AND THEY'RE OFF

Shane Anderson, parks and recreation director for the city of Jackson and coordinator of this year's 5K run and one mile walk, expressed his delight with the turnout for the Homecomers' event. There were 100 participants who braved the hot, steamy weather.

Overall winners for the event were Linda Mattingly of the ladies 40-44 age group with a time of 21 minutes, 32 seconds and Bryan Kelpe of the mens 20-29 age group with a time of 17 minutes, 42 seconds.

Divisional winners are as follows:

Women--19 and under

--1st Julie Wunderlich

--2nd Amanda Beussink

--3rd Anna Stoverink

20 -- 29

--1st Tracey Williams

--2nd Tracy Metzger

--3rd Katy Liley

30 -- 34

--1st Tina Weber

--2nd Lisa Crippen

--3rd Lea Shrum

35 -- 39

--1st Chris Hammond

--2nd Janey Miller

--3rd Pam Sander

40 -- 44

--1st Joyce McIntosh

--2nd Say Reminger

--3rd Karen Preusser

45 -- 49

--1st Betty Maschmann

--2nd Nancy Hess

--3rd Mary Martin

50 -- 59

--1st Donna Romans

--2nd Linda Aberson

Men----19 and under

--1st Blake Popp

--2nd Matt Hale

--3rd Jeremiah Keller

20 -- 29

--1st Kerry Kimmel

--2nd Jason Niswonger

--3rd Frank Dietiker

30 -- 34

--1st Mark Payne

--2nd Kevin Hammes

--3rd Robert Kessinger

35 -- 39

--1st Wayne Walls

--2nd Rick Lott

--3rd Tim Rodgers

40 -- 44

--1st Milo Miller

--2nd Dan Brown

--3rd Danny McCrite

45 -- 49

--1st Doug McIntosh

--2nd John Thompson

50 -- 59

--1st Mark Hosler

--2nd Mike Calahan

--3rd Ken Peters

60 and over

--1st John Holland

--2nd George Chapman

Anderson would like to thank this year's sponsors for the event: Main Street Fitness (Southeast Missouri Hospital), Schapers IGA and the Bank of Missouri. Helping to provide T-shirts as a partial sponsor was SEMO Sports and Specialities of Jackson.