99 COMPETE IN OX CART DAYS 5K & LITTLE TYKES RUN

The Ox Cart Days Little Tykes Run and 5K was held Saturday morning with the start and finish at the Downtown Square in Crookston.

30 contestants competed in the Little Tykes race at 8:30 a.m. which saw Jacob Biermaier win the boy’s division, and Mara Biermaier won the girls’ race.

69 contestants competed in the 5K. The top three finishers for each division were-

MEN

  1. Jochum Wiersma 19:33
  2. Jonathan Carpenter (exact time not known but around 20:00)
  3. Josh Hardy 21:00

WOMEN

  1. Amanda Bakken 24:09
  2. 2021 Miss Crookston Hayden Winjum 25:22
  3. Halle Winjum 25:22

The runners started near the Grand Theatre, did the Central Park Hill loop before making their way across town near Riverside Avenue, and eventually coming back on Highway 2 around the Grand Theatre to finish at the Downtown Square.

The event was sponsored by Biermaier Chiropractic clinic and Altru Health.