Grandma’s Winner Rotich, UMD’s Nielsen Winners at 50th Annual Park Point 5-Miler
The top men's finisher was 2021 Grandma's Marathon winner Milton Rotich of Kenya with a time of 25:20.
July 15, 2021
DULUTH, Minn. – Northern Minnesota’s oldest race celebrated five decades of running Thursday night as Park Point hosted its 50th annual 5-miler run and two-mile walk. Over 500 runners took part in the race with another 200 running virtually.
The top men’s finisher was 2021 Grandma’s Marathon winner Milton Rotich of Kenya with a time of 25:20. He becomes the first person ever to win Grandma’s and the Five-Miler in the same year. Former men’s winners Scott Behling and Nick Nygaard also finished in the top 10.