Several course records broken at 28th annual Hannibal Cannibal

HANNIBAL, Mo. — The 28^th annual Hannibal Cannibal, held Saturday, July 1, had more than 1,500 registrations and saw its highest proceeds to date with a little more than $65,000 raised. Three course records were broken during this year’s race.  

In the 5K females, Arianna Neisen of Liberty, Ill., set a course record of 19:23, topping Mia Jarmand’s 2013 record of 19:37. In the 15K runs, records were set in both the male and female races. Thomas Cormier of Clayton broke his previous 2021 record of 51:41 with a new time of 49:27 for the 15K males. Cormier won for the fifth consecutive time. Kaitlyn Shea of Jefferson City took down Molly Wawrzyniak’s 2013 record of 1:01:11 with her 58:42 time in the female 15K run.

Overall winners by distance are as follows: 

5K-Male

• 1^st place-Miles Sheppard of Warsaw, Ill., with a time of 16:09, a pace of 5:12/mile;
• 2^nd place-Ben Chance of Curryville with a time of 16:59, a pace of 5:29/mile;
• 3^rd place-Jacob Blassingame of St. Charles with a time of 17:35, a pace of 5:40/mile.

5K-Female

• 1^st place-Arianna Neisen of Liberty, Ill., with a time of 19:23, a pace of 6:15/mile;
• 2^nd place-Blair Lobdell of Wildwood with a time of 20:22, a pace of 6:34/mile;
• 3^rd place-Jennifer Cox of Herculaneum with a time of 21:47, a pace of 7:01/mile.

10K-Male

• 1^st place-Zack Holtz of Hanniba with a time of 35:50, a pace of 5:47/mile;
• 2^nd place-Jacob Giedinghagen of Macon with a time of 39:03, a pace of 6:18/mile;
• 3^rd place-Sam Northcutt of Laddonia with a time of 42:23, a pace of 6:50/mile.

10K-Female

• 1^st place-Erica Lindsay of St. Charles with a time of 41:28, a pace of 6:41/mile;
• 2^nd place-Emily Ver Meer of Hannibal with a time of 50:34, a pace of 8:09/mile;
• 3^rd place-Anne Hackman of Havana, Ill., with a time of 51:13, a pace of 8:15/mile.

15K-Male

• 1^st place-Thomas Cormier of Clayton with a time of 49:27, a pace of 5:19/mile;
• 2^nd place-Jude Mintle of Quincy, Ill., with a time of 1:04:42, a pace of 6:57/mile;
• 3^rd place-Ryan Kappner of Quincy, Il., with a time of 1:04:56, a pace of 6:59/mile.

15K-Female

• 1^st place-Kaitlyn Shea of Jefferson City with a time of 58:42, a pace of 6:18/mile;
• 2^nd place-Lindsay Beck of Concord, Ill., with a time of 1:06:31, a pace of 7:09/mile;
• 3^rd place-Allison Rogers of Pittsfield, Ill., with a time of 1:13:24, a pace of 7:53/mile.

A full listing of all results is at hannibalcannibal.com.

In a press release, race director Angie Wilcoxson said, “It’s always so much fun to watch 1,500 participants take off down Main Street, but my favorite part of the race is meeting the participants and hearing where they are from and what brings them to the Cannibal.”

The $65,000 raised from this year’s race supports Hannibal Regional Foundation’s Making Memories Matter Campaign.  This campaign is raising funds to expand services and offer additional assistance to patients and families at Hospice of Northeast Missouri, a service of Hannibal Regional Healthcare System.

The 29^th annual Hannibal Cannibal race will be held July 6, 2024.