The Catherine Creek Classic Race in Union drew 93 participants for its 2006 running on August 5.

Runners from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah competed in races of 1 mile, 5 kilometers and a half-marathon. The half-marathon field was among the largest ever for the Catherine Creek Classic.

Julianna Looney broke her one-year-old course record in the half-marathon. The La Grande native took first place with a time of 1:28.07.

Marika Dobos of La Grande was second with a time of 1:39.46.

In the men’s half-marathon, Jason Griffiths of Bend shattered the two-year-old record set by his brother and former Eastern Oregon University star Eric, running a time of 1:06:57. Second place went to another former EOU runner, Eric Jensen of Athena, who finished in 1:19.42.

In the 5K run, Pamila Ward of Boise outdistanced Lacey Mesia, also of Boise, with a time of 20:35. Mesia finished in 22:01.

Former Mountaineer runner Ian Schroeder won the men’s 5K in a time of 15:32. Second place went to Blas Guerra of Ontario with a time of 16:59.

Hometown runners took top honors in the boys and girls

1-mile run. Michael O’Reilly of Union won the boys run in 6:47, while Katriel O’Reilly was tops in the girls race with a time of 7:29.

Jesse Black took second in the boys race. Maggie Sheehy was second in the girls division.

The youngest participant in the Catherine Creek Classic field was three-year-old Carter Blackburn of La Grande.