ALTON — "Can you beat the bishop?" That was the challenge given to students and participants of the sixth annual Marquette Catholic High School 5K fun run and walk in Alton in May.

Taking the challenge to heart, Jake Decker, a 16-year-old from Hazelwood, Mo., won the race this year with a time of 18:39. Eileen Petito from Alton led the women with a time of 20:15. The Strebel family from St. Mary in Alton took the challenge seriously and each member won a medal in their age group. Elyse Strebel won second place overall for the women. Ray Strebel won second place overall for the men and their son Jeremy won first place in the pre-high school group. Ray is a 1990 graduate and Jeremy will be a freshman at Marquette next year.

Almost 200 runners and walkers participated this year and Bishop Paprocki won the medal for the first bishop to get through the finish line and won first place in his age group. The bishop awarded all winners with their medals at the assembly after the race.

The senior class of 2014 helped set up the course and served as marshals during the race. The proceeds from the Marquette 5K will go to their senior mission trip on the spring of 2014.