9-Year-Old Girl Lost During Wharf To Wharf Run Reunited With Parents

SANTA CRUZ - A 9-year-old girl from Bahrain who somehow became lost during Sunday's Wharf to Wharf run from Santa Cruz to Capitola was reunited with her parents - at the finish line.

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department says 9-year-old Julie Wilkerson was discovered lost during the race.

Deputies say they were able to find the girl's parents and reunite the family at the end of the race.

Bryan Wilkerson thanked Santa Cruz County deputies for their help on Facebook:

I'd like to send a personal THANK YOU to Sgt. Joe Clarke and the SCSO for picking our Daughter Julie up on the Wharf To Wharf race course after getting lost today. Also a special thanks to the mystery women who walked with her to the finish line and called the SCSO who took excellent care of our child. Again thank you!

According to the sheriff's department, Wilkerson and her parents are visiting the Santa Cruz area from Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

Officials results for the Wharf to Wharf are here.

-images via Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department