RUSSELL, Ky. - Runners from ages 7 to 78 converged on Russell Saturday morning to participate in the 27th annual Run By The River and helped establish new marks for participation and funds raised for community projects sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County.

"I'm excited about the turnout," race director Tim Gearhart said. "We have more runners than anytime in the last 15 years and more sponsors than anytime in the history of the run."

The result: the club expects to net $3,200 to $3,500 - all of which will be used to buy shoes for children, provide scholarships to Key Club members at Russell and Raceland-Worthington High Schools, Thanksgiving baskets for needy families and similar efforts.

Setting the pace in this year's field were two familiar runners: David Duncan and Blake Jones.

Duncan, 50, track and cross-country coach at Spring Valley High School in Huntington, took the top trophy in the 10K race while Blake Jones of Portsmouth repeated for the second year as the top speedster in the 5K division.

Duncan completed the 6.2 mile course in 36:52 just 22 second ahead of Eric Migernier, 44, of Huntington who turned in a 37:14 performance. Duncan was running the course at a 5:56 pace per mile while Migernier was just 4 second behind.

"I've always enjoyed this race," Duncan said, noting he was a winner several times in the 1970s and 1980s.

In the women's 10K, Tammy Tribett, 31, also of Huntington, took the top trophy with a time of 46:41. She was just 14 second ahead of Sarah Sturgill, 19, of Hurricane at 46:35.

In the 5K, Jones, 21, was more than a minute ahead of his nearest rival, Steven Peach, 19, of Portsmouth. Jones had a time of 17:42 (5:42 per mile) while Peach came in at 18:52 (6:05).

Emily Bailey, 18, of Kenova, W.Va. led the women's 5K with a time of 20:44, just 6 seconds ahead of Sarah Browning, 17, of Ashland, whose time was 20:50.

At starting time the number of registered runners stood at 160, an increase of 48 over last year. Of those registered ,151 completed the 5K or 10K course while several others participated in a 5K fun walk.

Planning is already underway for next year's

race which will be Saturday, June 11, with the addition of a new age division for those 70 and over.

After noting an ever increasing number of older citizens still running, race sponsors decided it was time to recognize that people are living longer and healthier.

"I think this will add a new dimension to our race that others will soon follow," said Gearhart.

5K Race Results

1. Blake Jones 17:42, 2. Steven Peach 18:52, 3. Daniel LoVette 19:30, 4. Nick Nixon 19:33, 5. Masaru Williams 19:34, 6. Dave Watson 19:50, 7. Tim Bailey 19:56, 8. Don Thornsbury 20:00, 9. Corey Elswick 20:29, 10. Landon Williams 20:34.

11. Andy Burgess 20:38, 12. Emily Bailey 20:44, 13. Sarah Browning 20:50, 14. Richard Bond 20:54, 15. Dave Porter 20:58, 16. Steven Grimes 21:06, 17. Scott Grimes 21:16, 18. Shane Nixon 21:23, 19. Jason Coldiron 21:32, 20. Brent Lemons 23:13.

21. Jon Buchanan 23:11, 22. Kylie Lemons 23:12, 23. Ed Davis 23:13, 24. Travis Taylor 23:16, 25. Chuck Conley 23:48, 26. Cadara Cole 23:57, 27. Anthony Bazler 24:01, 28. Pete Michael 24:08, 29. Savannah Rutherford 24:20, 30. Ron Johnson 24:31.

31. Don Rutherford 24:45, 32. Derek Mitchell 25:02, 33. Richard Leggett 25:04, 34. Brittany Taft 25:05, 35. Jeffrey Messer 25:06, 36. Rachael Henson 35:07, 37. Mark McKinney 25:39, 38. Angela Thorn 25:33, 39. Kayle Cole 25:39, 40. Chris Cole 25:40.

41. Jeff Barron 25:54, 42. Rose Balmer 26:00, 43. Michael Fletcher 26:05, 44. Chris Lowery 26:14, 45. Russell Lewis 26:19, 46. Corey Smith 26:22, 47. Jennifer Ross 26:23, 48. Amanda Rae Hensley 26:53, 49. Julie Marsh 26:54, 50. Wayne Kuhner 27:14.

51. Billy Musick 27:23, 52. Jeff Evans 27:24, 53. Tabitha Coldiron 27:52, 54. Richard Balmer 28:08, 55. Brian Webb 28:23, 56. Liza Wells 28:25, 57. Ron Hackworth 28:28, 58. Betty Neff 28:36, 59. Danny Gallagher 28:59, 60. Susan Runyon 29:19.

61. Jamie Barker 29:24, 62. Tony Coriell 29:34, 63. Jonathan Pennington 29:35, 64. Nicole Pennington 29:36, 65. Doug Thompson 30:44, 66. Aaron King 31:07, 67. Larry Neff 31:08, 68. Timothy Ball 32:40, 69. Kim Messer 33:17, 70. Jerry Cole 33:43.

71. Shana Simpson 33:52, 72. Theresa Kline 34:46, 73. Craig Browning 35:03, 74. Kim Bayes 40:20, 75. Kassidy Lemons 40:32, 76. Kellie Lemons 40:33, 77. Mae Bennett 41:19, 78. Vickie Crager 41:53, 79. Julie Tackett 41:54, 80. Peg Jones 43:30.

81. Barbara Rigsby 43:32, 82. Kim Salyers 43:53.

10K Race Results

1, David Duncan 36:52, 2. Eric Migernier 37:14, 3. Rocky Hammond 37:40. 4. John Davis 40:11, 5. Bernard O'Nan 41:24, 6. Chris Smith 41:26, 7. Ken Roark 41:28, 8. Ron Simpson 41:31, 9. Jason Williams 41:58, 10. Danny Jackson 42:00.

11. Joshua Baker 42:06, 12. Lee Evans 44:11, 13. Darrell Haney 44:36, 14. Alan Horwitz 44:39, 15. John Robinette 44:52, 16. Lad Barker 44:57, 17. Michael Ehrie 45:01, 18. David Gill 45:17, 19. Robert Johnson 46:06, 20. Jason Ross 46:13.

21. Tammy Tribett 46:21, 22. Sarah Sturgill 46:35, 23. Floyd Thorn 47:02, 24. John Turner 47:21, 25. Winston Swim 47:46, 26. Melinda Cochran 48:28, 27. Philip Brown 48:44, 28. Jeff Crews 48:48, 29. Keith Cline 48:51, 30. John Mays 49:04.

31. Richard Finney 49:30, 32. Robert Queen 49:38, 33. James Zaghawski 49:49, 34. Bill Terry 50:18, 35. Carolyn Gaffney 50:23, 36. Jennifer Caldwell 50:35, 37. Ally Boyd 50:50, 38. David Gray 51:27, 39. Anthony Fraley 51:32, 40. Chip Adkins 51:36.

41. Kevin Fraley 51:38, 42. David Andrzejewski 52:17, 43. Mandy Musick 52:18, 44. Cathy Hill 53:23, 45. T.W. Wright 53:35, 46. John Holmes 53:36, 47. Claire Wellington 54:02, 48. Sarah Sunderson 54:13, 49. Bobbie Markowitz 54:14, 50. Kevin Miles 54:19.

51. Kimberly Kresby 54:37, 52. Pam Coriell 54:50, 53. Kristy Dyer 54:57, 54. Julie Milhoan 55:16, 55. Kelly Napier 55:20, 56. Hasnwkh Pater 55:23, 57. Tammy Kazee 56:04, 58. Tom Thomas 56:05, 59. Robert Duffy 56:07, 60. George Ison 56:13.

61. Russ Rucker 56:45, 62. Lora Hackworth 57:05, 63. Brian Ashley 57:49, 64. Tony Dean 59:21, 65. Alyssa Bach 1:01:19, 66. Becky Lovins 1:01:21, 67. 67. Kevin Willis 1:02:31, 68. Richard Ceilec 1:05:17, 69. Charles Stover 1:09:56.