Tonny Okello and Mary Akor are 2012 Cypress 10K Winners

City of Cypress Announces 2012 5K &10K Run/Walk Winners:

The 31st Annual Cypress 5K & 10K Run/Walk was held on Saturday, July 28th and attracted 1734 participants from 16 states, 262 more than last year. The weather was perfect and the flat and fast course attracted many talented runners.

The City would like to thank the numerous volunteers who, year after year, help to make this an amazing event. Special thanks also goes out to our sponsors, who helped make the Run a great success!

Media Sponsor: JACK FM; News Enterprise & Event News 

Principal Sponsor: Bandai Foundation; Runner’s High

Gold: American Rentals; Golden Spoon; Manhattan Beachwear; Mitsubishi Motors; Southland Credit

Union; Yamaha Motor Corporation

Silver: Crystal Geyser Water; Dr. Jeff Roth from Healthcare Partners – Race Doctor; Residence Inn Cypress/Los Alamitos

Bronze: Value Options

We would also like to congratulate this year’s winners:

5K Race - Men

Place - Athlete Name -                               Finish Time
1 Sean Brosnan -                                         14:43
2 Juan Valencia, South Gate -                      16:16
3 Juan Morales, Huntington Beach -             16:19

5K Race - Women

Place - Athlete Name -                               Finish Time
12 Ashlee Powers, Newport Beach -           17:36
23 Whitney Tawney, Long Beach -              18:22
27 Kendall Bruton, Long Beach -                 18:30

10K Race - Men

Place - Athlete Name -                               Finish Time
1 Tonny Okello, Culver City -                      29:32
2 Christian Hesch, North Hollywood -         29:39
3 Jordan Chipangama, Flagstaff, AZ -          29:44

10K Race - Women

Place - Athlete Name -                               Finish Time
11  Mary Akor, Hawthorne -                       33:55
12 Natasha Labeaud, San Diego -               34:06
16  Tanya Zeferjahn, San Clemente -           35:09

For more race results please go to:  http://www.cypressrec.com

For more information, please call Cypress Recreation & Community Services at
(714) 229-6780.

The above information was released by Jenni Worsham of the City of Cypress, Recreation and Community Services Department.

Information about the Cypress Community Festival is available at: http://www.cypressfestival.com/

Photo credit: Create and Capture Photography: http://www.createandcapturephotography.com/

Photo Caption #1: The winning Cypress 10K men’s runner for 2012 was Tonny Okello of Culver City.

Photo Caption #2: The Cypress 10K women’s winner for 2012 was Mary Akor of Hawthorne.

 Photo Caption #3: The 2012 men’s winner of the Cypress 5K race was Sean Brosnan.

Photo Caption #4:  Ashlee Powers of Newport Beach won the 31st annual women’s Cypress 5K race.