Hangover Handicap raises $15,000 for Tesh
LOREN BENOIT/Press Alex Riba (138) and hundreds of other runners start the Hangover Handicap New Year’s Day in Coeur d’Alene. Riba was the Hangover Handicap’s first finisher.
Post Falls Cross County runner Samantha Wood, 14, was the Hangover Handicap's first female finisher Tuesday morning. (Courtesy)
From left, Claire Kincaid-Slate, Autumn Lorentsen, Caleb Hiebert, and Mandee Hiebert run in the Hangover Handicap New Year's Day in Coeur d'Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Sawyer Crenshaw runs in the Hangover Handicap New Year's Day in Coeur d'Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Brina Carrigan, Marty Hunter, Sandra Graf, and Debbie Medlen celebrate at the finish line of the Hangover Handicap on Tuesday morning. (Courtesy)
Alex Riba of O'Fallon, Ill. was the Hangover Handicap's first finisher on Tuesday. (Courtesy)
COEUR d’ALENE — About 340 people began their new year with a fun run that raised $15,000 for local residents with disabilities. Tesh’s 42nd annual Hangover Handicap Fun Run included everyone from youngest child Quinn, who slept in the stroller pushed by Ben and Lindsey Widmyer, to youngest runner Lennox Benton, 12, to U.S. Naval Academy midshipman Joey Gibbs, to retired Kootenai Health CEO Joe Morris. It even included some runners of the four-legged kind. The first dog and owner to cross the finish line were Ruger and his owner, Alyssa Horsely, Tesh CEO Frances Huffman said.
Alex Riba of O’Fallon, Ill., was the first finisher, with a time of 26:46. Fourteen-year-old and Post Falls Cross Country runner Samantha Wood was the first female finisher.
Huffman said the community raised about $8,000 of the total, with sponsors contributing another $7,000.
Funds will go to the local nonprofit’s kids day camp Camp Independence, plus classes that people learn job skills, and to child development services.