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West Bloomfield Runners Finish Brooksie Way

Local residents help raise funds for health and wellness mini-grants in the annual race.

For the fifth year, Greater West Bloomfield area residents descended upon Rochester Hills on Sunday morning to compete in the Brooksie Way, Oakland County's scenic half marathon and 5K event.

Here is a complete look at the race results. 

This year, 1,856 participated in the 5K; 2,393 participated in the half marathon. More than 100 others participated in the 1-mile fun run. 

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The race was founded by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and named for his late son, Brooks Stuart Patterson.

Patterson was unable to attend the race because he is recovering from injuries he received in an Aug. 10 car crash; he begins intense therapy on Monday to begin to walk again and said on Friday that he would be at home thinking nostalgic thoughts on Sunday morning. 

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Check out the coverage on Patch, with tons of photos and complete race results.

Here's how local residents fared in the race:

Half-Marathon results

First name Last name City Div Chip Time Clock Time Overall Place by Sex Place by Div Ben Alalouf West Bloomfield Men 70-74 2:07:58 2:08:21 1423 939 2 Mitzi Amelon West Bloomfield Women 45-49 2:05:25 2:06:17 1303 424 53 Joseph Atto West Bloomfield Men 50-54 1:49:05 1:49:23 545 416 48 Robert Belke West Bloomfield Men 55-59 1:52:34 1:53:22 698 526 25 Scott Bernstein West Bloomfield Men 40-44 1:58:19 2:03:02 982 714 135 Julie Black West Bloomfield Women 35-39 2:01:14 2:02:22 1120 341 79 Bob Canvasser West Bloomfield Men 50-54 2:12:25 2:14:55 1605 1016 143 Robyn Canvasser West Bloomfield Women 45-49 2:56:22 2:58:55 2479 1142 150 Ben Frimpong West Bloomfield Men 30-34 2:27:36 2:28:53 2085 1207 129 Don Gerber West Bloomfield Men 60-64 1:48:55 1:49:49 526 402 9 Ilana Glazier West Bloomfield Women 35-39 2:02:37 2:03:46 1184 368 86 Jim Gullen West Bloomfield Men 40-44 1:56:22 1:57:26 870 640 125 David Hanley West Bloomfield Men 30-34 1:24:12 1:24:13 25 24 2 Masahiko Hino West Bloomfield Men 40-44 1:50:39 1:51:07 614 466 87 Larry Huston West Bloomfield Men 50-54 1:51:30 1:52:22 658 495 56 Akiyoshi Ide West Bloomfield Men 35-39 1:55:18 1:56:28 829 614 105 Lesley Jacobowitz West Bloomfield Women 20-24 2:13:29 2:14:41 1638 604 55 Lavanda Karana West Bloomfield Women 20-24 2:21:41 2:22:41 1912 773 66 Jim Keane West Bloomfield Men 35-39 1:46:09 1:47:28 427 339 56 Karyn Kokeny West Bloomfield Women 50-54 1:50:52 1:51:12 624 152 4 Gregg Leshman West Bloomfield Men 45-49 2:21:43 2:25:00 1916 1142 167 Melissa Lloyd West Bloomfield Women 40-44 2:12:31 2:16:19 1607 590 110 Allison Lustig West Bloomfield Women 35-39 1:36:22 1:36:23 155 26 3 Dov Lustig West Bloomfield Men 40-44 1:45:25 1:45:38 400 317 59 Andy Maguire West Bloomfield Men 45-49 1:39:06 1:39:15 222 180 28 Alvin Michaels West Bloomfield Men 75-79 3:05:35 3:12:08 2,542 1,354 2 Jeffrey Miller West Bloomfield Men 35-39 1:58:16 1:58:59 978 711 125 Mary  Mudie West Bloomfield Women 55-59 3:23:31 3:25:55 2,618 1,248 54 Yu Ohba West Bloomfield Men 15-19 2:25:52 2:28:38 2,037 1,190 23 Brian Oppmann West Bloomfield Men 30-34 1:39:25 1:39:33 229 186 25 Chris Pawloski West Bloomfield Men 50-54 2:56:35 2:59:18 2,480 1,337 187 Lorie Pender West Bloomfield Women 35-39 1:56:44 1:58:59 898 240 48 Frank Perez West Bloomfield Men 35-39 1:50:31 1:56:44 608 462 76 Jeffrey Pustelak West Bloomfield Men 45-49 2:39:04 2:40:58 2,291 1,284 193 Rebekah Pustelak West Bloomfield Women 15-19 2:39:03 2:40:58 2,290 1,006 20 Jason Ruge West Bloomfield Men 40-44 2:17:35 2:19:09 1,788 1,092 200 Jordan Schultz West Bloomfield Men 25-29 2:25:51 2:27:01 2,035 1,189 85 Paul Shaya West Bloomfield Men 30-34 2:12:32 2:16:19 1,608 1,018 115 Dorit Silver West Bloomfield Women 55-59 2:16:11 2:17:55 1,740 665 16 Abigail Stybel West Bloomfield Women 35-39 2:31:18 2:33:05 2,177 934 190 Raj  Vel West Bloomfield Men 45-49 2:19:59 2:20:47 1,862 1,121 164 Lyn Weber West Bloomfield Women 45-49 3:39:36 3:42:50 80 59 17 Linda Wilson West Bloomfield Women 50-54 1:58:42 1:59:48 1,007 281 16 Sara  Zupmore West Bloomfield Women 20-24 1:47:31 1:47:49 470 105 12 Diane Charbonneau Keego Harbor Women 50-54 3:21:40 3:24:39 64 43 7 Julia  Briggs Orchard Lake Women 19-16 2:10:39 2:11:44 1,523 545 9 Christine Bovio Backalukas Sylvan Lake Women 40-44 2:01:48 2:04:08 1,142 346 73 Jennifer Coad Hill Sylvan Lake Women 35-39 2:35:35 2:41:19 2,250 980 197 Justin Hatch Sylvan Lake Men 25-29 1:53:58 1:55:33 761 570 56

5k results

First name Last name City Div Chip Time Clock Time Overall Place by Sex Place by Div Nancy Baron West Bloomfield Women 55-59 46:27 48:58 1,406 858 39 Rosemary Belke West Bloomfield Women 50-54 30:44 31:58 502 199 11 Ellece Campbell West Bloomfield Women 40-44 34:52 35:55 840 433 63 Lubica Cechvala-Banovsky West Bloomfield Women 40-44 45:12 47:55 1,357 819 116 Cheryl Dean West Bloomfield Women 40-44 30:22 30:52 477 179 25 Kimberly Fox West Bloomfield Women 35-39 54:41 56:16 1641 1,045 143 Fred Ihimodu West Bloomfield Men 25-29 1:04:43 1:06:27 1,810 637 53 Ela Khanna West Bloomfield Women 55-59 44:33 44:46 1,330 800 30 Denise Langford Morris West Bloomfield Women 55-59 1:00:06 1:02:27 1765 1,139 64 Steven Lepsetz West Bloomfield Men 60-64 34:22 35:15 802 399 9 Shaker Manns West Bloomfield Men 30-34 23:24 23:49 49 48 3 Haley North West Bloomfield Women 15-19 31:17 31:19 553 231 12 Bob Paulson West Bloomfield Men 55-59 34:57 36:48 854 411 26 Maxine Schofield West Bloomfield Women 30-34 1:04:43 1:06:27 1,809 1,173 150 Katie Tillinger West Bloomfield Women 25-29 41:42 42:20 1,234 721 90 Mary Zamboldi Keego Harbor Women 55-59 47:02 48:04 1,427 874 41 Sam  Dixon Orchard Lake Men 45-49 56:30 58:20 1,692 612 54 Steve Feldman Orchard Lake Men 50-54 27:42 29:18 258 188 25 Katherine Toenniges Orchard Lake Women 15-19 31:18 31:20 556 233 13

Patch local editor Tim Rath contributed to this report.

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