The Park Point 5-Miler and 2-Mile Walk took off Thursday evening, marking its 53rd run next to Lake Superior.

Runners took off to the sound of the horn at 6:30pm, with the 2-mile walkers following suit at 6:40pm.

Daniel Docherty took home the 5-miler men’s title for the third year in a row, and fourth time overall, with a time of 24:40. Docherty came within a minute of the current course record of 24:15, which was set by Al Hoag in 1975. Despite the miss at the course record, Docherty is still only the second person to win three straight Park Point 5-milers.

“My plan was to kind of make it two races. I have three miles where you’re kind of getting into the race, and then two miles where you really attack. That’s what I did, and it paid off with the win,” said Docherty.

The women’s champion came in 5-miler newcomer Chelsey Youngberg, crossing the line with a time of 29:39. Youngberg also took home the 2024 Fitger’s 5k title, and says she is using the Park Point 5-miler as training for her road to the Chicago Marathon in October.

“I kind of threw out like course goals sin the beginning just because of the conditions and then decided just to race it. Wanted to go out a little bit conservative and then kick it in the last few miles, but second female kind of went in front of me for the first three and then I caught her and then just tried to stay in front of her, so went out a little bit hotter than I wanted to and then was able to hold on,” said Youngberg.

In the 2-mile, Logan Linnum won the men’s race with a time of 25:00, and Becky Lindholm took the women’s race with a time of 26:18.

This year also brought in the first non-binary racer in the Park Point Race’s history. The category has been available since 2022, but this is the first year a participant has registered. Kelsy Brown holds the title as the first non-binary champion of the 2-mile walking race, and the course record with a time of 31:24.

This year’s event also saw the highest turnout since 2017 with a total of 506 finishers for the 5-miler – 247 men and 259 women – and 96 2-mile walk finishers – 30 men, 65 women, and 1 non-binary.

More information on results can be found at MTEC Results.