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Nelson claims his third Hobo Day 5K crown
   Lukas Nelson further engrained his name in the history of the Bob Bartling Hobo Day 5K Oct. 11.
Nelson, 28, of Sioux Falls, won with a time of 15:29 (4:29 pace) to become the only three-time male winner in the 29-year history of the Prairie Striders event. In fact, no other male has won the race more than once.

   Sheena Dauer is the only other three-time winner (2004, 2005, 2006). Two-time female winners are Madeline Carroll Schaal, Becka Foerster, Mary Thum and Tera Bredeson.

   Nelson’s other victories were in 2015 (15:27.5, fifth fastest time in race history) and 2021 (15:12, third fastest in race history). This year’s win was the sixth fastest time, meaning he has three of the top six winning times in race history. This marks the fourth time he has run the 3.1-mile race. The other time was as a 14-year-old.

   The former Jackrabbit track athlete, who ran  a 4:06.63 mile in 2020, almost didn’t enter this year’s event because he hadn’t been seriously training. The high school biology teacher was mulling it over during his planning period the day before and opted to enter, in large part because his mom, Vicki (Coyle) Nelson was running the race for the first time in 14 years.
Nelson was challenged by another former Jackrabbit runner, Daniel Burkhalter, 25, of Prairie City, pulling away in the last couple blocks. Burkhalter finished second in 15:34, just five seconds back. Sean Murphy, 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, and a current SDSU runner, was the third leg in the lead pack and finished third with a time of 15:55. Murphy was the 2024 champion.
A master’s runner, Jessica Wolhoy, 41, of Sioux Falls, won the women’s race with a time of 19:51. She finished 20th overall.
Wolhoy and Nelson will both have their names added to the Bartling jug, a new wrinkle to the race. The commemorative jug, which will be displayed at Kool Beans Coffee in downtown Brookings, has the names and times of every winner from 1997 through 2025.

   There were 311 finishers in the race, which was directed by Randy Hanson. That is the largest turnout since 2017, when there were 332 runners. For full race results, go to: http://www.prairiestriders.net/hobo-day-5k---results.html

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