Sean Kent shatters Hog Wild 15K record

In the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, Frank Shorter ran 2:10:45, almost a minute and a half faster than the great Abebe Bikila's 1964 Olympic marathon record of 2:12:12. The performance didn't earn Shorter either the record or a gold medal, though, because Waldemar Cierpinski had already finished the race nearly a minute earlier, running 2:09:55.


These things happen in athletics.


Likewise, in the 2013 Hog Wild 15K in Dothan, Alabama, Donalsonville master runner Myles Gibson ran 58:26, just under Cedric Gillette's 2012 course record of 58:41. But Gibson didn't get either a win or a new record, because almost two minutes earlier Sean Kent had crossed the finish line in 56:34.


Back in November, a little over two months before the 26 January 2013 Hog Wild 15K, Sean Kent had run his last high school cross-country race, placing 30th at the Alabama State Meet for Dothan Northview High. Kent may be done with high school cross country, but at Hog Wild the Northview senior served notice that his distance-running career is far from over. Shortly after 2:00 PM, when more than 300 athletes on Museum Avenue started the 31st annual Hog Wild, Kent was leading the race in a big way. Some of the runners were doing a 5K rather than the 15K--surely anyone going that much faster than the rest of the field was in the shorter event? But at the turnaround for the 5K runners, Kent kept going. Kent reached the five kilometer mark of the race a minute ahead of Myles Gibson, who was holding down second place. On the flat stretches of the course as well as on the ferocious hills of Montezuma Avenue, Kent continued to pull away. Back on Museum Avenue Kent turned on a final sprint toward the finish line in front of the Depot on Main, dashing across in a new course record of 56:34. Myles Gibson finished runner-up in 58:26, the second-best Hog Wild time ever. Darrick Coriz, a member of the National Guard Marathon Team, placed third in 61:07.


Enterprise, Alabama's Jeanne Davis led the women's field at 5K, over a minute ahead of Kayla Fox of Dothan. Davis lengthened that lead to a 70:50 to 73:29 win over Fox. It was a much narrower margin in the master women's competition, with Dothan Carolyn Houston prevailing over Jill Wofsey of Alford, Florida 77:09 to 77:22.


135 runners finished the 2013 Hog Wild 15K.


Top Ten Males, 2013 Hog Wild 15K

1. 56:34 ~ Sean Kent (M, 17) Dothan, AL
2. 58:26 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 46) Donalsonville, GA
3. 61:07 ~ Darrick Coriz (M, 34) Casa Blanca, NM
4. 64:15 ~ Jose Gomez (M, 38) Ft. Rucker, AL
5. 64:36 ~ Jeff Dasinger (M, 40) Midland City, AL
6. 66:28 ~ Wes Cantrell (M, 44) Dothan, AL
7. 68:01 ~ Alan Reed (M, 54) Auburn, AL
8. 68:45 ~ Dale Nash (M, 62) Dothan, AL
9. 69:25 ~ Josh Bergans (M, 31) Troy, AL
10. 69:48 ~ Mark Tombrink (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Females, 2013 Hog Wild 15K

1. 70:50 ~ Jeanne Davis (F, 34) Enterprise, AL
2. 73:29 ~ Kayla Fox (F, 24) Dothan, AL
3. 74:02 ~ Abby Rogers (F, 25) Dothan, AL
4. 74:08 ~ Brie Cornell (F, 37) Dothan, AL
5. 77:07 ~ Julia Dettling (F, 37) Mt. Brook, AL
6. 77:09 ~ Carolyn Houston (F, 40) Dothan, AL
7. 77:22 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 49) Alford, FL
8. 77:26 ~ Amy Schutz (F, 36) Hartford, AL
9. 80:42 ~ Kathy Gannon (F, 48) Dothan, AL
10. 81:43 ~ Mandy Collins (F, 41) Slocomb, AL

The 2012 Hog Wild 15K champion, Cedric Gillette, elected to run the 5K in 2013, but it was master runner James Frazier of Valparaiso, Florida who was the class of the field in the 3.1-mile race, winning by more than 150 meters in 17:54. Mike Musiowski placed second in 18:31, while Gilette was third in 18:42. Dothan's Lindsay Sport outran Ashlee Romani 22:45 to 23:11 for the women's 5K title.


205 athletes finished the 2013 Hog Wild 5K run.


Top Ten Males, 2013 Hog Wild 5K

1. 17:54 ~ James Frazier (M, 51) Valparaiso, FL
2. 18:31 ~ Mike Musiowski (M, 22) Warner-Robbins AFB, GA
3. 18:42 ~ Cedric Gillette (M, 31) Marianna, FL
4. 19:05 ~ Daniel Klingelhutz (M, 25) Dothan, AL
5. 19:39 ~ Justin Cagle (M, 19) Dothan, AL
6. 19:42 ~ MJ Houston (M, 13) Dothan, AL
7. 20:39 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 49) Taylor
8. 21:11 ~ Jonathan Sutton (M, 15) Dothan, AL
9. 21:39 ~ Mike Houston (M, 40) Dothan, AL
10. 22:03 ~ Jay Wrenn (M, 48) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Females, 2013 Hog Wild 5K

1. 22:45 ~ Lindsay Sport (F, 26) Dothan, AL
2. 23:11 ~ Ashlee Romani (F, 25) Ft. Rucker, AL
3. 24:16 ~ Val Lichner (F, 53) Bonifay, FL
4. 29:51 ~ Shay Harville (F, 43) Dothan, AL
5. 25:16 ~ Susie Merritt (F, 48) Slocomb, AL
6. 25:32 ~ Nancy Hein (F, 56) Dothan, AL
7. 25:46 ~ Elizabeth Bray (F, 36) Sterrett
8. 26:02 ~ Jamie Bass (F, 34) Graceville, FL
9. 26:06 ~ April Stewart (F, 41) Dothan, AL
10. 26:24 ~ Missy Sexton (F, 41) Dothan

Hog Wild 15K winners, 2010-2013
Date	Men	Women
30 Jan 2010	59:41, Brian McMahon	58:54, Anna Hallex
29 Jan 2011	59:21, Sean Kent	69:12, Dana Cody
28 Jan 2012	58:41, Cedric Gillette	66:22, Dana Cody
26 Jan 2013	56:34, Sean Kent	70:50, Jeanne Davis
From 1983 to 2009, the Hog Wild Run was a five-mile race.

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Hog Wild 15K at dothanrunners.com
  http://dothanrunners.com/2013_hog_wild_results.htm
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 Hog Wild 15K
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• 2012 Hog Wild 15K story, "Hog heaven for Gillette and Cody at Hog Wild"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/hog-wild-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 Hog Wild 15K story, "Kent and Cody go whole hog in Dothan"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/02/hog-wild-2011.html
  
  
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