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The 14th annual ESA Quarry Days 5K and 1Mile run/walk was held on Saturday, June 22nd as part of the Quarry Days celebration. The event raises funds that are donated to Dell Rapids community projects. We had a great turnout of 95 participants as the rain held of and we had perfect running weather. With the generosity of our sponsors and the participants, over $2000 was raised and will be distributed in the fall. The overall winner of the men’s 5K was Jared Weston of Brookings with a time of 18:17, and the overall winner of the women’s 5K was Shaylee Hoff of Dell Rapids with a time of 21:03.
Men’s winners by age group:
- Seth Roemen of Dell Rapids, 15-Under, 21:59
- John Ditter of Baltic, 16-19, 20:16
- Jared Weston of Brookings, 20-29, 18:17
- Jesse Kroupa of Kimball, 30-39, 20:03
- Todd Christensen of Baltic, 40 to 49, 20:37
- Kevin Streff of Madison, 50-59, 20:30
- David Weelborg of Brookings, 60-Over, 30:53
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Women’s winners by age group:
- Lucy Vargas of Dell Rapids, 15-Under, 25:39
- Shaylee Hoff of Dell Rapids, 16-19, 21:03
- Corynn Hoff of Sioux Falls, 20-29, 25:56
- Amanda McMillan of Dell Rapids, 30-39, 22:14
- Jessica Holt of Renner, 40-49, 24:48
- Lisa Schroeder of Dell Rapids, 50-59, 25:52
- Debra Shissler of Dell Rapids, 60-Over, 25:10
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We had some young runners run the 1Mile as well: Thomas Christensen of Baltic age 8 and Maebry Dybedahl of Dell Rapids age 5.