And…they’re off! This year’s Cove to Clover 5K started at the Normandy Park Cove beach.[/caption]
Under typically soggy northwest skies, the 2014 Cove to Clove Classic 5K fundraiser race shined on the area on Sunday, March 16, filling the streets with happy runners, families, dogs and even a Unicorn Unicycle.
This year’s run was a pretty competitive one that turned into a two-man race between 54-year old Ray Prentice and 23-year old Jerome Damey at the bottom of Snake Hill. Prentice held the lead up until around the 1-mile remaining marker, when Damey, who was “drifting” him, passed by and never looked back.
“A week and a half ago, I had pneumonia,” Damey told The B-Town Blog after the race. “I practiced for this, but this is the first time I’ve run the actual Cove to Clover race. It was tough to beat Ray though.”
Damey is a graduate of Evergreen High School, where he competed on the cross country team.
Prentice has competed in numerous races and is a well-known local runner.
The Top female finisher was Maryann Orwiler, 28.
The oldest male runner was Wayne Long, 77, and the oldest female runner was Donna Richmond, 73.
Winner of the Unicorn Unicycle division – and that division’s only entrant – was Kevin Williams.
To see all results, click here.
Here are the top 10 finishers of the race:
- Jerome Damey: 19:41
- Ray Prentice: 19:46
- Nick Baisch: 20:45
- Erik Harang: 21:08
- Kevin Bodle: 21:39
- Brandon TerLouw: 21:52
- Brent Norton: 22:05
- Joseph Walker: 22:06
- Nicholas Ankuta: 22:15
- Enrique Arroyo Arroyo: 22:18
- Maryann Orwiler: 22:57
- Vanessa Potts: 23:44
- Julie Granahan: 24:00
- Emma Flood: 24:07
- Briana Hall: 24:13
- Karen Kukoda: 24:35
- Emily Mruk: 24:48
- Kelly Williamson: 25:41
- Lenka Bishoff: 26:04
- Erin Peralta: 26:30













Why did you report the race times and not the ages for the top finishers and then the age and not the race times for the top women finishers? I find that strange!
Carol that was due to a series of typos, and has been revised…thanks for the eagle eye!
-scott
Big “shout out” to all the volunteers that worked hard to make this event possible! To all of you standing in the cold rain to keep runners safe, manning water stations, working registration for 2 days, awards, course crew, gear check, shuttles, some police, firefighters, data entry, website, art creation, publicity, etc. etc.
Wanna help this year? Please when you see a Cove to Clover yard sign, take it and dispose of it. We can have them all gone soon. If you want to cut down a banner on your drive home, please do and return it to Bumbershoot Books on SW 152nd St in Burien.
Sincerely,
John, Race Director