Swartz Creek woman shatters road race record
Sharon Thompson of Swartz Creek shattered the record for the fastest five-kilometer time by a Flint-area woman in a local road race Saturday, finishing the Flushing Township 5K with a time of 16:14.
The former Sharon Dickie of Grand Blanc broke her own record of 16:42 set when she took first overall in the Avalon Hospice 5K in Flushing on Oct. 16, 2004. The only other recorded sub-17 5K by an area woman in a local race was a 16:58 by Flint's Carrie Gould in the Flushing Evening 5K on June 9, 1999.
Thompson, 28, was fourth overall in a strong field in which the first eight runners broke 17 minutes. The former University of Tennessee All-American ran at a pace of 5:14 per mile.
The top five runners recorded times that would have won the race the last six years. The wind wasn't nearly as strong as it typically is for this event.
Jason Jaloszynski, 30, of Clio ran alone to win the half marathon in 1 hour, 16 minutes and 19 seconds. Ben Vanhoose of Greenville was a distant second in 1:21:09.
Eliza Nyblad, 20, of Grand Rapids was the women's winner and 13th overall out of 149 finishers in 1:29:42. Nyblad runs for Cornerstone University, as does second-place Janelle Lindman (1:31:24) and third-place Nicki Erler (1:32:08).
Johnny Olsey of Clio won the 5K walk in 29:12. Women's winner Becky Benjamin of Swartz Creek was second overall in 31:08.
14 comments:
WOW! 16:14--that is awesome Sharon! you are rolling!
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Sharon, you are my hero!!! That is AWESOME!!!!
Great Job! Awesome!!!
WHOA SHARON! Way to run girl... Such a studette. You are ready for Spring Track is sounds like. Any races coming up?
31 weeks tomorrow... feeling good. Nothing really to report! :)
Rockin' time Shar! I'm running a
5k this weekend, and I'll try to break 21 minutes, just for you! :) Ha ha
Thanks for keeping us updated--love to see your progress!
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Geez, Sharon, that's awesome! Keep up the good work so the rest of us bums can live vicariously through you.
Way to go Sharon! They failed to mention that you are training on about 6 hours of broken sleep and still nursing a 9 month old! I'm very proud of you!
You looked great out there, Sharon! I was very proud of you as I watched you fly to the finish line. You are ready for the trials!
Whoa! Way to go, Cynthia! You've figured out how to leave comments:) Next thing you know, you'll be able to email pictures:) See you in a week.
Excellent job Sharon!! You only get better with age!
Amazing, Shar...you always impress me :)
Hey Sharon, way to go! My favorite part of the story was when they said you beat Carrie Gould's old record! HA! HA! There is something to be said for all your hard work with not getting much sleep and being an attentive mother to Luke! Congratulations! Love all the Q's
Sharon. Congrats! You are awesome! I am slightly annoyed that they had to bring up Carrie Gould in your story...at least it was to say that you beat her:) Michael wonders what I have been doing! Love you, Randi
Sharon--you totally are super mom!! I need to borrow a bit of your energy. Luke is such a cutie pie! He has the best laugh I've heard in a long, long time.
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