On Saturday, June 13, BRTC partnered with the Paragould Rotary Club to hold the first Rotary 5K walk/run at BRTC on the BRTC Paragould campus. Ninety-seven men, women, and children participated.
The race began at 8 a.m. and the first runner completed the race at 8:19:10 a.m. The race was an officially timed event, facilitated by Stearns Race Timing. Full results can be found on their website.
BRTC thanks the following sponsors of the event: Platinum level: GCITC. Silver level: BancorpSouth, First National Bank, Tenneco, Inc. Bronze level: Arkansas Dental Clinic, Delta Ag Consultants, Fred’s Farm Equipment Repair, LLC., Greenway Equipment, Hays Grocery, HLP Construction, Inc., Southern Pipe and Supply, Stitches and Such, Triple B Electric, and Windmill Rice Company, LLC. In-kind donors: BRTC Foundation, Burch Food Services, Lowe’s of Paragould, New Life Ministries, Paragould Police Department, and Turbo Ice.
In the Top 5 categories, Top 5 Females: First, Morgan Adams of Paragould; second, Leah Howard of Hoxie; third, Haley Gray of Paragould; fourth, Jenny Gibson of Jonesboro; fifth, Emma Lovell of Paragould. Top 5 Males: First, Chris Cone of Paragould; second, Shannon McDowell of Paragould; third, Zarek Bateman of Paragould; fourth, Frankie Salinas of Paragould; fifth, Steve Cobb of Paragould. Top 5 Walkers: First, Alan Young of Jonesboro; second, Doug Dowler of Paragould; third, Marsha Petty of Paragould; fourth, Jennifer Lee of Bay; fifth, Terry Wallace of Walnut Ridge.
In the female age division, Age Division 1-9: First, Kyleigh Boone of Paragould. Age Division 10-14: First, Gabby Finch of Paragould; second, Hannah Gray of Paragould; third, Christin Barker of Walnut Ridge.
Age Division 20-24: First, Abby Hurt of Paragould. Age Division 25-29: First, Sydney Wallace of Paragould; second, Meaghan Kingston of Brookland.
Age Division 30-34: First, Malissa Howard of Hoxie; second, Catrina Holt of Paragould; third, Diana Ford of Brookland. Age Division 35-39: First, Yvonne Doyle of Walnut Ridge; second, Amanda Whetsell of Paragould; third, Candis Barker of Walnut Ridge.
Age Division 40-44: First, Malissa Lewis of Paragould; second, Danielle Pittman of Jonesboro; Age Division 45-49: First, Carla Mitchell of Paragould; second, Sherry Dowless of Jonesboro; third, Sabrina Burns of Jonesboro.
Age Division 50-54: First, Mary Rupard of Jonesboro; second, Barbara Tarbutton of Jonesboro; third, Kerry Eliason of Brookland.
Age Division 60-64: First, Diamm Walker of Paragould.
In the male age division, Age Division 1-9: First, Brian Hill, Jr., of Paragould. Age Division 10-14: First, Rylee Whetsell of Paragould. Age Division 15-19: First, Jacob Scurlock of Jonesboro.
Age Division 20-24: First, Jeremy Clark of Paragould; second, Ryan Thomason of Paragould; third, Ben Holder of Marmaduke. Age Division 25-29: First, Ty Shaffer of Paragould; second, Cason Nelson of Paragould; third, Dereck Ray of Paragould.
Age Division 35-39: First, Joshua Dye Jonesboro; second, John Whetsell of Paragould; third, Brian Hill of Paragould.
Age Division 40-44: First, Chris Bass of Paragould. Age Division 45-49: First, Terry McNatt of Brookland; second, Andrew Small of Paragould; third, Steve Lovell of Paragould.
Age Division 50-54: First, Michael Stallings of Jonesboro; second, John Gruman of Jonesboro; third, James Norman of Paragould. Age Division 55-59: First, Dan Ring of Brookland; second, Raymond Joe Campbel of Paragould; third, Doyne Gonser of Paragould.
Age Division 60-64: First, Donald Cavenaugh of Walnut Ridge; second, David Conrad of Jonesboro; third, Ray Keller of Jonesboro.