DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (KWAD) — Sunshine, a light breeze off the beach, and a finish line packed with cheering families set the scene for the 30th Annual Dick Beardsley Races on Saturday, more than 1400 runners laced up for the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon.

“It’s so awesome to see you all here this morning,” Beardsley said before the race. “I can’t believe we’ve been doing this for 30 years already.”

Beardsley once again ran in the Andy Beardsley Memorial 5K, which was named in honor of Dick’s son who passed away in 2015. Beardsley also brought racing legend Bill Rodgers with him to Detroit Lakes this year. Rodgers won four Boston Marathons and three New York City Marathons between 1976 and 1980. Rodgers, now 77 years old, also ran the 5K. Rodgers finished his 5K in 33:12, and Beardsley finished in 52:08.

honoring the Detroit Lakes legend. The milestone edition delivered everything from blazing winning times to deep hometown podiums—especially in the 10K, where Detroit Lakes runners swept the top two spots on the men’s side.

The 5K belonged to the Ruebkes of Ada—Spencer winning the men’s title (15:44) and Molly (20:03) the women’s—while plenty of regional names hit the chute. From Detroit Lakes, Elijah Nordby (9th, 23:49), Ian Miller (11th, 25:01), and Brody Baker (16th, 25:56) were among the first wave of locals. Michael Fitzlaff (Bertha) grabbed 4th overall (20:26) and Bryton Jobe (Bertha) crossed in 26:39 for 19th place. Rick Crume and Daniel Bellefeuille (both Glyndon) finished in 26:24 and 27:55, respectively, while Ken Gabriel (Park Rapids) clocked 25:33 and Jerry Huebsch (Perham) 29:13.

On the women’s side, Megan Washek (Audubon) was 5th in 24:34, Kenzie Baker of Detroit Lakes took 9th in 25:53. DL added Ashley Baker (30:15), Emma Miller (30:26), Sue Sorensen (30:59), Katherine Stearns (31:53), Macey Schaefbauer (32:27), and Elaina Hintsala Fronden (32:28).  Rebecca Balsiger (Audubon) 11th in 26:29, Hallie Cossette (Audubon) 13th in 27:20, Amber Gabriel (Park Rapids) 16th in 28:00, Courtney Eckhoff (Henning) 23rd in 28:51, and Mandy Danielson (Frazee) was 31st in 29:57.

In the 10K race, Detroit Lakes runners Jeremiah Ulschmid and Dan Johnson controlled the men’s 10K from the gun, breaking the tape in 38:00 and 39:06, respectively, to deliver a hometown sweep.  Nathan Klair (7th, 43:19), Cole Weber (8th, 44:28), Joshua Tougas (14th, 49:29), Ryan Bjorklund (19th, 51:37), Joe Mollberg (22nd, 51:49), and Thomas McCollum (39th, 55:10) all of Detroit Lakes also had top 40 finishes. Jacob Baer of Frazee was 10th overall with a time of 48:25, Michael Stein of Ottertail (20th, 51:40) and Arlyn Rusche of Lake Park (27th, 52:35) were also inside the top third.

Emily Arens of Fargo won the Women’s 10K with a time of 45:01. DL’s Kamryn Gjersvig (8th, 48:15) and Michelle Hanson (10th, 48:39) both cracked the top 10. Joelle Williams (DL, 26th, 52:00), Kay Pederson (Lake Park, 27th, 52:05), and a cluster of lakes-area runners: Amanda Wik (Frazee, 52:53), Molly Anderson (Frazee, 52:54), Karen Spanswick (Ottertail, 53:12), Andrea Marthaler (Ottertail, 53:14), Nikki Fischer (Glyndon, 53:22), Natalie Thompson (Barnesville, 53:38), Andrea Judisch (DL, 54:01) and Lindsey Laux (Frazee, 54:25).

Hawley’s Daniel Borash won the Men’s Half Marathon with a time of 1:13:15. but Detroit Lakes landed two inside the top 20: Andy Moen (12th, 1:25:50) and Dean Schumann (16th, 1:27:45). The lakes area filled in strongly behind them with Eric Flyen (Lake Park, 1:35:09), Craig Isakson (Audubon, 1:36:32), Cody Martinson (Hawley, 1:37:24), Ethan Loock (Henning, 1:37:42), and Lawrence Mettler (Detroit Lakes, 1:39:26).

In the women’s race, Amy Will won decisively in 1:20:59, while area athletes dotted the top 15: Amy Forbes (Park Rapids, 6th, 1:30:27), Jackson Herzog (Detroit Lakes, 11th, 1:35:03), and Jessica Miller (Wadena, 14th, 1:37:23). Other local finishers included Abby Fostveit (DL, 1:42:32), Emily Warner (Staples, 1:45:42), and Sarah Nygaard (DL, 1:50:44).

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Local Results

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5K —

Michael Fitzlaff (Bertha) — 20:26 (4th)

Elijah Nordby (Detroit Lakes) — 23:49 (9th)

Ian Miller (Detroit Lakes) — 25:01 (11th)

Ken Gabriel (Park Rapids) — 25:33 (15th)

Brody Baker (Detroit Lakes) — 25:56 (16th)

Rick Crume (Glyndon) — 26:24

Daniel Bellefeuille (Glyndon) — 27:55

Jerry Huebsch (Perham) — 29:13

Bryton Jobe (Bertha) — 26:39

5K — Women

Kenzie Baker (Detroit Lakes) — 25:53 (9th)

Ashley Baker (Detroit Lakes) — 30:15

Emma Miller (Detroit Lakes) — 30:26

Sue Sorensen (Detroit Lakes) — 30:59

Katherine Stearns (Detroit Lakes) — 31:53

Macey Schaefbauer (Detroit Lakes) — 32:27

Elaina Hintsala Fronden (Detroit Lakes) — 32:28

Megan Washek (Audubon) — 24:34 (5th)

Rebecca Balsiger (Audubon) — 26:29

Hallie Cossette (Audubon) — 27:20

Amber Gabriel (Park Rapids) — 28:00

Courtney Eckhoff (Henning) — 28:51

Mandy Danielson (Frazee) — 29:57

10K — Men

Jeremiah Ulschmid (Detroit Lakes) — 38:00 (1st)

Dan Johnson (Detroit Lakes) — 39:06 (2nd)

Nathan Klair (Detroit Lakes) — 43:19 (7th)

Cole Weber (Detroit Lakes) — 44:28 (8th)

Jacob Baer (Frazee) — 48:25 (10th)

Joshua Tougas (Detroit Lakes) — 49:29

Ryan Bjorklund (Detroit Lakes) — 51:37

Michael Stein (Ottertail) — 51:40

Joe Mollberg (Detroit Lakes) — 51:49

Jon Howard (Glyndon) — 52:23

Arlyn Rusche (Lake Park) — 52:35

Thomas McCollum (Detroit Lakes) — 55:10

Daniel Ihle — (Detroit Lakes) — 59:46

Lachlan Ihle — (Detroit Lakes) — 59:46

Andrew Gallegos — (Detroit Lakes)— 59:58

Paul Jenson — (Glenwood) 1:00:03

Rich Johnson — (Detroit Lakes)— 1:01:45

Tony Bernal — (Fergus Falls) — 1:04:17

Wade Bakke — (Hawley)— 1:04:55

Andrew Risbrudt — (Ashby) — 1:05:13

Finn Costin — (Wadena) — 1:05:31

Zackary Johnson — (Frazee)— 1:06:02

Darren Leno — (Audubon) — 1:07:36

Liam Hamm — (Frazee) — 1:13:23

Eric Wilkens — (Detroit Lakes) — 1:15:16

10K — Women

Kamryn Gjersvig  -Detroit Lakes — 48:15 (8th)

Michelle Hanson – Detroit Lakes — 48:39 (10th)

Joelle Williams – Detroit Lakes — 52:00

Kay Pederson – Lake Park — 52:05

Amanda Wik – Frazee — 52:53

Molly Anderson -Frazee — 52:54

Karen Spanswick – Ottertail — 53:12

Andrea Marthaler – Ottertail — 53:14

Nikki Fischer – Glyndon — 53:22

Natalie Thompson -Barnesville — 53:38

Andrea Judisch – Detroit Lakes — 54:01

Lindsey Laux – Frazee — 54:25

Rachel Axness – Barnesville – 55:32

Melissa Yliniemi – Osage – 55:56

Renee Gilsrud – Barnesville – 55:58

Megan Bauer – Barnesville – 55:59

Amy Jacobson – Detroit Lakes – 57:17

Joan Lee – Detroit Lakes – 57:31

Pam Doebbeling – Ottertail – 59:02

Carolynn Palm – Lake Park – 59:07

Kari Bernal – Fergus Falls – 59:54

Aarin Galzki – Park Rapids – 1:01:11

Jodi Erickson – Park Rapids – 1:01:14

Laura Swiontek – Fergus Falls – 1:01:20

Denise Graunke – Hawley – 1:01:44

Elizabeth Holzer – Perham – 1:01:48

Jane Leno – Audubon – 1:02:28

Sara Jacobson – Frazee – 1:02:33

Amy Kilde – Detroit Lakes – 1:02:35

Kelsey Fode – Detroit Lakes – 1:02:43

Brittany Budke – Detroit Lakes – 1:02:51

Meghan Pazdernik – Detroit Lakes – 1:02:52

Paula Christenson – Fergus Falls – 1:03:20

Amber Tougas – Detroit Lakes – 1:03:40

Larissa Johnson – Osakis – 1:04:11

Janet Kempf – Barnesville – 1:04:26

Skylar Nelson – Detroit Lakes – 1:04:41

Kari Baer – Frazee – 1:05:01

Leann Risbrudt – Ashby – 1:05:18

Sabrina Houle – Audubon – 1:06:06

Kylee Schulz – Detroit Lakes – 1:07:22

Jessica Crowden – Pequot Lakes – 1:07:29

Rachel Neu – Frazee – 1:09:34

Christina Simons – Hewitt – 1:10:18

Molly Costin – Wadena – 1:11:32

Makenzie Dukleth – Barnesville – 1:12:13

Faith Hamm – Frazee – 1:13:26

Morgan Aakre – Lake Park – 1:17:44

Jathany Welter – Audubon – 1:18:44

Paige Welter-Jegtvig – Lake Park – 1:19:04

Abby Mumm – Fergus Falls – 1:19:14

Judith Jacobs – Detroit Lakes – 1:27:50

Sheree Lenz – Detroit Lakes – 1:27:54

Half Marathon — Men

Daniel Borash — Hawley — 1:13:15 (1st)

Matthew Gonser — Barnesville — 1:23:26 (6th)

Andy Moen — Detroit Lakes — 1:25:50 (12th)

Dean Schumann – Detroit Lakes — 1:27:18 (16th)

Chris Brown — Garfield — 1:28:37 (17th)

Brad Christenson — Fergus Falls — 1:33:55

Ryan Schuette — Moorhead — 1:34:23

Eric Flyen — Lake Park — 1:35:09

Craig Isakson — Audubon — 1:36:32

Cody Martinson — Hawley — 1:37:24

Christopher Borash — Starbuck — 1:37:28

Ethan Loock — Henning — 1:37:42

Luke Vandal — Barnesville — 1:37:43

Lawrence Mettler — Frazee — 1:39:26

Henrik Bjorndahl — Fergus Falls — 1:40:02

Mason Johnson — Ashby — 1:40:57

Daniel Gonser — Barnesville — 1:41:11

Joshua Evavold — Fergus Falls — 1:42:16

Levi Eskuri — Park Rapids — 1:42:46

Ashdon Hacker — Morris — 1:43:58

Levi Wold — Alexandria — 1:48:59

Evan McGauvran — Detroit Lakes — 1:49:58

Michael Fritz — Alexandria — 1:51:13

Jake Robinson — Bemidji — 1:51:33

Lyle Grimm — Morris — 1:52:06

Justin Cain — Hawley — 1:52:26

Blake Weber — Detroit Lakes — 1:53:44

Thomas Gonser — Barnesville — 1:54:26

Gary Moyer — Fergus Falls — 1:55:17

Brent Captain — Bertha — 1:55:22

Tim Oldenkamp — Alexandria — 1:57:10

Nic Johnson — Ashby — 1:58:36

Taylor Kray — Detroit Lakes — 1:58:40

Gregory Thoennes — Evansville — 1:58:41

Chris Aldridge — Lake Park — 2:02:28

Jordan Lillemon — Battle Lake — 2:04:27

Michael Forbes — Park Rapids — 2:08:32

Jay Paulson — Alexandria — 2:09:34

Chris Brenk — Frazee — 2:11:03

Job Barberg — Detroit Lakes — 2:16:27

Travis Holzworth — Fergus Falls — 2:17:42

Richard Carpenter — Sauk Centre — 2:19:20

Bryan Asche — Alexandria — 2:20:09

Nicholas Ellingson — Fergus Falls — 2:22:41

Josh Fetzer — Detroit Lakes — 2:28:18

Zachary Fish — Detroit Lakes — 2:28:50

Greg Schake — Fergus Falls — 2:38:01

Jason Klawuhn — Audubon — 2:43:10

Matt Meyer — Callaway — 3:03:00

Chris Arthur — Sebeka — 3:10:08

Steve Hinkley — Hackensack — 3:28:02

Arnold L. Robertson Jr. — Fergus Falls — 4:02:56

Half Marathon — Women

Amy Forbes (Park Rapids) — 1:30:27 (6th)

Jackson Herzog (Detroit Lakes) — 1:35:03 (11th)

Jessica Miller (Wadena) — 1:37:23 (14th)

Mackenzie Speicher — Battle Lake — 1:39:37

Brianna Bischof — Fergus Falls — 1:40:36

Amanda Grimm — Morris — 1:42:15

Abby Fostveit — Detroit Lakes — 1:42:32

Liz Schindler — Barnesville — 1:43:06

Angela Dahlen — Hawley — 1:45:23

Rachel Jahner — Alexandria — 1:45:35

Emily Warner — Staples — 1:45:42

Amy Hatcher — Bemidji — 1:48:00

Sarah Nygaard — Detroit Lakes — 1:50:44

Olivia Kray — Detroit Lakes — 1:51:49

Raeanne Frost — Battle Lake — 1:51:56

Jessica Butanis — Alexandria — 1:52:38

Courtney Hagen — Pequot Lakes — 1:53:17

Corinna Erickson — Breckenridge — 1:53:22

Gretchen Slavicek — Osage — 1:53:25

Rachel Geyen — Alexandria — 1:53:47

Stephanie Golkowski — Frazee — 1:54:20

Bethany Marx — Lake Park — 1:55:01

Danielle Stolee — Perham — 1:56:05

Emily Matthew — Sauk Centre — 1:56:07

Sara Oldenkamp — Alexandria — 1:57:10

Lynn Just — Park Rapids — 1:57:55

Tiffany Kimball — Osage — 1:58:02

Michelle Sundby — Wadena — 1:58:04

Allison Flatau — Frazee — 1:58:24

Sherry Pape — Pequot Lakes — 1:58:25

Rachel Heinen — Waconia — 1:58:34

Jamie Zettel — Barnesville — 1:58:44

Lisa Licence — Dent — 1:59:05

Tabitha Captain — Bertha — 2:02:50

Jess Stuewe — Frazee — 2:02:54

Mary Wunderlich — Frazee — 2:03:26

Julia Snyder — Deer Creek — 2:05:04

Jacquelyn Marquardt — Rothsay — 2:05:25

Brooke Vickmark — Detroit Lakes — 2:05:41

Ava Carlson — Brainerd — 2:07:33

Deena Caillier — Barnesville — 2:07:38

Emily Nelson — Alexandria — 2:07:39

Ligia Schulz — Ponsford — 2:08:09

Bobbi Prouty — Starbuck — 2:08:18

Janelle Thorson — Dent — 2:08:18

Sarah Leach — Bemidji — 2:09:29

Mya Conway — Frazee — 2:11:21

Jill Fuglestad — Alexandria — 2:12:43

Patricia Wiitanen — Alexandria — 2:12:43

Kandace Norby — Evansville — 2:13:17

Alena Storlie — Underwood — 2:13:32

Kirsten Berger — Alexandria — 2:13:42

Leah Girard — Bemidji — 2:15:12

Stacey Sellers — Pelican Rapids — 2:15:21

Cynthia Westlund — Lake Park — 2:16:26

Laura Bergren — Audubon — 2:16:29

Beth Bjerke — Perham — 2:16:37

Tricia Sather — Pelican Rapids — 2:16:51

Mandy Fuhrman — Detroit Lakes — 2:17:33

Shelby Cooper — Deer Creek — 2:17:58

Penny Carpenter — Sauk Centre — 2:19:21

Ruth Rosengren — Fergus Falls — 2:19:29

Hannah Crowden — Pequot Lakes — 2:20:10

Beca Ellingson — Fergus Falls — 2:22:39

Emily Munson — Park Rapids — 2:24:27

Alexis Klicker — Pillager — 2:25:07

Taia Marich — Vergas — 2:25:41

Chloe Evenson — Pelican Rapids — 2:26:28

Josie Johnson — Frazee — 2:27:33

Laura Altstadt — Perham — 2:28:05

Vanessa Berg — Barnesville — 2:28:05

Sulma Disselbrett — Wadena — 2:28:42

Gretchen Eckhoff — Henning — 2:29:06

Sydney Eckhoff — Glenwood — 2:29:07

Katy Freitag — Nevis — 2:34:43

Marie Festler — Park Rapids — 2:34:43

Natalie Eckhoff — Henning — 2:34:47

Kayla Frame — Sebeka — 2:39:19

Vanessah Rice — Detroit Lakes — 2:48:03

Kate Frank — Detroit Lakes — 2:59:04

Jennifer Frank — Detroit Lakes — 2:59:06

Kasey Black — Detroit Lakes — 3:00:49

Kyla Hastings — Audubon — 3:03:14

Jessica Hinkley — Baxter — 3:28:15