PHOTO: Stephanie Donahue, second from left, completed the Running for Rachael 5K after undergoing a round of chemotherapy. She said she is cancer free after being diagnosed with breast cancer.


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Running for Rachael Results
PHOTO GALLERY: Running for Rachael 5K
VIDEO: Race start
VIDEO: Interview with race winner Tommy Manning
VIDEO: Interview with the Scholl family
VIDEO: Imperial Storm Trooper finishes Running for Rachael 5K

The Scholl family from Kremmling had enough of Colorado's high-country winter, so they loaded up and headed for Colorado Springs for a little "R & R" - Running for Rachael.
"It's been a long winter up there," said Shawn Scholl, who ran the 5K race Saturday at the Air Force Academy with his wife, Stephanie, their daughter Tabor, and son Tyler. "We've been Nordic ski racing almost every weekend, so we really just wanted to do something dry."
The Scholl's left an impression. Tabor and Tyler are defending AAU National Cross-Country champions. They ran like it on the hills at the AFA.
Tabor, 14, won the women's race with a time of 19 minutes, 24 seconds. Stephanie was second in 21:33, followed by Brian Pierson (22:28).
In the men's race, Tyler, 10, placed third with a blazing 17:44. Shawn posted a Top 10 finish.
Mountain runner Tommy Manning of Colorado Springs won for the third-consecutive year, covering the distance in 16:42. Paul Mann of Colorado Springs was second in 17:04.
At last count, 204 registered for the race, breaking last year's mark of 166. A perfect day - and a break from the wind - helped drive up the numbers. The Running for Rachael 5K is a fundraiser for Rachael’s Ribbons of Hope Foundation, which helps fund research to battle brain cancer. Rachael Newton died three years ago at age 14. She began the Ribbons of Hope Foundation while she was undergoing treatment.
"It just keeps getting bigger and better each year," said Lynette Newton, Rachael's mother and even organizer.
BUt the Scholl kids stole the show. Tyler said his parents are a big reason he and his sister are competitive on the national level.
"Most people, their parents will drop them off on the sidelines in soccer and say, 'Go do something,'" he said. "But with them (his parents), they do it with us, that's a real big part of it. We have someone to train with. I have my sister to train with and we have beautiful places to train in."
Once the kids experienced some success, there was no holding them back.
"Once they get a tast of it, the like that self esteem and the feeling they get from doing it," Shawn said.
"They know they it takes training, too," Stephanie said. "They know that can't just show up and wish they'd win. We try to make training fun."