Jessica Rux finished 11th overall in the 21st Annual Mission 5K
Run held in San Juan Bautista on Saturday.
Although the Hollister resident is only 12 years old, Jessica
passed many of the more experienced runners to finish as the top
female with a time of 18:20 in the 3.1-mile event.
Jessica Rux finished 11th overall in the 21st Annual Mission 5K Run held in San Juan Bautista on Saturday.
Although the Hollister resident is only 12 years old, Jessica passed many of the more experienced runners to finish as the top female with a time of 18:20 in the 3.1-mile event.
“If she gets serious about racing, she’ll break the five-minute mark,” said Jessica’s father Tom, who has helped train her. “She ran this race without even being serious about running. It’s just been fly-by-night training so far.”
Last year, Jessica finished with a time of 20.11 and came in at 19.47 the year before.
Tom was watching the race from the half-mile mark with his binoculars out, waiting for the racers to come by.
“There was a pack nine of all the local high school runners coming around the corner,” Tom said. “All of a sudden I see this kid coming around just 50 meters behind. I do a double take. And sure enough, it was Jessica. I looked at my clock, and she was running way to fast.”
He followed his daughter from there on his scooter to track her progress.
“I wanted her to get out to a quick start and set the pace from there. She found her pace,” Tom said.
San Juan Bautista Mission Run Results
Men’s 10 Mile
12 and under
108 1:22.51 Lance Wolfsmith
13-18
13 1:05.27 Rigo Berto Vasquez
52 1:14.23 Brent Hatakeyama
55 1:15.10 Jesus Reyes
19-29
2 59:23 Tim Naylor
7 1:03.27 Jon Tiffany
25 1:09.19 Joel Schoffner
30-39
9 1:03.44 Brian Sevell
17 1:06. 58 Rob Zimmerman
29 1:10:00 Rod Fuhriman
40-49
1 58:00 Barry Farrafa
6 1:03.22 Greg Trent
8 1:03.31 Mike Gilbert
50-59
5 1:02.58 Bob Anderson
14 1:05.37 Bobby McKee
21 1:08.27 Jeff Sweet
60-69
39 1:11.59 John Pius
47 1:13.35 Bruce Eisenman
54 1:14.43 David Norlander
70 and over
158 1:33.18 Chris Denny
202 2:14.33 Franz Weinschenk
Women’s 10 Mile
13-18
142 1:29.29 LeeAnn Morales
163 1:35.40 Kelly O’Brien
19-29
95 1:21.01 Elizabeth Payne
112 1:23.50 Rebecca Norlander
168 1:38.19 Nicole LeBanc
30-39
4 1:01.24 Mary Coordt
37 1:11.06 Susan Robinson
68 1:17.25 Maribeth Brewer
40-49
3 1:00.53 Rosa Gutierez
42 1:12.57 Carol Martin
50 1:13.55 Lorraine Hawkins
50-59
154 1:32.20 Clemy Jones
167 1:37.46 Jan Wilson
173 1:41.19 Mary Baldwin
60-69
145 1:29.47 Anita Shaw
174 1:41.34 Barbara Pearce
189 1:47.16 Lynn Altenburg
Men’s 5K
12 and under
24 20:33 Trever Fuhriman
39 23:03 Alec Hernandez
42 23:20 Hugo Sanchez
13-18
2 15:14 Nathan Huerta
4 16:21 Jonathan Rivera
5 16:25 Jose Garcia
19-29
16 19:30 Sean Tompkins
22 20:26 Isaac Rivera
35 22:49 Jacob Garcia
30-39
1 15:05 Chris Zieman
3 15:15 Ricky Lucero
10 18:18 Mike Hult
40-49
7 16:40 Mauricio Maia
13 18:30 Rick Baca
19 19:46 Jay Elkerton
50-59
20 19:48 David Cortez
28 21:25 Dennis Duguay
29 21:52 Jose Casillas
60-69
48 24:18 Frank Mahony
53 24:53 Jim Allen
54 24:55 Frank Nolan
70 and over
70 26:14 Bill Flodberg
95 28:43 Ed Singleton
161 45:24 Robert Dougherty
Women’s 5K
11 18:20 Jessica Rux
38 22:53 April Campos
41 23:13 Danielle Goulart
13-18
26 20:45 Gracia Garcia
76 27:02 Hannah Geunther
85 27:45 Ashley Hernandez
19-29
49 24:23 Danielle James
63 25:46 Courtney Hernandez
87 27:52 Michela Rocco
30-39
55 25:01 Tammy Puthoff
77 27:07 Emily Ibarra
92 28:20 Rhonda Sgro
40-49
17 19:35 Karen Saxena
33 22:33 Diane Phariss
37 22:50 Valerie Riener
50-59
32 22:24 Katie Scott
57 25:13 Karen Yinger
73 26:23 Carol Tuner
60-69
109 30:19 Sandy Bonessa
115 30:45 Linda Bebermeyer
149 39:52 Katleen Shilling
70 and over
163 45:50 Helen Serenka
