Score one for technology.

The 27th annual Parade 5,000 went off Sunday with hardly a hitch, thanks in large part to computer chip technology which accurately recorded a runner’s finishing time and place.

A grand total of 348 runners completed the race which takes place prior to the Elkhart County 4-H Parade along the streets of Goshen.

“The chips worked,” race director Rick Clark said. “There is a little bit more preparation work which needs to be done before hand, but the results were ready shortly after the race ended.”

Don Landis of Churubusco was in charge of the timing system and Don Linley of the Fort Wayne Track Club brought a large digital clock for the finish line.

“This was our second largest year ever,” Clark added. “We didn’t have people at the finish line worrying about keeping runners in the proper order.

“I’m pleased with how it went.”

The weather even cooperated as cloud cover kept the runners from getting too warm.

“We lucked out on the weather,” Clark said. “On an afternoon day in the middle of July you run the risk of a scorcher.”

Former Goshen College standout Justin Gillette repeated as the men’s overall champion. He finished the race in 15:49.85.

“It feels pretty good to win again,” Gillette said.

Justin’s wife (Melissa) said, “He should thank me for making him run.”

Former Goshen High School runner Jacob Shelly was second (15:56.24), Mario Camilo of Goshen third (15:59.02) and former Westview High School star Nate Jones fourth (16:03.13).

Gillette likes running along the Parade route.

“It’s kind of neat with all the people cheering,” he said. “But a lot of them were calling me by my brother’s name (Jake).”

Justin and his wife recently returned from running a marathon in Hawaii.

“This is a lot different than running a marathon,” he said. “In a marathon you don’t run all out, hoping for other runners to fall off the pace. Here, you have to go all out from the start.”

Justin finished first and his wife placed fifth in the marathon.

“If you think this weather is tough go to Hawaii,” he said. “We ran at 5:30 in the morning and it was already 80 degrees and humid.”

Former GHS cross country and track standout Kristina Trcka was the women’s overall winner in 18:36.43.

Trcka was on the women’s cross country team at Indiana University last fall. She recorded her top finish with a 20th (19:17 for 5,000 meters) in the Indiana Open.

Melissa Gillette was second in the women’s race (18:54.94).

Marty Hile from Greenville, South Carolina, gets the long-distance award. He placed 10th in the male age 40-44 category.

Parade 5,000 Results

Female

Overall — 1, Kristina Trcka (Goshen) 18:36.43.

Age 12-and-under — 1, Kayla Cassaletto (Goshen) 21:43.04; 2, Tara Lee (Elkhart) 26:56.68; 3, Ashton Ellis Krebs (Goshen) 33:02.74; 4, Johnna Slabaugh (New Paris) 37:54.25.

Age 13-15 — 1, Sarah Grosse (New Paris) 23:07.05; 2, Lauren Waltman (Goshen) 23:30.31; 3, Katy Hwakins (Goshen) 24:08.19; 4, Megan Sherck (Bristol) 25:08.20; 5, Skyler Hilton (Middlebury) 25:08.28; 6, Morgan Lewallen (Goshen) 25:23.85; 7, Corinne Cominator (Bristol) 25:36.12; 8, Hillary Lechlitner (Wakarusa) 28:23.94; 9, Erin Jones (Goshen) 26:25.56; 10, Jessica Wynn (Goshen) 26:31.90; 11, Meghan Neff (Goshen) 25:59.19; 12, Lindsey Roe (Goshen) 27:32.42; 13, Morgan Yoder (Goshen) 27:32.59; 14, Autumn Elliott (Middlebury) 28:45.45; 15, Jordan Snell (Millersburg) 29:01.12; 16, Marissa Holaway (Middlebury) 29:07.74; 17, Kaylie Darrenkamp (New Pairs) 29:20.03; 18, Ellen Schalbach (Fort Wayne) 30:18.21; 19, Rachel Rich (Elkhart) 31;05.99; 20, Yesenia Carrillo (Goshen) 33:53.38; 21, Katrina Holley (LaGrange) 38:24.73.

Age 16-18 — 1, Kelsey Peters (Goshen) 22:43.27; 2, Miranda Boyts (Goshen) 23:34.55; 3, Brenna Gonderman (Granger) 23:56.28; 4, Alex Grabill (Granger) 23:56.52; 5, Leah Riffen (Middlebury) 25:08.21; 6, Megan Hammel (Bristol) 25:08.43; 7, Emily Mercer (Bristol) 25:16.92; 8, Hanna Mercer (Bristol) 25:16.97; 9, Alita Yoder (Elkhart) 25:22.85; 10, Emily Tyson (Goshen) 25:36.90; 11, Kelcy Heckaman (Nappanee) 26:08.89; 12, Leslie Maple (Kokomo) 26:15.86; 13, Krista Meade (Goshen) 26:17.42; 14, Tiffany Higdon (Goshen) 26:42.26; 15, Laura Gladfelter (Goshen) 27:03.31; 16, Sara Garcia (Goshen) 27:36.17; 17, Olivia Zepeda (Goshen) 27:53.77; 18, Brook Hodges (Middlebury) 28:14.70; 19, Carmen Yoder (Middlebury) 28:45.45; 20, Nikki Banres (Middlebury) 29:07.88; 21, Emily Mishler (Goshen) 29:11.21; 22, Haily Hite (Goshen) 29:30.68; 23, Whitney Roe (Goshen) 30:02.73; 24, Shleby Burge (Goshen) 30:15.58; 25, Sara Barker (Goshen) 30:28.93; 26, McKenzie Yoder (Goshen) 32;)3.65; 27, Jacinda Fisher (Goshen) 33:00.24; 28, Ashley Hodges (Middlebury) 33:00.53; 29, Jordan Lloyd (Goshen) 36:21.77; 30, Jennifer Good (Goshen) 36:47.14; 31, Valerie Mast (Goshen) 38:37.00; 32, Jena Schwartzentruber (Goshen) 38:37.74; 33, Mindi Fisher (Bristol) 41:15.39.

Age 19-24 — 1, Laura Gillette (Goshen) 20:30.27; 2, Elzabeth Martin (Wakarusa) 25:23.45; 3, Kari Wildman (Warsaw) 25:37.75; 4, MacKenzie Lechlitner (Wakarusa) 26:24.15; 5, Kayla Yoder (Goshen) 26:29.85; 6, Cassie Tom (Middlebury) 28:12.78; 7, Gretchen Clauser (Muncie) 29:36.09; 8, Heather Castell (Wakarusa) 30:13.21; 9, Kara Lau (Goshen) 32:02.93; 10, Julie Weirich (Goshen) 33:53.79; 11, Gloria Huerta (Elkhart) 34:11.58; 12, Jessica Russell (Goshen) 38:07.40; 13, Laura Mast (Goshen) 38:36.72; 14, Jenell Maust (Goshen) 38:38.16.

Age 25-29 — 1, Melissa Gillette (Niles, Michgian) 18:54.94; 2, Miriam Miller (Goshen) 21:27.93; 3, Sarah Elledge (Goshen) 25:55.24; 4, Staci Huber (Goshen) 26:32.15; 5, Jessica Stewart (New Paris) 26:32.56; 6, Kara Grove (Elkhart) 26:35.16; 6, Amanda Stewart (Bremen) 26:43.56; 8, Emily Cooper (Wakarusa) 27:33.31; 9, Julia Herschberger (Goshen) 28:17.49; 10, Heidi Thwaits (Syracuse) 29:02.17; 11, Grace Hunsberger (Goshen) 29:58.51; 12, Julia Naula (South Bend) 30:10.28; 13, Alysia Burnett (Goshen) 30:30.03; 14, Caryn Fish (Goshen) 32:58.59; 15, Nicole Sieg (Goshen) 34:29.28; 16, Michel Reese (Nappanee) 35:08.24; 17, Rosanne Clark (Goshen) 38:36.93; 18, Bekcy Houghton (Goshen) 39:44.88; 19, Tonia Thompson (Lancaster, Ohio) 40:01.88.

Age 30-34 — 1, Keri Eby (Elkhart) 20:35.13; 2, Robin Weddell (Goshen) 29:36.90; 3, Angela Krebs (Goshen) 33:04.43; 4, Stephanie Miller (Goshen) 33:14.97; 5, Stacy Horner (Goshen) 36:02.50.

Age 35-39 — 1, Sharlyn D’Arcy (Goshen) 25:13.22; 2, Jackie Gruel (Goshen) 25:50.12; 3, Katrina Godzisz (Elkhart) 28:52.12; 4, Julie Reese (New Paris) 27:49.38; 5, Julie Ann Fergison (Goshen) 28:10.66; 6, Michelle Oyer (Goshen) 28:30.72; 7, Melissa Aitken (Goshen) 29:06.02; 9, Staci Kazmucha (Goshen) 32:30.68; 9, Michelle Fish (Elkhart) 32:58.21; 10, Holly Miller (Goshen) 33:00.06; 11, Patricia Goodman (Goshen) 33:40.18.

Age 40-44 — 1, Charlene Flowers (Nappanee) 26:40.41; 2, Maureen Butler (Goshen) 27:25.23; 3, Lecia Lantz (Goshen) 28:19.24; 4, Rose Schrock (Goshen) 29:35.59; 5, Jill Yoder (Goshen) 35:20.00; 6, Sarah Russell (Goshen) 38:05.59.

Age 45-49 — 1, Jeri Bailey (Elkhart) 26:35.33; 2, Joyce Stout (Granger) 27:15.99; 3, Luann Neff (Goshen) 27:17.89; 4, Shelly Tucker (Goshen) 27:24.74; 5, Rachel Shenk (Goshen) 30:28.67; 6, Galdina Vazquez (Goshen) 34:02.80; 7, Debbie Boyts (Goshen) 34:31.57.

Age 50-54 — 1, Loretta Lecount (Elkhart) 24:54.65; 2, Carolyn McKibbin (Goshen) 36:54.90.

Age 50-59 — 1, Karen Andrews (Goshen) 31:25.91; 2, Chery Weske (Goshen) 34:57.54.

Age 60-and-over — 1, Joan Gary (Fremont) 33:46.74.

Male

Overall — 1, Justin Gillette (Niles, Michigan) 15:49.85.

Age 12-and-under — 1, Travis Schlabach (Goshen) 22:18.23; 2, Steven Hooley (Goshen) 22:30.85; 3, James Bradberry (Goshen) 22:53.96; 4, Logan Miller (Goshen) 23:46.47; 5, Zach Oyer (Goshen) 26:05.44; 6, Nate Miller (Millersburg) 26:12.08; 7, Landon Miller (Millersburg) 26:12.42; 8, Zach Schmucker (Goshen) 29:25.30.

Age 13-15 — 1, Daniel Zelaya (Goshen) 17:43.68; 2, Tyler Wynn (Goshen) 18:22.56; 3, Dustin Hinen (Goshen) 20:49.98; 4, David Mohney (Goshen) 21:10.59; 5, Jake Miller (Osceola) 22:03.90; 6, Cody Welty (Bristol) 22:09.05; 7, Andrew Hammel (Bristol) 24:04.59; 8, Brock Parton (Middlebury) 24:21.20; 9, Zack Hershberger (Syracuse) 25:16.81; 10, Nick Kauffman (Bristol) 25:40.32; 11, Ben Goshen) 27:27.31; 12, Travis Dowdy (Shipshewana) 29:52.16.

Age 16-18 — 1, Anton Crepinsek (Osceola) 16:27.26; 2, Cameron Miller (Goshen) 17:42.67; 3, Austin Wenger (Goshen) 18:01.60; 4, Chris Lafree (South Bend) 18:03.89; 5, Derek Blankinship (Goshen) 18:44.37; 6, Austin Bell (Middlebury) 19:34.87; 7, James Minier (Goshen) 19:38.32; 8, Kyle Campbell (Mishawaka) 19:49.39; 9, Jordan Berkey (Topeka) 20:15.87; 10, Christian Nava (Elkhart) 20:25.38; 11, Colin Gregory (Fort Wayne) 20:26.45; 12, Rob Andrews (Goshen) 20:30.61; 13, Isaac Groves (New Paris) 20:31.66; 14, John Sevison (Goshen) 20:37.93; 15, Ryan Modery (Topeka) 21;14.45; 16, Jordan Graber (New Paris) 21:17.06; 17, Adrian Ross (Goshen) 21:27.99; 18, Micahel Ciesielsky (Goshen) 21:33.97; 19, Lucas Shelly (Goshen) 21:45.44; 20, Andrew Albert (Middlebry) 22:07.97; 21, Ross Powell (Claypool) 22:10.71; 22, Justin Yoder (Middlebury) 22:29.34; 23, Jacob Bowers (Wakarusa) 22:32.70; 24, Brandon Lewallen (Goshen) 22:32.99; 25, Dustin Cowning (Goshen) 22:35.19; 26, Philip Wiler (New Paris) 22:38.03; 27, Josh Sommers (New Paris) 23:41.21; 28, David Weller (Goshen) 24:13.41; 29, Tyler Gangloff (New Paris) 25:14.98; 30, Kyle Mays (Middlebury) 25:25.77; 31, Alex Robinson (Goshen) 25:46.84; 32, P.J. Metzler (Goshen) 25:57.26; 33, Carlton Martin (Goshen) 26:09.34; 34, Evan Stutzman (Middlebury) 26;09.82; 35, Camden Bontrager (Goshen) 27:14.10; 36, Mark Stoffel (Middlebury) 27:51.43; 37, Luke Hooley (Shipshewana) 28:46.27; 38, Trent Wagner (Nappanee) 30:07.11.

Age 19-24 — 1, Jacob Shelly (Goshen) 15:56.24; 2, Lionel Montenegro (Elmhurst, Illinois) 16:19.58; 3, Jake Gillette (Goshen) 16:36.48; 4, Latham Fritz (Middlebury) 17:28.09; 5, Kurt Neufeld (Goshen) 18:22.09; 6, Adam Weber (Elkhart) 18:41.95; 7, Brent Thalheimer (Bristol) 19:00.95; 8, Jordan Stanfill (Fort Wayne) 19:18.47; 9, Randy Gingerich (Goshen) 20:33.86; 10, Austin Hamsher (Nappanee) 21:05.97; 11, John Lohman (Goshen) 21:49.49; 12, Jordan Adams (Osceola) 22:14.95; 13, Joshua Miller (Elkhart) 22:28.05; 14, Brandon Hartzler (Middlebury) 22:35.10; 15, Jeremu Miltroka (Goshen) 22:42.81; 16, Kevin Clemens (Goshen) 23:31.52; 17, Jose Luis Robledo (Goshen) 23:32.53; 18, Tony Yoder (Middlebury) 23:52.20; 19, David Teall (Bristol) 24:14.55; 20, Kyle Lecount (Elkhart) 24:19.39; 21, Matthew Stump (Goshen) 24:27.41; 22, Carlos Zepeda (Goshen) 24:38.32; 23, Jordan Friesen (Goshen) 24:43.83; 24, Juan Guerrero (Elkhart) 24:43.92; 25, Jarin Hall (Millersburg) 24:52.17; 26, Jeremy Miller (Elkhart) 25:12.98; 27, Matthew Stoffel (Middlebury) 25:31.98; 28, Braden Barkes (Goshen) 25:50.18; 29, Michael Schwartz (Goshen) 26:06.40; 30, Joe Mehl (Goshen) 26:43.21; 31, Chad Welty (New Paris) 27:02.37; 32, Zacary Oakley (New Paris) 27:08.71; 33, Rich Hoover (Goshen) 27:09.45; 34, Travis Herman-Shepler (Syracuse) 32:01.23; 35, Robby Gingerich (Goshen) 33:03.04; 36, Alex Korenstra (New Paris) 33:03.27; 37, Darrin Gingerich (Middlebury) 33:29.69; 38,Ryan Hildenbrand (Goshen) 33:35.50; 39, Randy Mitschelen (Nappanee) 34:25.49.

Age 25-29 — 1, Mario Camilo (Goshen) 15:59.02; 2, Ryan Thwaits (Elkhart) 19:36.03; 3, Andy Mehl (Goshen) 19:38.50; 4, Steve Keener (Norte Dame) 20:45.19; 5, Gerardo Fuentes (Goshen) 22:16.45; 6, Justin Bell (Nappanee) 22:17.78; 7, Edher Jimenez (Goshen) 23:05.31; 8, Enrique Madrid (Goshen) 23:46.73; 9, Daniel Stroup (Bristol) 24:30.70; 10, Phil Gran (Goshen) 24:55.69; 11, Dan Graber (Goshen) 25:38.13; 12, Stephen Riley (New Paris) 26:00.31; 13, Steve Gearhart (Wakarusa) 26:20.98; 14, Travis George (Wakarusa) 26:31.08; 15, Curt McDowell (Goshen) 27:14.99; 16, Jed Graber (Bristol) 27:15.18; 17, Mark Miller (Elkhart) 27:51.57; 18, Kenneth Miller (Goshen) 28:45.43; 19, Dan Teall (Bristol) 29:23.21; 20, Patrick Gross (Goshen) 29:45.76

Age 30-34 — 1, Nate Jones (LaGrange) 16:02.13; 2, James Furkis (Ligonier) 18:33.69; 3, Steve Rodman (New Pris) 21:23.37; 4, John Ward (Elkhart) 21:24.47; 5, Kamal Shaw (Goshen) 22:08.37; 6, Ryan McClane (Elkhart) 23:14.21; 7, Zeb Wall (Elkhart) 23:28.54; 8, Kevin Yoder (Middlebury) 23:51.94; 9, Josh Fletcher (Middlebury) 24:04.73; 10, John Haviland (Millersburg) 26:40.73; 11, Ben Larson (Elkhart) 29:02.14; 12, Brett Weddell (Goshen) 29:05.39; 13, Colin Dehcant (Goshen) 29:08.77; 14, Chad Horner (Goshen) 30:35.92; 15, Lonnie Camp (Goshen) 31:58.73; 16, Nelson Bontrager (Goshen) 33:53.71.

Age 35-39 — 1, Peter Casaletto (Goshen) 16:35.73; 2, Matt Jones (LaGrange) 17:34.83; 3, Chad Sommers (Elkhart) 19:39.81; 4, Joe Knowles (Shipshewana) 20:09;46; 5, Matt Scott (Warsaw) 20:34.12; 6, Mark Campbell (Middlebury) 21:38.53; 7, Galen Mast (Goshen) 21:46.39; 8, Devon Miller (Millersburg) 21:49.23; 9, Fred Hershberger (Syracuse) 21:54.57; 10, Fernando Ascota (Elkhart) 22:53.59; 11, Chad Hochstetler (Shipshewana) 23:09.92; 12, Randy Reese (Nappanee) 23:43.95; 13, Imrich Kuric (Goshen) 23:47.73; 14, Kevin D’Arcy (Goshen) 25:23.07; 15, John Slabaugh (New Paris) 37:55.02.

Age 40-44 — 1, Lou Feil (Elkhart) 17:45.48; 2, Kirk Stichter (Milford) 19:10.40; 3, Jesus Perez (Goshen) 20:07.73; 4, Eric Albright (Fishers) 20:21.73; 5, Chris Judson (Goshen) 20:36.77; 6, Alberto Jimenoz (Goshen) 20:37.75; 7, Javier Carrillo (Goshen) 21:52.67; 8, Jerry Willard (Elkhart) 22:43.97; 9, Mike Cleveland (Wakarusa) 22:44.42; 10, Marty Hile (Greenville, South Carolina) 23:19.51; 11, George Graber (New Paris) 23:35.60; 12, John Frazee (Michigan City) 23:47.53; 13, Kent Stichter (New Paris) 23:51.34; 14, Mark Schlabach (Goshen) 25:05.38; 15, Gregg Lee (Elkhart) 25;05.71; 16, Matt Sigsbee (Elkhart) 26:05.59; 17, Kevin Miller (Goshen) 26:20.45; 18, Allen Robinson (Goshen) 28;03.76; 19, James Martin (Fort Wayne) 28;47.00; 20, Rich Schmucker (Goshen) 29:24.86; 21, Ted Greaber (Goshen) 29:34.21; 22, Grant Schrock (Wakarusa) 30:56.67; 23, Paul Rich (Elkhart) 31:05.96; 24, Jim Morrical (Goshen) 31:38.14.

Age 45-49 — 1, Keith Gladfelter (Goshen) 21:05.50; 2, Todd Rothi (Bristol) 21:41.75; 3, Tom Yoder (Goshen) 22:08.47; 4, Paul Beachy (Syracuse) 22:35.92; 5, James Wachira (Goshen) 23:08.95; 6, Rick Olson (Goshen) 23:24.11; 7, Timothy Beachy (Colimbia City) 24:36.99; 8, Wayne Beachy (Ligonier) 25:02.25; 9, Carl Hubbell (Goshen) 25:40.73; 10, Keivn Gilgbert (Syracuse) 26:19.07; 11, Mark Riege (Wakarusa) 26:23.49; 12, Kenneth Nisley (Bristol) 27:21.76; 13, Rich Leinbach (Goshen) 27:34.29; 14, Donald Mumaw (Elkhart) 27:37.55; 15, Mark Zak (Goshen) 27;57.31; 16, Greg Russell (Goshen) 31:48.05; 17, Scott Mapel (Kokomo) 34:22.42.

Age 50-54 — 1, Mark Furkis (Ligonier) 18:10.73; 2, Dan Lovell (Howe) 21:21.51; 3, Dean Warstler (Syracuse) 22:17.79; 4, Bruce Anderson (Goshen) 22:23.90; 5, Dan Blake (Goshen) 22:25.58; 6, Bill Clauser (Woodburn) 23:58.93; 7, John Supper (Elkhart) 24:44.09; 8, Lavier Adeluna (Goshen) 27:10.57; 9, Charles Payne (Goshen) 27:44.02; 10, Gary Miller (Shipshewana) 28:29.88; 11, Jeff Lantzer (Goshen) 28:52.79; 12, Jerry Brewton (Bristol) 30:33.21; 13, John Darrenkamp (New Paris) 31:17.03; 14, Steve Hooley (LaGrange) 38:24.73; 15, Heff Fisher (Bristol) 41:16.48.

Age 55-59 — 1, Jed Pearson (Columbia City) 20:28.73; 2, Winford Jones (LaGrange) 21:02.05; 3, Shawn Faulkner (Goshen) 23:50.83; 4, Calvin Stout (Granger) 26:11.13; 5, David Rydzinski (Goshen) 26:28.81; 6, Verton Troyer (Milford) 29:04.11; 7, David Yoder (Goshen) 32:37.90; 8, Larry McKibbin (Goshen) 36:54.95; 9, Stephen Chupp (Goshen) 38:36.70.

Age 60-and-over — 1, Floyd Miller (Goshen) 23:44.71; 2, Roger Weaver (Goshen) 26:08.18; 3, Harve Hochstetler (Goshen) 26:39.74; 4, Dick Shank (Elkhart) 26:49.91; 5, Dave Ferency (South Bend) 27:45.17; 6, Joseph Dervin (Goshen) 27:59.35; 7, Gregory Nyce (Goshen) 33:44.98; 8, Lawrence Schull (Goshen) 34:52.77.