Ariane Wright, 14, champion of the Mud Mountain XIV women's division.
Dan Dunbar, 20, of O'Fallon, is the 2009 men's division champion.
The most crowded field in the history of the Mud Mountain 5K Classic gathered among storm clouds Saturday morning, but by the time Dustin Davis fired the starter's pistol, it was sunny and (relatively) cool for Mud Mountain XIV. [Officially, 77 degrees, relative humidity 70% at 8:10 a.m. when the 5K began.]
The biggest news in this year's race? Fourteen-year-old Ariane Wright of Edwardsville High School. Ariane won the women's overall championship by running the 3.1 mile course in 20:08.1, missing the exclusive "sub-20 minute club" that only a very few female runners belong to. Ariane becomes the youngest winner ever in the women's division.
In the men's division, Daniel Dunbar, 20, of O'Fallon took the title in 16:30.1 For complete results, visit www.mudmountain.org.
Brief showers and some thunder in the early morning may have held down race-day registrations this year. A total of 131 runners signed up at the course yesterday, compared to 163 last year. Still, the overall number of entrants shattered last year's record. Here are the final numbers:
2009 online entries: 301 (new record)
2009 mail-in (and other) entries: 252
2009 Race Day entries: 131
2009 total: 684 (614 5K, 70 Fun Run)
Last year -
2008 Race Day entries: 163
2008 final total: 567 (485 5K entries, 82 fun-run entries)
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