Recently, several students from John I Burton participated in the annual Haunted Half in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Haunted Half is a race hosted every year on Halloween. The race consists of 13.1 miles, which a person can run solo or the race can be divided between four people in relay form. People from many different states participate in this race . This year, over 900 people signed up for this event. Since this race is on Halloween, many people wore costumes for the event.
Gracie M., a student at John I. Burton, was one of three Burton students that participated in this event. She ran a relay with another Burton student, Mazzy T. This was the first race Gracie had ever been in, and she was very pleased with her time of 30:47. She participated in the Halloween fun by dressing up as a bunny. Gracie mentioned how she enjoyed the race so much that she plans on running more races. Mazzy contributed in this relay with a time of 29:53. The rest of this relay team consisted of Gracie's mom, Melissa B. and Donnie P.
Jonah S., a track and cross country runner for Burton, participated in a different relay with his family and a close family friend. Jonah helped his relay team out immensely by running a time below 25 minutes. While satisfied with this time, Jonah stated that he was just taking it easy at this race because he had a regional cross country meet the following Wednesday.
These three students really enjoyed this event and hope to participate in it every year.
Written by: Tia
