Colton Benson and Katy Tubbs were the top winners during the 12th annual Chance Mark Jones Roar & Run 5K last Saturday, April 27, at the Donley County Courthouse.
More than seventy people registered for the event to help raise awareness of child abuse with about 40 actually running or walking the 5K.
Benson was the overall winner of the 5K with the best men’s time and finishing first in the 11-19 age group in 18 minutes, 11 seconds. Katy Tubbs was the first woman to cross the finish line with a time of 47:03 and taking second in the 20-29 age group.
Complete results of this year’s Chance Jones Roar & Run 5K race are as follows: Top Men’s Time – Benson, 18:11; Top Women’s Time – Tubbs, 47:03; 10 and under – first Monroe Newhouse 46:42, second Hadley Brown 50:54, and third Emarie Pratt 53:30; Ages 10-19 – first Benson 18:11, second Tristen Ybarra 18:12, and third Kutter O’Keefe 30:13; Ages 20-29 – first Henry Dushay 26:00, second Tubbs 47:03, and third Kenneth DeWeese 47:11; Ages 30-39 – first Ty Tubbs 29:53, second Brian Barboza 46:30, and third 47:10; Ages 40-49 – first Andrew Brown 30:10, second Melissa Mast 47:57, and third Chelsi Shadle 49:57; Ages 50-59 – first Cheryl Falke 48:24, second Kathy Goodwin 48:51, and third Kim Gossman 49:57; and Ages 60 and Up – first Nancy Kidd 48:04, second P.J. O’Keefe 52:24, and Shaun O’Keefe 1:02:26.
The race sponsored annually by the Clarendon Lions Club honors the life of four-year-old Chance Mark Jones, who died from abuse in 2011.
Proceeds from this year’s will help support the annual charitable activities of the Clarendon Lions Club, including eyeglasses for local school kids, Christmas food baskets for local families, scholarships, and hosting the area office of The Bridge – Children’s Advocacy Center.
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