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Courtesy Veronica Cantu,

 The event that aimed to promote the importance of “health” and “fitness,” while raise funds for college scholarships, hit another “home run” as hundreds descended on the Bill Johnson Student Activity Complex for United Independent School District’s 2^nd Annual “Let’s Move for Scholars” 5K Run and Walk on Saturday, January 12, 2013.

 In addition to the enthusiastic run and walk participants, many others turned out for the event’s zumbathon and health/community fair.  The zumbathon provided great music where some of the District’s school mascots had an opportunity to show off their dance moves.  And the health/community fair offered participants a variety of health services that included blood sugar checks and flu vaccines, as well as, other helpful information.      

 For the run and walk race, there were about 200 runners and 300 walkers who participated in the course that took them all around the District facility.  This year’s running portion of the event, featured “computerized chips” that were attached to the participant’s running shoe.  As the individual approached the finish line, the runner’s name and time was scanned and clocked in by a computer software program and yielded runner participants results. 

 While all results from the running race can be found at www.iaapweb.com, clicking on “Let’s Move for Scholars” 5K Run/Walk, UISD would like to announce the following 5K run results for the male and female categories as follows:

 Top Male

Ismael Madrigal            16:45.2

 Top Female   

Abby Madrigal             20:24.0

 14 & Under Male: 

1^st        Tommy Muñoz

2^nd        Alex Muñoz

3^rd        Ruben Martinez

 15-19 Male:

1^st        Ismael Madrigal

2^nd        Andy Ramirez

3^rd        Jorge Jimenez

 20-29 Male:

1^st        Michael Juarez

2^nd        Montgomery Paredes

3^rd        Jonathan Garcia

 30-39 Male:

1^st        Mario Ruiz Esparza

2^nd        Alberto Treviño

3^rd        Armando Garza

 40-49 Male:

1st        Fred De Llano

2nd      Jorge Torres

3rd       Carlos Canales

 50-59 Male:

1st        Raul Zamarripa

2nd      Julian Rios

3^rd        Mark A. Johnson

 60 and over Male:

1^st        Alberto Muniz

2^nd        Alvaro Liendo

3^rd        Tomas Martinez

 14 and under Female:

1st        Jessica Serna

2^nd        Bianca Martinez

3^rd        Sofia Briones

 15-19 Female:

1^st        Abby Madrigal

2^nd        Mia De Llano

3^rd        Nora Villarreal

 20-29 Female:

1st        Mary Luna

2nd      Lilybeth Benavides

3^rd        Amber Rodriguez

 30-39 Female:

1^st        Sara Sanchez

2^nd        Cynthia Lozano

3^rd        Emily Sanchez

 40-49 Female:

1^st        Sara Hernandez

2^nd        Sandra Gutierrez

3^rd        Kristina Chapa

 50-59 Female: 

1st        Elisa Castillo

2nd      Sandy Ruiz

3^rd        Yvonne Casso

 60 and over Female:

1^st        Elizabeth Guevara

 The Top Overall Male and Female runner received a trophy and medal while all first, second, and third place runners received a medal in their respective group.  A total of about $15,000 was raised at this year’s event and monies will be used for college scholarships for UISD students. 

 The UISD Board of Trustees and Superintendent Roberto J. Santos, would like to thank all event sponsors and participants for their generous support in this year’s event.