MI 12 Thunder wins Memorial Day tournament

The Mercer Island 12 Thunder baseball team won the Pasco Memorial Day Classic May 25 in Pasco, Wash. The 12 Thunder beat the Pasco Lightning in the championship game to win the tournament.

The 12 Thunder roster includes Alex Arron, Will Atkinson, Nathan Buchan, Tyler Butson, Evan Dickstein, Matthew Feldman, Caiden Fukano, Wesley Ho, Paul Noone, Rory Shanks, Jack Shoop and Tripp White. The Thunder are coached by Peter Noone, Travis White and Richard Buchan.

Islanders turn out for Rock ‘n Roll Marathon

Eighty-nine Mercer Island runners turned out for the Rock ‘n Roll Seattle marathon, half-marathon and 8K events Saturday, June 13. Over 17,000 participants competed in the day’s events. Mercer Island had 17 runners in the 26.2-mile marathon, 60 in the half-marathon and 12 in the 8K.

Paul Katam, 25, of Beaverton, Ore. won the marathon with a time of 2:26:15. Anna Corrigan, 24, of Phoenix won the women’s marathon at 2:54:56.

Islander runners in the marathon included (names and finish times) Ashley Jaschke, 03:49:07; Ty Henderson, 03:49:13; Curtis Brown, 03:51:33; Charlie Gardner, 03:55:14; Brian Musser, 03:55:32; Robert Moran, 03:58:51; Gordon Goetzmann, 03:59:57; Micah Samuels, 04:00:05; Lisa Fairman, 04:24:07; Michelle Whims, 04:31:02; Chloe Royer, 04:39:33; Brano Mikulik, 04:48:40;  Wendy Rosenstein, 04:53:12; Anna Phillips, 05:20:12; Ron Niemi, 05:32:16; Mallory Lundell, 05:35:45; Jared Lundell, 05:50:37.

Results are from the Seattle Rock ’n’ Roll marathon website.