N.C. Oyster Festival races

  Tom Clifford and Heather Magill won the N.C. Oyster Festival 10K races Sunday morning at Ocean Isle Beach.

Michael Paul

Bailey Lawson, 10, of Ash, runs toward the finish in the N.C. Oyster Festival 5K race. She was the fifth fastest woman runner and finished 30th overall.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Samantha Smith, 10, of Leland was the sixth fastest woman runner in the 5K race, finishing 36th overall in 23:25.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Suzanne Tulsey, of Oak Island, runs to a third-place finish in the women’s 5K race.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Grant Hufham was third in the 5K.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Aaron Kolk runs to victory in the 5K race.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Carolyn Nicholson was third in the 10K and 17th overall.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Finishing second in the men’s 10K race was Eric Toffey.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Heather Magill runs to victory in the women’s 10K.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Kaley Welsh was second in the women’s 10K and ninth overall.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Lindsay Ester was second in the women’s 5K.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Marisa Ryan runs to victory in the women’s 5K race

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Mark Kauffman was second in the 5K race.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Tom Clifford runs to victory in N.C. Oyster Festival 10K race Sunday morning at Ocean Isle Beach.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

A competitor runs to the finish in the races Sunday.

Buy this photo

Michael Paul

Kristen Munns

Buy this photo

Clifford, 29, of Wilmington, ran the 6.2-mile course in 32 minutes, 7 seconds.

Magill, 31, of Wilmington, finished fourth overall out of 96 runners in 36:09.

Finishing second in the men’s race was Eric Toffey, 30, of Herndon, Va. (34:27). Adam Cornelius, 29, of Rockwell, was third in 35:59.

Among the women, Kaley Welsh, 18, of Wilmington, was second and ninth overall in 41:22 and Carolyn Nicholson, 48, of Whispering Pines, was third and 17th overall in 45:50.

In the 5K race, Aaron Kolk, 25, of Wilmington, was first in 16:32. Mark Kauffman, 22, of Wilmington, was second in 16:38. South Brunswick ’s Grant Hufham was third in 16:39. Last week, Hufham won the Waccamaw Conference cross-country championship.

Among the women, Marisa Ryan, 27, of Durham, was first and fifth overall in 16:57. Lindsay Ester, 22, of Wilmington, was second and eighth overall in 18:44. Oak Island’s Suzanne Tulsey, 38, was third and ninth overall in 19:08.

Bailey Lawson, 10, of Ash, was the fifth fastest woman runner, finishing 30th overall out of 275 runners in 22:27. Lawson won the women’s division and finished sixth overall Oct. 13 in the Mary Lu Blasdell Memorial Race. She ran the 5K race in 21:11, a time 3 minutes quicker than her winning time in the Sunset to Sunset 5K race the previous weekend.

Samantha Smith, 10, of Leland was the sixth fastest woman runner, finishing 36th in 23:25.

The races Sunday, which had cash prizes for the top runners, attracted 371 runners and dozens more non-competitors. A 1-mile run preceded the 5K and 10K races.  Results are at gotime!com (fun run results were not posted).