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Tipton, WB teens win Team Fergalicious
by Gregory R. Norfleet · Sports · August 10, 2017


Teenagers from Tipton and West Branch won the Team Fergalicious Road Race 5K Saturday morning at Hoover’s Hometown Days.


Caleb Shumaker, 14, of Tipton won the overall race and the men’s division with a finishing time of 17:46.23, while Maycee Smith, 15, of West Branch won the women’s division with a time of 22:09:23.

Shumaker runs in cross country and track, though cross country practice does not start until next week. He ran in the Bix 7 last week.

“It’s pretty awesome,” he said of winning the West Branch race.

He said he liked the course.

“It’s a bit hilly in places,” Shumaker said.

Smith’s win Saturday makes her a two-time winner in West Branch’s two annual races. She won Team Fergalicious in 2016 for the first time after winning her age division the year before. She also won the Bear Stampede in 2014 and 2017.

“I’m really surprised,” she said, since she entered the race in a last-minute decision. “It’s hard.”

Her time was “not my fastest, but still pretty good,” she said.

The Team Fergalicious Road Race attracted 66 racers this year. Once racer came from Apple Valley, Minn., and another came in from Chicago. Most racers came from West Branch, Tipton, Solon and Iowa City, though other Iowa cities represented include the Quad Cities, Walford, Ames and West Chester.

Results, in order of time: Caleb Shumaker 14, Tipton, 17:46:23; Brian Lumpa, 27, Iowa City, 17:53:15; Dustin Vasquez, 46, Walford, 19:15:44; Jonathan Brand, 51, Mount Vernon, 20:00:03; Jesse Lumpa, 23, Iowa City, 21:12:01; Oliver Palmer, 12, West Branch, 21:40:42; Brian Boelk, 42, West Branch, 21:50:22; Maycee Smith, 15, West Branch, 22:09:23; Jose Gongora, 49, 22:57:33; Nathan Swisher-Hintz, 15, 23:21:27; Murry Mente, 50, Tipton, 23:32:14; Michael Sexton, 33, West Branch, 24:56:17; Julie Smith, 44, West Branch, 25:59:35; David Duer, 63, Iowa City, 26:17:35; Erin Laughlin, 23, 26:37:12; Lynn Eggers, 53, West Chester, 26:42:16; Jacob Swisher, 11, 27:16:57; Angie Maske-Berka, 37, Iowa City, 27:18:09; Heather Vasquez, 35, Walford, 27:38:17; Katie Juels, 25, 28:21:33; Chris Juels, 28, 28:21:57; Renee Mente, 48, Tipton, 29:18:03; Liz Hernandez, 43, West Branch, 29:25:28; Jessica Kelley, 35, Solon, 29:32:25; Marisa Stout, 36, West Branch, 29:32:52; Cody Kelley, 35, Solon, 29:33:22; Kammy Simonton, 55, 29:52:20; Nancy Sundberg, 63, Ames, 30:19:23; Emmersen Thomas, 12, West Branch, 30:35:03; Jen Thomas, 44, West Branch, 30:35:45; Char Maher, 50, Iowa City, 31:15:38; Natalie Slach, 24, Davenport, 31:19:17; Todd Walker, 41, 31:19:47; Maren Reimann, 18, Apple Valley, MN, 31:53:22; Chuck Weno, 53, Iowa City, 32:17:26; Mayzie Metzger, 19, Tipton, 34:39:04; Bailey Walker, 13, 36:06:15; Gabby Rushton, 12, West Branch, 36:08:11; Cassie Swisher, 8, 39:48:05; Karin Swisher, 48, West Branch, 39:48:35; Andrea Slach, 13, 40:40:04; Jennifer Walker, 38, West Branch, 40:41:09; Andrea Lewis, 34, West Branch, 41:38:58; Jan O’Neil, 48, Iowa City, 46:49:35; Leann Aspelmeier, 46, West Branch, 46:50:17; Dana Dauber, 29, West Branch, 48:13:15; Linsie Dauber, 29, West Branch, 48:13:34; Kenna Chapman, 9, , 48:58:59; Nancy Slach, 58, 48:59:24; Alyssa Pierce, 9, West Branch, 51:52:54; Shawn Pierce, 38, West Branch, 53:17:45; Marie Krutzfield, 63, Iowa City, 53:18:11; Brandi Tisinger, 36, West Branch, 55:00:08; Michael McCurdy, 4, Iowa City, 57:37:02; Connie McCurdy, 48, Iowa City, 57:58:17