Jon and Jodi Crimmins, during a break from training.
Tammy Smith (left) and Sherry Roberts guard the post-race fruit.
Race swag. (Wendy McCormick photo)
He’s smarter than the average bear, and, apparently, quicker, too.
At least when it comes to traversing Ebey’s Prairie.
Jon Crimmins, park ranger extraordinaire, revived memories of his high school athletic exploits Saturday, zipping to the best time by any Coupeville runner in the half marathon, the premier event at the annual Race the Reserve.
His time of one hour, 42 minutes, 15 seconds placed him 8th overall, out of 128 runners.
Close to 400 runners hit the starting line this year, with participants divided between the half marathon, the 10K and 5K.
The races benefit the next graduating class at Coupeville High School.
And no, I’m not about to list all 400 or so runners on here.
The rules are simple.
If you listed Coupeville as your home town, and my eyes didn’t glaze over and miss you while going through race results, you’re on here.
From Oak Harbor or, heaven forbid, another state entirely?
Well, should have brought your own reporter with you then, I guess.
It’s called Coupeville Sports for a reason.
Our people’s results:
Half Marathon:
Jon Crimmins (8th) 1:42:15.0
Elizabeth Bitting (33rd) 1:57:45.4
Charles Arndt (48th) 2:04:28.4
Maria Summers (54th) 2:05:32.7
Sarah Aldrich (69th) 2:13:06.9
Jennifer Wynn (81st) 2:19:29.2
Lincoln Kelley (107th) 2:57:32.1
Sarah Stuurmans (122nd) 3:21:15.5
Susan Wenzel (126th) 3:44:00.8
Jodi Crimmins (127th) 3:49:23.7
10K:
Sarah Chombeau (13th) 55:01.1
Daniel Verble (16th) 57:16.2
Shannon Buys (20th) 58:31.6
Mitchell Carroll (22nd) 58:45.9
Michael Laska (30th) 59:43.7
Denise Buys (46th) 1:04:22.8
Daniel Schurf (63rd) 1:11:25.4
Emily Staker (74th) 1:17:02.9
Jennifer Carroll (77th) 1:19:29.2
Cody Staker (78th) 1:19:43.6
Diane Skaley (85th) 1:21:41.6
Jennifer Kellner (87th) 1:22:25.6
Tim Kellner (88th) 1:22:25.7
Sherry Roberts (90th) 1:23:43.6
Tammy Smith (91st) 1:23:43.6
5K:
Samuel Wynn (5th) 21:54.1
James Wood (6th) 21:54.4
Olivia Flack (7th) 22:00.9
Robert Wood (8th) 23:06.2
Marc Carrera (17th) 27:21.5
Marianne Thrawley (19th) 28:09.3
Mitchell Hall (20th) 28:41.4
Mckenzie Meyer (21st) 28:41.8
Jakobi Baumann (22nd) 28:54.9
Heather McCauley (25th) 29:32.5
Knight Arndt (28th) 29:47.0
Sarah Meyer (30th) 30:08.0
George Thrawley (36th) 30:50.1
Emily Maughan (38th) 31:33.9
Nathan Ginnings (43rd) 32:43.3
Frank Stephan (44th) 32:43.9
Oliana Stange (47th) 33:04.4
Mason Scoggin (52nd) 33:44.4
Jyotica Barrio (65th) 39:00.6
Gabe Barrio (66th) 39:01.0
Destiny Bitting (68th) 39:46.6
Debra Savalza (73rd) 42:44.5
Doug Easton (79th) 45:32.1
Jamie Easton (80th) 45:32.9
Mona Hooker (86th) 51:50.7
Paul Bigelow (92nd) 55:47.3
Therese Bigelow (93rd) 55:49.0
Emily Richards (95th) 58:11.1
Gaye Rodriguey (96th) 58:12.4
Connie Wolfe (97th) 59:14.1
Anne Katherine (98th) 59:17.5
Georgie Smith (102nd) 1:01:06.7
Nick Laska (103rd) 1:07:06.2
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