Veteran's Home Run race for worthy vets cause of Crawford House

Veteran's Home Run race for worthy vets cause of Crawford House
The Gazette
By Brent Briggeman
Published: June 29, 2013

When it comes to reasons to take an early morning run, well, this one is tough to beat.

More than 280 runners took on a 5K course at Memorial Park at 7 a.m. Saturday for the Veteran's Home Run, a race in its eighth year that raises money for the Crawford House - a haven and treatment center for homeless veterans.

"I like racing for vets and the Crawford House," race winner Paul Mann said. "I know it's a good cause."

The entirely paved race produced quick times, with five course age-group records falling. Mann won in 17 minutes, 34 seconds, with runner-up Jay Meservy finishing 12 seconds later.

Mann, 35, is a Cheyenne Mountain graduate who ran track and cross country at Colorado State.

The finishers behind Mann included a U.S. Marine, a man carrying a POW/MIA flag, runners as young as 8 and as old as 76 and Ross Osborne, who navigated the course in a wheelchair.
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