2014 Foot Pursuit 5K

The third Foot Pursuit 5K will be held on October 25th, 2014. This year's Foot Pursuit 5K is in memory of our dear friend and former Sierra Vista Police Department Police Officer, Jeff Dykehouse. As an accomplished professional photographer, Jeff volunteered his time to take photographs at the first two Foot Pursuit 5K events. All the wonderful photos you see on this website were taken by Jeff. Tragically, Jeff was struck and killed while riding his bicycle in July of this year.  Read Jeff's story here.  

The 2014 Foot Pursuit 5K is sponsored by the Sierra Vista Police Officers Association.  Together with Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, Event Horizon Timing and DJ V with Urban Entertainment, this year's event will be bigger and better than ever!!

In addition to the 5K running race, we will also be offering a noncompetitive 2 mile fun run/walk for those who want to support the event but would rather run or walk a shorter distance. We will also be offering a super fun kid's race that is FREE to all participants.

We are also encouraging participants to wear their halloween costume during the event.  We will be giving prizes to BEST COSTUME!!  

We will again have very cool performance tech tees in men's and women's specific styles/sizes for all 5K and 2 mile participants who register by October 10th. We will try to accommodate participants who register after October 10th, but no guarantees.  If you mail-in your registration, we have to receive it by October 10th.   Register early!!

The 5K race course starts and finishes at the Huachuca Mountain Elementary School.  A section of the 5K course follows the scenic Garden Canyon Linear Park Trail, which is not suitable for pets or strollers.  As a result, pets or strollers are prohibited in the 5K race.

Christopher Youngblood holds the 5K course record with a time of 18:22!

Bora Leonard holds the women's course record with a time of 20:42!

Alex Roy (SVPD) holds the course record for LE men with a time of 20:16!

Monica George (USBP) holds the course record for LE women with a time of 27:23!

The 2 Mile Fun Run/Walk course also starts and finishes at the Huachuca Mountain Elementary School. This is a noncompetitive event.

The Kid's Fun Run will be held at the Huachuca Mountain Elementary School.  This event is FREE to kids and preregistration is not necessary.

Registration fees are as follows:

$25 2 Mile Fun Run/Walk

$25 5K Early Registration before September 27

$30 5K Registration September 27 to October 24

$35 5K Race Day Registration

You can register online at Active.com by clicking the link below or you can download the registration form and mail in your registration.  Please note that mail-in registration needs to be postmarked no later than October 10th.

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MAIL-IN REGISTRATION FORM CLICK HERE

Mail-in registration forms can be mailed to
Sierra Vista Police Officers Association
PO Box 292
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Packet pickup will be at the Sierra Vista Police Department, 911 North Coronado Drive, on Friday, October 24th from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, or the morning of the race from 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM.

Check-in for both the 5K Running Race and the 2 Mile Fun Run/Walk will be from 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM. Both events will start promptly at 8:00 AM. The Kid's Race will start at 9:00 AM, and the awards ceremony will immediately follow the Kid's Race.

Race day parking is available across the street from the venue at the Sierra Vista United Methodist Church. 

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5K Awards
Overall male and female winners, as well as top three finishers in the following divisions (male and female):  14 and under, 15 to 19, 20 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 69, 70 and over. The top male and female in the Law Enforcement Division.  

CAN YOU OUTRUN THE COPS?!?!

First Annual Foot Pursuit 5K

RESULTS ARE POSTED!

All Photographs Courtesy of

Officer Jeff Dykehouse, SVPD 

The first annual SVPD Foot Pursuit 5K benefiting the Special Olympics was a great success.  We pleasantly exceeded our expectations with 148 entrants. Our goals were to raise money for Special Olympics and to create a fun and healthy event for people to enjoy.  We hope to learn from this event so we can make next years race even better.  This event would have never came to fruition without a lot of help from some very generous people.  Paula Bohte of Bohte Designs did an outstanding job with all the graphic design aspects, to include the fliers and t-shirt design.  Brad and Lisa Roland of Timeless Therapeutic Spa really went out of their way to make this event special.  We would also like to thank Les  Woods who provided race timing, DHS Technologies (DRASH Shelters) for providing the high-speed shelters, Air Evac,  Outback Steakhouse, Staples, M&M Cycling, Best Buy, Target, Safeway, Roto-Rooter, and Crown Trophy.  Donations totaled over $12,000!             

Air Evac, one of the title sponsors for event, landed one of their helicopters near the start.

A section of the course traversed a portion of the Garden Canyon Trail, which added a fun and interesting aspect to the race.

Timeless Therapeutic Day Spa, another big sponsor for the event, provided complimentary massages for all race participants.

The Special Olympics event consisted of a 1/2 mile course.  Here the Special Olympics Athletes are preparing for the start of their race.

Daniel Pizano, the only Special Olympics Athlete to compete in the 5K, did awesome.  His great attitude lifted the spirit of the event, as well as the spirits of the competitors, to a whole new level.

Paul Valentin put the hammer down in the last mile of the race, narrowly beating Jeff Gifford by five seconds to claim the title as the overall winner.

Briana McCloskey also won a hard-fought race, besting all other female (and most of the male) competitors.

Lori Esparza of US Border Patrol was the fastest female law enforcement competitor. 

Officer Alex Roy of the Sierra Vista Police Department was the fastest law enforcement officer.  Only four other racers were able to outrun him and can claim they "outran the cops" at the Foot Pursuit 5K. 

Not only was Briana McCloskey the fastest female finisher in the 5K, she was also the lucky

winner of the raffle grand prize - a ride on a Air Evac helicopter.

5K RACE RESULTS

Here are additional photos that Jeff took. If you see a photo that you like you can click on it to enlarge it and then right-click-save it. If you require a high-resolution photo, email me and I can send you the photo in high-resolution.