Race Results for Nashville's Run for Mercy 5K!

Nashville residents joined their supporters as team “Nashville Mercy Girls” at the starting line Saturday morning to help raise support and awareness for Mercy Ministries. This year’s Run for Mercy 5K and Family Walk at Edward Warner Park in Nashville had an exciting 436 participants and $29,000 was raised to support the work of Mercy Ministries.

Taylor Walthall, this year’s top female finisher had this to say about race day:

“It was exciting to have finished first, but the real excitement was seeing how many people turned out to support Mercy. I loved hearing the testimonies of God’s hand at work transforming lives."

Click Here for the race day results!

St. Louis and California Run for Mercy Race Results

St. Louis, MO:

250 runners/walkers raised $24,000 at Run for Mercy in St. Louis this past Saturday! We prayed for months that it would not rain - in years past, it has been very hot - so we didn't pray about the temperature. Funny thing is, it was in the mid 30's when the volunteers arrived to set up at 6 a.m. in the dark, cold, foggy morning. No rain, though! It was a gorgeous day. Chilly, but real runners like that kind of weather!

A big thanks to Jamey Bridges for being the emcee for this event and to Einstein Bagels, Starbucks and Stratton's Cafe' for donating a yummy breakfast! We are especially thankful to all our Team Mercy participants and our committee members and family who worked for hours to get everything set up!

We would also like to thank Anna Stegmann for volunteering to photograph the 5K. She had this to say about Saturday's events.

“It's incredible to watch the passion that is poured out by this community for these hurting young women. As a young woman, I could have benefited from a Mercy home in my community. It's clear to me that the Lord has placed an incredible opportunity before these girls."

Here's the lowdown on Saturday's race results:

LAST	FIRST	NUMBER	TIME
Hall	Gene	803	20.18
Lam	Ben	888	21.09
Bergin	Sparkle	824	21.22
Zlatarich	mike	884	22.03
Barker	Cole	812	24.1
Fogt	Austin	813	24.1
Ockerhausen	Shannon	854	25.32
Herron	Brande	814	26.1
Andrew	Ray	835	26.49
Stephens	Sarah	846	26.55
Brewer	Chris	810	27
Cross	Jenny	804	27.07
Cash	Whitney	820	27.07
Blonsky	Sarah	885	27.17
Neirtnck	Tom	822	27.29
Cressey	Danny	881	27.35
Clifton	Richard	861	27.36
Reynolds	Daniel	863	27.37
Nowotny	Nicole	853	27.58
Bartlesmeyer	Helen	872	28
Kamps	Matthew	891	28.05
Kamps	Eugene	892	28.05
Wilson	Bethany	818	28.58
Braun	Sarah	840	29.12
Brugere	Julie	811	29.17
Braun	Samuel	839	29.29
Braun	Justin	838	29.29
Kraft	Felice	838	29.35
Stipanovich	Terri	852	29.35
Heiges	Paula	874	29.56
Brunner	Naomi	878	29.56
Prim	Amy	819	30
Lay	Doug	823	30.19
Robinson	Brianna	877	31
Lam	Tony	887	31
Hayden	Andrea	833	31.31
Leu	Gina	837	31.31
Heiges	William	875	31.55
Thies	Andrea	868	32.15
Florian	Robyn	871	32.15
Niere	Kathryn	826	33.07
Scharlotte	Audrey	821	33.07
Moeller	Abby	880	33.07
Wood	Darlene	830	34.18
Kloeppel	Michelle	836	34.48
Picou	Jana	889	35.01
Onishile	Morna	858	35.58
Otz	Jes	817	36.08
Hutchins	Walt	845	38.05
Markham	Ally	847	38.05
Grinder	Jen	865	38.05
Sassenrath	Kaye	825	40.25
Opoku	Harriet	859	41.24

* Due to unforeseen complications as a result of high numbers of registered runners, we are only able to report a portion of the participants times. We are committed to full reporting in years to come. Thank you for your support of Run for Mercy.

Lincoln, CA:

Altogether the 350 runners and walkers who came to support the Lincoln Mercy Ministries home on Saturday raised $20,000! We were excited that Mercy Ministries graduate, Lauren, shared her testimony with the crowd after the race and everyone got to tour our brand new West Coast home!

One Team Mercy runner, Ryan Wallace, said, "It was really fun to be out there running for such a great cause like Mercy Ministries. I was excited to come in 8th place this year and even more excited to see that there are girls living here in the CA home now!

Here are the final results from Saturday's Run for Mercy:

LAST	FIRST	TIME
Garcia	Art	19'44
Lemoin	Myles	21'35
Silva	Rylie	22'24
Aspenlind	Sean	22'29
Harper	Michael	22'31
Harper	David	22'34
Schafer	Josh	22'48
Wallace	Ryan	23'28
Rau	Tim	23'33
Terrell	Trace	23'37
Lester	Ben	23'47
Stephenson	Skyler	24'09
Hughes	Jonathan	24'21
Ewing	Phillip	24'53
Bryan	Noelle	25'12
Harris	Laura	25'26
Saathoff	Eric	25'26
Campbell	Ken	25'48
Briggs	Matt	25'51
Ryan	Mark	25'51
Maymi	Tiffany	26'04
Eastman	Mallory	26'06
Duxbury	Darren	26'08
Drumm	Margie	26'12
Frye	Chelsea	26'25
Erickson	Bill	26'30
Gnile	Scott	26'32
Frost	Tim	26'36
Kithcart	Ashley	26'50
Mitchell	Danny	26'57
Simmons	Eric	27'01
Duxbury	Jenny	27'24
Bickford	Ron	27'34
Abina	Jordan	27'45
Babasin	Melissa	28'01
Clark	Felicity	28'04
Faucette	Georgianne	28'18
Pellant	Jen	28'20
Moynagh	Tammy	28'21
McCrae	Kelsey	28'36
O' Boyle	Samantha	28'41
Miller	Chelsey	29'00
Todhunter	Sam	29'05
Duncan	Hannah	29'18
O'Boyle	Sean	29'25
Murrow	Stephanie	29'28
Pauls	Faith	29'29
Cunningham	Anna	29'30
Dewitt	Lauren	29'31
Fraze	Wendy	29'41
White	Rachel	29'56

Way to go all you Runners!!!

A message from Nancy Alcorn

I just wanted to give a special shout out to all the runners that participated in the Run for Mercy 5K fundraisers that took place in St. Louis, Missouri and Lincoln, California (the location of our new home just outside of Sacramento). We had such a great turnout, and everyone had so much fun!!! I wanted to thank not only our runners, but also the many volunteers and staff that worked tirelessly to make these events successful. You can tell by these pictures what a great time everyone had.

St. Louis Run for Mercy

We had 250 runners join us to raise money for Mercy in St. Louis and they raised approximately $26,000! We also had 350 runners in Lincoln and they raised $20,000 for Mercy! I thought you’d like to see some of the pictures from both of these events.

California Run for Mercy

We are actually getting ready to do a similar event in the Nashville area. If you want to participate in the Run for Mercy 5K on Saturday, October 24th or to participate in a city near you, check out www.runformercy.org for more information.

Hope to see you there!

'Run for Mercy' exceeds goals

Event funds home that helps girls

By Harriet Vaughan • THE TENNESSEAN • October 2, 2009

FRANKLIN — The countdown has begun for Mercy Ministries inaugural Run for Mercy fundraising race.

Planners hope that the first-time event will raise big money for the faith-based Brentwood home that helps girls escaping drug addictions, abuse, low self esteem, self harming, eating disorders, depression and more.

The race will start at 9:00 a.m. Oct. 24 at Edwin Warner Park.

Planning for the race has been several months in the works. Organizers had hoped to attract 200 runners. Three weeks out they already have 220 people registered with more coming in. They also have passed the original fundraising goal, bringing in $15,000 so far.

One of the teams registered is of a group of girls who live at the Mercy home.

"It really shows how much of an impact Mercy has made on them, that they would make that choice," said Whitney Nall, community relations manager.

"They started in September working out and training for this. They're working with the fitness manager each week on this goal. It's been a neat way for them to just encourage each other and work together and celebrate the journey they've been on here at Mercy. And they're giving back to Mercy so that funds can keep coming in and so others can receive the help that they have."

The event will offer something for the entire family, including the youngest runners. There will be a Kids Carnival zone featuring face painting, free smoothies, Chik-fil-A, three-legged races and more.

"Most of our events in the past have been for adults. This is one of our first major family-friendly events. We're excited that kids of all ages can come out and do something fun and healthy in the fall," said Nall.

It's all for a good cause, according to Nall. The home has helped hundreds of girls over the years come out of addictions, overcome abuse and learn to love themselves through a faith-based approach.

To learn more and to register, visit www.runformercy.org/nashville or call 615-831-6987.

Contact Harriet Vaughan at 615-771-5415 or hvaughan@tennessean.com.