Hundreds begin Memorial Day with shoreline run in Manhattan Beach

Kimberly Smith, of Victorville, was the first female to cross the finish line under the Manhattan Beach Pier. Photo

Low tide came early this year for the Manhattan Beach Summer 5K which was held on Memorial Day and a pair of out-of-area runner took top honors in the male and female divisions.\

Marty Wacker, 42, of Grand Junction, CO, captured the title with a time of 17 minutes, 44 seconds, outpacing two participants running under assumed names.

Express Pine Apple, 24, of Rancho Palos Verdes placed second at 18:07 edging out Satan Diablo, 19, of Torrance who crossed the finish line at 18:32 while wearing the appropriate bib number 666.

Kimberly Smith, 42, of Victorville won the women’s division with a mark of 19:54. Jeannie Robinson, 48, if Long Beach was the second woman to finish at 23:33, sprinting ahead of Lindsay Sellars, 35, of Hermosa Beach who posted a time of 23:51.

[scrollGallery id = 612] Males winning their age group include: Frankie Diazrieger (Coos Bay, Oregon, 1-10, 22:52), Martin Plascenia (Palmdale, 11-14, 20:29), Jay Gatsby (Palos Verdes Peninsula, 15-18, 18:43), Pine Apple (19-29), Will Mangimelli (Pacific Palisades, 30-34, 20:04), Branden Spencer (Hermosa Beach, 35-39, 22:38), Wacker (40-44), Jose Ortiz (Gardena, 45-49, 18:35), Jake Atkinson (Manhattan Beach, 50-54, 20:32), John Holcomb (Pacific Palisades, 55-59, 20:12), Bill Weinfraub (Manhattan Beach, 60-64, 26:15), Peter Rech (Manhattan Beach, 65-69, 27:14), Frank Greene (Hermosa Beach, 75-79, 29:24) and Dick Windishar (Manhattan Beach, 80-99, 36:05).

Females finishing first in their group included: Hayley Bloch (Redondo Beach, 1-10, 26:40), Madi Kennel (Redondo Beach, 11-14, 23:57), Madilyn Morse (Long Beach, 15-18, 29:09), Ellie Stevens (Avalon, 30-34, 24:55), Sellars (35-39), Smith (40-44), Robinson (45-49), Julia Fretschi (Hermosa Beach, 50-54, 26;14), Marian Drahnak (Hermosa Beach, 55-59, 27:47), Sheila Daniel (Manhattan Beach, 60-64, 30:57), Sue Reinhardt (Rancho Palos Verdes, 65-69, 29:48) and Carolyn Merritt (Palos Verdes Estates, 70-74, 34:12).

In the kid’s 400 meter race, six-year-old Ian Fogel of Culver City took top honors with a time of 1:42. Keira Ishak, 7, of Los Angeles was the top girls finisher at 1:45.

Manhattan Beach’s Jack Nammack won the kid’s 1K. The eight-year-old finished with a time of 4:13. Rosie Lopez, 10, of San Pedro won the girl’s division at 5:09.