2025 - Rush Springs Watermelon Festival Watermelon 5k/10k
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Rush Springs Watermelon Festival 5k Watermelon Run
This race helps to support our Rush Springs track and cross country program as well as provide funds in our efforts to rebuild our track. Your support of our race helps to get us closer to seeing this become a reality as well as providing funds to support our programs. With your paid registration you will receive a T-shirt or Tank Top and a participation medal. Awards are given also to top three in each age group and male and female. The race is the kickoff to our annual Watermelon Festival. This will be our 80th annual festival and we are expecting it to be one of the best. After the race and awards stay around to enjoy the festival, which includes, a large carnival, incredible arts and crafts booths, food booths, live entertainment and of course WATERMELON!!!
Rush Springs Watermelon Festival 10k Watermelon Run
This race helps to support our Rush Springs track and cross country program as well as provide funds in our efforts to rebuild our track. Your support of our race helps to get us closer to seeing this become a reality as well as providing funds to support our programs. With your paid registration you will receive a T-shirt or Tank Top and a participation medal. Awards are given also to top three in each age group and male and female. The race is the kickoff to our annual Watermelon Festival. This will be our 80th annual festival and we are expecting it to be one of the best. After the race and awards stay around to enjoy the festival, which includes, a large carnival, incredible arts and crafts booths, food booths, live entertainment and of course WATERMELON!!!
JH and HS XC Team Runners
This category is for Junior High and High School Cross Country team members. If you are a part of a school team register here. This race helps to support our Rush Springs track and cross country program as well as provide funds in our efforts to rebuild our track. Your support of our race helps to get us closer to seeing this become a reality as well as providing funds to support our programs. With your paid registration you will receive a T-shirt or Tank Top and a participation medal. Awards are given also to top three in each age group and male and female. The race is the kickoff to our annual Watermelon Festival. This will be our 80th annual festival and we are expecting it to be one of the best. After the race and awards stay around to enjoy the festival, which includes, a large carnival, incredible arts and crafts booths, food booths, live entertainment and of course WATERMELON!!!
Race-day weather
Conditions on August 9, 2025 — historical Open-Meteo data.
The sun rises at 6:48 AM and sets at 8:26 PM local time (CDT) in Rush Springs on August 9, 2025 — 13h 38m of daylight.
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2025 results — Rush Springs Watermelon Festival Watermelon 5k/10k
311 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Rush Springs Watermelon Festival 5k Watermelon Run, Overall Results
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaydon Payne | 16:40 | 5:22 /mi |
| 2 | Logan Sanders | 17:06 | 5:30 /mi |
| 3 | Carter Dennis | 17:17 | 5:34 /mi |
| 4 | Kolyn Odom | 18:05 | 5:49 /mi |
| 5 | Nathan Crowson | 18:28 | 5:57 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
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- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 1 Rush Springs event
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