Ortiz Family Runs Away at Mid-Summer 5K
left to right: Laura Hernandez Otriz, Deann Thornton, Sonoka Takewaka, Esther Kanehailua
Brothers: Germain, Manny & Paco Ortiz
The Ortiz family raced to victory and captured the top three spots in the Mid-Summer 5K held in Hilo today.
Brothers Germain, Manny and Paco Ortiz went one-two-three in the 3.1-mile race. Germain clocked in with a time of 17 minutes 34 seconds and was followed by Manny, 17:54 and Paco, 17:58.
Germain’s wife, Laura Hernandez, won the women’s division with her time of 21:15 and was followed by Keaau High’s Deann Thornton, Japan’s Sonoka Takewaka and public school principal Esther Kanehailua in 25:08.
BIRR president, Greg Lum Ho, gives some pre-race instructions
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Aloha!
Thank you for the photo.
I really enjoyed the race in Hiro.
Now I am in Japan.
I belong to the track and field club in my high school and have fun to run.
I want to join the race next year again.
Thank you a lot!!
Comment by SONOKO | July 31, 2009 |
hey! its Paco,Frankie the runner from the 5k of the Ortiz brothers. i hope your doing well mr.wayne ,i was just wondering if you had any races coming up soon?=)
Comment by Paco, Frankie Ortiz | March 18, 2011 |