Isabella Wyckoff wasn’t the overall winner of the Stafford Run for Hope 5K, but she nonetheless scored a pretty big victory on June 16. The 13-year-old Southern Regional middle-schooler from Manahawkin beat every other woman to the finish line. She also gave her dad, Chris, an early Father’s Day present.
“My dad challenged me for the 5K,” said Isabella, who completed the course in 22:35, finishing 12th overall. “I told him there was no way he was beating me.
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