Caleb Watson returned home to Douglas, Georgia on Saturday morning, 17 February 2018, for the 10K at the nineteenth annual Heart-to-Heart Run. Watson, a cross-country runner at Valdosta State University, won the 6.2-mile race in 36:36, finishing a mile ahead of the next runner. Axson, Georgia master runner Tashiba Peoples took the women's title, placing third overall in 46:47.Watson had finished three seconds behind the winner, Cody Reid, in the 2017 race, the first year the 10K was contested at the Heart-to-Heart Run. Jacory Bazell was runner-up in the 2018 race; the Macon, Georgia athlete running 43:36. Vicente Guerrero of Nichols, Georgia was third in the men's standings and fourth overall in 47:47. Jose Salinas of Douglas was the first male master and fourth male finisher, fifth overall in 48:44.
Douglas master runner Maria Highsmith was the second woman and sixth overall in 50:56. Stephanie Deas, another Douglas master runner, was the third female finisher and eighth overall in 55:50.
25 athletes finished the 10K.
Top Ten Men, 2018 Heart-to-Heart 10K
- 36:35.023, Caleb Watson (M, 19) Douglas, GA
- 43:35.343, Jacory Bazell (M, 28) Macon, GA
- 47:46.710, Vicente Guerrero (M, 25) Nicholls, GA
- 48:43.717, Jose Salinas (M, 41) Douglas, GA
- 55:02.080, Frank White (M, 72) Cumming, GA
- 60:50.983, Keith Carver (M, 51) Douglas, GA
- 61:51.510, William Melendez (M, 57) Mcdonough, GA
- 62:40.313, Randy Grace (M, 44) Cordele , GA
- 68:54.203, Mat Melendez (M, 26) Jacksonville, FL
- 73:57.183, Donovan Fitzgerald (M, 24) Nicholls, GA
Top Ten Women, 2018 Heart-to-Heart 10K
- 46:46.980, Tashiba Peoples (F, 40) Axson, GA
- 50:55.553, Maria Highsmith (F, 40) Douglas, GA
- 55:49.153, Stephanie Deas (F, 44) Douglas, GA
- 56:33.807, Jane Causey (F, 58) Baxley, GA
- 63:52.573, Ashley Floyd (F, 28) Willacoochee, GA
- 64:36.477, Julie Germani (F, 36) Douglas, GA
- 69:42.663, Jessica Woods (F, 31) Douglas, GA
- 70:37.903, Tabitha Smith (F, 31) Alma, GA
- 71:11.290, Rhonda Walsh (F, 47) Hazlehurst, GA
- 96:08.410, Brenda Wall (F, 65) Leesburg, GA
Coffee High cross-country runners swept the 5K at the Heart-to-Heart Run, with frosh Cameron Watson winning the race for the second year in a row, while sophomore Abbey Arnett captured the women's crown. Watson covered the course in 17:53, and Arnett was fourth overall in 21:08.
Dawson Bussey, a junior on the Atkinson County High cross-country squad, took second overall in 19:29. Robert Beecher of Surrency, Georgia was third in 21:03. Shaun Soper of Waycross, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the race, placing fifth in the men's standings and sixth overall in 23:09.
Liz Graves of Douglas was the second woman and seventh overall in 23:19. Maddie Harper was the third female finisher and twelfth overall in 25:50. Trish Watson was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, fifteenth overall in 26:35.
83 athletes finished the 2018 Heart-to-Heart 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2018 Heart-to-Heart 5K
- 17:52.667, Cameron Watson (M, 15) Douglas, GA
- 19:28.457, Dawson Bussey (M, 17) Pearson, GA
- 21:02.223, Robert Beecher (M, 38) Surrency, GA
- 22:17.023, William Mancil (M, 15) Douglas, GA
- 23:08.227, Shaun Soper (M, 50) Waycross, GA
- 23:51.567, Terry Arnold (M, 56) Lake Wylie, SC
- 25:02.843, Leonardo Farias (M, 15) Douglas, GA
- 25:16.503, Stacy Giles (M, 50) Broxton, GA
- 25:25.647, Dylan Dixon (M, 12) Alma, GA
- 26:00.433, Kyle Southerlan (M, 22) Alma, GA
Top Ten Women, 2018 Heart-to-Heart 5K
- 21:07.223, Abbey Arnett (F, 16) Douglas, GA
- 23:18.467, Liz Graves (F, 30) Douglas, GA
- 25:49.280, Maddie Harper (F, 18) Sparks, GA
- 26:34.530, Trish Watson (F, 50) Douglas , GA
- 26:47.657, Blair Floyd (F, 30) Douglas, GA
- 29:31.160, Cady Adams (F, 38) Douglas, GA
- 29:31.460, Lindsay Day (F, 38) Douglas, GA
- 29:43.653, Asjah Johnson (F, 24) Douglas, GA
- 29:59.767, Belinda Scott (F, 42) Kathleen, GA
- 30:12.177, Maggie McMillan (F, 55) Willacoochee, GA
| Douglas, Georgia Heart-to-Heart Run winners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Distance | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 8 November 2008 | 5K | |||
| 14 November 2009 | 5K | 17:09, Benjamin Woodward | 23:14, Blaine Richards | 125 |
| 13 November 2010 | 5K | 15:54, Daniel Broadhead | 21:49, Hannah Moorman | 51 |
| 5 November 2011 | 5K | |||
| 23 February 2013 | 5K | 17:58, Ryan Kelly | 23:09, Michele McKinnon | 83 |
| 22 February 2014 | 5K | 18:10, Cody Reid | 23:55, Loretta Woodard | 98 |
| 21 February 2015 | 5K | 17:15, Cody Reid | 23:01, Hannah Moorman | 137 |
| 20 February 2016 | 5K | 17:02, Roberto Bonilla | 27:36, Loryn Brown | 115 |
| 18 February 2017 | 10K | 35:53, Cody Reid | 49:39, Ellie Perkins | 19 |
| 5K | 18:19, Cameron Watson | 20:36, Gracie Woods | 84 | |
| 17 February 2018 | 10K | 36:36, Caleb Watson | 46:47, Tashiba Peoples | 25 |
| 5K | 17:53, Cameron Watson | 21:08, Abbey Arnett | 83 | |
Links
- Complete results of the 2018 Douglas, Georgia Heart-to-Heart Community 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTwOZGhAJVZqZazmHvieUf0gEUp_u4Wvx6kLTlhE6Yh8ud3hBgeX_VAlR2EKWqMgQSWeTwGt-tBcbhO/pubhtml
- Coffee Regional Medical Center Wellness Center's photos of the 2018 Heart-to-Heart 5K
https://www.facebook.com/pg/heart2heartrun/photos/?tab=album&album_id=402867620155394
- 2016 story, “Bonilla and Clemons are hard to beat at Heart-to-Heart”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/douglas-heart-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Coffee harriers Reid and Moorman repeat at Heart-to-Heart”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/douglas-heart-2015.html
- 2015 Douglas, Georgia Heart-to-Heart Community 5K course map
https://app.box.com/s/j6zoi6r490jo37ylt4ckpdanmy5rq7yi
- Coffee Regional Medical Center
http://www.coffeeregional.org/
- Upcoming races in the region for other vital organs on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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