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Quail Trail Open 5K
"The only tough thing about the first mile was the fumes and dust that the Gator was kicking up," commented Cook. Actually, the lead vehicle was a Kawasaki Mule rather than a Gator, but it was kicking up a lot of dust on the unpaved parts of the course--the roads were dry after many days without rain. A lead bicycle might have made things more comfortable for the leaders. Still, Cook and the rest of the runners have to count themselves luckier than last year's Quail Trail competitors. In the 2009 race, the lead vehicle almost immediately took the runners off course and everyone got to run closer to five-and-a-half kilometers than five kilometers. That problem was solved this year, though, so maybe next year the race director can find a lead vehicle that doesn't bury the leaders in a cloud of dust and diesel.
Top Ten Men, Quail Trail 5K
Kevin Cook, 15:40.13
- Dominick Cabrera, 16:26.84
- Nathan Duby, 16:56.13
- Sean Quinn, 16:56.70
- Gleb Rudenko, 17:20.57
- Darrin Gibson, 17:24.70
- Pablo Navarrette, 17:24.98
- Daniel Silva, 17:54.16
- Stephen Robbins, 19:20.40
- Pete Kaus, 19:31.62
Top Ten Women, Quail Trail 5K
Kara Taylor, 18:39.96
- Kaitlyn Iselborn, 18:56.55
- Chelsi Woodruff, 19:14.48
- Lauren Ross, 19:36.17
- Kailand Cosgrove, 19:38.61
- Mary C Fleming, 19:43.95
- Amber Imm, 19:44.50
- Kendall Andrews, 19:56.69
- Bib #143, 19:59.62
- Shelby Salimone 20:09.42
High School Girls' Invitational 5K Cross-Country Run
- Stefanie Kurgatt (Maclay) 20:19.68
- Allison Peters (Lowndes) 21:29.46
- Chelsea Walker (Valdosta) 22:06.16
- Ashley Powell (Lowndes) 22:22.82
- Maggie Powell (Lowndes) 22:37.54
- Katie Utley (Tift) 22:38.67
- Kendal King (Tift) 22:44.14
- Sarah Sorensen (Aucilla Christian) 22:56.13
- Alex Hahn (Lowndes) 22:58.50
- Kirsten Kielma (Valdosta) 23:06.08
High School Girls' Team Standings
Lowndes, 56
- Maclay, 92
- Florida State, 118
- Valdosta, 128
- Tift, 150
- Lee County, 194
- Thomasville, 195
- Colquitt County, 201
- Aucilla Christian, 202
- Bainbridge, 206
- Thomas County Central, 387
- John Paul II, 399
- Cairo, 409
- Echols, 436
- Early County, 443
- Brooks County, NTS
- Berrien County, NTS
- Pelham, NTS
- Taylor County FL, NTS
High School Boys' Invitational 5K Cross-Country Run
One of the coaches at the meet was wearing a T-shirt with this slogan:
This should have been required reading for the entries in the high school boys' 5K, many of whom started off as if the race were a 100-yard dash, and many more who took off as if it were a 440-yard dash (which is what us old folks call the 400 meters). By 800m, though, Hunter Honeycutt of Tift County
Top Ten, High School Boys' 5K
Hunter Honeycutt (Tift) 17:27.72
- Jacob Coates (Maclay) 17:56.09
- Timmy Evans (Valdosta) 18:00.09
- Grif Rutherford (Thomasville) 18:03.83
- Trey Edwards (Florida High) 18:10.14
- Travis Covert (Maclay) 18:24.48
- Doyle Wallace (Valdosta) 18:45.06
- Joseph Garcia (Florida State) 18:47.10
- Dennis Keane (Maclay) 18:56.60
- Lyndon Jones (Lowndes) 19:05.39
High School Boys' Team Standings
- Maclay, 40
- Valdosta, 66
- Tift, 86
- Florida High, 126
- Lowndes, 133
- Colquitt County, 201
- Cairo, 212
- Bainbridge, 218
- Thomasville, 260
- Early County, 266
- Fitzgerald, 313
- Berrien County, 420
- Cook County, 442
- Pelham, 446
- Echols County, 554
- Thomas County Central, 599
- Lee County, NTS
- John Paul II, NTS
- Aucilla Christian, NTS
- Brooks County, NTS
- Community Christian, NTS
Middle School Two-Mile Cross-Country Run
At the end of a long morning of racing, the middle school athletes lined up in the starting meadow for their two-mile race. Chase Harris of Bainbridge, Georgia' Grace Christian Academy ran to a 10:52 win. Well behind Harris, Thomasville Middle School's T. J. Witherspoon outkicked Brookwood's Stephen Robbins for second, 11:47 to 11:48 (Robbins had run the open 5K earlier, placing ninth in 19:21). Aquilla Hayes of Tift County Middle School was the fastest girl, racing to a 12:52. Tift County's Blakely Bergeron outfought Lindsey Poole of Maclay for the runner-up spot, 13:09 to 13:10.
Top Ten, Middle School Boys' 5K
- Chase Harris (Grace Christian) 10:51.15
- TJ Witherspoon (Thomasville) 11:46.63
- Stephen Robbins (Brookwood MS) 11:47.72
- Hudson May (Colquitt Co.) 12:03.61
- Brett Bailey (Pelham) 12:08.24
- Garrett May (Colquitt Co.) 12:12.83
- Lamar Wynn (Lee Co. MS) 12:13.15
- Ryan Littleton (Colquitt Co.) 12:16.58
- Darius Baker (Tift Co. MS) 12:24.63
- Mathew Baun (St. John's) 12:27.70
Top Ten, Middle School Girls' 5K
- Aquilla Hayes (Tift Co. MS) 12:51.99
- Blakely Bergeron (Tift Co. MS) 13:08.54
- Lindsey Poole (Maclay) 13:09.81
- Gracen Booker (Lee) 13:43.52
- Taylor Copeland (Aucilla Christian) 13:44.08
- Brianna Moore (Tift Co. MS) 13:53.91
- Kaylyn Baker (Tift Co. MS) 14:01.74
- Perra Harrell (Grace Christian) 14:05.20
- Megan Giddens (Aucilla Christian) 14:13.03
- Yasmin Montezuma (Colquitt Co.) 14:29.23
Links:
- Complete results of the Quail Trail 5K and Quail Trail Invitational
- Open
http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2010/Quail%20Trail%202010.htm - High School Girls
http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/73264/results/134078 - High School Boys
http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/73264/results/134077 - Middle School Girls
http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/73264/results/134082 - Middle School Boys
http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/73264/results/134081
- Open
- Photos of the Quail Trail 5K (Part 1)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2991822&id=5215641&l=85df8c83cb - Photos of the Quail Trail 5K (Part 2)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2991903&id=5215641&l=5c316de937 - Photos of the Quail Trail Invitational High School Girls' 5K
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2991968&id=5215641&l=df790cc2a2 - Photos of the Quail Trail Invitational High School Boys' 5K
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2993040&id=5215641&l=ee86d5d3c3 - Report on the 2009 Quail Trail 5K and Quail Trail Invitational
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/lost-on-quail-trail.html - Travis Robbins' report on and photos of the 2010 Quail Trail 5K open race
http://therobbinsrunningblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/quail-run-at-pebble-hill-plantation.html - Travis Robbins' report on and photos of the 2010 Quail Trail two-mile middle-school race
http://therobbinsrunningblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/quail-trail-run-middle-school-race.html
No official results yet, but I can tell you the boys team title actually was won by Maclay. Scorer inadvertently transferred the tie-breaker place of "89" to the outside of the team envelope as the final score for the team. Maclay actually scored 41 points (2, 6, 10, 11, 12) to win by 40 points or so. On a great note, the 4 actual races that were staged went off without a hitch this year. Looking forward to next year's 3rd annual event - no doubt all of the bugs will be exorcised by then.
ReplyDeleteOh ya - almost forgot to thank you for being there and for the pics. Really a great location for running and for shooting runners (pics of, that is).
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Several more shots at maclayrunners.com (mostly Maclay runners, as you might glean from the website title)
Thanks for the heads-up on the team standings. At least I can change my post fairly easily; the Moultrie Observer went to print with the incorrect team standings (also reporting that the Valdosta girls placed fourth and seventh).
ReplyDeleteAre your photo albums more or less permanent? If they don't go away when you need to recycle the space, I'd like to include links to them.
Herb.
"more or less permanent" is an exceptional description for my galleries. The boychild has 2 and a half more years of running at Maclay, so I would say they will be up for at least that long. I do know that some of my older links need to be repaired... I'll get right on that.
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