Bobcat 5K didn’t run out of smiles

The annual event, which includes a health fair, benefits flagship programs at Belle Terre Elementary School.

By Jacque Estes
| 4:15 p.m. February 11, 2017

McKenna Hudson "warms up" for the Bobcat 5K. Photo by Jacque Estes

Time to walk and roll for Catherine and McKenna Hudson. Photo by Jacque Estes

Before the race Kim Arnold of PT Solutions shows Tanner Lagocki how a balance board is used in therapy. Photo by Jacque Estes

Edward Ertel opted for traditional running clothes as opposed to his mother and sister' s choice of matching tutus at the Bobcat 5K. Photo by Jacque Estes

Rayna Ertel hangs onto her mom' s tutu at the Bobcat 5K. Photo by Jacque Estes

Victoria Camper, Rayna and Edward Ertel got a late start, but they ran in the Bobcat 5K. Photo by Jacque Estes

The Bobcat 5K

This wasn' t the Baker family' s first Bobcat 5K. Dad Kevin, Celeste, Kasandra, and mom Jennifer ran in style. Photo by Jacque Estes

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McKenna Hudson was ready to run in the Bobcat 5K. The 14-month-old daughter of BTES fifth-grade teacher Catherine Hudson had her mom running long before the race began. When the crowd of nearly 200 took off at 9 a.m., McKenna was running in style – in her stroller.

It was easy to see it wasn’t the Baker family’s first Bobcat 5K. Each member of the family was dressed to the nines for the event.

Inside the gymnasium, booths were set up by Community Problem Solving groups, medical groups and nonprofit organizations. Victoria Camper, family engagement specialist with the Healthy Start Coalition, and her daughter Rayna Ertel wore matching tutus, while big brother Edward Ertel opted for more traditional running clothes.