Wesson Chamber of Commerce kicked off its Founders’ Day celebration on the evening of Friday, May 3, with its annual Color Fun Run/Walk 5K.
Now in its fourth year, the race started as a memorial run for Joe Brown in 2021.
The run/walk started in downtown Wesson and followed a route around the Co-Lin campus, along the railroad track to Shop N Wash and back to the downtown starting point, with color fun along the way.
Overall running and walking winners, runners placing first, second and third in the under 21-year old, 21-year old to 35-year old and 36-year old to 50-year old age groups; and walkers finishing first and second in the 21-year old to 35-year old age groups were recognized:
The under 21-year old winning runners were also the overall running winners: Walker Breazeale (first), Kennedi Johnson (second) and Brody Ponder (third).
The overall walking winners were Roxanne Stegall (first), Constance Johnson (second) and Amber Hall (third).
The 21-year old to 35-year old winning runners were Yemi Wolfe (first), Brittany Mullins (second) and Allison Nevels (third).
Winning walkers in the 21-year old to 35-year old age group were Mary Beth Munn Smith (first) and Pollyanna Patterson (second).
The 36-year old to 50-year old winning runners were Mandi Ponder (first), Jennifer Johnson (second) and Michael Johnson (third).
