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Fort Wayne Great Santa Run

Name: Fort Wayne Great Santa Run
Start: 2026-12-12
End: 2026-12-12
Location: Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

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About the Event

The 4th Annual Fort Wayne Great Santa Run will take flight on Dec. 12, 2026 in downtown Fort Wayne. Registration is open, so start stretching those Santa muscles and get ready for the Jolliest 5k of the season.

Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5k downtown begins and ends at Prominade Park downtown Fort Wayne and starts at 8am on December 12, 2026! Fill the downtown with holiday cheer as hundreds of Santa's run through the downtown area of Fort Wayne!

Every participant will receive a race finishers shirt, a Santa suit, a finisher medal/ornament, and holiday treats - who doesn't like cookies & hot chocolate?

Santa Suit's include Santa's red hat, red pants, black belt, red coat and a white furry beard. Each participant will also receive a Finisher Shirt & medal /ornament.

Shirt size cutoff date is 12/5/26

Important: Packet Pickup: Dec. 11, 2026, Fleet Feet Fort Wayne Southwest 5661 Coventry Lane, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 2:00pm - 7:00pm . It is important to pickup your packets day before race so everyone can wear their Santa Suits for race day!

Start/Finish: Check our website for the 5K route coming soon!

*Please Note: A percentage of the registration proceeds will go towards the American Cancer Society for Esophageal Cancer Research in memory of Richard K. Croy

Pictures: We would love to see your pictures! On Facebook & Instagram, use #GreatSantaRunFW

Races Offered

Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5K / Adult

Dec 12, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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08:00

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$45.00

Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5K / YOUTH ONLY

Dec 12, 2026

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Distance — 5K

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Type — Running

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08:00

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$45.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Fort Wayne.

thermostat Temperature

-2.5° / 4.2°

wb_sunny Feels like

-7.6° / -0.2°

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4h 11m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.6 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

0.3 cm

air Avg wind speed

13.8 km/h (Gentle breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Low (2.0)

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78.4%

wb_twilight Sunrise

08:57

nightlight Sunset

18:13

About Fort Wayne

Learn more about the host city, Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne is a city in the northeastern part of Indiana, a state of the United States of America. It is 30 minutes from the western Ohio border and 70 minutes from the southern border of Michigan. With a population of around 260,000 in the city and 615,000 in the metropolitan area, it's Indiana's second largest city.

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Race Results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Fort Wayne Great Santa Run.

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Aiden Waugh	M	17	Fort Wayne, IN	17:26.3
🥈	Britton Shumard	M	18	Fort Wayne, IN	17:28.6
🥉	Aaron Lazoff	M	15	Fort Wayne, IN	17:33.9
4	Sam Anderson	M	29	Fort Wayne, IN	17:37.7
5	Owen Lieland	M	20	Huntertown, IN	17:42.4
6	Jace Trevino	M	15	Fort Wayne, IN	17:49.1
7	Michael Dickey	M	43	Fort Wayne, IN	18:16.9
8	David Conarty	M	20	Bloomington, IN	18:18.4
9	Ryan Massey	M	17	Fort Wayne, IN	18:21.5
10	Ciersten Deardorf	F	32	Ohio City, OH	18:33.2
11	Brayden Gustafson	M	18	Fort Wayne, IN	19:00.7
12	Chelsea Blanchard	F	33	Bloomington, IN	19:10.8
13	Aaron McDonald	M	14	Fort Wayne, IN	19:15
14	Samuel Pech Scott	M	35	Fort Wayne, IN	19:45.7
15	Matt Bonjour	M	42	Fort Wayne, IN	20:06.6
16	Chris Lilly	M	50	Garrett, IN	20:07.9
17	Cal Shumard	M	15	Fort Wayne, IN	20:19.6
18	Daniel Hernandez	M	24	Goshen, IN	20:37.5
19	Aaron Quinn	M	16	Fort Wayne, IN	20:38.6
20	Craig Crawford	M	43	Huntertown, IN	20:43
21	Janet Crawford	F	44	Huntertown, IN	20:43.3
22	Ryan Gater	M	46	Garrett, IN	20:49.4
23	Evan Didier	M	20	New Haven, IN	20:51.1
24	Amanda Wilder	F	27	Spencerville, IN	20:58.3
25	Denise Conrad	F	62	Decatur, IN	21:21.2
26	Travis Walker	M	38	Fort Wayne, IN	21:23
27	Zuri Christensen	F	15	Roanoke, IN	21:24.5
28	Mason Saucedo	M	32	Fort Wayne, IN	21:39.5
29	Christian Watson	M	30	Fort Wayne, IN	21:48.2
30	Chris Waldo	M	44	Fort Wayne, IN	21:51.3
31	Esvin Chan	M	50	Fort Wayne, IN	21:52.8
32	Tina Dickey	F	45	Fort Wayne, IN	22:02.3
33	Graziela Haefer	F	51	Albion, IN	22:03.8
34	Dan Drabik	M	62	Fort Wayne, IN	22:04.9
35	Dallas Timberman	M	27	Kunkle, OH	22:12.2
36	Laura Fiebelkorn	F	34	Celina, OH	22:13.4
37	Brayden Ealing	M	16	Fort Wayne, IN	22:34.9
38	Michael Conrad	M	65	Decatur, IN	22:40
39	Reagan Ganshorn	F	15	Fort Wayne, IN	22:41.3
40	Sebastian Cowan	M	20	Fort Wayne, IN	22:42.8
41	Daphne Weller	F	13	Fort Wayne, IN	22:44.4
42	Riley Zent	F	13	Fort Wayne, IN	22:44.4
43	Reid McDonald	M	14	Fort Wayne, IN	22:50.2
44	Noah Ealing	M	13	Fort Wayne, IN	23:11.8
45	Cindy McGovern	F	59	Fort Wayne, IN	23:28.7
46	Debbie Fox	F	53	South Bend, IN	23:32.4
47	Jeff Fiebelkorn	M	41	Celina, OH	23:42.5
48	Morgan Harris	F	25	Fort Wayne, IN	23:50.5
49	Jeff Junk	M	53	Fort Wayne, IN	23:56
50	Jared Eklund	M	29	Payne, OH	24:04.2

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	Enrique Salazar	M	24	Fort Wayne, IN	17:28
🥈	Darren Palmer	M	14	Fort Wayne, IN	18:39
🥉	Elijah Barton	M	16	Fort Wayne, IN	20:57.7
4	Rob Veenstra	M	31	Fort Wayne, IN	21:02.2
5	Ciersten Deardorf	F	34	Ohio City, OH	21:02.2
6	JP Thomas	M	27	Fort Wayne, IN	21:52.9
7	Carter Ward	M	14	Fort Wayne, IN	22:14.5
8	Jarvis Navarro	M	14	Columbia CityColumbia city, IN	22:41.1
9	Theodore Hoffer	M	14	Fort Wayne, IN	23:14.8
10	Hunter McGuire	M	16	Fort Wayne, IN	23:54.6
11	Justin Heffernan	M	50	Fort Wayne, IN	24:17.1
12	Jeremy Minsky	M	36	Fort Wayne, IN	24:18.8
13	Tifni Monsey	F	47	Roanoke, IN	24:26.6
14	Patrich Allgeier	M	14	New Haven, IN	24:30.1
15	Jared Martin	M	25	Fort Wayne, IN	24:34.6
16	Bailey Moctezuma	M	18	Columbia City, IN	24:43.5
17	Christian Watson	M	32	Fort Wayne, IN	24:43.8
18	Aria Sud	F	14	Fort Wayne, IN	25:40.4
19	Harshini Rakesh	F	14	Huntertown, IN	25:41
20	Brandon Soat	M	32	Fort Wayne, IN	26:25.1
21	Travis Buell	M	39	Fort Wayne, IN	26:26
22	Morgan Radalia	F	25	Canton, OH	26:26.7
23	Blake Wiedenhoeft	M	15	Fort Wayne, IN	26:33.2
24	Justin Noble	M	14	Fort Wayne, IN	26:33.4
25	Joshua Hauze	M	15	Fort Wayne, IN	26:35.6
26	Mike Soat	M	62	Fort Wayne, IN	26:39
27	Matt White	M	39	Fort Wayne, IN	26:52
28	Jeff Junk	M	55	Fort Wayne, IN	26:59.8
29	Ryan Foss	M	34	Fort Wayne, IN	27:00.1
30	Reagan Ganshorn	F	17	Fort Wayne, IN	27:02.9
31	Cory Vendrely	M	29	Fort Wayne, IN	27:06.8
32	Jacob Cormany	M	34	Fort Wayne, IN	27:18.3
33	Joshua Houck	M	40	Fort Wayne, IN	27:19.8
34	Maci Kochert	F	14	Fort Wayne, IN	27:22
35	Gracie Pyle	F	18	Fishers, IN	27:30.2
36	Michael Conrad	M	67	Decatur, IN	27:30.7
37	Ava Leihgeber	F	18	Lawrenceburg, IN	27:31
38	Craig Wassell	M	36	Fort Wayne, IN	27:32.6
39	Becca Kaler	F	37	Fort Wayne, IN	27:34.4
40	Kora Reber	F	14	Fort Wayne, IN	27:43.4
41	David Lill	M	34	Fort Wayne, IN	27:50.2
42	Denise Conrad	F	64	Decatur, IN	27:57.8
43	Erin Fariello	F	18	Clifton Park, NY	28:00.1
44	Nole Harris	M	38	Fort Wayne, IN	28:01.1
45	Michael Barnes	M	45	Fort Wayne, IN	28:11
46	Kelly Poe	F	39	FORT WAYNE, IN	28:16.8
47	Erin Mutton	F	40	Fort Wayne, IN	28:26.4
48	Roy Navarro	M	47	Columbia City, IN	28:34
49	Bill Oliver	M	68	Auburn, IN	28:34.2
50	john Wassell	M	38	Fort Wayne, IN	28:37.7

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	P. Allgeier	M	12	New Haven, IN	21:11.6
🥈	B. Waldo	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	21:50.4
🥉	B. Cowan	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	22:42.5
4	R. Nolan	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	22:44.7
5	J. McComas	M	12	Van Wert, OH	24:00.5
6	M. Kochert	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	25:06
7	M. Fraser	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	25:09.3
8	I. Bremer	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	25:15
9	L. Pahl	M	11	Fort Wayne, IN	26:35.1
10	J. Wiedemann	M	9	Fort Wayne, IN	26:38.6
11	E. Renderos	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	27:04.5
12	L. Munger	F	8	Fort Wayne, IN	32:23.4
13	I. Lazoff	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	33:44.9
14	A. White	M	9	Fort Wayne, IN	36:56.7
15	M. Stemen	M	11	Fort Wayne, IN	38:05.3
16	S. Korte	M	8	Fort Wayne, IN	39:43.3
17	S. Dutro	M	7	Roanoke, IN	39:55.6
18	T. Henschen	F	11	Fort Wayne, IN	40:07.8
19	W. Dutro	M	9	Roanoke, IN	40:11.2
20	C. Noga	F	10	Fort Wayne, IN	40:58
21	L. Noga	F	9	Fort Wayne, IN	40:59.7
22	M. Korte	M	6	Fort Wayne, IN	42:38.9
23	B. Wiedemann	M	7	Fort Wayne, IN	42:40.5
24	L. Fortman	F	6	Auburn, IN	43:47.4
25	K. Fullhart	F	8	Fort Wayne, IN	43:52.5
26	I. Fortman	F	8	Auburn, IN	44:01.7
27	A. Mccollum	M	6	Garrett, IN	44:30.5
28	T. Thompson	M	9	Fort Wayne, IN	44:30.7
29	O. Thompson	M	10	Fort Wayne, IN	44:36.3
30	E. Thompson	M	7	Fort Wayne, IN	44:42.5
31	A. McComas	F	10	Van Wert, OH	46:06.1
32	i. jackson	F	10	fort wayne, IN	50:13.5

Place	Name	Gender	Age	City	Time
🥇	S. Lee	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	23:50.9
🥈	T. Buell	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	24:31.7
🥉	R. McGregor	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	24:57.4
4	F. Monaco	M	11	Fort Wayne, IN	27:45.8
5	H. Frazier	M	11	Huntertown, IN	28:11.7
6	J. Wassell	M	12	Fort Wayne, IN	28:16.2
7	R. Bauer	M	9	Fort Wayne, IN	29:01.5
8	A. Buell	F	9	Fort Wayne, IN	29:54.5
9	N. Thieme	M	10	Decatur, IN	32:32.4
10	N. Gonzalez	F	12	Columbia City, IN	34:22.5
11	E. Clark	F	11	New Haven, IN	36:14.2
12	E. Clark	M	8	New Haven, IN	36:21.7
13	M. Jewell	M	11	Grover Hill, OH	36:52
14	R. McGregor	F	11	Fort Wayne, IN	41:09.9
15	G. Weller	F	11	Fort Wayne, IN	41:29.9
16	L. Monaco	F	9	Fort Wayne, IN	42:24.9
17	A. Junker	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	48:41.2
18	R. Guthier	F	9	Fort Wayne, IN	49:04.5
19	L. Buchs	F	7	Huntertown, IN	49:37.2
20	J. Buchs	M	4	Huntertown, IN	49:49.3
21	P. Jones	M	8	Fort Wayne, IN	51:53.8
22	J. Jones	M	10	Fort Wayne, IN	52:29.6
23	M. Woloszyn	F	8	Angola, IN	53:47.8
24	M. Patrick	M	3	Muncie, IN	57:09.7
25	G. Mitchell	M	7	Fort Wayne, IN	57:18.9
26	V. Gillingham	F	8	Woodburn, IN	57:21.9
27	S. Warren	M	9	Auburn, IN	57:57.3
28	C. Black	F	10	Churubusco, IN	58:41.7
29	F. O'Heeney	M	3	Fort Wayne, IN	1:01:09.9
30	E. O'Heeney	F	5	Fort Wayne, IN	1:01:10.1
31	T. O'Heeney	M	7	Fort Wayne, IN	1:01:10.5
32	S. Warren	F	12	Auburn, IN	1:02:14.8
33	H. Forrest	F	12	Fort Wayne, IN	1:02:39.6
34	Y. Null	F	7	Fort Wayne, IN	1:02:46.4
35	H. Forrest	M	9	Fort Wayne, IN	1:02:47.3

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Fort Wayne Great Santa Run 5K / Adult

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