners were:

First Male Team: Big Red with 21 points
1Andrew Acuna
3Bryan Chaney
4Michael Pabody
5Nathan Ellis
8Steve Welch
(13)Paul Duselis

Second Male Team: Team Turbo with 35 points
2Justin Mason
6Blake Westerman
7Josh Smith
9Sean Kelley
11Vinnie Hall
(12)Colin Heller

Third Male Team: Red Bird with 72 points
10Lance Nelson
14Sawyer Willis
15Austin Grelle
16Chad Burkhardt
17Devon Bossingham
(19)Eric Averitt

First Female Team: NP Runners with 104 points
18Erin Komornik
20Kinzie Alter
21Audrie Garrison
22Sammi Deer
23Elisabeth Staab

 

 

There were no other girls' teams.

Awards were also given in the High School Grade division: The top 3 finishers were:
Freshmen - MaleFemale
1.Andy WilsonNone
2.Vinnie Hall
3.Colin Heller
Sophomores - MaleFemale
1.Blake Westerman1.Christine Bryant
2.Josh Smith
3.Sean Kelley
Juniors - MaleFemale
1.Bryan Chaney1.Brandy Cook
2.Michael Pabody2.Kristin Obert
3.Steven Cumberworth
Seniors - MaleFemale
1.Andrew Acuna1.Audrie Garrison
2.Justin Mason
3.Nathan Ellis

Come on girls - we need to have more competition next year!

Overall winners in the 8K Run - Open Division
MaleFemale
1.Rick Sluder (27)24:331.Lucie Mays Sulewski (33)29:29
2.Aaron Harding (21)25:142.Heather Williams (29)31:29
3.Reuben Njau (37)26:473.Jennifer Dice (25)32:48
4.Antonio McDaniel (19)27:014.Shannon Madden (34)33:33
5.Brandon Rossell (17)27:075.Debbie Guckenberger (31)33:37

8K Run - Masters Division
1.Tom Simpson (51)28:491.Gretchen Knopp (40)37:21
2.Mark Canada (46)30:122.Maggie Kuhlman (44)37:57
3.James Harris (40)30:403.Melinda Mears (47)39:38

Overall Winners in the 8K Competitive Walk
1.Max Walker (57)44:001.Cathy Mayfield (53)52:31
2.Edward Fitch (43)44:312.Sue Smock (55)53:17
3.Damon Clements (47)48:383.Stacy Prickett (39)53:46

Disqualified numbers in the walk: 42, 24, 68, and 73.

Event Survey
Run - Overall Results
Run - Female Results
Run - Male Results
Walk - Overall Results
Walk - Female Results
Walk - Male Results