1st White River
water Carnival 10K Classic
(8:30 am 4 August 1979)
Former Razorback wins Classic run
Tom Aspel takes initial title; organizers pleased with new Carnival event
By Gerald Elkins of the Guard Staff
The first running of the White River 10,000meter run turned out just like organizers of new events want things to turn out - well attended and well accepted. A total of 110 runners signed up, with 88 finishing. Sponsored jointly by the Batesville Joggers Club and the Batesville Jaycees.
How they finished...
| Name | From | Age | Time |
| Tom Aspel | Russellville | 24 | 31:50 |
| Randy Taylor | Little Rock | 31 | 35:02 |
| Bill Ward | Clarksville | 18 | 35:04 |
| Glenn Hoff | Evansville, Ind | 21 | 35:11 |
| Sam Fancher | N. Little Rock | 24 | 35:45 |
| Joe E. Fiegel | Conway | 19 | 36:46 |
| Keith Smith | West Plains, Mo | 16 | 36:48 |
| James Simmons | Oil Trough | 25 | 37:08 |
| Randall Bently | Mt. Home | 37 | 37:29 |
| Joe Whillock | Clinton | 35 | 37:50 |
| Henry Hawk | N. Little Rock | 42 | 38:39 |
| Patrick DeBoard | Eureka Springs | 32 | 39:03 |
| Jon Ewing | West Plains, Mo | 15 | 39:15 |
| Scott Melton | Hot Springs | 22 | 39:30 |
| Robert Dickins Jr. | Little Rock | 39 | 39:33 |
| Robert James | Little Rock | 20 | 40:36 |
| Alvin Strait | Jacksonville | 26 | 40:39 |
| Larry Bentley | Batesville | 39 | 40:45 |
| Wyatt Washburn | Batesville | 39 | 41:27 |
| Dick Hopkins | Batesville | 33 | 41:59 |
| Michael Barcus | West Plains, Mo | 24 | 42:28 |
| Angie Webb | Southside | 17 | 42:29 |
| Danny Brown | Little Rock | 18 | 42:34 |
| Tommy Cloar | Memphis, Tenn | 16 | 42:45 |
| Larry Rodenbeck | West Plains, Mo | 30 | 42:49 |
| Greg Moser | Batesville | 16 | 43:08 |
| Michael S. Cope | Oil Trough | 14 | 43:23 |
| Chris Kennedy | Batesville | 14 | 44:40 |
| Jeff Showalter | Batesville | 20 | 45:10 |
| George Purcelley | Arvada, Colo | 53 | 45:13 |
| Don Stewart | Batesville | 23 | 46:04 |
| Bob Logan | Brookhaven, Miss | 30 | 46:21 |
| Bob Deaton | Brookhaven, Miss | 40 | 46:43 |
| Jeff Langley | West Plains, Mo | 15 | 47:00 |
| Candace Bennett | Little Rock | 22 | 47:02 |
| Tom Cloar | Memphis, Tenn | 39 | 47:20 |
| Rex Collins | Batesville | 16 | 47:36 |
| Steve Case | Batesville | 24 | 47:52 |
| Frank Gough | Batesville | 30 | 47:53 |
| Faron L. Richey | Batesville | 22 | 48:28 |
| Johnny Mitchum | Southside | 32 | 48:46 |
| Dan Junkin | Batesville | 34 | 48:56 |
| Jay Critz | Batesville | 31 | 48:59 |
| Ricky Everett | Batesville | 20 | 49:29 |
| Steve Kramer | Rosie | 26 | 49:40 |
| David Deaton | Brookhaven, Miss | 13 | 49:59 |
| Timothy Lee Thoman | Batesville | 34 | 50:06 |
| Charles Barnett | Batesville | 38 | 50:08 |
| Steve Clark | Cabot (Atty Gen) | 32 | 50:20 |
| Gene Qualls | Jonesboro | 39 | 50:25 |
| Donald Patterson | Batesville | 22 | 50:29 |
| Bobby Gray | Batesville | 21 | 50:39 |
| Scott Richards | Batesville | 27 | 51:06 |
| Dennis Wilson | Batesville | 21 | 51:22 |
| Dan Springer | Batesville | 27 | 51:40 |
| Joel P. Jones | Arkadelphia | 30 | 51:50 |
| Louis Giblin | Batesville | 46 | 52:02 |
| Andy Buschman | Desha | 27 | 52:29 |
| Bette Cloar | Memphis, Tenn | 37 | 52:56 |
| David Batson | Newark | 18 | 53:29 |
| Doug Bernard | Batesville | 15 | 54:07 |
| Jerri Gleghorn | Southside | 15 | 54:19 |
| Gerald Ray Turner | Batesville | 23 | 54:29 |
| Kay Jenkerson | Batesville | 32 | 54:54 |
| Carolyn Roark | Batesville | 29 | 55:16 |
| Brent Murphree | Newark | 18 | 55:40 |
| Debbie Hopkins | Batesville | 26 | 55:47 |
| George Byrne Garrett | Beebe | 45 | 56:12 |
| Jack Heston | Batesville | 17 | 56:28 |
| Pat Malone | Batesville | 12 | 57:10 |
| Scott Lewis | Batesville | 16 | 57:30 |
| Patti Tomlinson | Batesville | 14 | 57:42 |
| Ann Rodenbeck | West Plains, Mo | 28 | 59:12 |
| Joe Bill Dixson | West Plains, Mo | 33 | 59:14 |
| James Grimes | Jonesboro | 50+ | 59:27 |
| Ralph M. Cloar III | Little Rock | 11 | 60:38 |
| Ralph M. Cloar Jr | Little Rock | 42 | 60:46 |
| Van Compton | Batesville | 35 | 61:01 |
| Samuel M. Schrader | Prentiss, Miss | 38 | 61:25 |
| Kenny Looney | Oil Trough | 11 | 70:38 |
| Cindie Foster | Cave City | 25 | 72:40 |
| Brant Handford | Batesville | 12 | 74:01 |
| David Aldrich | Cord | 30 | 74:02 |
| Shelia Burnes | 21 | 74:17 | |
| Greg Sparrow | Batesville | 20 | 77:03 |
| Wanda Johnston | Batesville | 42 | 79:14 |
| Martha Bentley | Batesville | 37 | 79:15 |
| John Purtle | Batesville | 44 | |
| Keith Stillwell | Batesville | 22 | |
| Chriss Hill | Batesville | 12 | |
| Stephen Purtle | Batesville | 12 | |
| Sue Hill | Batesville | 36 | |
| Dana Bone | Batesville | 26 |