Watermelon Festival Draws Huge Crowd for 5K

The Hope Watermelon Festival 5K was huge this year drawing 588 runners.  The Melon Mile drew 74 youngsters for that event.

The male winner was Thomas Cain from Conway.  His time was 15 minutes, 24.52 seconds.

The female winner was Tara McFarland from Maumelle.  She finished in 18 minutes and 36.05 seconds.