Runners from Clark County won all three races during the first Couve Clover Run.
A total of 575 runners and walkers completed one of the three courses during the St. Patrick’s Day-themed event. The Sunday event started and finished in downtown Vancouver.
The 3-mile course was the most popular of the three, with 316 finishing the course. Thomas Normandean, 18, of Washougal, won that race with a time of 16 minutes and 11 seconds. Aubri Squires, 23, of Battle Ground, was the first woman to finish the 3-miler. Her time of 20:18 was eighth fastest overall.
In the 7-mile race, Rolf Vellek of Vancouver led 164 runners and walkers to the finish line. Vellek, 45, finished with a time of 45 minutes and 19 seconds. Jody Beach of Washougal, 31, was the first woman and second overall with a time of 49:36.
Tyler Davis of Vancouver won the 10-mile race with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes and 13 seconds. He was more than three minutes ahead of runner-up Steve Hill from Benicia, Calif. Six of the top 10 finishers in the 10-miler were from Clark County, including women’s champion Kristen Morin of Brush Prairie who finished eighth overall in 1:20:06.
