The Nut Race
5K Reactor Loop, Columbia, MO Feb. 1, 2003
The temperature was around 30 F, no wind, sunny, hardly the stuff of legends. Tom Allen, who so kindly helped with timing, recalled a past Nut Race where the timing devices froze solid. Not this one as twenty-five runners lined up for the 9:00 a.m. start. Marc Keys was the male winner in 17:11, and Michele McFadden won the women's division in 19:16. Nota bene! Both winners are in their 40's, and Richard Boggs came in a winner in 33:12 at age 75. Special thanks are due Tom Allen, Anne Hessler, Debbie Karwoski, and Tony Taube for helping.
Dick Hessler, Race Director
1. Marc Keys 17:11 2. Stephen Bourgeois 17:29 3. Matt Dreier 18:23 4. Tony Rigdon III 19:03 5. Kurt Kennett 19:14 6. Michele McFadden 19:16 F 7. Nancy Taube 19:55 F 8. Allan Benjamin 20:13 9. Scott Holdnage 20:57 10. Lisa Wells 21:14 F 11. Mike Baker 22:28 12. Bob O'Connell 22:35 13. Scott Ronis 22:44 14. Joe Lopez 23:56 15. Danielle Dray 23:59 F 16. Fabiola Lopez 24:10 F 17. Joe Love 24:10 18. Jim O'Dell 24:19 19. Greg Kuhl 24:23 20. Rod Stevens 24:38 21. Mary Avalle 26:40 F 22. Carrie Bonacorsi 26:40 F 23. Debbie Karwoski 29:44 F 24. Andrea Allen 30:43 F 25. Richard Boggs 33:12