Cherry, 180 were ripe for pickin’ victories
These items fell through the cracks after vacation week. Sorry about that. But let’s get them out there and congratulate them most belatedly:
Brandon Cherry, a graduate of St. Charles West, won the 27th annual Capital Challenge 5K, crossing the line in front of congressmen, senators, cabinet members and a lot of other Beltway Bigwigs, in 15 minutes 42 seconds. After leaving the Warriors, West attended the University of Kansas and now works for the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency.
A total of 39 members of Congress entered the race. Finishing first was Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn, in 18:40.
Not bad for a 59-year-old guy. Rep. Jean Schmidt, D-Ohio, won the women’s House racein 22:50. Top senator was John Ensign, R-Nev., in 19:34.
Here are the complete results and coverage.
The 180 Energy Runners had a strong team win the the Rockford Marathon Relay. Nathan Pepper, Zac Freudenburg, Dusty Lopez and Adam White finished in 2:24:47, about 12 minutes ahead of overall marathon Ben Schneider.
St. Louisan John Conroy, 43, won the master’s division of the half-marathon in 1:22:33.
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Way Funny - looks like the house moves faster than the senate
I think most of these guys on the relay team are very fast - 2:24:47 is fast, but kind of slow for these guys. I think - still - first is first.