On your mark, get set, go! Families with strollers, kids, runners, walkers and dogs on leashes all enjoyed the 1-Mile race sponsored by the School Community Development Council and organized by the Powder River Trails and MSU Extension Service – Powder River County. (Race photos courtesy PR Extension Office)
Powder River Trails Freedom Run Results – Winners of the 1-mile race were Trace Emmons (8:27, left) and Reece Emmons (8:51, right). Joan Jilka (43:33, center) won the 5-mile race and Hannah Herzog (53:48, not pictured) came in second.
By PR Extension Office
It was a cool, overcast event for runners and walkers of the 5-Mile Freedom Run held in Broadus last Saturday, at least for most of the race. Joan Jilka set the pace winning the 5-mile race with a time of 43:33; Hannah Herzog placed second with a time of 53:48. Other participants included Julie Riley, and walkers who brought their best four-legged friends to join them: Sommer Schaffer and "Spur", Mariah Perry and "Hup" and Samantha Perry and her puppy named "Dozer", who only asked to be carried once or twice.
The Emmons siblings, Trace and Reece won the 1-mile race. By the time the 1-mile race started on Saturday, the sun had come out from behind the clouds making the heat challenging for the 1-mile participants. Trace ran an 8:27 mile and Reece ran an 8:51 mile. Other participants in the 1-mile event included Janet Himelspach, Sarah, Tracie and Cody Earley, Spencer Fortner, Katie Ward, Kourtney Hunking, Maci and Quincy Emmons, Mychaela Jackman, Sharon Billing, Maddy, Lyman and Elizabeth Reierson, Katie Riley and Kyle Copelan, James Riley, Bailey Murnion, Brenda Roberta, Sadie, Ali, Kaley, Grady, Alex, Riley and Jessica Rumph, Mariah, Griffin and Nicole Gardner, Kristy, Jack and John Elgin, Rowdy and Tucker Ryan, Rachel and Rhonda Rosencranz, Drew Gatlin and Pete Wenzel.
Volunteers for the Powder River Trails Freedom Race included Jerry Coulter, who started and timed the races; Vanna Byrd, Molly Lloyd and Kelda Page who registered participants; Dina Gay, Karen Amende, Katie Ward, Drew Gatlin and Pete Wenzel who staffed the 5-Mile route; Joan Jilka who marked the routes; and members of the Broadus Volunteer Fire Department Melissa Clark, Raymond Ragsdale and Joshua Boman who flagged the highway crossings for the safety of the participants. Water was donated by Jacam Chemical.
The event was sponsored by the School Community Development Council and organized by the Powder River Trails and MSU Extension Service-Powder River County.
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