Careful. There's A Stampede a Brewin!

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The Hog Days Stampede is held first thing Saturday morning of Hog Days weekend beginning at 8 a.m. Entrants cover the gamut from professional runners to non professional walkers, those in wheelchairs or with crutches and everyone in between. Whatever your pace, it's all encouraged and urged on, celebrating 48 consecutive years of healthy in 2024. Presented by Breedlove's Sporting Goods, The Community State Bank and The Chamber of Commerce, all of Kewanee, everyone is welcome to enter.  This is a competitive racing event for those who want that and prizes and trophies go to the winners.  But for those not into hard core racing, and there are hundreds of entrants in that category each year, get yourself out there and just do it! We promise that you will be cheered across the finish line and "hi-fived" no matter where you place or what your time. Guaranteed!

The Stampede is divided into 3 events: the 4 mile, the 1 mile, and just for kids under 7, the quarter mile.

In the year 2023 four mile run division, leading the male participants were 1st finisher Zach Johnson (24:37), 2nd finisher Sam Showman (25:00, 3rd finisher Dylan Rainwater (25:42), 4th finisher Robert Lininger (26:08) and 5th finisher Antonio Martinez (27:02)

For the female runners in the year 2023 four miler, 1st finisher was Elizabeth Lininger (27:38), 2nd finisher Alexandra Lempke (28:10), 3rd finisher Olivia Lowell (31:56), 4th finisher Jill Schueneman (32:06) and 5th finisher Charlene Hamann (33:11).

In the 1 mile run, 1st place male was Colson Welgat (5:18) and 1st place female was Breckyn Granell (6:57).

Over 500 runners and walkers competed in the 4-mile, 1 mile and the kid's quarter mile events.

The official entry form is available here or from the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce.

The 4 mile course record is 19:24 run by Trent Morrell of Good Hope, IL back in 1996! Extra cash will go the first person who can break that mark! It was not broken in 2023.

A complete listing of all 1st place male and female 4 mile Stampede winners from 1977 thru 2022 (in pdf format) is available here.

You can access all the details of last year's races here.

 

 

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