The Bay Area's summer running season was begun with The Ninth Annual Summer Kick-Off Fun Run held at Clear Creek High School in League City on June 3, 2000. The overall men's winner was Rudy Rocha who made it look easy with a winning time of 15:50. Mr. Rocha was also last year's overall winner and he was the Houston Area Road Runners Association runner of the year winning 7 of the 9 running series events. Next on Rocha's running calendar is the VP 10K in St. Louis. When not running he teaches at a charter school in Houston. Second and third place overall were Jeffery (16:26) and Greg Lewis (16:53) who have been Kick-Off Run winners in the past.
Scott Boyd has run the Kick-Off run four times before he secured a victory in the master's division with a time of 17:55. Mr. Boyd ran at Dickinson High School and was part of the 1976 state championship cross-country team.
Janet Nichols finished the Kick-Off Run in 22:04 to win the women's masters. Nichols, a Houstonian, has only been running 3 years. This was her first Summer Kick-Off Run.
The boy's Kid's K run was won by Quinn Baker who edged Nicolas Meza by five seconds. The girl's winner was Raina Koller followed by Lenora Muhm.
The record number of 609 who entered the 5K run, Kid's K run and the 3K walk enjoyed race day festivities that included a wide range of refreshments and live music by Juan Manuel. The trophies and medals were presented by celebrity race starter Tom Richards who attended Clear Creek High School and can be heard on Houston's classical radio station KRTS, FM 92.1. A special presentation was made honoring former race volunteer Lt. Clayton Jack Kennedy who was killed in the Marine Osprey crash in April 8 of this year.
The Summer Kick-Off Run is held in memory of James Glenn, a Clear Creek High School student and athlete who died while attending and playing football at Texas A&M in 1991. Benefits from the Summer Kick-Off Run are used to provide student scholarships through the James Glenn Foundation. This year's scholarship winners are A&M bound Charisse Ayuste and James Loynes who ran in the first Kick-Off Run 9 years ago.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
Trophies and medals were awarded to the overall 5K men and women finishers. Medals were awarded to the 5K masters (age 40 and over) and to the first three age group finishers in the 5K and 1K runs.5K Run Men Women Overall Rudy Rocha Jr. (15:50) Sherrie Keim (18:38) Masters Scott Boyd (17:55) Janet Nichols (22:04) Age 0-9 1. Matthew Perri (24:24) Theresa Halle (25:55) 2. Sean Henry (29:20) Kayla Bevers (41:44) 3. Logan Eckhardt (30:19) Age 10-14 1. Ryan Baker (21:00) Karen Brasier (22:00) 2. James Andrew Jones (22:14) Elissa Loynes (27:13) 3. Rhett Gilman (22:21) Erin Boettcher (30:32) Age 15-19 1. Daniel Noah (18:11) Kristi Posey (24:09) 2. Alex Valdez (18:23) Kyrstin Clodfelter (28:29) 3. Mark Walter (18:37) Lucia Meza (30:27) Age 20-24 1. Jason Wong (19:30) Sydni Evans (25:18)) 2. Freddy Escobedo (21:32) Jessica Rodriquez (28:31) 3. Jason Begnaud (22:07) Christina Godfrey (33:10) Age 25-29 1. Jeffrey Lewis (16:26)) Susan Bush (25:36) 2. Greg Lewis (16:53) Becky Eanes (27:27) 3. Cornelio Garibay (17:07) Robin Williams (29:26) Age 30-34 1. Dural Ruiz (17:39) Lisa Armstrong (20:33) 2. Matt Mikel (19:29) Laura Tolar (24:07) 3. Gregg Parker (20:50) Kim Stewart (25:09) Age 35-39 1. Kevin Landry (17:14) Lynnie Terry (21:34) 2. Gerald Jackson Jr (17:23) Monica Montes (22:05) 3. Rob Craven (17:38) Robin Proctor (22:34) Age 40-44 1. Larry Tidwell (18:42) Gina Monteith (22:37) 2. Kevin Regis (18:58) Phyllis Rundhaug (24:13) 3. Mark Conran (19:02) Kathleen Scharchburg (26:54) Age 45-49 1. William Martin (18:00) Eva Luckey (22:17) 2. John Hawronsky (18:25) Lynn Barrett (23:36) 3. Jimmie McCarthy (19:08) Linda Ross (25:11) Age 50-54 1. Bob Wolfe (18:47) Pierrette Lecoq (28:14) 2. Ben Harvie, Jr (20:06) Mary Jane Savino (29:41) 3. John James (20:43) Olga Niakian (30:15) Age 55-59 1. Ken Hodges (20:39) Natalie Felan (30:14) 2. Ignacio Ybarra, Jr. (22:24) Margaret Montgomery (31:29) 3. Duane Ross (22:55) Sandy Peck (33:35) Age 60-64 1. John Mitchener (23:19) 2. Don Henderson (24:56) 3. Savas Saragoza (24:57) Age 65-69 1. Robert Ellis (22:32) 2. Eustacio Galvan (28:39) 3. Conrad Vann (28:50) Age 70-74 1. Dan Allensworth (25:18) 2. Herman Wolf (33:17) 3. Jack Tolar (43:30) Kid's K Run Boys Girls (Actual Measure: .42 miles) Age 0-6 1. Ryan Ramirez (3:33) Kyra Mann (4:15) 2. Daniel Garcia (3:58) Alyssa Dale (4:33) 3. Ryan Garcia (4:03) Courtney Stewart (4:38) Age 7-9 1. Luke Baker (2:52) Raina Koller (2:48) 2. Cooper Sylestine (3:02) Laina Sylestine (3:26) 3. Bob Collopy (3:02) Amanda Meza (3:39) Age 10-12 1. Quinn Baker (2:33) Lenora Muhm (3:12) 2. Nicolas Meza II (2:38) Meredith Reed (3:45) 3. Hunter McConnell (2:44) Charlissa Nelson (4:03)