Roughly 3,500 runners and walkers turned out to race around Mercer Island for the 44th annual Rotary Half Marathon Sunday, beginning at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center.

The Mercer Island Half is one of the Island’s largest events of the year. Race director Gary Redman estimated over 4,000 registered for Sunday’s run, and despite some early-morning police activity, he said everything came out “absolutely perfectly.”

Shortly before race time, police were working to apprehend a stolen vehicle from Renton on the westbound I-90 off-ramp at Island Crest Way.

“I talked with state patrol and told them, ‘No problem, but you got 2,200 runners coming by here,’” Redman said. “With the help of Ed Holmes of the Mercer Island Police Department, they got the vehicle towed out of there like it never happened. Needless to say, I breathed a big sigh of relief.”

Seattle’s Uli Steidl won the half marathon with a time of 1:11.22. Islander Jennifer Enge was the top female finisher at 1:24.46.

Kevin Hansen of Lake Forest Park won the 10K run (34:41), while Seattle’s Amanda Kennedy was the top female finisher (41:36).

Seattle’s Samuel Bradley-Kelly won the 5K run (18:03), and Seattle’s Somer Kreisman was the top female finisher with a time of 20 minutes.

The race is a fundraiser for colon cancer prevention and Rotary charities. Donations were still being counted as of Monday morning. Redman estimated money raised this year was on par with that of last year, which came out to over $22,000.

“Thank you to all participants and donors for their cooperation and generosity, we appreciate the community’s support,” Redman said. “This is the 44th year, and each year it seems to go along pretty well. The Parks and Recreation department does a phenomenal job helping with the set up. The community is a big part in making it happen, so a big thank you to them.”

Photos by Katie Metzger

The following are the top 30 results for Mercer Island residents who participated in the half marathon run, half marathon walk, the 10K run and the 5K run on Sunday:

Half marathon run

12. Eddie Switaj, 1:24:41

13. Jennifer Enge, 1:24:46

15. Michael Magnussen, 1:25:50

21. Susan Empey, 1:26:43

22. Dean Simon, 1:26:43

32. Robinson Howell, 1:29:46

34. Jawann Bennett, 1:30:00

44. Phil Qu, 1:32:10

82. Daniel Weeks, 1:35:50

83. Chris Hughes, 1:36:09

91. Beth Hykes, 1:36:31

92. Grant Scull, 1:36:33

94. David Bunker, 1:36:40

97. Brian Le-Cerf, 1:36:53

100. Jeff Blumenthal, 1:37:05

125. Brian Shiers, 1:38:49

141. Jim Pirak, 1:39:34

146. Joshua Nicholson, 1:39:51

150. Michael Wampold, 1:40:08

154. Eric Norman, 1:40:53

158. Judson Althoff, 1:41:20

169. Shaun Maurer, 1:42:06

172. Colin Vranesh, 1:42:17

184. Trevor Varnes, 1:42:37

199. Chris Woerner, 1:43:20

213. Peter Sung, 1:43:57

230. Nance Hill, 1:44:45

244. Bradley Jennison, 1:45:36

245. Vicki Skelton, 1:45:36

246. Brian Musser, 1:45:43

Half marathon walk

5. Carolyn Pirak, 2:23:23

17. Verushka Fitzgerald,   2:37:39

22. Stacy Bjarnason,  2:45:34

23. Greg Bjarnason,   2:45:36

25. Avery Smith, 2:48:53

26. Alan Painter, 2:49:54

27. Janet Smith, 2:52:20

28. Christian Smith,   2:52:31

32. Elysia Sloan, 2:54:36

43. Cindy Baker, 3:00:04

44. Lynda Hamilton, 3:00:04

46. Kris Hair, 3:02:35

67. Jamie Shanks, 3:15:40

68. C.C. Crenshaw,   3:15:41

78. Holly Rogers, 3:18:34

79. Karin Johansson, 3:18:35

91. Patricia McDonald-Scott, 3:29:44

102. Jacquie Hartmann,  3:32:47

103. Wendi Kovar,  3:32:48

104. Maria Sims, 3:32:48

106. Steven Baird,  3:33:56

107. Peter Baird,  3:33:57

111. Vijay Vashee,  3:34:55

112. Patricia Hopps,  3:35:04

113. Jennifer Apacible,  3:36:12

120. Karin Larson-Pollock,  3:39:32

121. Julie Montgomery,  121 3:39:43

122. Aradhana Mantha, 3:39:49

123. L.K. Vyshnave, 3:40:08

144. Guy Yollin, 3:48:10

10K run

40. Karsten Mullins, 47:35

41. Maggie Baker, 47:36

60. Martin Harder, 50:26

68. Chris Fahey, 50:58

69. Alexander Kruus, 50:58

81. Anders Kruus, 51:50

86. Lyn Fortmann, 52:22

89. Sophia Coco, 53:00

97. Susan Swartz, 53:46

98. Ajay Zachariah, 53:48

99. Maia Malakoff, 53:49

106. Lucas Moore, 54:20

112. Tom Buckley, 54:27

114. Robert Reitinger, 54:32

116. Jan Schonander, 54:41

117. Camilla Schonander, 54:41

123. Joyce Zhang, 55:02

130. Andre Loenne, 55:27

136. Jeff Sargent, 55:38

137. Jordan Levitt, 55:43

138. Todd Levitt, 55:43

144. Rachel Baldwin, 56:16

145. Amy Brotherton, 56:21

155. Judy Kimelman, 56:58

156. William Geoghagan, 57:02

157. Jess Geoghagan, 57:03

159. Tim Drangsholt, 57:16

166. Bob Seidel, 57:4

176. Hair Excel Salon, 58:06

187. Marilou Matias, 58:52

5K run

3. Ira Ford, 18:20

8. Travis Keany, 19:56

9. Derek Sims, 19:56

13. Daniel Sims, 20:47

16. Christina Crow, 21:31

17. Kaes Vanderspek, 21:44

19. Oscar Pont, 21:52

26. Ryan Koopman, 23:34

35. Careron Lee, 24:29

37. Corey McMillan, 24:48

39. Bradley Vollegraaf, 24:56

41. Marissa Magnussen, 25:05

45. John Ford, 25:17

50. Zach Loeser, 25:30

52. Amanda Helm, 25:31

53. Brett Gerry, 25:33

54. Bridge Gerry, 25:33

55. Kaija Szylko, 25:35

56. Derek Loeser, 25:36

57. Truman Curry, 25:37

59. Yoerin Yang, 25:44

60. Sophie Quinlan, 25:55

69. Cory Alberts, 26:39

72. Tony Saulino, 26:43

73. Heather Hall, 26:46

75. Mark Upson, 26:50

80. Nick Chou, 27:32

85. John Monahan, 27:50

90. Bridget Aylen, 27:52

92. Chaz Carlson, 27:54