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The site was downtown
Knoxville. The race was the 29th annual Tennessee Sports Medicine
EXPO 10,000 and 5K. The weather, as usual for EXPO, was hot and
humid. |
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Co-race director Lea
Ann Pool was her usual ball of fire scurrying around the pre-race site
making sure all the ducks were in a row. |
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Betty Schohl, KTC
Executive Director and the other co-director, greeted over a thousand
participants at the start of this year's race. |
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The strains of the
national anthem rang proudly through the air... |
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...sung by KTC
President Joe Jackson. |
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Two staunch
wheelchair competitors readied for the start of their race. |
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The wheelmen reached
high speeds on the downhill start. |
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Then the runners
tensed for the gun. |
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And, in a mad rush,
they were off!!! |
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A fast field was on
hand for this year's race. |
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The big crowd
streamed past. |
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Two Kenyans had the
lead at milepost three. |
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Their speed on the
long grade was impressive. |
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The overall winner
was Stephen Kibet, a Kenyan running out of Atlanta. |
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But Patrick Gildea
chased down Jared Segera, who had previously finished 2nd and 3rd in
this race, and rolled him out to finish second overall. |
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Tim "The
Bull" Ensign was the second fastest masters competitor, but was
unable to lead his CTC team to victory over the Knoxville Track Club's
best masters runners. |
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Jim Loar was the
fastest veterans male runner. |
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Heather Lee (red
singlet) was the overall female champion of this year's EXPO. |
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Patty Pitcher, former
UT star, was second overall female. |
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Former Oak Ridger
Leah Moore Thomas was third. |
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Gennie Barrett was
overall masters female titlist. |
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Mary Preisel was top
veterans female. |
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Three speedy former
Lady Vols share a moment after the race. |
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EXPO is always about
families and this year was no exception. |
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Glad nobody ended up
here, victim of EXPO's tenacious heat and humidity. See you next
year at the 30th Anniversary running of the EXPO 10,000! |