Harris and Oslund were rollin' on the river

The tenth annual Kiwanis River Run 10K belonged to the collegians. When the 6.2-mile race through the Bainbridge, Georgia, Earl Maye Boat Basin Park was over, Berry College cross-country runner Kyle Harris had won in 35:43. On the women's side, Darton State College harrier Elena Oslund took the title with a 41:51, a new women's record for the event. Donalsonville, Georgia, master runner Myles Gibson, the 2013 Kiwanis River Run 10K champion, finished runner-up in 38:11. Mary Anne Grayson of Thomasville, Georgia, was the top women master in the race, placing 13th overall in 44:46. 50 athletes finished the race.


It was a chilly Saturday morning on 4 January 2014 when the race started at 9:00 AM. Kyle Harris went right to the front of the 10K field. After a mile of running, Myles Gibson was four seconds behind Harris. Tallahassee's Reikan Lin and Bainbridge master runner Greg Waddell trailed Gibson, fighting for third. A mile later, Harris had stretched his lead over Gibson to nearly twenty seconds, while Lin and Waddell continued to run almost side by side. Halfway through the race Harris had warmed up enough to discard his outer long-sleeved shirt, continuing onward with shorts, T-shirt, gloves, and a one-minute lead. In second, Gibson was over 40 seconds ahead of Lin and Waddell, who were still locked in a duel for third.


Kyle Harris built up a lead of over 600 meters during the second half of the race on his way to posting a winning time of 35:43. Defending champ Myles Gibson hung on to second place, finishing in 38:11 as the first master runner. While racing for third, Reikan Lin and Greg Waddell started to make up ground on Gibson. Late in the race, Lin broke away from Waddell to take third, 38:44 to 38:55.


Elena Oslund just finished her second year of running cross country for the Darton State College cavaliers of Albany, Georgia, but she also has four years of high school cross-country experience competing for North Henderson High in Hendersonville, North Carolina. In the flat Earl Maye Boat Basin, nothing like the western North Carolina hills challenged Oslund. She cruised through the first mile of the Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K in 6:25, leading the women's field. Her nearest competitor, Thomasville's Mary Anne Grayson, was nearly 100 meters back. Grayson would end up running 44:46, which would have won the women's title at eight of the nine previous River Runs. It wasn't fast enough to beat Oslund in 2014. Oslund was the first woman across the finish line, placing seventh overall. Her time of 41:51 took more than a minute off the River Run 10K women's record of 43:11 set eight years ago by Allison Eagen. Grayson was runner-up and top master. Paula O'Neill of Tallahassee, Florida, was the third woman finisher, 16th overall in 47:41. Tallahassee's Michelle Perry was fourth for the women, 18th in 49:02. Dothan, Alabama, master runner Carolyn Houston placed fifth in the women's standings, finishing 19th overall in 49:15.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K

1. 35:42.66 ~ Kyle Harris (M, 19) Bainbridge, GA
2. 38:10.97 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 47) Donalsonville, GA
3. 38:43.91 ~ Reikan Lin (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
4. 38:54.69 ~ Greg Waddell (M, 47) Bainbridge, GA
5. 40:53.41 ~ Perry Waddell (M, 16) Bainbridge, GA
6. 41:41.78 ~ Phillip Sura (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
7. 42:19.04 ~ Nathan Adams (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
8. 42:53.83 ~ Michael Kennett (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
9. 43:06.85 ~ Kurt Anthony (M, 48) Albany, GA
10. 43:48.92 ~ A. Whatley (M, 43)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K

1. 41:50.65 ~ Elena Oslund (F, 20) Albany, GA
2. 44:45.44 ~ Mary Anne Grayson (F, 47) Thomasville, GA
3. 47:40.26 ~ Paula O'Neill (F, 52) Tallahassee, FL
4. 49:01.69 ~ Michelle Perry (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
5. 49:14.63 ~ Carolyn Houston (F, 41) Dothan, AL
6. 50:27.46 ~ Debbie Peters (F, 52) Tallahassee, FL
7. 53:32.77 ~ Julia Sura (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
8. 53:58.02 ~ Sharon Crews (F, 46)
9. 56:48.10 ~ Suzanne Angell (F, 48) Bainbridge, GA
10. 56:50.06 ~ Dale French (F, 28)

In the junior race at the Kiwanis River Run, the 5K, it was a good day for the Bainbridge High School cross-country team. Chase Harris, a junior-year member of the Bearcat squad, won the 3.1-mile race for second year in a row, running 17:26. Bainbridge High senior Dre Banks was runner-up in 18:40.  Another Bainbridge High senior, Paige Braswell, finished at the top of the women's standings, placing sixth overall in 20:11. 35 athletes completed the 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 5K

1. 17:25.39 ~ Chase Harris (M, 16) Bainbridge, GA
2. 18:39.58 ~ Dre Banks (M, 17) Bainbridge, GA
3. 19:40.40 ~ Arnold DeJesus (M, 27)
4. 20:00.92 ~ Chip Nix (M, 37)
5. 20:06.46 ~ Caleb Harris (M, 12)
6. 21:30.96 ~ Mike Houston (M, 14)
7. 21:50.79 ~ Colby Nix (M, 14)
8. 24:59.79 ~ Michael Raybon (M, 49)
9. 26:54.41 ~ Jerry Armstrong (M, 66)
10. 27:51.63 ~ Butch Binford (M, 56)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 5K

1. 20:10.83 ~ Paige Braswell (F, 17) Bainbridge, GA
2. 27:50.72 ~ Paula Grollman (F, 60)
3. 33:07.79 ~ Hollie Lloyd (F, 50)
4. 33:53.62 ~ Alice Warner (F, 50)
5. 34:10.47 ~ Dana Raybon (F, 56)
6. 34:22.01 ~ Sandra Binford (F, 55)
7. 35:02.69 ~ Rima Rosman (F, 44)
8. 35:07.72 ~ Sarah Houston (F, 11)
9. 35:10.25 ~ Abby Armstrong (F, 12)
10. 35:11.30 ~ Jane Harrison (F, 53)

Ten years of Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run winners, 2005-2014
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
8 Jan 2005	10K	J P Chesser	Shana Martin	33
	5K	Nathan Norton	Debbie Wittmer	30
7 Jan 2006	10K	35:59, Michael Douma	43:11, Allison Eagen	35
	5K	19:38, Gabe Mitchell	23:42, Shana Martin	39
6 Jan 2007	10K	35:49, Jay Wallace	45:39, Fran McLean	89
	5K	19:59, Steve Baxter	23:39, Shana Martin	30
5 Jan 2008	10K	35:13, David Marky	47:50, Lou Ellen Jayroe	36
	5K	18:15, Nathan Norton	19:28, Jana Stolting	32
3 Jan 2009	10K	35:50, Jessie Close	47:44, Kirsten Baggett	34
	5K	18:40, Nathan Norton	23:45, Erika Pemberton	63
2 Jan 2010	10K	37:45, Joel Piotrowski	51:20, Jessica Monk	42
	5K	19:27, Devin Ferrell	23:35, Helen Jean Thompson	54
8 Jan 2011	10K	33:55, Rick Jennings	49:15, Jessica Monk	32
	5K	19:21, Davey Reynolds	26:28, Carolyn Houston	30
21 Jan 2012	10K	35:11, Cody Mallchok	45:33, Angelina Horne	57
	5K	17:20, Luis Navarro	23:30, Amber Braswell	43
19 Jan 2013	10K	37:18, Myles Gibson	46:07, Juanita Chalmers	62
	5K	17:14, Chase Harris	19:00, Sheryl Rosen	47
4 Jan 2014	10K	35:43, Kyle Harris	41:51, Elena Oslund	50
	5K	17:26, Chase Harris	20:11, Paige Braswell	35

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K at gulfwinds.org
  http://www.gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2014/Kiwanis%20River%20Run%202014.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2014 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10104025352148873.1073741941.5215641&l=1c5a9111f7
  
  
• USATF course certification map (GA11101WC) for the Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA11101WC
  
  
• 2013 story, "Gibson, Chalmers rout rivals in River Run 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/kiwanis-river-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, "Fast on the Flint, Mallchok and Horne win River Run 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/kiwanis-river-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Jennings and Monk are the rapidest River Runners in Bainbridge"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/kiwanis-river-run-2011.html
  
  
• Find your next race in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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