Friday, December 4, 2015

Happy Holidays for Howell and Miles at Blountstown's Jingle Bell Run

Blountstown Middle School's 2015 Jingle Bell Run 5KSince 2009, Florida's Blountstown Middle School has hosted their annual Jingle Bell Run 5K seven times. On four of those occasions, Thomas Howell has won the race. Howell has in fact won four of the last five Jingle Bell Runs, which might lead you to believe that the Florida A & M University cross country runner is a good bet when it comes to this particular 3.1-mile race in Blountstown, Florida. That was certainly the case on Friday evening, 4 December 2015, when Howell picked up his fourth Jingle Bell title, setting a new event record of 16:55.


Jesse Boyd, a sophomore on the Blountstown High cross country team, placed second in 18:04. Logan Chance was third in 18:24, and Blountstown High sophomore cross country runner Weston Schrock took fourth with a 20:46.


Racing on the pavement of Blountstown earlier in 2015, Kristi Johnson had won the women's title at the Catfish Crawl 5K. One of the many athletes behind Johnson that day was Lydia Miles, a master runner from Wewahitchka, Florida. That was May, though, and this was December. And in December, Miles finished ahead of Johnson in the Jingle Bell Run, finishing as the first woman and ninth overall in 22:00. Johnson was runner-up in the women's standings, tenth overall in 22:14. Third on the women's side went to Becky Cahill, twelfth overall in 23:46.


76 athletes finished Blountstown Middle School's seventh annual Jingle Bell Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Blountstown, Florida, Middle School Jingle Bell Run 5K
  1. 16:55 ~ Thomas Howell
  2. 18:04 ~ Jesse Boyd
  3. 18:24 ~ Logan Chance
  4. 20:46 ~ Weston Schrock
  5. 21:05 ~ Brenton Holt
  6. 21:41 ~ Trevor Schrock
  7. 21:45 ~ Braden Peddie
  8. 21:57 ~ Dylan Thrasher
  9. 23:31 ~ Damien Freeman
  10. 24:09 ~ Eric Layne

Top Ten Women, 2015 Blountstown, Florida, Middle School Jingle Bell Run 5K
  1. 22:00 ~ Lydia Miles
  2. 22:14 ~ Kristi Johnson
  3. 23:46 ~ Becky Cahill
  4. 25:10 ~ Leisa Eastman
  5. 25:10 ~ Jo Curry
  6. 25:38 ~ Shann Layne
  7. 26:31 ~ Hannah Causseaux
  8. 27:44 ~ Robin Bennett
  9. 28:07 ~ Mary Holley
  10. 29:50 ~ Bonnie Seay

Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K Champions, 2009 - 2015
DateMenWomenFinishers
4 December 200919:07, Devin Ferrell23:19, Mary Sewell
3 December 201018:17, Devin Ferrell22:18, Judy Alexander53
2 December 201118:12, Thomas Howell23:21, Judy Alexander62
30 November 201218:16, Thomas Howell21:34, Hannah Plazarin75
12 December 201317:15, Thomas Howell24:06, Hannah Plazarin109
5 December 201417:28, Kevin Potts24:00, Kristi Johnson71
4 December 201516:55, Thomas Howell22:00, Lydia Miles76


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