- December 4, 2025
The 3-5-year-olds ran for less than half a mile. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Number 11, Mason Jones, 4, runs next to number 16, Adriana Chastain, 5. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Kinley Sterba, 4, standing in first place for the girls 3-5-year-olds. Aria Rodgers, 3, took second and Reegan Matuszczak, 4, took third. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Victor Contino, 5, stands in first place with Grayson Matuszczak, 5, in second and Luke Osypian, 3, in third place for the boys 3-5 group. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Gavin Garrett, Jr., 9, took first place for the boy in the 6-9 race. Hunter Durrance, 8, took second and Leif Muchow, 8, took third. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Ariana Gallagher, 9, took first place in the girls' 6-9 race. Evette Geroge, 8, took second place and Evelyn George, 9, took third. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Kyliegh Davis, 10, takes first place for the girls in the 10-13 race. Alyssa Checho, 11, and Sera Morris, 12, take second and third, respectively. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Brayden Murray, 11, took first place, Owen Stackpole, 13, took second place and Lucas Barros, 13, took third place for the boys in the 10-13 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
The 3-5 age group waits for the start signal. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Aria Rodgers, 3, took second place for the girls in the 3-5 group. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Number 15, Kinley Sterba, 4, took first place for the girls in the 3-5 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Landon Farrell, 3, Luke Osypian, 3, and Kason Weber, 3, in the 3-5 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Victor Contino, 5, took first place for the boys in the 3-5 age group. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Rylee Denny, 5, jogs to the finish line of the 3-5 age group's race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Alek Swierczynski, 10, jogs toward the finish. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Sophia Rivera, 12, in the 10-13 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Huckleberry Freisberg-Hickey, 11, was one of five females competing in the 10-13 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Korbin Purdy, 10, runs with a smile toward the finish line. Photo by Sierra Williams.
The 6-9 age group waits for the signal to start. Photo by Sierra Williams.
The 6-9 group sprints across the starting line. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Leif Muchow, 8, came in third place for the boys in the 6-9 age group. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Harlan Miller, 7, leads Hero Freisberg-Hickey, 7, and Beau Kinsella, 8. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Isabelle Kinsella, 9, races ahead. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Each participant received pins and hand-made wooden medals. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Ariana Gallagher, 9, crosses the finish line. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Liam Farrell, 7, competed in the 6-9 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Logan Schroeder, 6, finish the 6-9 race with the encouragement of Anthony Libretti, whose own son had already finished. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Emery Crooke, 7, competed in the 6-9 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Jeremiah Johnson, 9, racing to the finish line. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Vincent Conino, 8, crosses the finish line for the ages 6-9 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Brayden Murray, 11, is closely followed by Owen Stackpole, 13, during the 10-13 race. Murray took first place and Stackpole second. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Number 71, Landon Whiltfong, 11, leads a pack of other racers at the beginning of the 10-13 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Lucas Barros, 13, dances across the finish line for the 10-13 race, taking third place. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Henry Tuttolomondo, 10, crosses the finish line in the 10-13 race. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Michael Postel, 9, competes in the race for 6-9 year olds. Photo by Sierra Williams.
Flagler County kids ran the first of a new Kids Trail Running series on Saturday, April 1.
The run was held at the Graham Swamp mountain bike trails for three different age groups: a less than .5 mile race for ages 3-5 years, 1.5 mile race for ages 6-9, and about 3 miles for ages 10-13. The Wild Boar Run was the first of three kids races that Elevate Events’s founder Carrie Meng wants to host.
Meng said she’s been wanting to hold a kids-only race series for a few years but kept having problems pinning down dates for all three races. Finally, she decided to just start with the Wild Boar Run first.
“I said, you know, I'll put on one for now, I'll just pick one day. I'll see if the community is responsive to it," Meng said. "I was like, I just got to do it."
The competition was a huge success for Meng. She said she initially only ordered 30 finisher medals, just hoping to get 30 registrants.
To her surprise, she quickly had to reorder more and more medals because of high demand, even accruing a waitlist at one point. In total, 70 kids signed up for the Wild Boar Run.
Meng's kids trail run series has two more races, with dates yet to be determined: a Deer Run at Princess Place Preserve and a Hare Run at Mala Compra Trails. Based on the success of the Wild Boar Run, Meng said at the race on April 1 that she hopes to plan the next one soon.
Every participant received a hand-crafted finisher medal. Meng also recognized the top three boy and girl finishers among each age group with a plaque.
In the 3-5 age group, the winners were: For the girls, Kinley Sterba, 4, in first place, Aria Rodgers, 3, in second, and Reegan Matuszczak, 4, in third; For the boys, Victor Contino, 5, took first, Grayson Matuszczak, 5, took second and Luke Osypian, 3, took third.
For the 6-9 age group, the winners were: For the girls, Ariana Gallagher, 9, in first, Evette Geroge, 8, in second and Evelyn George, 9, in third; Gavin Garrett Jr., 9, was first for the boys, Hunter Durrance, 8, was second and Leif Muchow, 8, was third.
In the 10-13 race: Kyleigh Davis, 10, took first place for the girls, with Alyssa Checho, 11, in second and Sera Morris, 12, in third; Brayden Murray, 11, was first place for the boys, Owen Stackpole, 13, was second and Lucas Barros, 13, was third.
