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Course record set in second annual Elba 5K

By Howard B. Owens

This morning was the 2nd annual Elba 5K sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Elba.

The men's winner was Michael Richenberg, 21, with a time of 17:34. That's a new course record. Richenberg has run 21 5Ks this season and won seven of them.

The women's winner was Stephanie Schmidt, 18, with a time of 20:14.

Tom Rivers, Daily News staff writer and author of the book "Farm Hands"

Stephanie Schmidt

Michael Richenberg

Dave Bateman

I would like to thank everyone for coming to the race this year. We hope you had a great time. Thank you Howard for taking the photos.

Stephanie Schmidt was the female winner and also had a course record time beating the old record by nearly four minutes.

Results can be found here: http://www.elba5k.com/results-2011.php

Aug 20, 2011, 2:28pm Permalink

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