WINONA LAKE – There were 724 registered runners and hundreds of spectators gathered to remember loved ones and fallen countrymen at the third annual Tracey Yeager Memorial 5K in Winona Lake Monday. Steve Yeager, husband of the late Tracey Yeager and a Navy veteran himself, led a short Memorial Day ceremony ahead of the starter pistol. The men’s overall winner was Leo Frey, Valparaiso, with a time of 17:05; and Danita Keirn, Warsaw, won the female category with a time of 20:53. Donations are still rolling in, but the event’s sponsors and registrations raised considerably more than last year’s total of $30,000 for the Tracey’s Trails Fund at the Kosciusko Community Foundation, according to information provided. After the race, Steve Yeager expressed his gratitude to the participants, sponsors and 75 volunteers. “We couldn’t have been happier with the incredible turnout for this community event. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere was the kind that makes you incredibly thankful to live in such a great community,” he is quoted as saying.
