Around 600 runners and walkers took to Jewfish Creek Bridge for the half marathon and 4K run/walk during the 10th annual First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run. Runners and walkers started near Gilbert’s Resort and trekked U.S. 1 over the bridge to the finish line at Rowell’s Waterfront Park. Derek Morgan, 34, of Fort Lauderdale, won the overall men’s half-marathon with a time of 1 hour and 31 minutes. Miami resident Caroline Klosowski, 35, posted a time of 1 hour and 53 minutes to win the women’s division. In the event’s 4-mile division, the overall men’s winner was 15-year-old Colin Chivers of Davenport, Florida, with a time of 26 minutes and 26 sconds. Julie Kellett, 35, of Belmont, Massachusetts, placed first in the women’s division with a time of 28 minutes and 36 seconds.
Josef Serrano, of Miami, stretchs beneath Jewfish Creek Bridge before running a half marathon during the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk.
The medal ribbon for the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk was created by local artist Carmen Sotolongo Kelley and is pictured here on runner Claudia Stober.
Participants gather at Rowell’s Waterfront Park for the finish of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk Saturday, November 9, 2019. Photo by Doug Finger
Participants gather at Rowell’s Waterfront Park for the finish of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk.
Participants gather at Rowell’s Waterfront Park for the finish of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk.
Participants make it to the one mile mark.
The child of a race volunteer rides his scooter north in the southbound lane while a law enforcement officer heads south in the northbound lane of Jewfish Creek Bridge before the start of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run Half Marathon & 4 Mile Run/Walk.
Aidan Althouse and Kai Guth, both 13, talk with each other before the start of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run.
Tande Richardson and John Siracusa walk together before the start of the First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run.
Florida State Representative Holly Raschein places a running card on her husband Ryan Raschein.
