UPS Ultimate 10K & 5K

History

2010

The morning was crisp and cool with just a hint of a breeze gently washing over the roughly 600 runners lined up to run the Ultimate 5K & 10K. Who are we kidding, it was hotter than #@*% but that made it even more impressive for those who finished. Over $18,000 was raised for Youth Villages and their nationally recognized programs that assist children and their families. This brings the total donated to charity to over $153,000. Thank you to all of you runners, volunteers and sponsors who make this event the success it has become.

This years 10K winners were: Women Men

Overall Brenda Walton Travis Blalock

Master Dana Belus Frank Buscher

Grand Master Caroline Freeman Bud Totty

5k winners

Overall Sloan Scott Cody Lemmons

Master Shan Crswell Bruce Keisling

Grand Master Janis Stewart Chuck Schnette

Wheelchair Joseph Spence

Team 5K Kroger

Team 10K Go FedEx

Thanks again for all your support and come join again in 2011 to help support Youth Villages.

2009

With temperatures about 10 degrees hotter than normal for June 27th, the UPS Ultimate 5 and 10K run took place in Davies Plantation. About 650 runners signed up for the event and there were about 620 finishers. Despite the heat, the morning was a complete success with the participants surviving the run and enjoying the post race music of Social Remedy, the food and drinks, and the feeling of accomplishment you get from strenuous exercise and supporting a worthy cause. Youth Villages will receive a donation of around $18,000 from the efforts of these runners and volunteers. This brings the total amount donated to charity from this race to about $135,000.

Winners of the 10k men’s and women’s- Overall Scott McNeil and Brenda Walton

Masters Mike Kelly and Dana Belus

Grand Master Frank Buscher and Marian Castroverde

Winners in the 5k men’s and Women’s- Overall Matt Dougherty and Sydney Evans

Masters Jeff Baskin and Lynn Patterson

Grand Master Chuck Schuetts and Linda Porterfield

Wheelchair John Payne

The Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce Corporate Challenge winner was the Go Fedex team of Dana-Lynne Belus, Brett Lee, Larry Watson, Brett Murphy, and Vince Carr in the 10K.

Winner in the 5K challenge was the Team UPS entry of Steven Howell, Javier Larrea, Alan Fyfe, Jonathan Wilson, and Mike Repischak.

Come join us next year for the 14^th annual Ultimate 10k.The run will be June 26^th2010 so mark your calendar and go put in those miles.

2008

It was one minute till race time and the wind came up. A light rain started coming down when the starters horn sounded and it looked like it could be a rough run. Less than a minute into the race the rain stopped. The light breeze remained and with the temperature hovering around 70 we had the perfect race morning. About 625 runners and walkers wound thru the neighborhood streets, assisted by about 100 volunteers, helping raise over $15,500 for the work at Youth Villages. The race has now raced over $115,000 for charity and we are well on the way to the 2^nd hundred thousand.

Our new race sponsor is UPS and there were a lot of volunteers from UPS helping to infuse the race with even more energy. There was a new walkers division this year and we had a corporate challenge with a UPS team and a FedEx team. Being the good host, UPS allowed the FedEx team to take the first corporate challenge but we have it on good authority that this will not be allowed to continue.

Overall men’s winners were Rob Sorrell in the 10k with a time of 32:54 and women’s winner was Nancy Newkirk in 42:33. The 5k winners were Lucas Cotter in 17:21 in the men’s division, Shannon Wall in 21:25 for the women and Joseph Spence in 19:45 in the Wheelchair Division. Other winners and age group finishers can be found in the results section of our website.

Thanks to the Young Gun’s band that kept us entertained, all of our food sponsors, runners and volunteers. We look forward to seeing all of you again next year.

2007

What do you do during a summer when temperatures set new record highs? You go to the Ultimate 10k & 5K and set a new record with about 550 runners registered and help push the total donation raised by the race to almost $100,000! Thank you to all of you who participated, volunteered and contributed for helping raise funds for the programs at Youth Villages. We, at the race, are committed to do our part and make this a better race next year with some new wrinkles and changes to make your running experience better at the Ultimate.

This years winners in the 10k were Tim Hampton[39:08] and Kris Huff [41:26], in the 5k were Steffen Uhl [18:34]and Rachel Best[19:17] with the families and kids served by Youth Villages as the Ultimate winners.

2006

Two Thousand and Six brought the 10^th Annual Clear Mountain Natural Spring Water Ultimate 5K & 10K back to the Davies Plantation neighborhood on June 24^th. Several hundred runners and volunteers gathered under overcast skies with temperatures starting in the mid 70’s to run thru the neighborhood and support the work of our designated charity, Youth Villages.

Winners for the 5k Male - Overall - Stephen Hill in 16:12

Masters - Jim Felty 19:50

Grand Masters - Lance Daugherty 22:55

Female - Overall - Karen Leathers in 21:11

Masters - Sharon Perdue 25:08

Grand Masters- Mary Jenkins 28:31

Winners in the 10k Male - Overall - Brian Baddorf in 32:49

Masters - Tim Hampton 38:30

Grand Masters - Alberto Velasco 39:18

Female - Overall - Lydia Gibson 38:10

Masters - Brenda Walton 43:08

Grand Masters - Shan Criswell 48:54

Congratulations to all of the other winners in the age groups who can be found under the results section of the website. Thanks to all of the other runners and volunteers who are all winners by virtue of helping us raise money to support the work of Youth Villages. This race has now raised over $81,000 for charity in the first 10 years. Please come back next year and help push this total over $100,000.

2005

The morning was warm and humid with temperatures approaching the 90’s, but almost 500 runners turned out for the 9^th annual Clear Mountain Natural Spring Water Ultimate 10k and 5k The 5k was added this year in place of the relay. Neighbors on the course had sprinklers going to cool the runners and the morning turned out to be a huge success.

Thanks to all of the runners and volunteers that helped us raise over $16,000 for donation to Youth Villages.

Winners for the 10k are: Overall Men’s - Ben Knoernschild; 34:53, Master - Tim Verner; 38:48, Grand Master - Alberto Velasco; 40:29. Women’s winners are: Overall - Cate Fenster; 39:07, Master - Merlynn Kassing; 47:23, Grand Master - Marian Gann; 52:48.

Winners of the 5k are: Men’s Overall - Jeff Haushalter; 17:09, Master - Danny Greer; 18:34, Grand Master - Dusty Moller; 22:25. Women’s winners are: Overall - Suzanne Ryan; 19:55, Master - Sharon Chandler; 25:00, Grand Master - Linda Porterfield; 26:13.

Next year is the 10^th annual Ultimate 10K and it promises to be bigger and better. There will be added features to the run with our goal to make this a fun running experience for the participants and a successful fundraiser for our charity, Youth Villages. Come join with us again next year.

2004

The 2004 edition of The Clear Mountain Natural Spring Water Ultimate 10k and Relay continued the tradition of being a premier running event on the Memphis race calendar. Several hundred runners and volunteers showed up for as nice a day as could be expected at the end of June with temperatures at race time about 70 degrees. The event was able to raise over $10,500 to assist the children and families served by Youth Villages. Thank you to all of you who participated and volunteered.

Winners of the race were William Bohlke and Jenni