Higdon, Burgess lead the pack at Henderson 5K
HENDERSON, Ky. — Landon Higdon crossed the finish line first at Friday evening’s Fox on the Run 5K, covering the riverfront course in 18 minutes 29.4 seconds to take the overall win.
The race, held along the waterfront in downtown Henderson at the corner of Second and Water Streets, raises money for the Father Bradley Shelter for Women and Children, which has helped 2,400 women and children since it opened its doors in December 2001. The idea for the shelter began in 1998, when the late Father Ed Bradley, the late Sister Mary Pauletta Kane and Mary Ann Thrasher began discussing the need for a shelter to serve women and children in crisis, and the shelter was rededicated and renamed in Father Bradley’s honor in November 2013.
Friday’s race marked the event’s latest edition in a run that stretches back roughly 15 years; last year’s race, run in conjunction with the Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival, was the 15th annual Fox on the Run 5K. Runners and walkers set off at 7 p.m.
Butler, Plummer, Semidey and McCord followed Higdon across the line to fill out the men’s top five:
- Landon Higdon, 16, Slaughters, Ky. — 18:29.4
- Caleb Butler, 34, Henderson, Ky. — 18:37.2
- Ross Plummer, 17, Robards, Ky. — 18:40.0
- Michael Semidey, 34, Evansville, Ind. — 19:14.5
- Asa McCord, 19, Marion, Ky. — 19:53.7
On the women’s side, Audrey Burgess led from the start and held on for the win in 23:24.9. She was trailed by:
- Audrey Burgess, 17, Morganfield, Ky. — 23:24.9
- R. Lawson, 12, Henderson, Ky. — 23:43.6
- Jenelle Eckardt, 45, Evansville, Ind. — 23:55.1
- Brylee Benson, 13, Slaughters, Ky. — 24:05.4
- Kinslee Gray, 15, Sturgis, Ky. — 24:44.5
Proceeds support the shelter’s 24-hour staffing and its work helping residents replace lost identification documents, along with providing work clothes, food, toiletries and rent-free living quarters.