Luke Jennings, 16, won the fifth annual Granby Bears 5K Challenge Saturday. (Photo courtesy Walter Hansen)
GRANBY, June 9 – Luke Jennings, 16, became the youngest winner of the fifth annual Granby Bear 5K Challenge Saturday. Jennings won the race with a time of 20:10.66 beating Matthew Kotch, 37, who was second with a time of 21:47.16 and Paul Baldini, who was a close third in 21:47.96.
Amy Briggs, 17, won the women’s race with a time of 23:01.39, good enough for seventh place overall in the field of 52 runners. Second place in the women’s race when to Lindsey Morizio with a time of 23:33.65.
Proceeds benefit the Granby Memorial Athletic Department.
Previous winners
| Year | Men | Women |
| 2017 | Ben Yost, Canton, 16:27.53 | Melissa Stellato, Windsor (4th overall) 18:12.75 |
| 2016: | James Yost, Canton, 16:50.07 | Melissa Stellato, Windsor (4), 18:32.47 |
| 2015: | Will Rice, Granby (2nd overall), 18:23.20 | Melissa Stellato, Windsor, 17:50.32* |
| 2014 | Mike LeDuc, Canton, 16:13.64* | Cindy Jones, Granby (9), 20:15.74 |
*Course record time
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