1998 Ormet Manna 5K Run 1998 Ormet Manna 5K Run
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Start Margie Renaud Garrett Emch Richard Walt
& Garrett Emch & Emmett Boyle Hall Seamon
John Ellen John McCort Lipscomb Gebhart
Manna Information & Results:
By place as if race was not handicapped.
By sex and age group as if race was not handicapped.
Wetzel Chronicle and Wheeling News Register press coverage.
Some Race Statistics:
- 12th annual Manna run.
- 93 runners registered.
- First time course was run at the Ormet plant.
- Weather was clear and the temperature was in the low 70° range at the start.
- A kid's race was held after the last runner left the starting line.
- The course's certification is pending.
- Domino's Pizza of New Martinsville provided pizza for the runners and volunteers.
- Ormet employees volunteered to help with the race.
- SERJ provided timing services.
The race was run as an age adjusted handicapped start.
Click here to see handicap table used.
For example, a 60-year-old man would start 3 minutes and 30 seconds before a 25-year-old man. A 25-year-old lady would start 2 minutes before the 25-year-old man. The starting times are based on the difference in world record performances by age and sex
