Brittney Skiles wins Sylvester's 2014 Peanut Run

Somehow the Georgia Peanut Festival got along for 15 years without a road race. Then in 1979, the 16th year, a 10,000-meter run was added. And why not? After all, in addition to being the home of the Peter Pan Peanut Butter and the Georgia Peanut Festival, Sylvester, Georgia, had also been the site of Georgia's first marathon, way back back in 1912. Over the years the Peanut Run shrank in distance to a 5K, and in 2012 the race wasn't held at all. Nevertheless the Peanut Run has endured over more than three decades, and athletes gathered in Sylvester on Saturday morning, 18 October 2014, for the 35th running of the event.


Brittney Skiles was the first of 52 athletes across the finish line, not just the top woman but the overall winner. The head cross-country coach at Georgia Southwestern State University, Skiles covered the 3.1-mile course in 21:01. Master runner Lorenzo Gomez was the runner-up and the first male finisher, running 22:15. Cindy Gaskin was the top female master, the second woman finisher and ninth overall in 27:11.


Top Ten Women, 2014 Peanut Run 5K

1. 21:00.50 ~ Brittney Skiles (F, 25)
2. 27:10.70 ~ Cindy Gaskin (F, 41)
3. 28:05.20 ~ Cherie McDonald (F, 48)
4. 28:05.20 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 55)
5. 29:30.00 ~ Judy Lindsey (F, 50)
6. 29:56.00 ~ Sheila Oliver (F, 51)
7. 30:03.00 ~ Lindsey Wright (F, 30)
8. 30:39.00 ~ Molly Barnard (F, 34)
9. 31:28.00 ~ Aleisha Goldon (F, 32)
10. 31:34.00 ~ Hope Ganas (F, 28)

Top Ten Men, 2014 Peanut Run 5K

1. 22:14.10 ~ Lorenzo Gomez (M, 49)
2. 22:52.20 ~ Warren Juster (M, 47)
3. 25:11.00 ~ Russell Crew (M, 51)
4. 25:28.70 ~ James Hawke (M, 48)
5. 26:01.90 ~ Colby Simpson (M, 31)
6. 26:21.90 ~ Ethan Golden (M, 37)
7. 26:29.00 ~ Craig Bragg (M, 33)
8. 27:54.80 ~ Anthony Bivins (M, 54)
9. 28:48.80 ~ Bonito Torres (M, 53)
10. 28:50.50 ~ Stan Okon (M, 48)

Peanut Festival Road Race winners, 1979-2014
Distance	Date	Men	Women	Finishers
29 September 1979	10K	32:55, Craig Barnes	42:16, Cindy Poudrier
8 October 1983	10K	32:24, Louis Floyd	37:55, Jeanette McDonald
13 October 1984	10K	31:25, Adam Pinkston	42:00, Barbara Truelove
12 October 1985	10K	31:59, Mike Mead	39:44, Deb Baber	194
10 October 1987	10K	33:02, Art Spann	40:07, Deb Baber
	5K	15:41, Louis Floyd	19:52, Diann Martin
13 October 1990	5K	Dave Hagemes	Tammy Suber
17 October 2004	5K	17:33, Sharod McCullough	23:35, Courtney Mitchell	33
16 October 2005	5K	19:02, Sharod McCullough	24:52, Jennifer Bridges	46
2006	5K
2007	5K
2008	5K
2009	5K
16 October 2010	5K	17:14, John Seppala	25:06, Hope Moore	95
15 October 2011	5K	19:16, Dale Pate	19:55, Breidna Badie	71
20 October 2012	No race held
19 October 2013	5K	21:15, Jonathan Luna	26:15, Lydia Rogers	60
18 October 2014	5K	22:15, Lorenzo Gomez	21:01, Brittney Skiles	52

Links

• Complete results of the Sylvester, Georgia, 2014 Peanut Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17OI9Oi4Fb0JLDuLtY5eQH-T4jOP44Q1B7GoJ2YWMGiA/pubhtml
  
  
• About that 1912 marathon in Sylvester, Georgia
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races featuring peanuts, pecans, cashews, and other nuts on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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