Above left: Looking at her watch as she finishes, Sharon Dorr (236) checked her time as she was just crossing the finish line. Sharon ran a great race in the 10K, finishing second in the women’s division with a time of 48:58 over the hilly course. Above: How cold was it at the starting line? Most runners wore long sleeve shirts, even sweat suits, as well as donning stocking caps to keep warm. Left: Linda Jurek, right, and her daughter Jillian Kratt, both get a hug from Murray the Moose just before the race.
With the starting line temperature hovering around 35F and a soon to be falling light rain, more than 120 shivering runners gathered at the Coast Guard Station parking lot on Saturday, June 9 to take part in the inaugural Voyage North 5k and 10K running races that ended at Voyageur Brewing Company.
Frigid weather aside, the runners wore broad smiles, many clad in warm running gear as the gun went off and sent them on their way.
A surprised but elated Noah Loubier, age 13 from Rosslyn, Ontario, won the 5K race in 24:48, averaging 7:58 per mile over the hilly course.
Stephanie Radloff, Grand Marais, was the women’s winner with a time of 26:20, an 8:28 mile pace for the 3.1-mile distance.
Grand Marais Mayor Jay Arrowsmith-DeCoux won the inaugural Voyage North 10K (6.2 miles) in 40:20, averaging 6:29 per mile.
Kellie Kratt, Duluth, was the women’s winner with a time of 47:55, a 7:42 mile pace. Kellie is Visit Cook County director Linda Jurek’s daughter-in-law.
Local 5K results
Local male finishers in the 5K and their places against men include: Huntington Adelman, 4th, 27:50; Woody Gilk, 5th, 27:59; Brad Orn, 7th, 30:18; Al Bugge, 20th, 42:31; Ryan Langemeir, 21st, 43:0; and Jason Wallin, 25th, 1:02:51.
Local women finishers and their places against women runners in the 5K are as follows: Becky Orn, 3rd in 29:14; Rebecca Wiinanen, 5th, 29:34; Ani Hingos, 18th, 33:27; Gwen Deanfelt, 20th, 34:00; Krista Mixdorf, 31st, 37:48; Trissany Kolquist, 32nd, 38:41; Debra Bugge, 36th, 41:39; Diana Dimotrova, 42nd, 42:35; Linda Jurek, 44th, 44:59; Christina Conroy, 49th, 48:57; Sherri Nelson, 32nd, 55:30; Lori Swartzs, 37th, 1:12:36; Shona Phipps, 33rd, 1:12:36.
Local 10K results
Local men: Sven Hoaglund, 5th, 46:38; Dylan Dragswiek, 9th, 49:30; Mike Duvall, 32nd, 1:03:53; Denny FitzPatrick, 39th in 1:12:13.
Local women: Sharon Dorr, 2nd, 48:58; Jackie Nelson, 4th, 51:59; Wendy McCartney, 5th, 53:11;
Liza Mertz, 23rd, 1:03:33; Sarena Nelson, 38th, 1:14:33; Lynsey Nelson, 39th, 1:14:38; Amy Lacina, 44th, 1:17:37; Kathy Bernier, 48th, 1:17:37 and Sara Hingos, 49th who finished with a time of 1:28:18.
Visit Cook County, North Shore Title, Superior Inn, Java Moose, Lake Superior Trading Post, World’s Best Donuts, the North Shore Credit Union and Voyageur Brewing Company sponsored the event.
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