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“This is my 4th year as Race Director, and we’ve continued to see some fast times, particularly in the 5 mile race (we also have a 2 mile option). The course is exceptionally flat, so it supports some good times. Ridge Road Run 5 Mile results
This year, we had a good showing of some college and high school talent. The race was won by Tito Gonzalez (in 26:18), followed closely by Jack Schulz (26:44), both of whom I believe just graduated from Fremont High School. I would hope with talent like theirs that they’ll continue their running journeys beyond 12th grade! Not to be outdone was Ben Schulz (29:25), who I would assume will continue running under Coach Sean McMahon at Fremont High School again next year. 4th place was Alex Rohlfs (30:31), who runs for Drake and will be a sophomore this year. We also had Alex Way (31:00.93) and Jacob Klein (31:33) who run at Midland University and I believe tend to favor much longer distances. Jacob crossed the line just 1 second ahead of his former high school coach at Fremont High School, Sean McMahon (31:34) who still continues to put up some really competitive times.
There’s very little shade on the course, we hardly had any wind, and it was pretty humid.
This year was also the first year of the Corporate Challenge (a competition for companies and organizations to encourage their employees to participate for the John C. Fremont Cup), which is similar to the Corporate Cup and other team-related events. No surprise here, the race was won by Fremont High School, led by Coach Sean McMahon, his wife Beth, and their son Ross. They beat out Hormel and Bell Field Elementary and get to take ownership of the John C. Fremont Cup until next year’s race. We hope that we’ll continue to see more organizations competing next year to get some stiff competition for the Tigers!”
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