Photo Essay: Fort McCoy Army Ten-Miler team welcomed home during ceremony

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim provides congratulatory words to members of the post’s Army Ten-Miler Team on Oct. 16, 2019, during a welcome-home ceremony for the team at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoy entered two teams in the 2019 competition in the Reserve Mixed category that took place Oct. 13, 2019. Fort McCoy Team 1 earned their first place category finish with a time of 4:35:36. Fort McCoy Team 2 placed fifth in the category with a time of 5:11:19. Fort McCoy Team 1’s time bested the second-place finisher by nearly 19 minutes. The Army Ten-Miler, conducted by the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, is a 10-mile race that starts and finishes near the Pentagon and takes runners through the streets of Washington. Tens of thousands of runners from all 50 states and many foreign countries registered for the 2019 event, making it one of the largest 10-mile road races in the world. (Photo cleared for release by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

10.18.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                             

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Members of the 2019 Fort McCoy Army Ten-Miler team were welcomed home by Garrison Commander Col. Hui Chae Kim and dozens of others Oct. 16, 2019, during a welcome-home ceremony for the team at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Fort McCoy entered two teams in the 2019 competition in the Reserve Mixed category.

Fort McCoy Team 1 earned their first place category finish with a time of 4:35:36.

Fort McCoy Team 2 placed fifth in the category with a time of 5:11:19.

Fort McCoy Team 1’s time bested the second-place finisher by nearly 19 minutes.

The Army Ten-Miler, conducted by the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, is a 10-mile race that starts and finishes near the Pentagon and takes runners through the streets of Washington.

Tens of thousands of runners from all 50 states and many foreign countries registered for the 2019 event, making it one of the largest 10-mile road races in the world.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 10.18.2019
• Date Posted: 10.18.2019 12:08
• Story ID: 348229
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US