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Polar Bear 5K
Running
- Distance
- 5K
- Start time
- 08:30
- Entry fee
- $25.00
Polar Bear Plunge 5K
Copperas Cove,
Texas,
United States
83 days left
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Date
23 Jan, 2027
Races
1 distance
Entry fee
$25.00
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Website
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Polar Bear Plunge 5K
About the event
The Annual Polar Bear 5K, part of the Centex Race Series, will be held at the Copperas Cove City Park on January 23rd, 2027. Start and finish will be at the City Park Pool with 3 laps around the park. Registration fee is $25, price increase starting January 11th. Online registration ends January 21st. Must register by January 3rd to be guaranteed a shirt! There will be onsite late registration starting at 7:00 am morning of the race.
Early Bib Pick Up will be on January 21st and 22nd at the Copperas Cove Civic Center (1206 W Ave B, Copperas Cove) from 9:00am - 6:00pm, we will not hand out prior to 9:00am. First 200 participants to pick up bibs will receive bags as we only have limited quantity. Same day bib pick up will start at 7:00am.
We will have some raffle prizes to give away shortly after the race ends while we are waiting for the race results.
Afterwards, runners are invited to take a plunge into the City Park Pool for the Annual Polar Bear Plunge and participate in the belly flop.
Races offered
Weather history
3-year monthly averages for January in Copperas Cove.
Temperature3.6° / 14.2°
Feels like-1.1° / 10.1°
Sunshine hours7h 22m
Rainfall2.8 mm
Snowfall—
Wind13.7 km/h (Gentle breeze)
Humidity60.3%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:28
Sunset18:52
About Copperas Cove
Learn more about the host city, Copperas Cove.
Copperas Cove is a city located in central Texas at the southern corner of Coryell County with smaller portions in Lampasas and Bell counties. Founded in 1879 as a small ranching and farming community, today the city is the largest in Coryell County, with 36,670 at 2020. The city's economy is closely linked to nearby Fort Hood, making it part of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Race results
Official finishing times from previous editions of Polar Bear Plunge 5K.
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Shawn Griffin | — |
| 🥈 | Andrew Arellano Allison | — |
| 🥉 | John Edwards | — |
| 4 | Katie Hequembourg | — |
| 5 | Nicholas Crawford | — |
| 6 | Edward Sannwaldt | — |
| 7 | Makehava Perry | — |
| 8 | Michael Ebers | — |
| 9 | Lisa Griffin | — |
| 10 | Skip Landerman | — |
| 11 | Sabrina Bola | — |
| 12 | Manuel Tort | — |
| 13 | Holly Landez | — |
| 14 | Andrew Eller | — |
| 15 | Neal White | — |
| 16 | Eddie Wilson | — |
| 17 | Lonnie Ellis | — |
| 18 | Claudia Kim | — |
| 19 | Johanna Starr | — |
| 20 | Joshua Shick | — |
| 21 | Gabriel Cardona | — |
| 22 | Pamela Holwerda | — |
| 23 | Jeremy Alber | — |
| 24 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 25 | Brianna Green | — |
| 26 | Anonymous Anonymous | — |
| 27 | Brittany Stallworth | — |
| 28 | Adriana Hernandez | — |
| 29 | Laura Stofferahn | — |
| 30 | Cheryl Patino | — |
| 31 | Debbie Morrison | — |
| 32 | Katie Ryan | — |
| 33 | Ramiro Esquivel | — |
| 34 | Robertson Monegro | — |
| 35 | Rick Shaw | — |
| 36 | Ryan Haverlah | — |
| 37 | Gene Williams | — |
| 38 | Emilee McCoid | — |
| 39 | Angelica Clubb | — |
| 40 | Cindy Cole | — |
| 41 | Jessica Mays | — |
| 42 | Lynn Acosta | — |
| 43 | Travis Daniels | — |
| 44 | Victor Williams | — |
| 45 | Lisa Wilson | — |
| 46 | Pedro Fuentes | — |
| 47 | Kerry Brewer | — |
| 48 | M. Shick | — |
| 49 | Karen Eacrett | — |
| 50 | Silvia Love | — |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Jeremiah Calderon | 16:33.54 |
| 🥈 | Anthony Carter | 18:27.79 |
| 🥉 | Damari Patterson | 19:02.1 |
| 4 | Jon Carlos Castro | 19:34.19 |
| 5 | Robert Sanchez | 19:35.11 |
| 6 | Edwin Suarez | 20:15.15 |
| 7 | Matthew Gruber | 20:18.4 |
| 8 | George Dell | 20:26.53 |
| 9 | Ethan Wickman | 20:28.1 |
| 10 | Jorge Aviles | 20:45.85 |
| 11 | Cavan Tretheway | 20:56.51 |
| 12 | Anthony Banda | 21:04.85 |
| 13 | Andrew Batchelor | 21:08.34 |
| 14 | Fernando Rivas | 21:43.62 |
| 15 | David Lundeen | 21:45.83 |
| 16 | Mohamed Vazquez | 21:46.26 |
| 17 | Taylor Tellez | 21:52.06 |
| 18 | Robert Bassham | 21:52.08 |
| 19 | Danielle Toms | 21:57.46 |
| 20 | Luis Torres | 22:04.71 |
| 21 | Jackson Barrios | 22:11.97 |
| 22 | Nicole Chitwood | 22:28.43 |
| 23 | Nicholas Bailey | 22:30.15 |
| 24 | Osvaldo Colon | 22:32.58 |
| 25 | Shawn Griffin | 22:41.94 |
| 26 | Jordan Bass | 22:50.01 |
| 27 | Timothy WRIGHT | 23:00.45 |
| 28 | Luis Montalvo | 23:04 |
| 29 | Austin Ryan | 23:04.95 |
| 30 | D. Patterson | 23:16.82 |
| 31 | Jermario Williams | 23:24.4 |
| 32 | Oliver Zarzuela | 23:26.92 |
| 33 | Frank Cohn | 23:32.1 |
| 34 | Jessica Ellis | 23:48.53 |
| 35 | Myles Vance | 23:54.23 |
| 36 | Forest Dittmer | 23:57.46 |
| 37 | Roshonda Thomas | 23:59.9 |
| 38 | Jeremy Tretheway | 24:00.56 |
| 39 | Jose Guzman | 24:04.56 |
| 40 | Sean Smith | 24:16.63 |
| 41 | Matthew Norris | 24:22.57 |
| 42 | Marissa Mesquita | 24:37.13 |
| 43 | Jonathan Edwards | 24:39.26 |
| 44 | Terry COPPAGE | 24:52.47 |
| 45 | Carlo Dixon | 24:53.63 |
| 46 | Keishun Hope | 25:03.83 |
| 47 | Bright Enow | 25:05.97 |
| 48 | Channen Henderson | 25:18.03 |
| 49 | Diego Vega | 25:21.35 |
| 50 | Melissa Torres | 25:25.23 |
| Place | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Gian Mikel Pulido | 17:32.9 |
| 🥈 | Cade Perry | 19:31.1 |
| 🥉 | Shawn Griffin | 19:49.6 |
| 4 | Peyton Stelle | 20:09.8 |
| 5 | John Edwards | 20:14.5 |
| 6 | Kyle Rose | 20:46.3 |
| 7 | Tony Orozco | 20:49.5 |
| 8 | Stephen Simecek | 21:06.1 |
| 9 | Daniel Crawley | 21:39.5 |
| 10 | John Anderson | 21:52.8 |
| 11 | Nicholas Crawford | 22:07.3 |
| 12 | Monica Johnson | 22:17.2 |
| 13 | Amarion Ballard | 22:21.4 |
| 14 | Floyd Matthew | 23:04.1 |
| 15 | Jeremy Alber | 23:18.2 |
| 16 | Jacob Smith | 23:32.1 |
| 17 | Lisa Griffin | 23:34.8 |
| 18 | Rita McBain | 23:39.8 |
| 19 | Alex Wilson | 24:00.3 |
| 20 | Bronzay Del A Cruz-Young | 24:02.3 |
| 21 | Ethan Chavarria | 24:23.3 |
| 22 | Christian Turnbull | 24:23.6 |
| 23 | Brittany Campbell | 24:25.4 |
| 24 | Brett Babin | 24:27.3 |
| 25 | Shore Carrington | 24:28.9 |
| 26 | Cyle Brewer | 24:32.1 |
| 27 | L. Robinson | 24:33.9 |
| 28 | Juan Nunez | 24:37.1 |
| 29 | Ancilia Murphy | 24:41 |
| 30 | Tiffany Clark | 25:00.2 |
| 31 | Thea Barragan | 25:20.6 |
| 32 | Robert Wells | 25:27 |
| 33 | Felicity Cunningham | 25:28.5 |
| 34 | Liliana Perez | 25:35 |
| 35 | Ed Lee | 25:36.4 |
| 36 | Liana Dorn | 25:36.5 |
| 37 | Katie Hequembourg | 25:44 |
| 38 | V. Robinson | 25:47.6 |
| 39 | Makehava Perry | 25:48.2 |
| 40 | Anonymous Anonymous | 25:48.3 |
| 41 | Gregory Hoosline | 25:48.5 |
| 42 | Holly Landez | 25:53 |
| 43 | Victoria Buckner | 25:57.2 |
| 44 | Randy Golden | 26:01.4 |
| 45 | D. Adcock | 26:02 |
| 46 | Jason Duran | 26:02.7 |
| 47 | Gabriel Cardona | 26:03 |
| 48 | Sean Cornelison | 26:10.1 |
| 49 | Schyler Chandler | 26:14.7 |
| 50 | A. CARRILLO | 26:41.7 |
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