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2010 Onion Festival
Campbell appears at Street Dance and on Y-101
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Toombs County native and recording artist Craig Campbell had a long Friday. At 8 a.m. he appeared on the Y-101 Morning Show and then later at 8 p.m. he was singing at the Street Dance, before a very large crowd, at Southeastern Tech. Campbell mixed in a variety of country favorites with many of the songs he has written. Craig has been working on his debut album and he will soon be releasing a single for radio airplay. Watch Craig at the Street Dance Video
Campbell spent an hour on Y-101 talking to his fans and playing some new music that will be included on his album. Listen to a segment of Craig's Y-101 appearance Audio |
2009 Onion Festival
Locals dominate a warm Onion Run
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Valdosta's Parker Childree is 10K winner |
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Lyons native Matt Gibbs takes 5K race |
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Two out of the three male winners at the 32nd Annual Vidalia Onion Run are from Toombs County. However, the 10k champ on a warm day was Parker Childree, a 19-year old from Valdosta. Childree ran away from the pack and won in a time of 39:40. Matt Gibbs, a 33-year old native of Lyons, took the 5K race in a time of 18:10 and Lee Humphrey, a sophomore at Vidalia High School, won the one mile race with a time of 5:14. Humphrey, who won the one mile in 2008, improved on his time by twenty seconds. Y-101 Radio's coverage
Watch highlights of the 5K and 10K races Video |
2008 Onion Festival
Watch the Blue Angels fly over Toombs County
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Y-101 Radio flies with a B-25 Bomber
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42-year old runs away from pack in 10K Onion Run win
Potiphar Nkoma, a native of South Africa, won the 10K race at the Onion run by a wide margin. The Savannah resident ran a time of 36:27 and beat out two runners from the Paul Anderson Youth home by nearly four minutes. The 5K race was a battle between 17-year olds with Adam Ross of Wray edging out Toombs County High School's Ric Stewart. Ross's winning time was 18:54. Lee Humphrey, of Vidalia, won the 1 mile race in a time of 5:34. Y-101 Radio's coverage Watch video of the 10K Race 1 mile and 5K Races |
2007 Onion Festival
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Janet Cherobon wins the 30th Onion Run
Janet Cherobon is a 28 year-old pre-school teacher in Norcross, who became the first female to win the overall title at Vidalia's Onion Run. Cherobon broke the women's course record by running the 6.2 mile course in 34:22. She beat Daniel Scott by 30 seconds.
Cherobon, from Kenya, was an eight-time NCAA Division II indoor and outdoor champion while competing at Harding University. She has won the women's races at other big events including Birmingham's Vulcan Run and the Savannah Bridge run. Janet talks about her Vidalia win. Audio |
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Daniel Scott takes the Onion Run 5K Race
Daniel Scott is a Vidalia native, who is a regular competitor in the Onion Run. The 25 year-old won the 5K (3.1 Miles) race in 16:52. Daniel talks to Toombs Now about his win. Audio
Maurice Lanier was the winner in the one mile race. Lanier, who is a freshman at Vidalia High School won by 22 seconds in a time of 5:10. Earlier in the week he qualified for the state track meet by finishing second at the region track meet. Audio |
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