Hundreds 'Run for Rwanda' in 5K run/walk benefit

August 04, 2012 12:24 PM

THE GAZETTE

About 500 runners and walkers turned out Saturday morning for the 2012 Run For Rwanda 5K at Cottonwood Creek Park in Colorado Springs.

They raised money to help the residents living in and around Kibali, Uganda. Last year, about 330 runners and walkers raised about $12,000.

See photos from the race!

Racers tackled a relatively flat course on paved trails and grass. It was about 60 degrees, with partly cloudy skies and a stiff wind.

Tucker Hamilton, 17, of Colorado Springs, was the overall winner, finishing the course in 16 minutes, 35 seconds.

Claire Rachwitz, 17, of Colorado Springs, was the top female runner, finishing the course in 20:33. She placed 16th overall.

Four new course records were set in various age groups for male and female runners.

Joshua Simkins, 20, of Colorado Springs, set a new course record for male runners 20-29, finishing in 16:52. The previous record of 17:08 was set in 2010 by Augustus Maiyo, 27, of Colorado Springs.

Michael Guenther, 50, of Monument, set a new course record for male runners ages 50-59, finishing in 20:49. The previous record of 21:45 was set in 2010 by Gordon Jensen, 50, of Colorado Springs.

James Battersby, 10, of Colorado Springs, set a new course record for male runners ages 10 and younger, finishing in 25:00. The previous record of 27:32 was set in 2010 by Noah Grage, 9, of Colorado Springs.

Cheryl Stine, 60, of Colorado Springs, set a new course record for female runners ages 60-69, finishing in 31:45. The previous record of 32:39 was set in 2010 by Marty Caldwell, 61, of Colorado Springs.

Ten runners ran barefoot, as most runners in Kibali do. Kevin Werner, 34, of Colorado Springs, was the top male barefoot runner, finishing in 21:24. Tiffany Beck, 25, of Starkville, was the top female barefoot runner, finishing in 31:08.

Some runners and walkers carried a water "jug" to emphasize this regular aspect of life in Kibali. See those participnts, below.

See the winners by age groups!

Overall Race Results:

Male
Ovll Pl	G Pl	Name	Age	City	Time
1	1	Tucker Hamilton	17	Colo Springs	0:16:35
2	2	Joshua Simkins	20	Colo Springs	0:16:52
3	3	Conner Wilburn	15	Colo Springs	0:17:35
4	4	Ben Schneiderman	16	Colo Springs	0:17:49
5	5	Jack Pfister	17	Colo Springs	0:18:29
6	6	Dan Myers	17	Colo Springs	0:18:41
7	7	Chandler Ryd	16	Colo Springs	0:18:52
8	8	Jordan Bost	17	Colo Springs	0:18:58
9	9	Ben Hook	16	Colo Springs	0:19:25
10	10	Everett Johnson	15	Colo Springs	0:19:32
11	11	D Van de Kerkhove	16	Colo Springs	0:19:46
12	12	Nathan Krumland	16	Colo Springs	0:19:48
13	13	Collin Knaub	28	Fountain	0:20:04
14	14	Sam Purvis	16	Colo Springs	0:20:25
15	15	Joel Siebersma	35	Colo Springs	0:20:30
17	16	Stephen Bahr	16	Colo Springs	0:20:36
18	17	Garrett Dietz	18	Colo Springs	0:20:39
20	18	Ian Weber	16	Colo Springs	0:20:42
21	19	Michael Guenther	50	Monument	0:20:49
22	20	Sean Thompson	35	Castle Rock	0:21:09
23	21	Jordan Hoffman	17	Colo Springs	0:21:13
24	22	Tim Engquist	21	Fort Collins	0:21:14
25	23	Caleb Thompson	13	Castle Rock	0:21:14
26	24	Kevin Werner	34	Colo Springs	0:21:24
27	25	Barry Schneiderman	45	Colo Springs	0:21:25
28	26	Sean McMahon	17	Colo Springs	0:21:25
29	27	Kyle Brim	16	Colo Springs	0:21:28
30	28	Sam Hines	15	Littleton	0:21:49
31	29	George Sciss	18	Colo Springs	0:21:53
32	30	Timothy Smith	54	Colo Springs	0:21:57
34	31	Gregor Kreutz	15	Highlands R	0:22:14
35	32	Todd Johnson	32	Colo Springs	0:22:15
41	33	Will Hook	14	Colo Springs	0:23:02
42	34	John Battersby	35	Colo Springs	0:23:15
44	35	Tyler Laberteaup	16	Colo Springs	0:23:50
46	36	Nathan Bellew	15	Peyton	0:23:59
47	37	Reid Kaiser	42	Elbert	0:24:05
48	38	Andrew Wilson	45	Elbert	0:24:17
49	39	Nathaniel Johnston	14	Colo Springs	0:24:18
50	40	Alec Menzies	14	Colo Springs	0:24:20
51	41	Aaron Blazis	31	Colo Springs	0:24:26
52	42	Corbin Hillatt	60		0:24:27
53	43	Marco Dewey	14	Colo Springs	0:24:30
54	44	John Ekhaml	37	Colo Springs	0:24:44
55	45	Alexander Cipoletti	20	Colo Springs	0:24:46
56	46	Jeremy Rickard	32	Colo Springs	0:24:48
57	47	Curtis Bellew	41	Peyton	0:24:52
58	48	Dustin Knaus	31	Colo Springs	0:24:53
60	49	James Battersby	10	Colo Springs	0:25:00
63	50	Josh Williams	29	Colo Springs	0:25:17
64	51	Edward Rivas	29	Colo Springs	0:25:18
65	52	Keith Kirby	40	Colo Springs	0:25:27
66	53	Ian Both	21	Colo Springs	0:25:37
67	54	Doug Chartier	27	Colo Springs	0:25:39
68	55	Trysten Ennis	13	Colo Springs	0:25:40
69	56	Caleb Kaiser	17	Elbert	0:25:42
70	57	Benjamin Day	36	Colo Springs	0:25:43
71	58	Richard Sutton	76	Colo Springs	0:25:50
72	59	David Dietz	49	Colo Springs	0:25:51
73	60	Mike Falkenstine	43	Littleton	0:25:56
74	61	Philip Esterle	44	Colo Springs	0:26:01
76	62	Luke Farquhar	16	Colo Springs	0:26:09
79	63	Forest Garrison	18	Colo Springs	0:26:30
80	64	Aaron Jalovec	32	Colo Springs	0:26:32
81	65	Thomas Nelson	25	Colo Springs	0:26:36
82	66	Nicholas Bellew	12	Peyton	0:26:39
85	67	Derwood Willhite	24	Colo Springs	0:26:50
90	68	Jacob Dewey	13	Colo Springs	0:27:07
91	69	Brandon Hackett	37	Colo Springs	0:27:19
93	70	Josh Lewis	30	Colo Springs	0:27:32
94	71	Kyle McCollin	14	Fountain	0:27:33
95	72	Jon Biondi	34	Colo Springs	0:27:33
96	73	Jason Puckett	41	Colo Springs	0:27:40
99	74	Joseph Perez	31	Colo Springs	0:28:02
103	75	Neil elleFeuille	45	Monument	0:28:31
105	76	RAoger Siverson	56	Colo Springs	0:28:41
107	77	Jacob Kaiser	9	Elbert	0:28:49
108	78	John Montemayor	55	Colo Springs	0:28:58
109	79	John McCollin	12	Fontain	0:29:12
110	80	Anthony McCollin	40	Fountain	0:29:12
111	81	Jesse Mavel	33	Colo Springs	0:29:17
116	82	Scott Sheehan	38	Colo Springs	0:29:48
118	83	Jim Booker	72	Colo Springs	0:30:08
119	84	Kevin Cox	52	Colo Springs	0:30:11
123	85	Zack Clemmons	18	Colo Springs	0:30:27
127	86	Mark Dunkerton	38	Colo Springs	0:30:45
129	87	Eric Brown	26	Colo Springs	0:30:46
138	88	Jon Faue	49	Colo Springs	0:31:17
139	89	Curtis Claar	35	Colo Springs	0:31:19
141	90	John McDonald	50	Elbert	0:31:27
144	91	Brendan Uebelhoer	11	Colo Springs	0:31:43
147	92	Matt Johnson	37	San Antonio	0:32:02
148	93	Dan Benson	62	Colo Springs	0:32:05
150	94	Brendan Johnston	12	Colo Springs	0:32:11
151	95	Scott Schnake	27	Colo Springs	0:32:15
156	96	Aidan Johnston	12	Colo Springs	0:32:22
157	97	Michael Rudd	53	Highlands	0:32:26
158	98	Jeff Appell	34	Colo Springs	0:32:34
159	99	Andrew Vanderput	26	Colo Springs	0:32:40
162	100	Ben Purvis	13	Colo Springs	0:32:56
163	101	Brian Purvis	45	Colo Springs	0:32:56
166	102	Grant Dewey	51	Colo Springs	0:33:16
175	103	Markus Makaiwi	49	Falcon	0:35:38
178	104	Doug Stevenson	61	Colo Springs	0:36:32
179	105	Mark Billingslea	57	Colo Springs	0:36:40
181	106	Max Munyan	12	Colo Springs	0:37:18
184	107	Tim Pettman	22	Colo Springs	0:37:53
185	108	Ton Giles	58	Brentwood	0:38:10
186	109	Jeremiah Acosta	17	Colo Springs	0:38:13
188	110	Ralph Gates	66	Colo Springs	0:38:33
189	111	Andrew Corson	5	Colo Springs	0:39:05
190	112	Robert Corson	38	Kaneohe HI	0:39:05
193	113	Jim Gottgetreu	56	Colo Springs	0:39:18
198	114	Chris Warren	24	Colo Springs	0:40:50
202	115	Josh Green	34	Colo Springs	0:42:36
206	116	Matt Burnett	51	Colo Springs	0:43:43
208	117	Gary Gordon	60	Colo Springs	0:44:57
210	118	Kevin Hershey	52	Colo Springs	0:45:54
211	119	Bill Gillin	60	Colo Springs	0:45:58
214	120	Dan Sievers	40	Colo Springs	0:46:32
217	121	S. Vivekananthan	33	Colo Springs	0:47:39
218	122	Mark Worthen	53	Colo Springs	0:47:44
220	123	Merrich Bieger	14	Peyton	0:48:13
221	124	Mike Bieger	38	Peyton	0:48:14
222	125	Carey Westover	49	Colo Springs	0:48:15
223	126	Timm Tews	53	Woodland P	0:49:29
231	127	Nicholas Splan	30	Colo Springs	0:51:14
233	128	Larry Reisinger	65	Colo Springs	0:52:21
236	129	Aaron Dewey	12	Colo Springs	0:52:46
237	130	James Kim	16	Colo Springs	0:53:08
240	131	Mark Hopewell	59	Larkspur	0:58:09
242	132	Wayne Werner	67	Brkn Arrw OK	0:58:14
243	133	Chuck Henderson	66	Long Vw WA	0:59:20
245	134	Nicholas Boyer	17	Littleton	1:10:56
246	135	Kevin Boyer	20	Littleton	1:10:56
248	136	Ryan Tenney	27	Colo Springs	1:21:40

Female
Ovll Pl	Pl	Name	Age	City	Time
16	1	Claire Rachwitz	17	Colo Springs	0:20:33
19	2	Lauren Hamilton	16	Monument	0:20:40
33	3	Brianne Hoglin	16	Monument	0:22:12
36	4	Madeline Mullen	15	Colo Springs	0:22:15
37	5	Katie Knapp	16	Colo Springs	0:22:28
38	6	Megan Brunette	17	Colo Springs	0:22:33
39	7	Krista Cona	21	Monument	0:22:48
40	8	Jennifer Schwomeyer	33	Colo Springs	0:22:52
43	9	Hannah Williams	15	Colo Springs	0:23:33
45	10	Lilliana Hamilton	12	Colo Springs	0:23:52
59	11	Kirsten Kropkowski	14	Colo Springs	0:24:55
61	12	Savanna Smoker	16	Colo Springs	0:25:00
62	13	Heather Sherrill	16	Colo Springs	0:25:16
75	14	Sarah Weber	16	Colo Springs	0:26:06
77	15	Morgan Hartman	13	Colo Springs	0:26:19
78	16	Corrine Huthoefer	18	Colo Springs	0:26:29
83	17	Janel Thompson	38	Castle Rock	0:26:42
84	18	Rebecca Quiroga	21	Poryage MI	0:26:48
86	19	Shannon Doyle	26	Parker	0:26:50
87	20	Brandi Knaus	28	Colo Springs	0:26:51
88	21	Rachel Weber	16	Colo Springs	0:26:57
89	22	Olivia Gilmer	13	Monument	0:27:00
92	23	Becca McCormick	17	Colo Springs	0:27:26
97	24	Anna Borden	13	Elbert	0:27:49
98	25	Amy Bellefeuille	42	Monument	0:27:54
100	26	Margaret Cheker	29	Colo Springs	0:28:03
101	27	Melanie Dries	48	Colo Springs	0:28:11
102	28	Abbie Flannery	13	Colo Springs	0:28:22
104	29	Pollyanna Lescarbeau	34	Colo Springs	0:28:32
106	30	Megan Kelly	33	Castle Rock	0:28:45
112	31	Emily Vanhoutan	20	Colo Springs	0:29:19
113	32	Cath Campbell	57	Colo Springs	0:29:23
114	33	Mellisa Johnson	31	San Antonio	0:29:28
115	34	Amber Wilson	27	Colo Springs	0:29:37
117	35	Dawn Megele	41	Colo Springs	0:30:02
120	36	Michelle Gemoets	33	Colo Springs	0:30:21
121	37	Andrea Staebell	31	Colo Springs	0:30:24
122	38	Lynnae Supplee	18	Colo Springs	0:30:26
124	39	Heather Werner	34	Colo Springs	0:30:41
125	40	Katie Engquist	23	Colo Springs	0:30:42
126	41	Carolyn Engquist	53	Colo Springs	0:30:44
128	42	Laura Brown	28	Colo Springs	0:30:46
130	43	Lauren Faue	13	Colo Springs	0:30:47
131	44	Desiree LaBelle	16	Colo Springs	0:30:48
132	45	Natalie Farres	26	Colo Springs	0:30:57
133	46	Tiffany Beck	25	Starkville MS	0:31:08
134	47	Sarah Belelw	42	Peyton	0:31:11
135	48	Raegan Petch	13	Elbert	0:31:14
136	49	Kennedi Young	13	Colo Springs	0:31:15
137	50	Camryn Laberteaup	13	Colo Springs	0:31:16
140	51	Mckensie Gleave	21	Colo Springs	0:31:24
142	52	Julie Gil	45	Colo Springs	0:31:30
143	53	Susan Guinane	25	Colo Springs	0:31:42
145	54	Cheryl Stine	60	Colo Springs	0:31:45
146	55	Claire Myers	21	Colo Springs	0:31:49
149	56	Joleen Schnake	27	Colo Springs	0:32:06
152	57	Alexandra Narowski	16	Colo Springs	0:32:16
153	58	Elizabeth Flannery	15	Colo Springs	0:32:18
154	59	Gabrielle Huthoefer	11	Colo Springs	0:32:18
155	60	Katie Uebelhoer	38	Colo Springs	0:32:19
160	61	Jamie Vanderput	26	Colo Springs	0:32:41
161	62	Meike Jurado	44	Colo Springs	0:32:45
164	63	Michelle Verica	37	Colo Springs	0:33:06
165	64	Rachel Dewey	43	Colo Springs	0:33:16
167	65	Addie DiMarco	13	Woodland P	0:33:23
168	66	Bostyn Berger	23	Colo Springs	0:33:23
169	67	Melinda Ennis	36	Colo Springs	0:33:26
170	68	Donna LaBelle	54	Colo Springs	0:34:02
171	69	Jaimee Shepard	34	Colo Springs	0:34:04
172	70	Lee Jackson	45	Peyton	0:34:06
173	71	Rebecca Giles	28	Colo Springs	0:35:02
174	72	Katie Ross	23	Colo Springs	0:35:03
176	73	Elizabeth Berg	56	Colo Springs	0:35:43
177	74	Stacy Appell	33	Colo Springs	0:36:05
180	75	Allison Flannery	41	Colo Springs	0:37:16
182	76	Shari Gallagher	60	Chipata Park	0:37:29
183	77	Beth Munyan	40	Colo Springs	0:37:33
187	78	Caitlyn Garko	17	Colo Springs	0:38:14
191	79	Andra Williams	48	Colo Springs	0:39:05
192	80	Kenna Williams	11	Colo Springs	0:39:06
194	81	Faith Ponti	17	Monument	0:39:31
195	82	Jill Ponti	46	Monument	0:39:32
196	83	Kathleen Cook	58	Colo Springs	0:39:51
197	84	Lynn Dietz	47	Colo Springs	0:40:35
199	85	Nicole Barreto	19	Colo Springs	0:41:22
200	86	Hassie Daron	32	Colo Springs	0:41:30
201	87	Shelley Deal	31	Kaneohe HI	0:42:24
203	88	Abby Walter	24	Colo Springs	0:42:52
204	89	Megan Walter	29	Colo Springs	0:42:54
205	90	Erica Rewey	34	Colo Springs	0:43:32
207	91	Diann Jernigan	64	Colo Springs	0:44:18
209	92	Gail Hershey	57	Colo Springs	0:45:54
212	93	Celeste Wolfaardt	59	Colo Springs	0:45:59
213	94	Melissa Lemke	36	Colo Springs	0:46:30
215	95	Karen Blechl	56	Colo Springs	0:46:45
216	96	Debbie Boyer	52	Littleton	0:47:14
219	97	Anika Mugele	12	Colo Springs	0:47:57
224	98	Regina Sweat	36	Colo Springs	0:49:34
225	99	Kathy Elye	57	Colo Springs	0:49:36
226	100	Ellen Meyers	29	Colo Springs	0:51:03
227	101	Brandi Henderson	34	Colo Springs	0:51:06
228	102	Erica Feller	34	Colo Springs	0:51:06
229	103	Mary Grace Bundnick	26	Fayettev AR	0:51:11
230	104	Mary Lynn Giles	56	Brentwood TN	0:51:12
232	105	Becky Splan	27	Colo Springs	0:51:15
234	106	Patti Reisinger	63	Colo Springs	0:52:22
235	107	Erin Tate	26	Colo Springs	0:52:24
238	108	Heidi Barneck	25	Colo Springs	0:53:36
239	109	Maddy Meyers	13	Colo Springs	0:53:41
241	110	Regina Hopewell	54	Larkspur	0:58:10
244	111	Judy Werner	63	Brkn Arw OK	0:59:48
247	112	Rena Keener	52	Colo Springs	1:21:3

Barefoot runners:

Male
Pl	Name	Age	City	Time
1	Kevin Werner	34	Colo Springs	0:21:24
2	Reid Kaiser	42	Elbert	0:24:05
3	Alec Menzies	14	Colo Springs	0:24:20
4	Caleb Kaiser	17	Elbert	0:25:42
5	Tim Pettman	22	Colo Springs	0:37:53
6	Jeremiah Acosta	17	Colo Springs	0:38:13
7	Aaron Dewey	12	Colo Springs	0:52:46
8	Kevin Boyer	20	Littleton	1:10:56

Female
Pl	Name	Age	City	Time
1	Tiffany Beck	25	Starkville MS	0:31:08
2	Caitlyn Garko	17	Colo Springs	0:38:14

Water Carriers

Pl	Name	Age	City	Time
1	Josh Green	34	Colo Springs	0:42:36
2	Abby Walter	24	Colo Springs	0:42:52
	Megan Walter	29	Colo Springs	0:42:54
3	Wayne Werner	67	Broken Arrow OK	0:58:14
4	Nicholas Boyer	17	Littleton	1:10:56
	Kevin Boyer	20	Littleton	1:10:56

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