Runners gather Tuesday for the opening race of the Atomic City Road Runners 47th season. Courtesy/ACRR

Atomic City Road Runners News: 

Blake Hovde is the best predictor in the opening race of the Atomic City Road Runners 47th season!

Hovde came in 9 seconds off his predicted time in the race held Tuesday on the back end of the Canyon Rim Trail by Smith’s Marketplace. 

Other accurate predictors are Lane Cleveland and Roxana Candia tied with a 21 second differential; Zach Medin at 22 seconds off; Ted Atkins, Sr. recording a 24 second difference and Zeke Wilmot indicating 30 seconds off.

On the 1 mile course 13-year-old Savanna Strother is the top finisher with a time of 6:06 and 10-year-old Levi Gibson is the best male finisher recording a 6:25.

Travis Gibson finished first on the 3 mile course at 20:01.

The top female finisher is Nikol Strother with a time of 22:58.

Next week’s race will be held on North Mesa just North (left) of the Brewer Rodeo Arena grounds, which is at the end of the horse stables access road. 1 and 3 mile courses will be available.

For more information, call 505.672.1639 or visit https:////atomicrunners.com.