Sat, Aug 15, 2026
West Point, IA
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Packet pickup and late registration happen inside the West Point Library on race morning, before the start. The race is tied to the town's Sweet Corn Festival, so once you finish, there is a full festival going on around you rather than just a quiet finish area.
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Going by the 2025 results, this is a small, friendly field, and the spread of finish times is wide, so this is a mostly recreational race rather than one for club runners.
· 2025 results
Top 3: Riley Tripp (17:34) · Isaac Steffensmeier (18:04) · Cavin Denney (18:08)
· 2025 results
Top 3: Tom Brockhaus (40:54) · Jub Bryant (41:15) · Jeff Fedler (44:04)
The West Point Sweet Corn Festival Run has been held every year since at least 2019. That is as far back as RunSignup's records for this race go, so it may well be older.
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How we calculate these stats: RunSesh calculates these figures from the most recent published results of past editions, sourced from RunSignup. We show aggregates only: field size, winning and median times, and the cutoff. We never publish individual finisher tables. Last updated Jul 27, 2026.
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Almost certainly not. Half the race field finished slower than 38:12, and the last recorded finisher came in around 1:02:08, so there is a long tail of runners behind the middle of the pack. Most fields are far slower than people expect.
A field of 279 is big enough that you will have company at your pace without feeling lost in a crowd. There is no qualifying time, and the finish-time spread above shows how varied the field really is. If it is your first race, that spread matters more than the winner's time.
The race winner ran 17:34 while the median finisher took 38:12. That spread points to a broad, mostly recreational field rather than a race dominated by club runners.