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Article from the Sierra Vista Herald
Cormier wins Vigilante Run
BY BRUCE BOURQUIN
Monday, August 9, 2004 1:09 PM MDT
Tombstone Vigilante Norm Harbinson, right, watches as Robert Lassiter gives a
shotgun blast to start the 10K Run Sunday morning. It was the 18th annual 10K
Run of the Tombstone Vigilante Days celebration. (Suzanne Cronn-Herald/Review)
HERALD/REVIEW
TOMBSTONE - A commemorative event celebrated its 18th birthday bright and early
Sunday morning on Allen Street in Tombstone.
Kicked off with a resounding shotgun blast from Tombstone Vigilante member Norm
Harbinson, the 18th annual 10-kilometer Run took place as part of the Tombstone
Vigilante Days celebration.
In a speedy time of 34 minutes, 40 seconds, Douglas High School junior Kenneth
Cormier won the race, which began at the intersection of Allen and 3rd Streets.
The 18-year-old outran 146 other runners to bring home a beige hangman's noose
plaque, presented by the Tombstone Vigilantes.
"Finishing down the old street and seeing all the old buildings was really
cool," Cormier said. "I really enjoyed the race."
Cormier, who will be a senior at Douglas this fall, won the 3,200 meter race in
the Class 4A Arizona Interscholastic Association Track and Field Championships
this spring at Mesa Community College. His time in that race was a brisk 9
minutes, 21.51 seconds.
"There was one guy who pushed me in the first half of the race," Cormier said of
the Tombstone run.
The start and finish of the race, as well as the awards presentation to the top
three racers in each age category, were all held at the city park.
That was new to the run, which began near Big Nose Kate's Saloon in the past.
The course was basically an oval-shaped course that wrapped around Gleason Road
and the perimeter of the town too tough to die.
"It's a tough, hilly course," said race director Steve Reeder, a retired former
Tombstone athletic director. "The runners had to go uphill half a mile and
downhill half a mile."
Sunday's events also included a 2K fun run, in which runners of all ages took
part in. Most of them were boys and girls with their parents.
Ten-year-old Victor Padilla, a 10-year-old from Nogales, Mexico, won the event.
There was no time kept in the 2K event.
There were other interesting characters in the race. A small group of Army
personnel from Fort Huachuca also showed up to run in the race.
Vigilantes organizers allowed this group to get a five-minute head start.
"They ran in unison the whole way through," Reeder said. "We decided to honor
our soldiers."
Tucson resident Don Brenaman, a man in his 60s who has run in every 10K run as
part of the Tombstone celebration, showed up to run again. He was given a hat to
honor his achievement.
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