Huntertown Heritage Days 5K

🏃‍♂️ Welcome to the Huntertown Heritage Days 5K

Welcome to the 4th Annual Huntertown Heritage Days 5K, part of the Huntertown Heritage Days Festival! The Huntertown Heritage Days Festival was established in 1999 and will take place this year from Friday, August 1st to Sunday, August 3rd. This race helps support the Huntertown Heritage Days Festival and all the events the community has come to know and love.

📅 Race Information

• Date: Saturday, August 2nd
• Start Time: 8:00AM
• Location: In front of Huntertown Elementary School
• Registration: Online only, closes July 31st at 11:59PM

There will be no race day registration. All participants that are registered before July 18th will receive a t-shirt. There will be no registrations accepted after Thursday, July 31st at 11:59PM.

🎫 Packet Pick-Up

Packet pick-up will be on race day morning at Huntertown Elementary School. Our table will be located on the west side of the elementary school near the Huntertown Fire Department:

• Date: Saturday, August 2nd (6:30AM-7:45AM)

Packet pick-up will close promptly at 7:45AM. Please give yourself enough time to pick-up your things and get to the start line. We would recommend arriving by 7:15AM. Please note, there will be no day of race registration available.

🚗 Parking

Parking will be available at Huntertown Elementary School. Please see below map for more information.

⏰ Race Day Schedule

• 6:30AM Packet Pick-Up Begins
• 7:45AM Packet Pick-Up Ends
• 8:00AM Start of Race
• 9:00AM Course Closes
• 9:00AM Awards Ceremony

🏁 Course

The course will be a flat and fast loop around Huntertown. The course will start and finish in front of Huntertown Elementary. Runners and walkers will proceed north on Lima Road for approximately a mile. At that point, you will turn left onto Shoaff Road. Runners and walkers will continue on Shoaff Road for a little more than a half-mile before turning left onto Malcolm Road. Malcolm Road will turn into Hunter Road around the two and a quarter-mile mark. Runners and walkers will then follow Hunter Road until the three mile mark when you will turn right back onto Lima Road. At that point, you will see the finish line approximately 200 meters away. Scroll to the bottom of the page for an official MapMyRun course map.

📊 Results

Results will be posted on the website as soon as they are available. Timing will be done by DRS Timing, LLC.

🏆 Awards

There will be an award for the first overall male and female finisher, and there will be medals awarded to the top three in each age group. The age group divisions will be as follows for both male and female:

• 14 & Under
• 15-19
• 20-29
• 30-39
• 40-49
• 50-59
• 60-69
• 70 & Older

💰 Course Record Bonus

Just like last year, we will be offering a $100.00 bonus to the male or female race winner that breaks the current course record. Though this race was started only a few years ago, the course records should still be a challenge.

• Male: Robert Lohman - 16:10.5 (2024)
• Female: Annaka Rudolph - 18:38.1 (2024)

🏅 Top Performances

For those with a competitive spirit, here are the top ten male and female performances on our course since the race began in 2022. It will take a good effort and some solid fitness to crack our top ten!

Men

1. Robert Lohman - 16:10.5 (2024)
2. Liam Row - 16:14.9 (2022)
3. Mike Cole - 16:40.4 (2022)
4. Dalton Atchison - 17:11.5 (2024)
5. Dalton Atchison - 17:33.4 (2022)
6. Liam Row - 17:35.0 (2023)
7. Peter Ryan - 17:48.3 (2022)
8. Liam Row - 17:51.5 (2024)
9. Cohen Brunson - 18:07.4 (2022)
10. Dalton Atchison - 18:28.2 (2023)

Women

1. Annaka Rudolph - 18:38.1 (2024)
2. Alex Ebetino - 19:15.0 (2024)
3. Yvette Rojas - 20:13.8 (2023)
4. Yvette Rojas - 20:22.6 (2024)
5. Jody Brown - 20:40.3 (2022)
6. Cate Sunderlin - 21:10.3 (2024)
7. Graziela Tampa - 22:37.1 (2024)
8. Suzanne Stephen - 23:47.4 (2022)
9. Amanda Munger - 23:57.0 (2022)
10. Erin Lane - 24:27.1 (2022)

🍉 Post-Race

Water and snacks will be provided after the race. Make sure to drink lots of water before and after the event! Afterwards, stay for the Huntertown Heritage Days Festival. Check out the Facebook page for a full schedule of events.

🏛️ History of Huntertown

Huntertown was originally called "The Opening," after being settled in a natural clearing in the forest, in about 1837. Huntertown is located on the old Lima Plank Road connecting Lima (now Howe) and Fort Wayne. The Perry Centre Seminary was founded in Huntertown in 1856, only to close five years later when the entire faculty and adult students enlisted in the Union Army. The town was platted in 1869. That means that this year marks Huntertown's 156th year in existence!

• Article on the Huntertown Heritage Days Festival (2019)
• Article on the Huntertown Heritage Days Festival (2024)