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Fun Run sees record numbers
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Jacob Carrigan, left, and Anne Hunter Myers were the overall winners of the 5K Fun Run. Carrigan received the Danny Stubblefield Memorial Trophy for taking top honors. - photo by Photo provided
A record number of participants took part in the 30th Annual Stars and Stripes Fun Run Monday in downtown McMinnville.Over 300 competitors took part in a number of events, headlined by the 5K run. For the second straight year, Nashville resident Jacob Carrigan claimed the overall title in the 3.2- mile run which took runners from Court Square to the Civic Center and back to Main Street.Carrigan, 30, completed the course in a near-record time of 16:42, nearly three minutes faster than his nearest competitor. Anne Hunter Myers, 32, was the overall female winner, turning in a time of 20:09.Carrigan is no stranger to victory at the Stars and Stripes Fun Run.