Fall Frolic/Jennie Hamilton Memorial 2009 4-Mile Run
Friday, November 13th, 2009 - 3:56 pm
FF/JHM 2009 4-MILE RUN
TESSLING, NAGEL REPEAT AS CHAMPIONS
13-Age group records fall
Record attendance for run and walk
Here’s a FF/JHM race results riddle for you to try to solve: What does electrical engineering and organic chemistry have in common?
Give up?
Both are the academic calling cards of the 2009 FF/JHM male and female overall 4-mile race winners.
John Tessling, a Purdue University Calumet student currently working on an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, won the race for the second year in a row cranking out a time of 21:41.
Karen Nagel, a graduate of Purdue University Calumet who now teaches chemistry at Valparaiso High School, also defended her 2008 title by easily winning this year’s race in 24:16.
New attendance records were set in both the 4-mile run and 1.5-mile wellness walk. There were 507 registered runners and 85 walkers signed up to participate in the 2009 event.
Thirteen new age-group standards were set at the November 8 race. Below is a list of the new record-holders and their new age-group time standards:
Dustin Navejas (Lowell) 9 – 10 male 27:03
Hope Myroup (Union Mills) 11 – 12 female 26:44
Josh Kane (Portage) 13 – 14 male 24:47
Ahmad Altobem (Valpo) 15 – 16 male 22:27
James Elia (Valpo) 17 – 18 male 21:48
Mariana Trejo (Chicago) 19 – 24 female 26:55
Alberto Perez (Chicago) 25 – 29 male 21:56
Karen Nagel (Valpo) 30 – 34 female 24:16
Phillip Nafus (Portage) 35 – 39 male 22:55
Chris Wickard (Crown Point) 35 – 39 female 26:18
Carol Pratt (Varna) 50 – 54 female 28:10
Diane Dumonte-Slater (Valpo) 60 – 64 female 37:33
Michelle Obatero (Schererville) 70 – 74 female 40:52
Tom Magill (Chesterton) 80+ male 49:21
Thanks to the extra effort of this year’s race crew that volunteered to take pictures there are several hundred race photos on the website.
Thanks to all those who participated in the 2009 FF/JHM 4-Mile Run and 1.5-Mile Wellness Walk.
For complete race results, you may visit: pucraces.com
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