2025 Havelock Charity Run/Walk 47th Annual
You might have heard. It rained at the Havelock Charity Run on June 7! Mostly, it rained a good time with a ton of good will and a really good amount of dollars for local charities. And, yes, there was precipitation. Most of the 3k runners finished before the rain started, thereby missing the cooling refreshment, but the 10K runners experienced the full blessing. To be honest, the response to the rain was mixed – some loved it, some didn’t – which is understandable.
Pinnacle Bank in Havelock where the Havelock Charity Run starts.
The uniqueness of the HCR cannot be overstated. It is the LTC’s only official team event, and for great causes. A total of 25 different charities will be receiving money provided by race co-sponsor Pinnacle Bank, which is donating $100 for every team with four finishers. And this year, a whopping 43 teams finished the race. Even I can do the math: $4,300 will be donated. Incredible. Thanks Amy, Maggie, and the entire Pinnacle Bank team.
Jonathan co-race director and Maggie with Pinnacle Bank
Crunching some numbers: 207 people ran the 10K race and 181 ran the 3K, which means 85% of registrants displayed the show-up-and-run attitude despite the promise of rain.
Runners at the start line of the 10k Havelock Charity Run Race
Charities weren’t the only winners that morning. There were some very fast times! Both the women’s and men’s top 10K finishers blistered the field and won by more than 2 minutes. Kayte Partch was the first female 10K finisher in 37:42, and John Cleary was the top male 10K finisher in 31:30. In the 3K, the winners were Tim Meyer for the males (8:57) and Megan Trowbridge for the females (12:22). In the wheelchair division, the HCR was proud to have Connie Belt participate and win once again. To those of you who are familiar with the 10K route, imagine going up that hill on 84th Street against wheel-intensified gravity. Most would have thrown in the (rain-soaked) towel, but Connie once again showed her grit and persevered despite the hills, the rain and the gravity.
I know people can be sensitive about having their ages publicized, but here’s something interesting: of the five winners mentioned in the previous paragraph, four are over the age of 40. That’s remarkable. Now, Connie must have made a mistake when she registered for the race, because her age was listed at 62. No way.
Final runner for the 10k Richard Halvorsen crossing the finish line
The HCR is also about the young runners! In the 10K, standouts included an 11 th place overall finish for 15-year old Nolan Steiner of Wahoo, and 10-year old Samantha McBee of Lincoln finished her 10K averaging under 11 minutes per mile. No less impressive were the many young finishers in the 3k, including 9-year old Enzo Dalmagro finishing 27 th , and Ainsley Richardson, also 9 yrs old, finishing 45 th . Congrats and thanks to all the young people who raced the Havelock Charity Run, all the way down to 4-year old Desmond Occansey, who finished the 3k!
Avery with her Havelock Charity Run shirt post race celebration
I want to give a shout-out to some people who did a bunch of extra work. The team element of this event adds significantly to the workload of the IT people who do so much anyway, so special thanks for Alan Higley, Dave Hattan and my race co-director Jonathan Clark. I’m also super grateful to the volunteers from within the Lincoln Track Club and from without, especially those who stuck it out to the bitter end with cleaning up the park in a pouring rain. Thanks to all who helped make the Havelock Charity Run such a success!
Thank you to all the great volunteers and everyone that stayed around the Finish line to cheer on our runners in the rain!
