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AJ West holds annual Fun Run under bright blue skies

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 24, 2023

By Ryan Sparks

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SUBMITTED PHOTO Competitors take off at the start of the 2023 Fun Run at AJ West Elementary School on Friday in Aberdeen.
SUBMITTED PHOTO Miss Grays Harbor Lauren Fagerstedt, left, cheers on a runner during the Fun Run at AJ West Elementary School in Aberdeen on Friday.
SUBMITTED PHOTO A competitor celebrates during the AJ West Elementary School Fun Run on Friday in Aberdeen.
SUBMITTED PHOTO AJ West first-grader Kyle Demasters placed fifth at the 2023 Fun Run on Friday in Aberdeen.

AJ West Elementary school held its 2023 Fun Run under bright blue skies on Friday in Aberdeen.

Dozens of AJ West grade-schoolers competed in the race, which constitutes three laps around the school (approximately one mile), and was funded via a grant from the Washington Education Association Chinook.

Fourth-grader Jack Nelson placed first with a time of 6:44 with fellow fourth-grader German Jimenez placing second 8:00.

Fifth-grader Ander Jones (8:28), third-grader Mailee Montoure (8:39) and first-grader Kyle Demasters (8:45) placed third through fifth.

The event was a culmination of two weeks of running practices the competitors commit to in order to participate in the popular school tradition that began in 1987.

The race as followed by a “Color Run,” where staff and families threw colored chalk as the participants ran on the school’s grass field, and enjoyed a barbecue meal and a “basket bingo” held by the school’s parent-teacher organization to raise money for the school.

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