'Cutest race ever:' PA fair holds inaugural 'baby race'

Elizabethtown, PA — It's being dubbed as the cutest race ever, and it happened Tuesday at a fair in Pennsylvania.

"Ready, set, go!"

Don't let their young age fool you, these are serious competitors.

"My husband was really excited about it, so we registered and got him a costume and here we are,” one parent said.

Twenty-nine babies, between the ages of 6 months to one year, attempted to crawl their way to the finish line at Elizabethtown Fair’s first baby race; albeit some got a little distracted.

"You never really know with races like this cause babies have a mind of their own."

It was their coaches, mostly moms and dads, armed with gadgets and toys and coaxing them to the finish line. Some came ready to win.

"We made sure she had a 3-hour nap. We had a big bottle, so she was well taken care of and then we just had to make eye contact, you know, eyes on the prize, and we did, and she knew where to go,” one mother said.

In the end, there was a clear winner, 10-month-old Althea Ruoff who took home a $200 prize.

"I was really impressed with our winner today; she really went for it."

Some took the loss hard, but in the end, they were all winners, at least when it came to being the cutest.

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