Politics & Government
Run Seal Beach Honors Fastest Hometown Runners
Event organizers recognize the quickest Seal Beach locals. Also, check out which Rossmoor and Los Alamitos residents placed best.
They’re the best! Around! No one’s ever going to bring them down!
At Monday's city council meeting, organizers for the 39th Annual Run Seal Beach announced their top male and female Seal Beach runners in the event's 10k Run and 5k Run.
Click here to see photos from the event.
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Top Male and Female Seal Beach Residents, 10k Run
Name Age Time Time Per Mile
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Connor Tribole 19 35:45.8 5:45
Kathleen Phair 53 40:57.7 6:35
Top Male and Female Seal Beach Residents, 5k Run
Name Age Time Time Per Mile
Risa Grand 39 22:29.5 7:14
Teddy Hetherington 18 16:34.6 5:19
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In addition to receiving recognition at Seal Beach City Hall, the four fastest runners were added to a plaque outside the Seal Beach recreation office.
Since Patch also covers Los Alamitos and Rossmoor, we wanted to make sure the top athletes from those communities get noticed too.
Top Male and Female Rossmoor Residents, 10k Run
Name Age Time Time Per Mile
Todd Terlecki 39 39:17 6:19
Alice Higbee 48 46:01 7:24
Top Male and Female Rossmoor Residents, 5k Run
Name Age Time Time Per Mile
Milani Rivers 11 26:31 8:32
Dave Depew 51 18:40 6:00
Top Male and Female Los Alamitos Residents, 10k Run
Name Age Time Time Per Mile
George Rivas 21 39:57 6:25
Ayla Donlin 29 44:03 7:05
Top Male and Female Los Alamitos Residents, 10k Run
Name Age Time Time Per Mile
Katie Crosby 23 28:24 9:08
Matthew Warden 14 20:36 6:37
To see the full race results, click here.
Fun facts from the latest race, courtesy Run Seal Beach
- More than 5,200 participated in the 5k Run, 10k Run and 5k walk and more than 420 kids ran in the kid’s fun run.
- About 811 joined the 5k walk, 1991 joined the 5k Run and 1,692 joined the 10K Run.
- About 25 states and two other countries were represented.
- Twenty-six percent of the runners came from Seal Beach, Rossmoor and Los Alamitos and 28 percent came from Long beach and Huntington Beach.
Over the last ten years, the event has raised $825,000 for local organizations.
While event organizers haven't announced the total amount raised at the last run yet, they have said they're hoping to hit the $1-million milestone.
Groups wishing to apply for grants from Run Seal Beach have until June 1 to fill out the paperwork. Click here for more information.
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