Eighty locals take the streets for Bloomsday

Amongst the crowd of 40,000 contestants, 80 individuals representing seven local communities braved the crowds and successfully complete the annual Bloomsday race in Spokane on Sunday, May 4.

Lamont resident Tracy Melville recorded the quickest time of the day and finished second out of 393 among 17-year-old females, and second out of 1,143 females in her age group. She placed 55th among the 26,081 females registered for the event, and 243rd out of the 34,570 registered from Washington.

The youngest participant from the local communities was eight-year-old Kordell Laher from Ritzville.

Benge – two contestants

Colleen Coon, 2:42.08; Chelsea Coon, 2:41.27.

LaCrosse – two contestants

Jean Endsley, 1:59.08; Nicole Schlomer, 1:59.24.

Lamont – four contestants

Tracy Melville, 50.04; Steve Ulrich, 59.21; Rose Melville, 1:12.16; Elizabeth Melville, 1:51.00.

Lind – 12 contestants

Brooke Koch, 2:00.12; Jason Sanger, 2:04.35; Dillen Fridell, 2:09.16; Roberta Bauman, 2:23.44; Jan Wahl, 2:23.45; Laurinda Ritz, 2:24.06; Kerry Murphy, 2:24.06; Kimberly Koch, 2:25.52; Matthew Brehm, 2:56.52; Aaron Ritz, 2:56.52; Kyle Ritz, 2:56.53; Dawn Brehm, 3:04.20.

Ritzville – 45 contestants

Kylie Fullmer, 1:00.54; Deborah O’Brien, 1:07.51; Todd O’Brien, 1:11.33; Dylan Becker, 1:26.40; Felicia Ziemer, 1:26.43; Conrad Ziemer, 1:26.44; Darcy Brown, 1:36.19; Dale Brown, 1:36.20; Moli Sielaff, 1:39.41; Nancy Weber, 1:43.23; Rebecca Colbert, 1:43.23; Marie Borth, 1:44.35; Ashleigh Fode, 1:48.43; Kordell Laher, 1:51.43; Teresa Laher, 1:51.43; Sheryl Dirks, 1:52.36; Ashley Gamble, 2:00.14; Nicole Stromberger, 2:00.56; Jennifer Sartor, 2:00.56; Dustin Kommes, 2:01.02; David Kommes, 2:01.02; Kelsey Kommes, 2:01.04; Stephen McFadden, 2:02.08; Mitch Sielaff, 2:05.50; Debra Connors, 2:10.50; Suzanne Gust, 2:18.24; Lois Gust, 2:18.25; Michael Murphy, 2:18.42; Shawn Steinberger, 2:22.06; Tammy Steinberger, 2:22.07; Marsha Smith, 2:24.06; Hannah Colbert, 2:26.37; Etalem Laher, 2:30.03; Doug Laher, 2:30.04; Brock McCrady, 2:31.09; Dan Murphy, 2:33.26; Jan Talley, 2:34.18; Tori Schlomer, 2:37.35; Casey Schlomer, 2:37.36; Theron Schlomer, 2:37.36; Amy Shaw, 2:37.36; Daniel Geschke, 2:42.10; Kemper Smith, 2:44.59; Liz Smith, 2:45.01; Vivien Seaton, Sr., 3:05.44.

Sprague – 13 contestants

Chad Cunningham, 1:03.11; Tracey Korthuis, 1:07.23; Kelsey Dorman, 1:21.45; Dana Telecky, 1:27.40; Dale Telecky, 1:27.45; Bill Ressel, 1:28.17; Ginny Ressel, 1:37.45; Samuel Murphy, 2:00.11; Ronald Vold, 2:06.50; Julie Murphy, 2:31.18; Caitlin Cunningham, 2:48.33; Jacob Cunningham, 2:48.54; Thomas Cunningham, 2:48.54.

Washtucna – two contestants

Dean Sutherland, 1:57.11; Mary Jessop, 2:09.34.