Photo Gallery: Chill in the Hills 2021
Published 4:38 pm Saturday, January 16, 2021
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Amy McDougal celebrates as she makes the final turn toward the finish line at the Chill in the Hills 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Runners take off at the start of the Chill in the Hills 10K run Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Justin Jones (53) checks his watch at the start of the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Ryan Crandall (1) and Peter Mackintosh (55) lead the field at the start of the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. Crandall won the race with a time of 34:10, and Mackintosh finished fourth in 47:18. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Walkers embark on their journey during the Chill in the Hills 5K race walk Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Handcrafted chili bowls await the winners of the Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. The ceramic bowls serve as the race’s trophies. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Donna Ingram (1023) and Cindy Howington (1024) leave the starting line during the Chill in the Hills 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Walkers head onto the course at the start of the Chill in the Hills 5K race walk on Saturday morning. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Mississippi Track Club president Jack Ward shouts encouragement to runners and walkers during the 13th annual Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputies escort a pair of runners down Monroe Street and toward the finish line at the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Chris bates (91) makes his way toward the finish line during the Chill in the Hills 10K run Saturday in Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A group of walkers carries presents and packages near the end of the Chill in the Hills 5K race walk Saturday in Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Casy McNemar, a counselor at Grace Christian Counseling, sets out fruit for runners and walkers during the Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk on Saturday. The Chill in the Hills is a fundraiser for Grace Christian Counseling. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Gaurav Savant runs toward the finish line at the 13th annual Chill in the Hills 10K run Saturday in Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Bill Sisneros (44) runs along the home stretch of the Chill in the Hills 10K Saturday in Vicksburg. Sisneros finished 13th overall, with a time of 52:19. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Walkers cheer themselves on as they tackle the final stretch of the Chill in the Hills 5K Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
A volunteer holds up a sign to encourage runners and walkers along the final stretch of the Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Race director Walter Frazier makes the final turn toward the finish line at the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. The race was a fundraiser for Grace Christian Counseling, which Frazier is also the director of. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Kaitlyn Litsey (30) heads toward the finish line at the 13th annual Chill in the Hills 10K run Saturday in downtown Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Ryan Crandall heads toward the finish line at the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. Crandall posted a course-record time of 34:10 to win the race for the second year in a row. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Ryan Crandall poses next to the chili bowl trophies at the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. Crandall finished first overall, with a course-record time of 34:10, to win the race for the second year in a row. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Hendrix Eldridge holds her chili bowl trophy after winning the women’s championship at the Chill in the Hills 10K run on Saturday. The 12-year-old sixth-grader at St. Francis Xavier School clocked a time of 50:22. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Rachel Cross holds her chili bowl trophy during the awards ceremony at the conclusion of the 13th annual Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk Saturday in Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Larry Robinson motors toward the finish of the Chill in the Hills 5K race walk on Saturday. Robinson finished first, with a time of 31:07. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Patty Lewis (437) takes off from the starting line as her brother Noah Lewis (436) pursues at the beginning of the Chill in the Hills 1-mile children’s fun run on Saturday. Noah Lewis wound up winning the race, while his sister finished second. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Siblings Patty Lewis (437) and Noah Lewis (436) pose for a photo after finishing second and first, respectively, in the Chill in the Hills children’s 1-mile fun run on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Julie J. Jackson (82) crosses the finish line of the Chill in the Hills 1-mile fun run Saturday in Vicksburg. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Charles Mitchell Jr., 4, crosses the finish line of the Chill in the Hills 1-mile children’s fun run on Saturday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Approximately 100 people competed in the 13th annual Chill in the Hills 10K run and 5K race walk on Saturday. The race started and ended at Martin’s at Midtown, 1101 Belmont St., and followed a course through downtown Vicksburg.
Ryan Crandall of Madison repeated as the overall 10K champion, while 12-year-old Hendrix Eldridge of Mound, La., won the women’s title. Larry Robinson and Sonja Dufrene were the men’s and women’s champions in the 5K race walk, while siblings Noah and Patty Lewis finished first and second in the 1-mile fun run.
The Chill in the Hills is a fundraiser for Grace Christian Counseling. The organization provides low-cost counseling services for residents of Mississippi and Louisiana.
MORE COVERAGE:
• Complete race results
• East family runs home for Chill in the Hills
• Crandall, Eldridge win big at Chill in the Hills
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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