News - May - June 2023
June 18
At the finish at the June 17 Hilltop Hustle: Jennifer Kongs, Ashley Turpin, Jackie Wilson, Holly Wilson and Emily Schoenfeld.
June 17
Results from Grandma's Marathon (of local runners):
Name Place Cat. Time
Christian Graham (Lawrence) 39 M19-34 2:21:22
Josh Baden (Lawrence) 67 M19-34 2:24:58
Matthew Metz (Basehor) 126 M35-39 3:09:47
Leigh Myers (Lawrence) 18 M55-59 3:19:32
Mark Johnson (Silver Lake) 675 M19-34 3:23:32
Kirk Johnson (Topeka) 6 M65-69 3:37:40
Rebecca Romary (Lawrence) 94 F40-44 3:51:26
Elim Myers (Lawrence) 105 F50-54 5:04:10
Derek Craig (Lawrence) 395 M40-44 5:15:31
Philip Anderson (Topeka) 1964 M19-34 6:09:28
Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon
Nancy Rusanowsky (Wichita) 5 F40-44 1:28:49
Cristal Barnes (Lawrence) 151 F50-54 2:28:58
Earl Barnes (Lawrence) 167 M50-54 2:28:58
Penny Terwelp (Lawrence) 212 F50-54 2:46:21
Betsy Anderson (Topeka) 1591 F19-34 2:48:44
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Fun run with maps around Burcham and Clinton parks.
June 3
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Hospital Hill Run
this morning were Kristen Wiens, Dee Boeck, Heather Krase-Minnick, Jackie and Holly Wilson. Many more Lawrencians ran this morning.
Results
May 29
Scenes from the 5K Home Run.
Top results of Lawrence area runners at the Bill Snyder Highway 5K in Manhattan on May 27):
5th M-overall Drew Nelson (Lawrence)
19:38
3rd M25-29 Noah Friesen (Lawrnece) 22:07
3rd M20-24 Emilio Chavez (Topeka) 23:13
4th M25-29 Derek Meeks (Lawrence) 24:34
2nd F40-44 Alexia Machina (Overbrook) 25:29
5th M30-34 Ray Cook (Topeka) 27:21
2nd M55-59 Paul Schletzbaum (Lawrence) 28:28
3rd M55-59 Kent Ely (Lawrence) 29:22
1st M65-69 Phil Hrenchir (Lawrence ) 29:36
4th F15-19 Alyvia Sampson (Topeka) 29:37
5th M45-49 Patrick Sampson (Topeka) 29:38
5th F55-59 Cheryl West (Topeka) 25:25
5th F15-19 Ashleigh Fitzhugh (Auburn) 31:49
1st M80+ Clay Lang (Topeka) 38:39
All 5K Results
May 27
RunLawrencians winners! At the Great American River Run in Memphis, Jackie Wilson won the 5K masters category in 21:38.6 while daughter Holly was first in F15 & under in 29:15.8.
Top results of Lawrence area runners at the Bill Snyder Highway Half Marathon (May 27):
1st F40-44 Kirby Richard (Topeka) 1:54:47
3rd F50-54 Kim Long (Carbondale) 1:56:02
2nd M35-39 Christian Smith (Gardner) 1:22:49
2nd M20-24 Ethan Emmons (Berryton) 1:24:11
4th M25-29 Travis Hodge (DeSoto) 1:28:11
4th M35-39
Matt O'Reilly (Lawrence) 1:29:16
2nd M-14 Henry Laubach (Auburn) 1:31:47
5th M30-34 Matthew Conklin (Lawrence) 1:34:00
3rd M45-49 Doug Lehman (Topeka) 1:40:06
1st M65-59 Kirk Johnson (Topeka) 1:41:35
All results
May 14
Fun at the KC Express Mother's Day Run. After a delay getting the results compiled, they are now available: results. Congratulations to Jackie Wilson for taking 2nd overall with a new personal best time of 20:55.
May 7
Ashley Turpin (Lawrence) won today's Prairie Fire Half Marathon in Wchita in 1:30:13.
Start of the 2023 Skyline Suffle 5K at Clinton State Park. Results
