Dare to Care Dash

Congratulations to Xavier Diesel-Slone, overall winner of the 2025 race, with a time of 19:50.  Jennifer Colvin was the fastest female runner with a time of 20:18.  Congrats to both for running an excellent race.   View the official race results here.

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Thanks to everyone who made the 2025 Dare to Care Dash a huge success.  The athletes, sponsors, and volunteers were all outstanding and made this our most successful race to date. 

Here are the top finishers for each category.

Runners:

Males: 

1. Xavier Diesel-Slone, 19:50
2. Noah Fleischmann, 19:50
3. Dominic Sellers, 20:04

Females

1. Jennifer Colvin, 20:18
2. Amy Moeves, 22:25
3. Ava Westfall, 23:16

Walkers: 

Males: 

1. Jeff Thierauf, 39:11
2. Gregory Lane, 39:42
3. Leonard Culver, 39:45

Females:

1. Carol Gorley, 39:15
2. Whitney Thierauf, 39:39
3. Brenda Wertz, 42:52

You can view all the race results here.

If you participated this year, we hope you enjoyed the day.  If not, please consider joining us next year as a participant, sponsor, or volunteer.  The proceeds from this event help us to keep many of our neighbors in need secure in their homes with food, water, and heat.  Please consider supporting this very worthwhile event.  The Donate button still connects you to the Runsignup page and donations are active.

If you have any input for how we could make the race better, send us your views using the Contact info below. 

Lastly, we ask that you continue to support our fantastic sponsors.  Proceeds from this event help fund the St. Martin Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.  The St. Martin Council serves our neighbors in Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, and Warren Counties.