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Club Objectives
- The prime objective of the association is the promotion and encouragement of running and the education of the public to its benefits.
- This association may hold championships, races on the road or track, lectures, fun runs, other educational activities, demonstrations, clinics and social events, print and publish books, magazines and newsletters, make awards, and do all such other things as may be conducive to the encouragement of running.
- Other objectives are to engage in community activities, to publicize by appropriate means the benefits of running as a means of physical fitness.
AARC's Origin
On November 10, 2007, approximately 14 runners met on a cold morning in a local coffee house discussing with admiration the running clubs flourishing in other communities. The runners debated whether there was sufficient interest in Northeastern South Dakota to operate a running club. The result was a unanimous decision to form an organization dedicated to promote running and runners. A week later, the Aberdeen Area Running Club, a not for profit corporation was formed. Today, still in its first year of existence, the club is actively supporting area runners and sponsoring events as diverse as area races, the 2008 USATF championships for both North and South Dakota, and a social hour with world famous marathoner, Dick Beardsley. The club is comprised of nearly one-hundred area runners.
Officers
Gaylan Lang, President
Sales/Production Coordinator
Centennial Homes Management
Amy Blackstone, Vice President
Public Relations Director
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce
Kevin Bjerke, 2nd Vice President
M.S. Sport Science
M.S. Sport Science
Head Cross Country/Asst Track Coach
Northern State University
Rob Ronayne, Treasurer
Attorney at Law
Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist
Certified Estate Planning Law Specialist
Ronayne and Wein, LLP
Our Nonprofit Status
Members
| travis 1/05/08 | Gaylan Lang 1/09/08 | Camille Thomas 1/11/08 | Jim Thorpe 1/14/08 |
| Rob Ronayne 1/15/08 | Martin Schmidt 1/15/08 | Shawna Schmidt 1/15/08 | Joanna Goetz 1/15/08 |
| Barry Smith 1/15/08 | Amy Blackstone 1/15/08 | Rolf Johnson 1/15/08 | Grace Lonning 1/15/08 |
| Stan J Jung 1/15/08 | Rhonda Punt 1/15/08 | Heather Jordan 1/15/08 | Wayne Schleder 1/15/08 |
| Mark Bledsoe 1/15/08 | Bob Salmi 1/16/08 | Kris Boekelheide 1/16/08 | Jeanette Smith 1/17/08 |
| Heather Jordan 1/17/08 | Kristen Fauth 1/19/08 | Rob Keil 1/19/08 | Christine Keller 1/19/08 |
| Benjy Wirth 1/19/08 | Kim Hodgin 1/19/08 | Lloyd Hodgin 1/19/08 | Cindy Hartung Suel 1/19/08 |
| Brian Lowery 1/19/08 | Carolyn Geyer 1/19/08 | Steve Hermansen 1/19/08 | Rebecca Ronayne 1/20/08 |
| Judy Bledsoe 1/22/08 | Robert Gunderson 1/22/08 | Mike Mutzinger 1/22/08 | Stanley Knudsen 1/22/08 |
| Don Lanpher, Jr. 1/23/08 | Estelle Meyers 1/23/08 | Stacey Lust 1/24/08 | Mike Levsen 1/24/08 |
| Brittany Arment 1/24/08 | Jackie Braun 1/26/08 | Dale Weigel 1/26/08 | Jean Nold 1/26/08 |
| Allen Guthmiller 1/26/08 | Terrill Meier 1/26/08 | Craig Harrison 1/27/08 | Julie Huss 1/30/08 |
| Crystal Thorson 1/30/08 | heloise demoin westbrook 1/31/08 | Dave Derzab 2/02/08 | Rich Rovang 2/02/08 |
| paul weiss 2/04/08 | Dave Griffith 2/05/08 | Sonya Nilsson 2/05/08 | Christy Wagner 2/07/08 |
| Jordan Punt 2/11/08 | Josh Wilson 2/11/08 | Gwen Planteen 2/13/08 | Jerry Bludorn 2/17/08 |
| Nikki Walter 2/17/08 | Kerry Beckler 2/21/08 | Taylor Wensmann 2/28/08 | Austin Walz 3/01/08 |
| John A. Adams 3/01/08 | Kayden Svarstad 3/01/08 | Jason Glatt 3/03/08 | Aja Deyo 3/05/08 |
| Todd Quinn 3/08/08 | Marjorie Zastrow 3/10/08 | maggie russo 3/10/08 | Jonathan Calkins 3/14/08 |
| Marquel Crawford 3/16/08 | Dick Beardsley 3/17/08 | David Jarman 3/17/08 | griffin hieb 3/23/08 |
| Michelle Monroe 4/01/08 | Tyler 4/01/08 | dixie mattern 4/09/08 | Bill Martens 4/09/08 |
| Tracey Millar 4/24/08 | Courtney Neubert 4/28/08 | henry miller 4/28/08 | Tim Blue 5/05/08 |
| Morghan Waage 5/06/08 | Madisyn Waage 5/06/08 | Sydney Waterman 5/06/08 | Sydney Johnson 5/06/08 |
| Lexi Weisbeck 5/12/08 | Tom Waage 5/16/08 | Susan 5/20/08 | Rina Larson 5/29/08 |
| Emily Punt 5/29/08 | Rikki 6/03/08 | Jim Hockett 6/03/08 | Bo Butler 6/04/08 |
| Olivia Siglin 6/05/08 | Kaylee Kappes 6/05/08 | McCamey Kimbler 6/05/08 | Aaron Fuller 6/09/08 |
| Daniel Roberts 6/09/08 | Justine Severson 6/12/08 | Paul Dutt 6/12/08 | Michael Connelly 6/18/08 |
| Nancy Whillock 6/27/08 | Ryan Bakeberg 7/13/08 | Matthew Walberg 8/02/08 | Julie Dvorak 8/04/08 |
| Janel Wagner 8/15/08 | Stacy M. Johnson 1/19/09 | Leonard Suel 1/19/09 | Kristina Kessler 3/20/09 |
| Jill Mohr 3/20/09 | Joe Mehlhaff 3/25/09 | Sonya Nilsson 4/01/09 | Leah Vilhauer 4/06/09 |
| Matilda Ewalt 4/07/09 | Dezirae Bohn 4/15/09 | Abigail Usselman 4/21/09 | Kaitlyn Volk 4/25/09 |
| McCamey Kimbler 4/28/09 | kelsey kimbler 4/28/09 | tessa kimbler 4/28/09 | Erin Punt 5/03/09 |
| AUTUMN TURCK 5/04/09 | amanda day 5/04/09 | Ethan Unruh 5/04/09 | Denise Punt 5/06/09 |
| Austin Maag 5/10/09 | JAMIE LARSON 5/19/09 | Daniel Gallagher 5/19/09 | Jenni Hogg 5/20/09 |
| Bailey Tollefson 6/01/09 | Amanda Jacobs 6/09/09 | Luke Jacobs 6/09/09 | Tyler Karlen 6/11/09 |
| Lukas Bernard 6/11/09 | Brooke Peterson 6/11/09 | Cassidy Rodman 6/28/09 | Rich Galbraith 7/25/09 |
| Parker Seaman 8/04/09 | Peter Sykora 8/06/09 | Brad Seaman 8/06/09 | Tyler Herman 8/07/09 |
| Barry Wood 9/25/09 | Lucas Rodman 10/28/09 | John Rodman 11/04/09 | Katie Nold 11/06/09 |
| Becky Blacksten 11/06/09 | Jodi Casanova 11/23/09 | Steven Aesoph 1/09/10 | Dana Locken 2/07/10 |
| Eric Moody 2/14/10 | Darcie Moody 2/14/10 | Stacey Aberle 3/03/10 | Marla Arampatzis 3/08/10 |
| Tony Arampatzis 3/08/10 | Jim Fetherhuff 3/27/10 | Melvin Harrell 4/07/10 | john brophy 4/12/10 |
| Aimee 4/15/10 | Jeff Bock 4/16/10 | Denise Raap 4/21/10 | Anne Rasmussen 4/27/10 |
| Mason Middleton 5/20/10 | Kiona Zomers 5/20/10 | MaKenzie 6/12/10 | Brayden Hilton 6/12/10 |
| Tina Vaughn 6/12/10 | Mark 6/12/10 | Julie 6/12/10 | Kendra 6/30/10 |
| Katie vogel 7/13/10 | Eurlyne Rust 8/02/10 | Austin Cihak 8/08/10 | Audrey Cihak 8/17/10 |
| Wade Rayman 8/21/10 | Michelle Snyder 8/22/10 | larry sime 9/09/10 | Alexis Boschee 9/20/10 |
| Samantha McNeel 9/27/10 | Becky Kieffer 10/17/10 | Jodi Bush 1/03/11 | Evelyn Tobin 1/08/11 |
| Tanna Huber 2/15/11 | Art Smith 2/23/11 | carmin wade 3/05/11 | Kyle Crawford 3/13/11 |
| Robert Bergstrom 4/03/11 | Jill Palmer 5/16/11 | John A. Adams 6/13/11 | Amy Blocker 9/12/11 |
| Mya Williams 9/12/11 | Kayla Hopfinger 11/02/11 | Gail OBrien 11/02/11 | Carly Appletoft 11/02/11 |
| Lane Schopp 11/02/11 | Kevin Bjerke 1/22/12 | Deanna Sand 4/05/12 | Lawson Santema 5/19/12 |
| sarah jensen 5/26/12 | Sierra 5/30/12 | Jessika Wager 5/30/12 | Kalli Quicke 5/30/12 |
| Mary Gutenkauf 5/30/12 | dalton james jones 5/30/12 | Delane L. Rogers 5/30/12 | Gina J Metzinger 5/30/12 |
| Lane Schopp 8/11/12 | Jolene Malsam 8/11/12 | christopher carlson 8/27/12 | Spencer Sperry 8/27/12 |
| Tom Lipp 11/01/12 | Charissa Peterson 12/16/12 | Brenden Harrison 12/16/12 | Helen Torrence 12/30/12 |
| Lexi Lewis 4/07/13 | Jill Mohr 4/23/13 | Jeremy Van Veen 4/23/13 | Macy Heinz 4/23/13 |
| Marc 4/23/13 | Don Jakober 4/27/13 | Holly Novstrup 5/11/13 |
Road Races
Group Runs
We meet at the NW corner of Kessler's parking lot. NORMALLY, we do 5 mile laps throughout beautiful Aberdeen – start 7 am. Some runners start early and return by 7 am and will join the 7 am group. Please email for early start times. If 5 miles is too far, there are several short cuts available. Pace varies and we invite runners of all ability levels. No one is left behind. We can run with anyone unless you run faster than we can.
Sunday, May 26, 7:00 AM
We meet at the NW corner of Kessler's parking lot. 5 mile run around beautiful Aberdeen – 2 routes, one to the north and one to the south. Pace varies, usually 8:00 to 8:30 per mile.
Tuesday, May 28, 6:00 AM
We meet at the NW corner of Kessler's parking lot. We do 5 mile laps throughout beautiful Aberdeen – start 6 am. Some runners start early and return by 6 am and will join the 6 am group. Please email for early start times. If 5 miles is too far, there are several short cuts available. Pace varies and we invite runners of all ability levels. No one is left behind. We can run with anyone unless you run faster than we can.
Thursday, May 30, 6:00 AM
We meet at the NW corner of Kessler's parking lot. Saturday runs are usually 5 to 8 miles. Pace varies.
Saturday, June 1, 6:00 AM