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PHOTOS: Mercer Mile Fun Run 2012 Winners at Summer Celebration
Nick Ford and Susan Empey were first-place men and women finishers in Mercer Island's inaugural Summer Celebration 1-mile fun run on Saturday at Mercerdale Park.
Mercer Island's inaugural 1-mile fun run, inspired by the London 2012 Summer Olympics, drew a crowd of 70 racers to a 9:30 a.m. start time on July 14 at .
The race was co-sponsored by local medical clinic . Some of the highlights include the women's category second and third-place finishers, 8 and 9-year-old sisters Christina and Caroline Crow.
Here's the results for the men's and women's top-three finishers of the (times are unofficial and were kept by volunteers):
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Female
1. Susan Empey 5:48.36
2. Christina Crow 6:44.00
3. Caroline Crow 8:04.88
Male
1. Nick Ford 4:44.47
2. Austin Scarff 4:57.00
3. John Yasutake 5:36.15
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