Less than 24 hours after an impressive performance in winning the Ogden Mile on Friday night, Romania native Ovidiu Olteanu came back Saturday and shattered a record established last year in the inaugural 5K Run and Walk held in Wheeling.

Olteanu, currently a resident of Oak Park, Mich., dominated the field with a time of 15 minutes, 30 seconds. During the Ogden Mile, he finished under four-minute plateau as he was clocked in 3:59:20.

Yesterday's speedy 5K run shaved nearly two full minutes off the time turned in last May R.J. Nolte, winner of the initial 5K event in 17:17.

"I was a little tired this morning," Olteanu said, "but I ran a smart, tactical race."

Olteanu said he hadn't slept well but that had nothing to with his Ogden Mile performance. He was concerned about how his wife, Denisa Costecu would fare in Saturday's 29th annual Ogden Newspapers 20K run.

Ovidiu also is Denisa's coach and he was worried about the middle distance racing star holding up for an entire 20K. He believed that if the added distance didn't prove to be much of a problem, she might be able to win the race.

As things turned out, she performed well in the rain, settling for third place with a time of 1:15:43.

Olteanu's victory came by five seconds over Kirt Komocki, the Columbus resident who crossed the finish line in 15:35.

Komocki led most of the way before being passed by Olteanu during the final stages of the race.

"I tried to push and kept on trying to break away," said Komocki. "But he has a few more years on me.

"I should have gone a little earlier, but I don't even know if that would have mattered."

Despite the cold temperatures and rain throughout the day, Olteanu didn't think either played a significant factor.

"I liked that it wasn't too hot," he said. "And all the rain means is that we are running in wet clothes."

Olteanu is the first runner to win both the Ogden Mile and Ogden 5K races in the same weekend.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day came when the 5K had to be restarted.

With about a half-mile completed, the runners inadvertently left the race course.

The entire field was returned to the starting line for a restart.

"It might have slowed the pace down a little probably, but it was equal for everybody," Olteanu said.

Despite the weather and the restart, Komocki was happy"It was a great day," he said. "It's one of those things that brings the whole city together. You run by the shops and the people are outside waving and smiling.

"It was a lot of fun."