By Melissa Burnor
Nearly 200 runners of all ages took part in the 31st annual Lenawee Hospice Run in memory of Bruce Jones Sunday morning. The heat was seemed pretty bearable with the 8:30 a.m. start.
Blissfield’s Justin Bateson was the overall winner with a time of 16:58.98.
Josephine Weeden was the first-place winner for the women crossing the finish line in 20:06.62.
Men’s Results – Name, Age, Time Overall Winner – Justin Bateson, 21, 16:58.98 14 and under – John Fowler, 13, 22:23.74 15-19 – Isaac Westgate, 16, 19:39.89 20-24 – Justin Bateson 25-29 – Tyler Makula, 28, 45:34.80 30-34 – Chris Kircher, 30, 21:30.48 35-39 – David Caine, 39, 17:39.79 40-44 – Tom Romanowski, 43, 19:31.94 45-49 – Sam Valdez, 47, 19:33.29 50-54 – Michael Palmer, 50, 21:16.43 55-59 – Macron Cole, 55, 22:29.70 60-64 – Ron Carpenter, 63, 22:04.50 65-69 – David Koester, 66, 27:23.03 70-74 – Jerome Tomc, 70, 32:04.51 75-79 – Jack Streicher, 76, 42:37.88 80 and up – Everett Louma, 82, 36:29.42
Women’s Results Overall Winner – Josephine Weeden, 44, 20:06.62 14 and under – Emily Gebhardt, 14, 24:17.37 15-19 – Tea Romanowski, 15, 21:42.13 20-24 – Maria Kaisler, 23, 23:17.76 25-29 – Brooke Adams, 26, 20:44.35 30-34 – Christina Walter, 31, 22:38.75 35-39 – Trina Romanowski, 36, 22:03.99 40-44 – Kristy Gledhill, 44, 26:30.28 45-49 – Cathy Palmer, 49, 23:29.15 50-54 – Eileen Seegert, 50, 30:46.67 55-59 – Beverly Sauter, 55, 41:08.27 60-64 – Janet Pickel, 61, 36:49.71 65-69 – Mary Steinhauser, 68, 33:50.92 70-74 – Gretchen Warwick, 71, 38:35.23 Full results are on the Hospice of Lenawee website: www.hospiceoflenawee.org.
