DMRA Veterans Day Trail Challenge attracts regional runners

Several dozen people took part in the 2025 Veterans Day Trail Challenge at Doe Mountain Recreation Area on Saturday, Nov. 8.Overall, 50 people took part in the 8K that wove its way around the mountains. Additionally, eight people, plus two dogs, took part in the 2K Fun Run.The overall winners and top male and female winners got commemorative plates while the top three in each age group got medals.8K — Overall1st: James Cochenour, Bristol, Va.2nd: Karen Miller, Mountain City3rd: Benjamin Culp, Kingsport2K Fun Run — Overall1st: Ivy Taylor of Shady Valley2nd: Paxton Bates of Unicoi3rd: Jenny Beadling8K — Veterans1st: James Cochenour, Bristol, Va.2nd: Karen Miller, Mountain City3rd: Michael Dublin, Unicoi8K — Male1st: James Cochenour, Bristol, Va.2nd: Benjamin Culp, Kingsport3rd: Tyler Tillman, Mountain City8K — Female1st: Karen Miller, Mountain City2nd: Deanna Hardin, Jonesborough3rd: Brooke Brown, Laurel Bloomery8K — Male age 14 and under1st: Aiden Mahar, Laurel Bloomery8K — Female age 14 and under1st: Kayla Bumgardner, Mountain City8K — Male age 15-191st: Caleb Williams, Trade2nd: Nevin Taylor, Shady Valley8K — Female age 15-191st: Lily Mahar, Laurel Bloomery2nd: Anna Jones, Mountain City3rd:Ella Icenhour, Mountain City8K — Male age 30-391st: Michael Dublin, Unicoi2nd: Bruce Williams, Mountain City3rd: Matthew Grieve, Mountain City8K — Female age 30-391st: Kelly Helm, Mountain City2nd: Nicole Tillman, Mountain City3rd: Whitney Landress, Oak Ridge, N.C.8K — Male age 40-491st: Jim Wallace, Laurel Bloomery2nd: Joshua Vie, Greeneville8K — Female age 40-491st: Allison Culp, Kingsport2nd: Diane Story, Bluff City3rd: Jennifer Potter, Sugar Grove, N.C.8K — Male age 50-591st: Gary Merriman, Mooresville, N.C.8K — Female age 50-591st: Tricha Miles, Butler2nd: Jennifer Merriman, Mooresville, N.C.3rd: Corinne Ruttiger, Butler8K — Male age 60-691st: Timothy Smith, Johnson City2nd: Tom Davis, Trade3rd: Jesse L. Sutherland, Laurel Bloomery8K — Female age 60-691st: Lori Church, Vilas2nd: Wendy Blitstein, Mountain City3rd: Cynthia Davis, Trade8K — Male age 70-791st: Jack Starnes, Wise, Va.2nd: Bob Hardin, Elizabethton