Ponca City runners shown on Today show

Several Ponca City runners who were in New York City over the weekend for the New York Marathon added another thrill to their visit today.

The group appeared in the crowd on NBC’s Today show holding signs from Ponca City. Runner Kelli Kinkaid-Backus held a sign announcing this marathon was the sixth of her running career for her son, Carter. Kinkaid-Backus and her friends run to benefit autism research for Carter.

Team Carter includes Kelli Kinkaid-Backus, Kim Gentry Young, Melody Knight Young, Casey Crosson VanHoesen, Nancy McGouldrick Tyndall, Stephanie Austin, Natalie Fraser, Tifani Andrews, Kevin Kreger, Winston Lindsay and Abbie ‘Gehlert’ Kinkaid.