Pezent and Hall have super runs at the Superhero Dash

The Moultrie, Georgia YMCA Superhero Dash was Saturday morning, 16 September 2017. The event has a confusing history. Was it the inaugural Superhero Dash? Or was it the fifteenth annual Superhero Dash, nee Race of the South? Or would you claim the seventeen years from 1980 to 1996 when the Race of the South was held prior to its revival in 2003? The 32nd annual Superhero Dash (formerly known as the Race of the South)?


A few things are clear, though. For the fifteenth September in a row, the Moultrie YMCA hosted a 10K road race. This year they called it the Superhero Dash. And for the second year in a row, Cody Pezent won that 10K. This time around Pezent, a junior on the Cook County High cross-country team, ran 40:46, finishing the ten-kilometers more than a kilometer ahead of the next runner. Moultrie master runner Shannon Hall took the women's title, placing seventh overall in 52:53.


Moultrie's Lee McGill edged Mark Niday of Moultrie for the runner-up spot in the 10K, 46:05 to 46:10. Patrick Bius of Moultrie was the first master runner in the race, coming in fifth overall in 50:00.


Moultrie master runner Angela Pezent was second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 54:32. Master runner Char Davidson of Nashville, Georgia was the third woman and ninth overall in 54:52.


Twenty athletes finished the 10K.


Top Nine Men, 2017 Race of the South 10K

1. 40:46, Cody Pezent (M, 16) Moultrie, GA
2. 46:05, Lee McGill (M, 39) Moultrie, GA
3. 46:10, Mark Niday (M, 33) Moultrie, GA
4. 48:33, Joey Bozeman (M, 38) Moultrie, GA
5. 50:00, Patrick Bius (M, 43) Moultrie, GA
6. 51:54, Michael Lardy (M, 45) Moultrie, GA
7. 59:56, Collin Roberts (M, 14) Tallahassee, FL
8. 59:58, David Roberts (M, 47) Tallahassee, FL
9. 62:04, Trey Blue (M, 26) Perry, FL

Top Ten Women, 2017 Race of the South 10K

1. 52:53, Shannon Hall (F, 47) Moultrie, GA
2. 54:32, Angela Pezent (F, 43) Moultrie, GA
3. 54:52, Char Davidson (F, 64) Nashville, GA
4. 59:57, Madeleine Roberts (F, 15) Tallahassee, FL
5. 63, Robin Cartright (F, 40) Thomasville, GA
6. 64:33, Jasmine Garmon (F, 25) Tifton, GA
7. 66:39, Becky Reagan (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
8. 69:25, Cera Blue (F, 28) Perry, FL
9. 74:05, Arlene Hart (F, 46) Lakeland, GA
10. 74:50, Kim Souther (F, 57) Hahira, GA

Like the Race of the South from 2003 to 2016, the 2017 Superhero Dash included a 5K race. Josh Bratcher of Moultrie won the shorter event in 22:29. Dexter Hopper, a frosh on the Colquitt County High cross-country team, took second in 22:39.


Master runner Pollyanna Bass was the first woman in the 5K, placing third overall in 22:50. Bass had been the fourth woman in the 10K in 2016.


Margarito Moctezuma was the top male master in the 5K, placing fifth overall in 23:56.


28 athletes finished the 2017 Superhero Dash 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Race of the South 5K

1. 22:29, Josh Bratcher (M, 25) Moultrie, GA
2. 22:39, Dexter Hopper (M, 15) Moultrie, GA
3. 23:38, Ed Norman (M, 37) Moultrie, GA
4. 23:56, Margarito Moctezum (M, 49) Moultrie, GA
5. 27:39, Caleb Pezent (M, 11) Moultrie, GA
6. 28:52, AC McMurphy (M, 13) Moultrie, GA
7. 28:52, Grayson Baker (M, 12) Moultrie, GA
8. 28:52, Justin Baker (M, 38) Moultrie, GA
9. 33:19, Brian C. Elliot (M, 48) Moultrie, GA
10. 37:31, Bob Bowen (M, 74) Moultrie, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 Race of the South 5K

1. 22:50, PollyAnna Bass (F, 45) Moultrie, GA
2. 26:18, Brittany Gibbs (F, 26) Moultrie, GA
3. 27:22, Lacey Webb (F, 24) Moultrie, GA
4. 28:39, Holly Harrell (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
5. 29:43, Anna Grace Browning (F, 11) Moultrie, GA
6. 30:48, Rebecca Peterson (F, 30) Moultrie, GA
7. 31:03, Tiffany Bratcher (F, 25) Moultrie, GA
8. 31:09, Beth Norman (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
9. 31:10, Shana Murphy (F, 35) Moultrie, GA
10. 31:31, Helen Harmon (F, 29) Moultrie, GA

Known winners of the Moultrie YMCA Superhero Dash
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
22 March 1980	10K	32:33, Gary Slayton	45:25, Becky Grubbs	200+
1981	10K
20 March 1982	10K	34:58, Rusty Jones
16 April 1983	10K	31:32, Adam Pinkston	41:37, Diane Rivering
14 April 1984	10K	31:33, Rick Miller
13 April 1985	10K	31:59, Jeff Milliman
19 April 1986	10K	33:39, Danny Daniels	38:16, Janice Hochstein
11 April 1987	10K	31:26, Greg Thompson	38:39, Janice Hochstein
16 April 1988	10K	Jessie Close
15 April 1989	10K
21 April 1990	10K	Louis Floyd
20 April 1991	10K	Louis Floyd
18 April 1992	10K	35:08, Paul Wilder
10 April 1993	10K
16 April 1994	10K
22 April 1995	10K	James Lee
1996	10K	James Lee
No race held, 1997-2002
6 September 2003	10K	39:42, Imie Mark	45:26, Cindy Barkley	73
	5K
2004	10K	40:31, Imie Mark	44:23, Amy Sharon	45
	5K
17 September 2005	10K	39:37, Ian Cooper	50:08, Tracy McClure	37
	5K			20
16 September 2006	10K	37:58, Todd Smoot	48:37, Shelby Levy	57
	5K	21:45, Travis Walker
15 September 2007	10K	37:33, Todd Smoot	47:02, Judy Alexander	39
	5K	23:51, Donald Fairbanks	26:04, Charmaine Johnson	23
20 September 2008	10K	38:28, Heath Lamb	45:21, Kristen Kinsley
	5K	19:24, Craig Dabdoub	18:29, Amy Paine
19 September 2009	10K	John Seppala	Amy Hines
	5K	Jason Ewing	22:04, Allison Peters
18 September 2010	10K	41:29, Ben Hoover	50:07, Dawn Montooth	32
	5K	20:18, Landon Rehberg	23:12, Kim Luque	57
17 September 2011	10K	40:00, Mark McLeod	50:03, Thesdee Randon
	5K	18:59, Steven Johnson	22:31, Searra Johnson
15 September 2012	10K	39:44, Matt Kuhns	46:24, Laura Lofton Weldon	58
	5K	17:22, Jorge Villalobos	22:35, Elizabeth Funderburk	121
21 September 2013	10K	40:45, Paulino Cruz	50:00, Nancy Marto	50
	5K	19:07, Steven Johnson	25:19, Tiffany Smith	78
20 September 2014	10K	43:36, Paulino Cruz	42:48, Amy Hines	38
	5K	20:28, Steven Johnson	23:36, Beverly Hamilton	56
19 September 2015	10K	39:01, Daniel Butzin	52:52, Mary Galambos	32
	5K	18:40, Steven Johnson	22:44, Beverly Hamilton	49
17 September 2016	10K	43:15, Cody Pezent	51:00, Ashley Coleman	47
	5K	20:21, Chad Johnson	24:57, Rebecca Toman	44
16 September 2017	10K	40:46, Cody Pezent	52:53, Shannon Hall	20
	5K	22:29, Josh Bratcher	22:50, PollyAnna Bass	28
Prior to its revival in 2003, the Race of the South was held annually from 1980 to 1996. I'd deeply appreciate results from any of the years missing from the above table!

Links

• Complete results of the Moultrie YMCA's 2017 Race of the South at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/Superhero%20Dash%202017.asp
  
  
• 2016 story, “Cody Pezent and Ashley Coleman win Moultrie's Race of the South”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/race-of-south-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Butzin and Galambos hit the road to rule the streets in Moultrie”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/race-of-south-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Cruz and Marto headline the Moultrie YMCA's 11th annual Race Of The South 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/race-of-south-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Runaway wins for Kuhns, Weldon at Race Of The South 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/race-of-south-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Hoover and Montooth win the Race of the South 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/race-of-south-2010.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Moultrie and elsewhere in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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