VIDEO: Patch Editor Takes on Hinsdale 5K Run
The Healthy Parks, Healthy Patients 5K took place Sunday morning and benefited the Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department and RML Specialty Hospital.
The Healthy Parks, Healthy Patients 5K took place Sunday morning, beginning and ending at Katherine Legge Memorial Park in Hinsdale. The race, which turned out 333 runners, raised money to benefit the Village of Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Department and RML Specialty Hospital.
The fastest finishing male racers were Timothy Jung (17:30.0), Malik Dorris (17:43.3), and Uriel Lara (17:52.6).
The top females were Rachel Wyffels (20:57.0), Susan Duteau (21:14.8), and Ashley Gilbert (22:29.4).
The top fundraising team was Tennis Moms, which brought in $1,350 for the race's causes. Top individual fundraisers were John Hartless ($1,000), Julie McGue ($655) and MaryJo Wangelin ($330).
Team DSI (Development Solutions, Inc.) won the "Most Spirited Team" Award (which Patch helped decide).
While numbers are not yet final, Jennifer Price of RML said in an email that the race netted approximately $18,000 for the two organizations.
For complete results, visit the race's website.
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Karen Chadra
12:12 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Way to go Joe. That's a lot of work for free bananas! LOL
Love the black socks.
Joe O'Donnell
12:52 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Thanks Karen. I won't tell you how old those socks are. I also don't want to downplay the post-race banquet. There was a lot more than just bananas and flowers. It was a pretty sweet set-up.
Samantha Liss
12:45 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Joe, this is too funny!
Charlotte Eriksen
6:25 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
this is AWESOME