Bay Snoball Run Attracts 814 Runners

Good weather and a community cause brought  814 participants to the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run last weekend. Jack Hautz of Bay Village was the overall male winner in 16:49. Maddie Britton, also of Bay Village, was the female winner in 18:04.

It was a great event, bringing lots of community spirit and notable faces to a great outdoor event blessed by some warmer temperatures. Will spring please finally get here?

Thanks to Mike Strauss of Bay Village for all photos and to Anne Kerka for the story.

Bay High Sophomore Nick Best won “Best Costumed/Most Spirited Runner or Walker in the 5K” at the the high school level in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run.
The 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run drew 814 participants this year, up from 771 in 2013.
Bay High senior Alyse Arko and sophomore Kerry O’Brien created costumes and dressed as characters from the Disney movie “Frozen” and entertained children and helped pass out awards at the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk and 1-Mile Family Fun Run post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony.

Bay Village fifth graders Bridget Dougherty and Ally Bleisath were awarded “Most Spirited Runners/Walkers” for the Elementary age level in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL event. Awards were given at a post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony in the Bay High Gymnasium.
Bay High Junior Emmy Drenkhan and her sister, Senior Maddie Drenkan, dressed like Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger and helped pass out awards at the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk and 1-Mile Family Fun Run post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Bay High Junior Emmy Drenkhan) gives Bay High Sophomore Nick Best his award for “Most Spirited Runner or Walker in the 5K” at the high school level.

Hamlet (with Rich Oldrieve of Westlake) was the first dog to finish in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk
Bay High Cross Country Runner Jack Hautz, age 16, of Bay Village was the “Male Open Winner” with a time of 16:49 in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Run.
Bay High Cross Country Runner Maddie Britton, age 17, of Bay Village finished the Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K race in 18:04 and received her award for “Female Open Winner” from Race Director Tim Brajdic (right) of Bay Village.

Tigger (Bay High Senior Maddie Drenkhan) gives race participant Matt Norris of Olmsted Falls his award for being the “Most Senior Runner/Walker to Participate in the 5K” in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Norris is 85 years young.
Ally Pistorino with dad, Mike Pistorino of Bay Village, accepts her prize as “The first baby to cross the 5K finish line in a stroller” in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Awards were given at a post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony in the Bay High Gymnasium
Ally Pistorino with dad, Mike Pistorino of Bay Village, was the first baby to cross the 5K finish line in a stroller in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk.