More than 1,400 runners raise more than $61,000 for 27th annual Hannibal Cannibal

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Miles Sheppard of Warsaw, Ill., Blair Lobdell of Wildwood, Mo., Jason Fambrough of Mission, Kan., and Erica Lindsay of St. Charles, Mo., were the winners of the four classes during the 27^th running of the Hannibal Cannibal on Saturday, July 2. 

This year’s event had more than 1,400 registered runners and raised more than $61,000 for Hannibal Regional Foundation’s Helping Hearts Campaign, which assists with the renovation of the cardiac rehab space, new equipment and programs/resources for cardiac rehab patients at Hannibal Regional Healthcare System. Participants traveled from 28 states and three foreign countries to participate in this year’s race. 

Winners for this year were:  

5K Males:

• 1^st place, Miles Sheppard of Warsaw, Ill., at 16:08.2;
• 2^ndplace, Ben Chance of Curryville, Mo., at 17:22.5
• 3^rd place, Alec Whitener of Hannibal, Mo., at 18:09.4.  

5K Females:

• 1^st place, Blair Lobdell of Wildwood, Mo., at 20:30.8;
• 2^nd place, Alexandria Meyers of Quincy, Ill., at 22:02.3
• 3^rd place, Jennifer Cox of Herculaneum, Mo., at 22:17.0.  

10K Males:

• 1^stplace, Jason Fambrough of Mission, Kan., at 35:33.1;
• 2^nd place, Zack Holtz of Hannibal, Mo., at 36:01.1
• 3^rd place, Jacob Giedinghagen of Hannibal, Mo., at 39:40.0.  

10K females:

• 1^st place, Erica Lindsay of St. Charles, Mo., at 42:56.4;
• 2^nd place, Jeorgia O’Brien of Palmyra, Mo., at 47:04.0
• 3^rd place, Elizabeth Stapleton of Denver, Colo., at 47:47.4.