The Ohio County News

Ron Perry stared down “The Beast” again Saturday.
The 35-year old veteran runner from Versailles took all the heat,
humidity and hills that the Beast of the Southeast 5K Run had to offer,
and beat it again, in 16:45.
“It’s not getting an easier, that’s for sure,” said Perry, who passed
the hometown favorite, 17-year old Anthony Nierlich, for the lead midway
through the 3.1-mile course - in one of the brief open areas on the
jungle-like cross country course at steamy Denver Siekman Environmental
Park. “The weather was awfully tough this time.”
He added: “My brother Jeremy (33, of Aurora, sixth finisher in 21:54)
and I did a short warmup before the race. We were already dripping wet
at the starting line.”
Perry, who took his first Beast title as part of a tough weekend double
in which he also won Yorkville’s St. Martin’s 5K in 2009, achieved a
career milestone in May.
He qualified for his first Boston Marathon with a 3:03 finish in
Cincinnati’s Flying Pig 26.2-mile event. Brother Jeremy, an ex-Marine,
also qualified for Boston.
A South Ripley graduate and 15-year employee of Aurora’s Stedman Machine
Company, Perry trains 30-35 miles per week, year-round, cross-training
with weights.
Perry also was the winner of Tri-Kappa sorority’s first annual 5K race
(18:27) at Hidden Valley Lake in June.

Other sports news in the RISING SUN RECORDER/OHIO COUNTY NEWS includes:
Fall practice starts Monday
All-sport passes go on sale Monday

All Beast of the Southeast winners

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