Will Browder and Shanie Brooks win 2008 Nick Costes 5k Road Race

Will Browder and Shanie Brooks were the overall male and female winners of the 2008 Nick Costes 5k Road Race, held April 5th on the Troy University Campus. Organized by faculty and students of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, the annual race is held in honor of the late Nick Costes, a past Troy University professor and Olympian. Proceeds from the race benefit the Kinesiology and Health Promotion (KHP) Club.

Although runners were greeted with windy and wet conditions this did little to dampen the turnout. The race had over 60 entries (a record for recent years), and a total of 42 finishers. After a close battle throughout the race with eventual second place finisher Adam McPherson, leading the field across the line was twenty four year old Troy University student Will Browder. In the final mile of the race Browder was able to distance himself from McPherson by 12 seconds, finishing in a time of 19:24. In the women’s race, thirteen year old Shanie Brooks turned in a fantastic run against her older competitors. Looking strong all the way through the finish line, Brooks recorded a time of 23:22. Brooks was followed across the line 20 seconds later by Troy University student Sara Jackson.

The top three overall male and female finishers were awarded with distinctive Trojan warrior trophies. Browder and Brooks were each rewarded with steak dinners for two donated by the newly opened Santa Fe Cattle Company.

T-shirt sponsors for the 2008 Nick Costes Road Race were Pike County Banking Association, Sanders Lead Company, Inc., Champion Sports Medicine, The UPS Store, and Troy Animal Clinic. Course beverages were supplied by the Troy University Department of Athletic Training, and finish line refreshments were donated by Wal-Mart. We thank all of our sponsors and participants for making this year’s event a success. Next year’s race will take place during April.

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