Childs, Harris, Roma and Foster win close races at Over the River Run
Published 7:37 pm Saturday, October 12, 2024
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Runners start the 36th annual Over the River Run Saturday. The event is a 5-mile run across the Old Mississippi River Bridge and back. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Isaac Childs runs across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Childs won the 5-mile race with a time of 29:38. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Isaac Childs shows off his first-place medal for winning the overall 5-mile run championship at the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Childs won with a time of 29:38. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Nicole Harris runs across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Harris won the women's championship in the 5-mile race with a time of 41:09. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Nicole Harris shows off her first-place medal after winning the women's 5-mile run championship at the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Harris won with a time of 41:09. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Ron Roma races across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Roma won the 5-mile race walk event with a time of 54:14. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Terrie Foster races across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Foster won the women's championship in the 5-mile race walk event with a time of 54:24. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Ron Roma and Terrie Foster show off their first-place medals after winning the men's and women's 5-mile race walk championships at the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Kaci McWhorter (1164), Bovoie Bailey (1273) and Courtney Stewart (1254) make their way across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Runners and walkers make their way across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Warren County Sheriff's Office deputies escort runners across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Ryan Crandall runs across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Crandall finished second in the 5-mile race with a time of 29:48. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Yosef Agyepong runs across the Old Mississippi River Bridge during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Agyepong won the children's 1-mile fun run with a time of 6:49. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Maggie Winters (2393) and Ellie Winters (2392) compete in the children's 1-mile fun run during the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Maggie Winters won the girls' race with a time of 9:05. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Yosef Agyepong shows off his first place medal after winning the overall championship in the 1-mile children's fun run at the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Agyepong won the children's 1-mile fun run with a time of 6:49. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Maggie Winters shows off her first place medal after winning the girls' championship in the 1-mile children's fun run at the 36th annual Over the River Run on Saturday. Winters won with a time of 9:05. (Mike Calnan/Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation)
It was a long way back from second to third place in the 36th annual Over the River Run. The distance from first to second was a lot closer.
Isaac Childs won the overall championship in the 5-mile run, and Ron Roma in the 5-mile race walk, by only 10 seconds Saturday in the annual jaunt across the Old Mississippi River Bridge and back.
The 30-year-old Childs had a winning time of 29:38 in the run, to get past runner-up Ryan Crandall who came across in 29:48.
Trystin Carpenter finished a distant third, in 31:49. Kane Childress (33:16) and Will Bates (33:32) rounded out the top five.
COMPLETE RACE RESULTS
Nicole Harris won the women’s championship and was 24th overall, with a time of 41:09. She easily outpaced her nearest challenger, 13-year-old Yashira Narvaiz, who had a time of 41:57 and placed 30th overall.
The same scenario played out in the 5-mile race walk, where Roma won in 54:14 and Terrie Foster was right behind in 54:24. Foster claimed the women’s championship for the first time.
Steve Pranger (59:27), Ella Kate Boone (1 hour, 38 seconds) and Lee Fore (1 hours, 52 seconds) rounded out the top five.
In the children’s 1-mile fun run, Yosef Agyepong won the overall title with a time of 6:49 and Maggie Winters was the girls’ championship in 9:05.
Nearly 250 people participated in the Over the River Run, which is a fundraiser for the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation.