First time Weipa parkrunner Kye Chapple greets the timekeepers as he crosses the finish line first on 16 August. Photo: Facebook (Weipa parkrun).
Nine first time participants laced up their shoes for Weipa parkrun #432 on 16 August, including Kye Chapple, who took to the event like a duck to water as the first runner to greet the timekeepers.
Chapple found the finish line in a time of 20 minutes, 59 seconds, with Weipa parkrun veterans Ross Dawson (21:37) and Michael Collins (24:01) rounding out the top three finishers.
In a weekend for strong newbie performances, junior participant Sage McKinnon stamped her mark on her maiden Weipa parkrun by being the first female across the finish line – and only three seconds behind Collins – in 24:04.
It was a bittersweet edition of the event for the Weipa running family as Collins saluted the judges in his last western Cape York parkrun for the foreseeable future.
Cara Shelley, Wilkee Querubin and Mia Aldcroft were the three participants to record personal best performances around the 5-kilometre circuit.
Katrina Scholefield, Julie Zeimer, Narelle Dealy, Camille Freiberg, Fiona Dyer, Georgi Jenkins, Nanthini Kanthan and Louise Jones threw on the red volunteer vests for the event.
Weipa parkrun is held every Saturday morning at 7am at the shelter opposite the hospital roundabout on the corner of John Evans and Kerr Point drives.
