VIDEO/PHOTOS: Before the big storm, 355 ran in the 2016 Cove to Clover race

Drone footage of the start of Sunday’s Cove to Clover 5K race courtesy David White (and yes, he’s FAA-certified!). 16-year old Erik Harang of Normandy Park – who led through most of the race – won Sunday’s Cove to Clover 5K with a time of 21:07.

Second place was Ben Wood, 17, with a time of 21:10:

Harang and Wood appeared to run as a team through the race, pacing each other throughout:

Third went to 26-year old Erick Aguayo:

The top female finisher – who also finished first for her gender last year – was 15-year old Emma Flood, with a time of 23:27: The oldest male finisher was 74-year old Melvin Grushow, and the oldest female finisher was Carole Langenbach, 71. The youngest was 6-year old Katherine Pittis. The winner – and loser – of the Unicycle Unicorn Division was its only participant, Kevin Williams:

Here are the top 10 finishers (full results are here)

Place	Bib	Name	Gender	Clock Time	Chip Time	Pace	Age	?Age Percentage	Division Place	Division
1	146	Erik Harang	M	21:11	21:07	6:49	16	62.6	1	M Overall
2	449	Ben Wood	M	21:13	21:10	6:50	17	61.7	1	M 17-20
3	479	Erick Aguayo	M	21:18	21:14	6:51	26	61.0	1	M 21-30
4	192	Craig Kenworthy	M	21:49	21:46	7:01	54	69.8	1	M 51-60
5	319	Steve Pirotte	M	21:58	21:54	7:04	30	59.3	2	M 21-30
6	311	Jeff Permuy	M	22:01	21:57	7:05	46	65.1	1	M 41-50
7	14	Nicholas Ankuta	M	22:04	21:58	7:05	14	62.2	1	M 13-16
8	288	Brent Norton	M	22:29	22:23	7:13	44	62.9	2	M 41-50
9	131	Joel Graves	M	23:01	22:43	7:20	28	57.0	3	M 21-30
10	101	Ben Fader	M	23:15	23:07	7:27	25	56.0	4	M 21-30

Before the race started, Cove to Clover Founder/Organizer John Nelson challenged runners to dunk themselves in Puget Sound, and this hearty soul gave himself a dip (drone footage courtesy David White): [youtube]https://youtu.be/NtBxLbj0-eo[/youtube] Here are more photos from the race, courtesy Michael Brunk (click images to see larger versions/slideshow):

And more as shot by Scott Schaefer from the rear bed of the RES Graphics Pace Truck:

Scott Lumsden serenaded runners with his bagpipe.

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