MIU runners win 1st place in Keosauqua races

Members of the MIU running club recently won medals in the annual Lacey Keosauqua State Park 5- and 10-kilometer runs, including three first-place finishes and one second place.

In sunny 45-degree weather, Maharishi International University student Tesfamichael Adugna won the 10k race in a time of 41:53 and won both the overall medal and first place in the 20-34 age group. Also, in the women’s division in the 10k, Evelyn Ellinghaus won first place in the 50-64 age group in a time of 1:11:13.

In the 5k race, MIU club president Crystal McCay, in her first-ever race, got second place in the women’s 20-34 division in a time of 34:17. Club coach Peter Mannisi won first place in the over-65 men’s division in a time of 27:29.

“Everyone ran well on a very challenging hilly course,” coach Mannisi said. “They did a really good job. This was the first official MIU running club event in three years.”