Big River Racing athletes continued to impress in November!
On November 5, at the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon:
- Elvir Sarajlic ran 1:18:03 in the Half Marathon
- Travis Menghini ran 1:27:00 in the Half Marathon
- Preston Jordan ran 1:31:08 in the Half Marathon
- Luke O’Connor ran a new PR of 2:36:01 in the Marathon, placing 54th Overall
- Stephen Kuehner ran a new PR of 3:00:32 in the Marathon
- Sadie Smith ran 3:01:02 in the Marathon
- Tim Bick ran 3:04:42 in the Marathon
On November 6, Cassie Zehenny ran 19:36 in the St. Louis Track Club 5k, placing 3rd Female. And Kasey Gonyias ran 1:30:05 in the St. Louis Track Club Half Marathon, placing 3rd Female.
Also on November 6, Bill Thompson ran 1:36:12 at the Bass Pro Cohick Half Marathon.
On November 12, Euan Makepeace (37:22) won The SKIPPO 10K, and Brandon Schneider (51:02) placed 2nd Age Group.
On November 13, Matt Kruger won the Tunnel Hill Marathon in 2:29:25.
Also on November 13, at the St. Louis Track Club Marathon Relay, the Big River Racing Team placed 1st, 2nd, and 4th in the Mixed Gender Team competition. The teammates who participated were: Cassie Zehenny, Tim Bick, Nick Vollmer, Sophie Watterson, Lisa Gorham, Payton Birkel, Elaine Sims, Brandon Schneider, David Baker, Preston Jordan, and Mike Girzadas.
On Thanksgiving Day:
- Steve Moore (17:18) won his Age Group and placed 8th Overall at the Arnold Gobble Wobble 5k.
- Nick Vollmer ran a new 5k PR of 17:32, placing 10th Overall at the Arnold Gobble Wobble 5k.
- Alyssa Jenks (17:54) placed 1st Female and 25th Overall at the Valparaiso Turkey Trot in Indiana.
- Sarah Kruger (18:01) placed 1st Female and 11th Overall at the MHK Turkey Trot in Manhattan, KS.
- Jon Petter (18:13) placed 2nd Age Group at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 3 Mile.
- Matt Helbig (18:15) placed 3rd Age Group at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 3 Mile.
- Sophie Watterson (18:34) placed 1st Female and 17th Overall at the Arnold Gobble Wobble 5k.
- Steve Bender (19:21) placed 2nd Age Group and 24th Overall at the Arnold Gobble Wobble 5k.
- Preston Jordan (19:23) placed 3rd Age Group and 25th Overall at the Arnold Gobble Wobble 5k.
- Connor Helbig ran 19:27 at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 3 Mile.
- Travis Menghini ran 19:49 at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 3 Mile.
- Katie Helbig (19:55) won her Age Group and placed 6th Female at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 3 Mile.
- Zach Legenzoff (20:27) placed 38th Overall at the Chesterfield Turkey Trot.
- Matt Bridwell (22:07) placed 3rd Age Group at the Arnold Gobble Wobble 5k.
- John Kertz ran 22:43 at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 3 Mile.
- Sadie Smith (38:49) won her Age Group and placed 4th Female and 20th Overall at the Kirkwood Webster Turkey Day Run 6 Mile.
On November 26, Alex Schenk (1:05:02) placed 2nd Age Group and 12th Overall at The Great River Road 10 Mile Run.
Congratulations to all the team members on their accomplishments!
