Saturday, August 4, 2001 -- Hinton, WV
4th Annual Dam Race 5K Run & Walk (iPO Event Id#: 4050)
Story and photos by Ariana Kincaid
[Details]
[Coverage]
Results:
[5K Overall]
[5K by Class]
[Walk & Fun Run]
Pictures:
[Set 1]
[Set 2]
[Set 3]
[Set 4]
[Set 5]
[Set 6]
[1998 Coverage]
[1999 Coverage]
[2000 Coverage]
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Finishing at 16:01, Jason Wall defended his title from Larry Adkins, finishing at 17:49, and Thomas Meadows, at 18:18. Wall has consistently made a fine showing at The Dam Race, finishing second the first two years of the race, and of course, finishing first this and last year. According to Wall, "These festival races are fun. It's good to see and compete against the same people year after year."
One woman was just looking for a race near her family's summer place,
and wound up besting the field! Jennifer Halch, 34, of Greensboro,
NC, drove in from Hillsville, VA, to take first place for women in
20:00. She was followed by Holly Wall (Jason's better half), who
finished at 20:54. One casualty of the deep field of competitors was
Martha Drinkard, who was last year's first place female finisher-even
though she finished at 22:28, several seconds faster than last year,
it was still only good enough for third place.
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The humidity was cited by all as a factor in their time-hey, it's not called the Water Festival for nothin'! Holly Wall said she was disappointed with her performance, which was a minute slower than her last race. Jason Wall agreed, adding that the humidity made it, "A slow day." Halch also added that the loops in the course also made it a little slow, but was all-in-all, a nice and pretty one.
Thanks to the Southern West Virginia Road Runners Club, Shirley Aycoth, and Paul Hodges for showing one and all . . . get ready to groan . . . a fine dam time!