Terre Haute, Indiana isn't a vast metropolis of the midwest, but it is the home of the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross-Country Course, the frequent site of the NCAA cross-country championships. Terre Haute is also the home of master runner Thomas Dever. Dever wasn't home on Saturday morning, 14 April 2018, though. Dever was in Valdosta, Georgia where he won the seventh annual James Eunice Legacy 5K, running 18:47. Erica Bitz of Valdosta was the first woman in the race, placing overall in 23:20.Gerardo Olivera, a senior on the cross-country team at Lowndes High, placed runner-up in 19:25. Lake Park, Georgia's Ryan Kelly, the coach of the Valdosta High cross-country team, was third overall in 19:34.
Morgan Long of Valdosta took second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 24:03. Another hometown athlete, Valdosta's Daun Caruana, was the third woman and eighteenth overall in 27:37. Delleese Collins of Valdosta was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 22nd overall in 29:49.
78 athletes finished the 2018 James Eunice Legacy 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.
Top Ten Men, 2018 James Eunice Legacy 5K
- 18:46.5, Thomas Dever (M, 60) Terre Haute, IN
- 19:24.2, Gerardo Olivera (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
- 19:33.7, Ryan Kelly (M, 39) Lake Park, GA
- 20:15.0, Nathan Storey (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
- 20:39.2, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 51) Valdosta, GA
- 22:43.5, Cavan Fulp (M, 15) Hahira, GA
- 23:13.0, Cayden Reynolds (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
- 23:36.3, Andrew Caruana (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
- 23:41.9, Billy Taylor (M, 69) Valdosta, GA
- 24:37.4, Micah Bitz (M, 26) Valdosta, GA
Top Ten Women, 2018 James Eunice Legacy 5K
- 23:19.2, Ericka Bitz (F, 25) Valdosta, GA
- 24:02.7, Morgan Long (F, 23) Valdosta, GA
- 27:36.8, Daun Caruana (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
- 28:53.8, Brittany Gibbs (F, 26) Moultrie, GA
- 29:20.8, Heather Kelly (F, 39) Lake Park, GA
- 29:48.9, Delleese Collins (F, 41) Valdosta, GA
- 30:11.5, Debbie Nijem (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
- 30:50.5, Courtney Wilcox (F, 31) Valdosta, GA
- 31:35.5, Jamie Brown (F, 34) Valdosta, GA
- 31:54.3, Kim Souther (F, 57) Hahira, GA
| James Eunice Legacy 5K winners, 2012 - 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 14 April 2012 | 16:04, Parker Childree | 20:30, Gretchen Bielmyer | 92 |
| 13 April 2013 | 21:25, Josh Perry | 23:33, Angie Bruhl | 93 |
| 12 April 2014 | 17:40, Andrew Elam | 21:41, Makenzee Page | 51 |
| 11 April 2015 | 17:54, Nathan Crews | 21:23, Kelsey Morse | 64 |
| 9 April 2016 | 18:43, Dan Butzin | 21:23, Alison Thornhill | 77 |
| 8 April 2017 | 18:46, Cameron Watson | 22:30, Kelly Davis | 60 |
| 14 April 2018 | 18:47, Thomas Dever | 23:20, Ericka Bitz | 78 |
| There was also a Jogging For James 5K race on 25 June 2011. Stephen Robbins (17:55) and Mary Alice Smoot (21:55) were the winners of that earlier event, which had 145 finishers. | |||
Links
- Complete results of the 2018 James Eunice Legacy 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRpApaQnLZj1SVcrLW2iW41h9H4oElBiioN4oCuSN5dqCQmTLlJ5-LPFbF0YwCQ2i_7FJChse0zGcEE/pubhtml
- 2017 story, “Watson and Davis win at the James Eunice Legacy 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/james-eunice-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Butzin wins by a ton, Thornhill by ounces at the James Eunice 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/james-eunice-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Crews and Morse lead a youth movement at the Eunice Legacy 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/james-eunice-2015.html
- The James Eunice Fund
http://jameseunice23.com/
- Check the Trouble Afoot! calendar for the next running of the James Eunice Legacy 5K
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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