By By DAN WEISS / Niles Daily Star
NILES -- A pair of college cross country runners took the top prizes at Saturday's Human Race 5K Run and Walk at Fernwood Botanical Garden Saturday morning.
Niles High School graduate and Ferris State University student Joe Every was the overall winner in the run with a time of 16:37.
Susan Creary, a member of the University of Notre Dame cross country team, was the top female runner with her time of 19:20.
There were 89 runners and 29 walkers at the event which was sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Southwest Michigan.
Niles resident Dave Barstis was the top walker with his time of 25:27. Nichole Thiele was the top female walker with a time of 36:06.
The top three runners in each age division received awards and the top walker in each age division received awards as well.
Here are the complete results:
5K Run
1. Joe Every (Niles) 16:37
2. Chris Castillo (South Bend, Ind.) 17:40
3. Christian Davis (Buchanan) 18:02
4. Austin Neilson (Niles) 18:06
5. Mike Carey (North Liberty, Ind.) 18:35
6. Susan Creary (South Bend) 19:20
7. Hubert Brown (Granger, Ind.) 19:35
8. Chuck Nemecek (Niles) 19:37
9. Quinton Buish (Buchanan) 20:04
10. Jennifer Irwin (Niles) 20:07
11. Kam Truhn (St. Joseph) 20:30
12. Nina Chaudhany (LaPorte, Ind.) 20:36
13. Steve Balk (Stevensville) 20:38
14. Josh Kercheval (unknown) 20:57
15. Bill Small (Niles) 20:58
16. Jamey Welling (Mishawaka, Ind.) 21:12
17. Erica Prentkowski (Granger) 21:19
18. Jim Geiger (Niles) 21:42
19. Chad Jones (Niles) 21:46
20. Chad Bailey (Buchanan) 22:01
21. Jonathan Dickey (Buchanan) 22:11
22. Andra Prentkowski (Granger) 22:12
23. Kevin Schrock (Galien) 22:18
24. Jaime Genis (Elkhart, Ind.) 22:21
25. Daniel Geiger (Stevensville) 22:27
26. Amanda Balk (Stevensville) 22:31
27. Francisco Noria (South Bend) 22:32
28. Darlene Cutrona (Granger) 22:46
29. Ray Wittorp (Granger) 22:58
30. Mary FanFossen (Stevensville) 23:21
31. Savino Rivera (South Bend) 23:29
32. Shanna Tyler (Stevensville) 23:41
33. Tim Beeman (Berrien Springs) 23:45
34. Christine Cummings (Granger) 23:49
35. Kevin Young (South Bend) 23:59
36. Nevada Pokorney (South Bend) 24:03
37. Perry Mutchler (Niles) 24:12
38. Jeff Curry (Buchanan) 24:22
39. Pete Carpenter (St. Joseph) 24:23
40. Don Effrain (South Bend) 24:24
41. Tracy Evans (Elkhart) 24:48
42. Mandy VanFossen (Stevensville) 24:51
43. Lisa Cherone (South Bend) 24:53
44. Doug Kolmodin (Osceola, Ind.) 25:07
45. Jessica Filley (South Bend) 25:14
46. Chuck Every (Niles) 25:20
47. Debra Leazenby (Buchanan) 25:21
48. Brenda Chambers (Buchanan) 25:33
49. Bruce Kayser (South Bend) 25:35
50. Dan Weiss (Niles) 25:51
51. Katie Weiss (Niles) 25:57
52. Jodi Kayser (South Bend) 26:15
53. Sherrie Wheeler (Bridgman) 26:16
54. Lloyd Redington (Buchanan) 26:17
55. Larry Miller (Union) 26:20
56. Theresa Pipher (Berrien Springs) 26:23
57. Dave Ferency (South Bend) 27:03
58. Peter Metcalf (South Bend) 27:31
59. Jack Reichert (South Bend) 27:32
60. Joe Jilek (Niles) 28:04
61. Rich Schroeder (South Bend) 28:34
62. Kenneth Fletcher (Edwardsburg) 28:43
63. Linda Kolmodin (Osceola) 29:24
64. Roy Rice (South Bend) 29:37
65. Lisa Horvath (South Bend) 29:59
66. Diane Curry (Buchanan) 30:08
67. Aaron Fisher (Mishawaka, Ind.) 30:10
68. Thomas Sharp (Mill Creek, Ind.) 30:11
69. Judy Cayo (Benton Harbor) 30:29
70. Mark Mehall (South Bend) 30:32
71. William Campbell (St. Joseph) 30:35
72. Jenny Curry (Buchanan) 30:45
73. Megan Curry (Buchanan) 30:53
74. Carol Lee Vanatta (South Bend) 30:53
75. Jeanne Arbanas (Buchanan) 31:15
76. Danni Hughes (Mishawaka) 32:44
77. Samantha Knatt (South Bend) 35:04
78. Lynda Redington (Buchanan) 35:11
79. Mary Thomas (South Bend) 35:20
80. Ray Carey (Granger) 36:15
81. Erin Davis (Mishawaka) 36:23
82. Robert Veal (Mishawaka) 36:46
83. Ken Moehle (South Bend) 37:06
84. Janet Hartman (South Bend) 38:16
85. Marisa Maguire (South Bend) 39:48
86. Denny Hartman (South Bend) 41:15
87. Maribeth Hughes (Mishawaka) 41:17
88. Sally Tucker (Buchanan) 53:10
89. Colleen Weber (Berrien Springs) 59:17
5K Walk
1. Dave Barstis (Niles) 25:27
2. Nichole Thiele (Stevensville) 36:06
3. Tami Martinez (Berrien Springs) 38:11
4. Les Knickerbocker (Stevensville) 39:42
5. Gary Neumann (Niles) 41:47
6. Barbara Lane (Benton Harbor) 44:35
7. Janet Geans (Mishawaka) 46:29
8. Patti Fields (Granger) 46:30
9. Johanna Money (South Bend) 46:32
10. Deb Neumann (South Bend) 47:51
11. Ed Sulva (Wilmington, N.C.) 47:53
12. Liz Stoll (Mishawaka) 48:47
13. Thelma Keltz (Niles) 49:27
14. Cheri Rissman (Niles) 49:28
15. Cindy Wood (Mishawaka) 50:30
16. Stacie Wood (Mishawaka) 50:32
17. Kathy Karnik (St. Joseph) 53:35
18. Darlene Calvert (Buchanan) 53:54
19. Kay Trull (Buchanan) 54:34
20. Jaime Noland (Niles) 54:56
21. Doreen Taylor (St. Joseph) 54:57
22. Wyvonne Johnson (Niles) 54:59
23. Alice Curry (Niles) 55:01
24. D.L. Steinman (St. Joseph) 57:06
25. Ginny Steinman (St. Joseph) 59:15
26. Jeff Noland (Niles) 1:01:49
27. Brian Brown (St. Joseph) 1:01:50
28. Brucella Corhn (Benton Harbor) 1:01:58
29. Neldine Edwards (Stevensville) 1:01:59