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Nearly 170 runners competed June 6 in the 31st annual Sun Fun Beach Run as part of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce’s 58th annual Sun Fun Festival®. The event was sponsored by the MBACC and City of North Myrtle Beach in cooperation with the City of North Myrtle Beach Parks & Recreation Department and North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce.
The top three males and females overall and the top three in each age group for both the five-kilometer race and one-mile fun run received awards. Age groups for the five-kilometer race were 14 and under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 and over. Age groups for the one-mile fun run were 10 and under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60 and over.
Runners from a number of states competed: Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The following Grand Strand residents placed in the five-kilometer race:
Female Overall Winners:
2nd, Debra Peters, Myrtle Beach, 23:28
3rd, Caroline Freese, Myrtle Beach, 24:14
Male Overall Winners:
2nd, Jordan Hunt, Murrells Inlet, 19:08
Female Winners, Ages 15-19:
1st, Hope Thompson, Myrtle Beach, 26:17
2nd, Amanda Czerkawskyj, Surfside Beach, 39:30
3rd, Ashley Fernandez, Murrells Inlet, 41:49
Female Winners, Ages 20-29:
2nd, Amanda June Daley, Myrtle Beach, 26:19
3rd, Heather Gannoe, Myrtle Beach, 26:58
Male Winners, Ages 20-29:
2nd, Nicholas George Hag, Myrtle Beach, 23:19
3rd, Robb Urbaniak, Myrtle Beach, 26:20
Female Winners, Ages 30-39:
1st, Lisa Fanning, Myrtle Beach, 25:54
3rd, Lorena Murphy, Myrtle Beach, 27:02
Male Winners, Ages 30-39:
1st, Michael Graham, Myrtle Beach, 20:24
3rd, Chris Singleton, Conway, 22:59
Female Winners, Ages 40-49:
1st, Susan Chambers, Myrtle Beach, 24:40
2nd, Sarah Shore, Myrtle Beach, 26:13
3rd, Sunnie McGonical, North Myrtle Beach, 26:42
Male Winners, Ages 40-49:
1st, Lance Kinsey, Myrtle Beach, 19:33
3rd, Douglas Smith, North Myrtle Beach, 21:50
Female Winners, Ages 50-59:
1st, Mary Johnson, North Myrtle Beach, 26:46
3rd, Jeri Himmelsbach, North Myrtle Beach, 31:15
Male Winners, Ages 50-59:
1st, Ron Floyd, North Myrtle Beach, 22:48
2nd, Steve Hart, Murrells Inlet, 23:41
3rd, Jonathan Herman, Myrtle Beach, 25:01
Female Winners, Ages 60 and Over:
1st, Linda Hackley, North Myrtle Beach, 41:34
Male Winners, Ages 60 and Over:
1st, Joe Bennett, Conway, 21:15
The following Grand Strand residents placed in the one-mile fun run:
Female Winners, Ages 10 and Under:
1st, Rylie Troxell, North Myrtle Beach, 9:29
2nd, Karley McGonical, North Myrtle Beach, 14:57
Male Winners, Ages 10 and Under:
1st, Dellan McGonical, North Myrtle Beach, 7:51
Female Winners, Ages 15-19:
1st, Leanne Simmons, Longs, 8:56
2nd, Mallory Holmes, Little River, 13:34
Female Winners, Ages 30-39:
1st, Toni Floyd, North Myrtle Beach, 9:16
Female Winners, Ages 40-49:
1st, Sunnie McGonical, North Myrtle Beach, 9:34
Male Winners, Ages 40-49:
1st, Greg Hembree, Little River, 6:55
For more information about the Sun Fun Beach Run, contact Gregg Barnhill, City of North Myrtle Beach Parks & Recreation Department, at (843) 280-5673.
For more information about the Sun Fun Festival, visit SunFunFestival.com or call (843) 626-7444/(800) 356-3016.
The Grand Strand’s summer festival season begins with the Sun Fun Festival June 5-6 and ends with the Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival Sept. 4-5. The free, family-friendly festivities offer a great lineup of live entertainment, national acts, events and much more in Myrtle Beach, S.C., America’s top beach and family destination.
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