Preparations are made to welcome Chris Blythe across the finish line for his 100th Weipa parkrun on 17 May. Photo: Facebook (Weipa parkrun).
The Weipa parkrun family is renowned for celebrating individual and collective success, and it was no different when Chris Blythe crossed the line for his milestone 100th finish on 17 May.
Sixty-two participants ran, jogged and walked the course on Saturday morning, with young Ziggy Freiberg and Ross Dawson tuning up their Weipa Running Festival preparations by both greeting the timekeepers in 23 minutes, 4 seconds.
First time competitor Gemma Price was the first female across the finish line in 24:24.
Denica Bowden, Melanie Brewer, Ashley Msimanga, Keira Fogarty, Lyndsey Fielding, Catherine Samuel, Jemma Collins, David Bergmansons, Georgie Jenkins, Warren Brewer and Danita Ebenezer were the 11 participants to achieve personal best times on the day.
Nothing happens without a volunteer army, and it was Nicola Campbell, Michael Collins, Vide Freiberg, Camille Freiberg, Sarah Agnew, Fiona Dyer, Luther Freiberg, Mel Scott, Lizzie Perrin and Ziggy that made parkrun #419 possible.
Weipa parkrun is held every Saturday from 7am, with participants meeting at the shelter opposite the hospital roundabout on the corner of John Evans Drive and Kerr Point Drive in Nanum.
