Overall Female (Amy Marshall) and Male (Russell Nieman) Winners

The Inagural Wapsi Wilderness Wipeout (WWW), presented by Jones Regional Medical Center, was held on October 16, 2011 at Wapsipinicon State Park in Anamosa.  65 runners traversed the 6k course on a beautiful fall day.

Overall champions were Russell Nieman of Peosta (male) and Amy Marshall of Lisbon (female).  Other race results may be viewed here.

Additional photos are also available for viewing on our facebook page.

The success of our race was made possible by our dedicated volunteers and generous sponsors.  Thank you for supporting Ignite and our communities!

Sponsors:

Race Presented by Jones Regional Medical Center

Walmart

Wapsipinicon State Park

Culligan Water

Ignite

J&P Cycles

F&M Bank

Anamosa Area Ambulance Service

The Wapsi Wilderness Wipeout race is coming soon!

The Wapsi Wilderness Wipeout, presented by Jones Regional Medical Center, will be held on October 16, 2011 at 10:00 AM.  The 6 kilometer course provides scenic vistas of the Wapsipinicon River and State Park as it traverses trails through native prairie grasses, towering pines and along meandering creeks.

We are still accepting registration for runners through Get Me Registered.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Lisa Diers.

Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, Ignite will fund professional development seminars and opportunities from race proceeds.

Race Presented by: Jones Regional Medical Center

WWW Sponsors:

Wapsipinicon State Park

Walmart

Culligan Water

Ignite

J&P Cycles

F&M Bank

Anamosa Area Ambulance Service

The second annual Camp Courageous Sprint Triathlon will be held Sunday, August 7^that 8:00 am. Last year was the first year and they had about 300 participants and raised over $17,000.  We need Ignite members to volunteer on the run portion, to help direct the runners.  If you would like to help or have already signed up, we will be meeting this Sunday July 24^th at 6:00 pm at Camp Courageous to walk the course and assign positions.  If you are interested in volunteering but can’t make the meeting, please contact John at John.Maehl@dnr.iowa.go.  This partnership with Camp Courageous will be beneficial for future Ignite events.

Also, mark your calendars to volunteer for the Wapsi Wilderness Wipeout on Sunday, October 16^th at 10:00 am. This will be Ignite’s annual event that will aid in the financing of future events. The potential of this event could be huge with your help! If you are interested in helping out in any way please contact me.

Again, you can check out the event at www.ignitejc.org/www

Ignite held its annual business meeting on June 30th.  The meeting was held at the Stone City General Store.  The General Store is an Ignite Corporate Sponsor.  During the meeting, we got an update on the various activities taking place within the group.  This included an update on the Wapsi Wilderness Wipeout and the adoption of bylaws.  The following slate of officers were elected to serve on the Ignite Executive Committee for the coming fiscal year.

Lisa Diers – President

Rick Meyer – Vice President

Nick Miller – Treasurer

Lindsey Weers – Secretary

Kris Gobeli – Marketing/Membership Chairperson

Kristine Nation –  Professional Development Chairperson

Jessica Feldman – Community Development Chairperson

Phil Parsons – Past President

To learn more about Ignite’s committee structure, please visit the committee page.

Click on the below link to read the Ignite newsletter for June 2011.  Lindsey Weers is this issue’s member spotlight.  You can also learn more about the next two Ignite events.

Newsletter – June 2011