2014 Race for Reading announcement

Next year's Race for Reading is going to be a little different. It will be Wednesday, June 11 at 9:30 pm. It will be a glow run!! Start gathering your glow gear & be as wild and crazy as you'd like! If you want to be a volunteer or sponsor, let us know!

Thank you for your participation! We welcome your comments and feedback. We want this to be your favorite race every year!

Preliminary race results

Thank you for your participation in the Race for Reading this year! It was a wonderful morning! Here are the preliminary race results. I notice a few names missing, so I'm double checking a few things. If you know of a correction, please let me know. If you wore # 90, somehow we missed your name. I want everyone to get to see their hard work paying off! 

Place  Name Bib No Total Time Gender

1   Jason Lynch    12  15:51.1  M

2  Dustin Bybee  30 16:34.0  M

3  Jason Theler  69  20:41.9  M

4 Tawny Bybee  96  20:45.0  F

5 Ben Christensen  28   21:14.5 M

6  Jaime Theler  68  21:27.9 F

7  Joshua Taylor  79  22:18.5 M

8 Michael Pearson  58 22:27.6 M

9  Jason Love 36  22:49.6 M

10 Sadler Bartlett 7 23:10.3 M

11 Caitlin Hepworth 21 23:22.7 F

12 Levi McPherson  16 24:00.2 M

13 Mia Love  37 24:54.6 F

14 Talia Harrison 13 25:47.8 F

15 Matt Jenson 1 25:59.2 M

16 no name bib 90  26:05.5 M

17 Brevin Harrison  19 26:08.4 M

18 Patrick Gleaves 54 26:42.4 M

19 Alessa Love  32 26:50.7 F

20 Kristie Hepworth 42 26:51.7 F

21 Bill Sprunger 50 27:13.0 M

22 Cassie Anderson 59 27:13.7 F

23 Julie Spencer 18 28:13.7 F

24 Gretchen Bartlett  38 28:39.0 F

25 Maren Christensen  40 29:24.3 M

26 Jennifer Almond 60 30:54.9 F

27 Leslie Gleaves  55 31:17.8 F

28 Mike Ruffell 47 33:15.8 M

29 Alyce Neibaur 4 33:16.7 M

30 Jessica Ruffell  48 33:17.5 F

31 Kylee Swenson 34  38:13.7 F

32 David Andersen 33 38:49.2 M

33 Jerome Hirschi 91 39:51.6 M

34 Cameron Wernig 52 40:09.4 M

35 Kara Wernig 51 41:43.0 F

Packet pick up PARTY!!

Come pick up your race shirt and runner bag 

Friday, June 14th, 6:00- 8:30 pm at the pavilion at Neptune Park!

If you missed out on pre-registration, you can register for the race that night. Limited shirts are available for new registrants. Come early to get the best choice of sizes!

Stick around at the park and enjoy 

Saratoga's Got Talent at 6pm

and then a free concert by family-friendly comedian 

Taylor Mason at 8pm.

Wahoo!!

Sponsor Thank Yous

We want to thank
our wonderful sponsors and donors for making this possible!

www.mydoterra.com/michellewallace  #91046

Race to register!

Register for the Race for Reading 5K or fun run by 11:59pm, Saturday, May 25th and you will be entered into a drawing for a $20 Cafe Rio gift card!

If we have more than 50 entrants, we will have an additional prize drawing, so tell your friends!!

Use either of the links at the top of the page to register.

On your mark. Get set. Go register!

2013 Race for Reading registration

You can now register for the Race for Reading 5K and Fun Run by going to the Civic Events Registration page and clicking on the dropdown menu arrow. Select your category and sign up!


Choose from the following:

5K Individual adult $25
5K 18 & under $20
5K family pass (up to 5 people) $70
 Additional family members $10 each


Fun Run Individual $15
Fun Run Family pass (up to 5 people) $55
 Additional family members $5 each

The 5K will be at 8am on Saturday, June 15th, 2013, beginnning and ending at Sunrise Meadows Park in Saratoga Springs. The Fun Run will begin at 8:05. Registration starts at 7:30 for both.

Like last year, your shirt and runner bag will be available for pick up the night before the race. This year you can pick them up at the pavilion at Neptune Park on Friday, June 14th. There will be other fun  Saratoga Splash activites at the park that night, so bring your family and enjoy!

You can find a full listing of Splash activites on the city website.  See you there!

2013 Race for Reading!

Mark your calendars!

This year's Race for Reading will be 

Saturday, June 15th at 8am

at Sunrise Meadows Park in Saratoga Springs.

We are excited to announce that 26.2 of American Fork will be timing the race. Registration will be available on their website shortly.

We are also looking for sponsors. We had aver 150 participants last year and expect even more this year. This is a great way to get your business noticed in our community! 

Questions? Email us at SaratogaSprings5K@gmail.com

Thank you, wonderful sponsors

We could not have had such a great race without our fabulous sponsors! Please show them your appreciation by giving them your business!


In no particular order:

Doterra- Michelle Wallace

Utah Valley Foot Clinic

Payne Orthodontics

Associated Mortgage- Gary Lloyd

Velata & Scentsy- Lori Hall

Alpine Pediatrics

Greenwood Dental

American Fork Hosp

Internationl Martial Arts Academy

Arctic Circle

Sugar and Spice Services Salon

Sassy Eyelashes

Coach Anna- Team Beachbody

Roxberry

Kid to Kid AF

Grease Monkey

Quizno's

Smoothie King

Sonic

Shakey's Pizza Parlor

Mr Mac

RoadID

Paparazzi

iamnotadummie.com

Home Depot

Costa Vida

Maurices

Discount Tire

Kneaders

Chick-fil-A

Enchanted Kingdom Creations

Smith's

Lehi Legacy Center

  

Feedback

We had a great time at the Race for Reading and we hope you did too!

Please take this survey and let us know how we can improve. Feel free to leave other feedback and comments here, as well.

Survey link...

Race results

See more race pictures on the facebook page.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Race for Reading 5K & family fun run! It was a huge success and we hope everyone had a great time! Thank you, IMAA for being a wonderful title sponsor!

Congratulations to all the runners! Look how close all of the top finishers were to each other. Incredible! Start training now for next year. The competition is fierce!

Here are the top finishers by category.

Women: Jaime Theler, Chantel Adams, Mindi Barker & Jennie Bruek- tie
Men: Brandon Tom, Aaron Nielsen, Ryan Nielsen
14 & under- boys: Stuart Nielsen, Kyle Blomquist, Landon Huebner
14 & under- girls: Talia Harrison, Rebekah Jex, Alessa Love

We originally had all 14 & under in one category, but there were so many amazing youth, that we split the category. We will get the girls their prizes!

Thanks to our great sponsors, we were able to give our top runner prizes from Costa Vida, Kneaders, Grease Monkey, SNS Salon Services, Quizno's, Smoothie King, and Road ID.

Place	Name	Bib	Time	Group
1	Brandon Tom	111	20:02:42	M
2	Aaron Nielsen	48	20:08:73	M
3	Stuart Nielsen	49	20:30:82	Y
4	Ryan Nielsen	50	20:41:87	M
5	Jason Theler	4	21:13:79	M
6	Scott Blomquist	11	22:28:65	M
7	Jamie Theler	2	23:22:43	F
8	Vince Hogge	55	24:24:60	M
9	Chantel Adams	59	25:02:59	F
10	Kyle Blomquist	10	25:03:59	Y
11	Landon Huebner	61	25:13:78	Y
12	David Brueck	17	26:02:49	M
13	Talia Harrison	22	26:56:59	Y
14	Mindi Barker	113	26:59:90	F
15	Jennie Brueck	16	27:00:13	F
16	Rebekah Jex	3	27:06:73	F
17	Justin Stewart	78	27:18:06	M
18	Kellie Parker	131	27:18:70	F
19	Michelle Knudsen	130	27:18:95	F
20	Anthony Call	21	28:57:52	M
21	Caston Matthews	145	29:09:96	Y
22	Brittney McClellan	65	29:31:17	F
23	Patrick Gleaves	58	29:56:97	M
24	Ryan Baker	126	30:19:26	M
25	Brittney Wachter	68	30:22:92	F
26	Amanda Sorensen	104	30:25:96	F
27	Karla Hayes	69	30:30:69	F
28	Rachelle Christensen	110	30:37:22	F
29	Alessa Love	70	30:44:80	Y
30	Joslyn Jarvis	62	31:30:75	Y
31	Matt Jarvis	40	31:31:12	M
32	Jennifer Almond	43	31:53:69	F
33	Leslie Gleaves	57	32:22:66	F
34	Riley Olsen	29	32:54:73	Y
35	Brian Durrant	64	33:28:58	M
36	Joe Hayes	101	33:37:25	M
37	Karly Payne	107	33:57:48	Y
38	Emerson Sage	124	34:06:36	Y
39	Josh Peterson	53	34:15:93	Y
40	Joy Peterson	51	34:22:17	F
41	Jeff Peterson	52	34:24:72	M
42	Jerram Jarvis	35	34:37:45	Y
43	Katie Horrocks	44	34:47:99	F
44	Brevin Harrison	18	34:49:60	Y
45	Chase Hutchings	39	34:59:51	Y
46	Janica Hayes	102	35:05:62	F
47	Emily Olsen	27	35:17:75	F
48	Kelsea Barker	11	36:05:10	Y
49	Aubrey Blomquist	9	36:05:93	Y
50	Kari Jex	7	36:06:97	Y
51	Emily Hendricksen	67	36:10:24	??????
52	Nichole Giles	139	36:46:66	F
53	Gary Giles	140	36:46:95	M
54	Becky Hodge	56	39:28:06	F
55	Lizzi Matthews	84	39:50:22	F
56	Clark Raimana	85	39:50:48	M
57	Gracie Matthews	147	39:57:53	Y
58	Lanette Payne	106	40:00:83	F
59	Payton Daley	6	40:01:12	Y
60	Mikayla Jarvis	72	40:07:06	Y
61	Skye Matthews	144	40:11:02	Y
62	Unknown	137	40:12:71	Y
63	Corbin Matthews	138	40:33:22	?
64	Unknown	136	40:37:28	?
65	Fay Klingler	66	40:37:53	F
66	Paul Johnson	129	41:37:85	M
67	Tate Harrison	19	42:01:88	Y
68	Kaiton Nielson	127	42:30:04	Y
69	Aaron Nielson	128	42:56:62	M
70	Cal Keetch	60	42:56:89	M
71	Unknown	123	43:09:87	?
72	Angie Carn	31	43:32:77	F
73	Camille Mousley	118	45:11:52	F
74	Jeremy Matthews	143	45:11:84	M
75	Boone Mathews	146	45:42:32	Y
76	Cade Hutchings	38	46:40:10	Y
77	Kyler Hutchings	41	48:21:05	Y
78	Nathan Call	14	48:31:21	Y
79	Makelle McPherson	109	51:44:47	Y
80	Justin Wilks	133	51:58:29	Y
81	Lauren Wilks	132	52:00:37	Y

We appreciate the great local authors that came and supported the Literacy Center and Library with their donations. Read more about them in other posts and go find their books!

We could not have had such a successful race without our amazing sponsors and prize donors! Please show them your appreciate by giving them your business. The runner bags were filled with offers and goodies from many of the sponsors. Take a few minutes and see what they have to offer you.

Thank you again for all of your support! The Literacy Center provides an important service in our community. This event will help the center continue to grow!