There was a huge turnout for this year’s Fiddler 5K and One-Mile Fun Run with 312 runners participating in the 5k alone. Fifty-one participated in the Fun Run, with the races beginning at 7 am last Saturday morning. The races fittingly began in front of the First Baptist Church and ended in front of Love Cantrell Funeral Home.

The race was open to everyone, and is held each year for proceeds to be used in building a new Habitat for Humanity home in DeKalb County. Money raised from the race will go toward building materials for the project.

Fiddler 5K Awards are given to Overall Male and Female Finishers, Male and Female Masters (40+), and in age groups 9 and under, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+

Fun Run Awards are given to the Overall Male and Female finishers age 12 and under and the top three male and female finishers age 12 and under. The course is certified and professionally timed.

This year’s overall winner was 38-year-old Andrew Bumalough of Portland, OR, who came in with a time of 16:17.6, while the overall female winner was 12-year-old A. Swafford of Bell Buckle with a time of 24:07.8. She came in 37th overall.

In the Masters category, 40-year-old Drew Randolph of Cookeville was first with a time of 19:57.9, while a 43-year-old Rachel Mahan of Austin, TX, was the female Masters winner with a time of 24:21.4 and the third female overall.

In the Male 9 and Under category, F. Redmon of Charleston, WV, took the top spot with a time of 28:50.0, while H. Dunaway of Liberty, TN, came in second at 42:52.7. J. Burger of Woodbury, TN, was third at 47:14.0.

The Female 9 and Under winner was C. Lopez of McMinnville at 33:56.1, with J. Davis of Liberty second at 52:09.4, and B. Burger of Woodbury third at 1:03:29.4.

The Male 10-14 category had Parker Simmons of Hendersonville, TN, first at 19:58.0, while Landon Brown of Smithville was third at 21:45.2. B. Seiler of Cookeville was third at 22:04.6

N. England of Atlanta, GA, was the top runner in the Female 10-14 class, and second female overall, with a time of 24:13.4. R. Swafford of Bell Buckle was second at 25:08.2, and A. McMichael of Cookeville was third at 25:24.5.

In the Male 15-19 division, Levi Detwiler of Cookeville was first at 16:58.5 and came in second overall, while Evan Craig of Murfreesboro was second at 17:14.0 and third overall. Nate Dyer of Murfreesboro was third at 18:20.7.

DeKalb’s own Chloe VanVranken of Silver Point took the top spot in the Female 15-19 division with a time of 26:12.5, while Mylie Phillips of Smithville was second at 29:30.8. Brooklyn Fuson of Smithville was third at 31:20.8.

Ty Young of Cookeville won the Male 20-24 division at 20:49.9, while Parker Brown of Pleasant Shade was second at 22:10.2. Conner Adcock of Smithville was third at 25:47.0.

Mary Claire Armistead of Huntsville, AL, won the Female 20-24 category with a time of 28:13.4, while Megan Cantrell of Smithville was second at 28:52.3. Bailey Beverly of Cookeville was third at 31:16.3.

Isaiah Jones of Smithville won the Male 25-29 division at 20:33.8, while Jimmy Snyder of Carmel, IN, was second at 24:38.8. Rush Milam of Smithville was third at 25:31.9.

In the Female 25-29 division, Mary Grace Sims of Cookeville took the top spot at 25:18.3, while Mallory Pfingstler of Smithville was second at 29:46.3. Hannah Uchno of Somerville, MA, was third at 31.48.1.

Tyler Presley of Lebanon, TN claimed first in the Male 30-34 division at 21:57.8, while Nicholas Prall of Cookeville was second at 22:23.3. Travis Howard of Sparta was third at 22:30.1.

Morgan Poteete of Smithville won the Female 30-34 category at 25:12.8, while Carla Pelham of Smithville claimed second at 25:17.5. Emily Davis of Liberty was third at 26:02.8.

John-Mark Chittwood of Alexandria, TN, was first in the Male 35-39 division with a time of 23:20.0, while Jon Sarji of Cookeville was second at 25:20.0. Brandon Bond of Baxter was third at 25:26.2.

In the Female 35-39 category, Caitlin Robbins of Cookeville was first at 28:51.0, while Rocil Jane Kaksa of McMinnville was second at 30:12.7. Emily Terrell of Jefferson City, TN, was third at 30:23.7.

For the Male 40-44 class, Blake Shearer of Cookeville was first coming in with a time of 20:37.3, while Brian Soop of Cookeville was second at 21:07.3. Daren Oakley of Sparta was third at 25:33.4.

Megan Soop of Cookeville was top in the Female 40-44 division at 26:36.1, while Miriam Summers of Atlanta, GA, was second at 27:58.8. Casey Agee of Alexandria was third at 29:08.1.

Sean Edwards of Carmel, IN, came in with a time of 21:43.3 in the Male 45-49 category, while Stephen Holliman of Carthage, TN, was second at 24:15.3. Jeremy Graham of Cookeville was third at 24:54.3.

In the Female 45-49 division, Amanda Henry of Lebanon, TN, was first at 27:39.7, while Heather Clouse of Cookeville was second at 30:55.9. April Davis of Murfreesboro was third at 32:18.9.

For the Male 50-59 division, Clay Dyer of Murfreesboro was first at 20:46.0, while Travis Shope of Cookeville was second at 21:52.4. Steve Desmond of Cookeville was third at 22:46.

Jennifer Taylor of Readyville, TN, was top in the Female 50-59 category at 29:14.4, with Beth Powell of Cookeville second at 31:52.7. An anonymous participant was third at 33:45.3.

Jackie Dawson of Pleasant Shade, TN, was first in the Male 60-64 division at 21:12.2. Lonnie Bedgood, Jr. of Buffalo Valley was second at 34:20.0, and Nathan Baker was third at 41:33.2.

In the Female 60-64 category, Mary Snyder of Carmel, IN, was first at 27:36.4, while Debra Poteet of Smithville was next at 27:38.5. Amy Weingart of Murfreesboro was third at 30:51.5.

Doug Hooper of Smithville was top in the Male 65-69 category at 28:22.6, while Lonnie Swope of Dowelltown was second at 37:56.3. Dave Guidara of Advance, NC, was third at 45:46.5.

For the Female 65-69 division, Carol Bumbalough of Franklin, TN, was top at 42:44.2, with Betty Lou Burnett of Brentwood, TN, second at 44:49.8. Anna Braun of Plano, IL, was third at 51:43.0.

Dale Bohannon of Cookeville was first in the Male 70-74 division at 29:02.1, with Fredrick Wunder of Murfreesboro second at 32:34.3. Kenneth Weaver of Sparta was third at 45:48.2.

Joni Worsham of Cookeville took the Female 70-74 top spot at 45:55.9.

DeKalb’s own Larry Green won the Male 75-79 division at 43:26.4, while Kenneth Guidara of Sparta was second at 50:34.6.

Doris Brown of Cookeville won the Female 75-79 category at 44:05.5, while Donna Gibson of Dowelltown was second at 47:39.4.

Janet Lowe of Cookeville came in with a time of 1:02:33.9 in the Female 80 and Over division.

In the Fun Run, Legend Bumbalough of Portland, OR, was first at 6:34.2, while C. Farmer of Dowelltown was second at 7:35.4. S. Richardson of Cookeville was third at 7:44.1.