Sweet Heart Run - Valentine's Day 2015

We had only two runners from the Grand County Running Club participate in the Sweet Heart Run in Fruita Colorado on Valentine's Day 2015; however, both runners not only had a great race competitively, but beat their last year's PR by leaps and bounds.  Congratulations Evan & Tyrese. 

5K (434 Finishers/Average time 40:00) 

Evan Ellison 4th Place overall/1st in age division 20:00 (6:27 pace) 

Tyrese Stash 23rd place overall/4th in age division 24:45 (7:59 pace) 

Appleton Freezer

The Appleton Freezer that took place on January 24th in Grand Junction is a very small race, sponsored by the Mesa Monument Striders Running Club.  It is a fun race, in the fact that everyone is friendly, there are home-baked cookies, and it is very low-key.

We had two Grand County Running Club runners participate.  The temperatures were a bit chilly, with a stiff head wind causing the wind chill to drop dramatically and slow overall times for the day.  One of our runners came into the race feeling a bit sick, so we are happy to see her participate at all.

Evan Ellison came in with a time of 27:23 for the four mile course (pace of 6:51 per mile) and Jayelen Knowles posted a time of 32:01 for the four mile course (pace of 8:00 per mile).

http://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/articles/appleton-freezer-results-jan-24-2015

Winter Sun Run - December 6th

Overall Member/Coaches/Parent Results

Evan Ellison 39:45 (2nd Place in Age Division) 

Herbert Stash 46:40 (37th Place in Age Division) 

Trish Hedin 50:12 (7th Place in Age Division) 

Tyrese Stash 52:45 (5th Place in Age Division) 

Kaylan Young 54:10 (3rd Place in Age Division) 

Charlene Betsuie 59:34 (34th Place in Age Division) 

Turkey Trot/November 22, 2014

Monument Downhill 5K

The runners had a great race on Saturday the 26th at the Monument Downhill 5K.  159th runners raced with warm conditions and some speedy times. 

Jackson Knowles came in 3rd in his age division and 15th overall with a time of 17:59 (5:48 pace).

Evan Ellison came in 3rd in his age division and 29th overall with a time of 19:25 (6:16 pace).

Cameron Wakefield came in 12th in his age division and 40th overall with a time of 20:01 (6:33 pace).

Ryan Lewis came in 4th in his age division and 43rd overall with a time of 40:43 (6:41 pace).

Alan Snow came in 5th in his age division and 44th overall with a time of 20:57 (6:45 pace).

Ethan Clark came in 15th in his age division and 68th overall with a time of 22:23 (7:13 pace).

MacKay Wakefield came in 16th in his age division and 98th overall with a time of 25:49 (8:19 pace).

Ryan Reed came in 13th in his age division and 107th overall with a time of 26:32 (8:33 pace).

Kaylan Young came in 3rd in her age division and 115th overall with a time of 27:50 (8:58 pace).

Josie Wakefield came in 4th in her age division and 116th overall with a time of 27:53 (8:59 pace).

Heather Sweeney came in 5th in her age division and 120th overall with a time of 28:08 (9:04 pace).

Tyler Moreau came in 15th in his age division and 126th overall with a time of 28:49 (9:17 pace).

Children with Hope 5k/10k

Grand County Running Club and Cross Country members made a great showing at the Children with Hope race on June 21st in Grand Junction. The Children with Hope charity exists to meet the spiritual, physical, emotional, education, and economic needs of orphaned children.  This race is a fundraiser for the Children of Hope. 

5k

Andrew Hugentobler 20:19 Overall (pace 6:32)  4th overall /3rd in age group
Evan Ellison  20:37 Overall (pace 6:38) 5th overall /1st in age group
Kianna Chacon  28:31 Overall (pace 9:10)  63rd overall/2nd in age group 
Ryan Reed 29:16 Overall (pace 9:25) 71st overall
Tyler Moreau 29:21 Overall (pace 9:26) 72nd overall
Kaylan Young 31:59 Overall (pace 10:17) 87th overall
Jackilynn Olhiser 38:56 Overall (pace 12:25) 134th overall

10K

Tyrese Stash 59:49 Overall (pace 9:37) 56th overall/4th in age group

Beat Beethoven

A few of our runners ran the Beat Beethoven 5K on May 10th in Grand Junction. Starting and finishing at the Avalon Theatre, runners try to finish a 5k in less than the time it takes to play Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony! Proceeds benefit the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and the Avalon Theatre Foundation!

Evan Ellison came in 4th overall and was first in his age division with a time of 21:42.
Emmeline Heywood came in 12th overall and third in her age division with a time of 23:49.
Annie Heywood came in 20th overall with a time of 26:08.