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Complete Bun Run Race Results

South African Shadrack Hoff, 28, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the 2002 Schlotzsky's Deli-Coca Cola Bun Run 5K when he crossed the finish line in the astounding time of 13 minutes, 54.2 seconds, edging out Kenyans Sammy Nyamongo (13:54.5) and Kibet Cherop (13:57.9) and a pack that included 13 other under- 15 finishers.

Included in the field of elite under-16 finishers -- an unheard- of feat in the south-central part of the country, especially considering the hot and muggy conditions during the Sunday's race -- was female winner South African Colleen De Reuck of Boulder, Colo., who clocked 15:28.6 and set a new women's Bun Run 5K record. The previous record, 16:40, was set in 1998.

Hoff, whose personal bests for 5K and 10K are 13:14 and 27:43, also set a men's Bun Run 5K record on this year's new, faster course, eclipsing the previous Bun Run record, 14:20 also set in 1998. Hoff earned a quick $3,000 from this year's celebratory $20,000 prize purse, the largest in the Bun Run's history.

Austinite Gilbert Tuhabonye, who won this year's Capitol 10,000 earlier this month (31:47), was top local male finisher at 14:40.9 and earned one of two $1,000 "Austin Runner" incentives added to the purse by John Wooley, president and CEO of Schlotzsky's, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUNZ), which has hosted the Bun Run for 20 years running, to pay homage to the company's Austin roots.

Top local female finisher was Carmen Ayala-Troncoso, with a time of 16:52.3. She won the Bun Run 5K in 2000.

"Our congratulations go out to every one of the Bun Run finishers," said Wooley. "What added so much to this year's Bun Run were the world-class elite runners. They made an exciting race even more exciting for their competitors as well as the onlookers who rally the runners along the course and cheer them at the finish line."

Wooley said Schlotzsky's plans to increase the race purse again for the 2003 Bun Run to attract even more elite runners to the Bun Run 5K field.

Women's champ De Reuck beat Kenyan Naomi Wangui, winner of the Newark Distance Classic 20K (1:10:47), who was second with 16:29; Agnes Ngunjiri's 16:40.8; Ayala-Troncoso; and Kenyan Martha Komu's 17:04.9

Preliminary estimates put the total number of 2002 Bun Run 5K participants at 6,000, the largest field in its 20-year history, and the boon for Bun Run beneficiary Austin Sunshine Camps at $100,000.