The event included a 1-mile fun run, 5km wheelchair race, 5km race and three separate kids races.
The $6,600 prize money purse was the largest amongst all Oklahoma runs and a highly regarded field showed up to compete.
On a mission to break the long-standing Oklahoma 5km record time of 14 minutes and seven seconds was 28-year-old, Kenyan-born Aron Rono. Rono recently graduated from Azusa Pacific University in California where he ran track.
Rono finished the race in a blazing 13 minutes and 51 seconds and claimed the $500 first place prize money as well as the extra $1,500 for setting a new state record.
“I love running in Oklahoma, all of the people have been very nice and friendly to me,” Rono said.
He also said that he would be back next year to set another state record and claim the prize money.
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