Head lamps light up path for Jamestown S’Klallam run

By Pierre LaBossiere • December 8, 2021 1:30 am
Sarah Bacica, No. 196, of Sequim leads a group of runners to the finish line at the Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run on Dec. 4 in Blyn. Photo courtesy of Run the Peninsula
Sarah Bacica, No. 196, of Sequim leads a group of runners to the finish line at the Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run on Dec. 4 in Blyn. Photo courtesy of Run the Peninsula

This year’s Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run featured local winners, strong performances by young runners and a neck-and-neck finish in the women’s 10-kilometer distance.

The event took place Dec. 4 night along the Olympic Discovery Trail from Blyn to Sequim and is part of the Run the Peninsula series along with the North Olympic Discovery Marathon, the Elwha Bridge run, the Railroad Bridge run and the Larry Scott Trail run. The glow run is the final race of the year in the series.

Sylvia Snell of Bremerton, No. 204, leads a pack of 5k and 10k runners in the rain to the finish line in Blyn at the Jamestown S’Klallam Glow run on Dec. 4. Snell ran in the 5k, along with Julie Dunlap, No. 201, at left. Kimberly DaArton, No. 500, ran in the 10k. Photo courtesy of Run the Peninsula

Sylvia Snell of Bremerton, No. 204, leads a pack of 5k and 10k runners in the rain to the finish line in Blyn at the Jamestown S’Klallam Glow run on Dec. 4. Snell ran in the 5k, along with Julie Dunlap, No. 201, at left. Kimberly DaArton, No. 500, ran in the 10k. Photo courtesy of Run the Peninsula

A total of 386 runners lit up the trail during the twilight hours. An additional 1,426 virtual runners representing all 50 states have registered to run, and the virtual race is still open for registration.

The event, presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Olympic Medical Center, was sponsored by the Sequim Gazette and Peninsula Daily News.

The 5K men’s race was a rematch of sorts from the high school cross country season, with Sequim High School sophomore Colby Ellefson taking first in a time of 17 minutes, 42 seconds, just edging Port Angeles High School junior Max Baeder, who finished in 17:47.

Sequim teen Colby Ellefson crosses the finish line first in the Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run 5k race on Dec. 4. Photo courtesy of Run the Peninsula

Sequim teen Colby Ellefson crosses the finish line first in the Jamestown S’Klallam Glow Run 5k race on Dec. 4. Photo courtesy of Run the Peninsula

In the women’s 5k, the winner by more than a minute and a half was Sequim High School senior Riley Pyeatt, who recently finished fifth at the state 2A cross-country meet. Coming in second was Port Angeles eighth-grader Leia Larson with a time of 22:39.

The 10k men’s winner was Port Angeles High School runner Langdon Larson, who won by nearly five minutes at 37:19.

The closest race was the women’s 10k: Katherine Braun of Port Angeles won with a time of 48:24, beating Port Townsend’s Tadu Dollarhide, a runner for the East Jefferson high school team, by one second.

Full results can be found at tinyurl.com/2021GlowRunResults. Photos can be found at tinyurl.com/2021GlowRunPhotos.