CAPITOLA, Calif.– Bay Federal Credit Union’s Bay Fit team won the Credit Union SacTown Run 5-kilometer Team Challenge here, which saw 2,000 runners at the Capitola Mall
Lucilla Sierra, Joey Coffman, and Jason Stidham joined forces for a time of 1:22:04 to take the 2018 Credit Union 5k Team title.
The team raised almost $600 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. In total, the Credit Union SacTown Run generated more than $230,000 for CMN this year. Bay Federal also raises money for its local CMN hospital group, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospitals, in May each year.
Stidham, a Capitola resident, was 84th overall (24:57) and 13th in the men’s 35-39 age division. Coffman, who also lives in Capitola, was 178th overall (28:15) and 19th in the men’s 25-29 age division. Sierra, who is from Santa Cruz, was 203 overall (28:53) and 10th in the women’s 35-39 age division. Also representing Bay Federal in fundraising and in the 5k field was Shaylene Schmidt, who lives in Santa Cruz. She placed 193rdoverall and 7th in the women’s 20-24 age division.
At right, from left: Jason Stidham, Lucilla Sierra, Shaylene Schmidt, and Joey Coffman.