Micah Kemp turns a 16:40 at ARPXC in the Trash Dash 5K

University of West Florida cross-country runner Micah Kemp isn't competing for the Argos this year. Nevertheless, on Saturday morning, 27 October 2018, Kemp was on the premier collegiate cross-country running venue in the Southeast--Tallahassee, Florida's Apalachee Regional Park Cross-Country Course. That morning, Kemp won the eighth-annual Trash Dash, running the five-kilometer course in 16:40. Fatema Jaffer, an athlete on the Florida State University women's cross-country ream, was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 18:38.


Michael Niezgoda took second in the race, posting 18:11 for 5K. Tristan Cravello, a second-year student at Florida State University, placed third in 18:21.


Hailey Hendry, a fellow Lady Seminole of Fatema Jaffer, finished second in the women's standings, placing fifth overall in 18:57. Another Lady Seminole cross-country runner, Kate Bernicke, was the third woman and sixth overall in 19:10.


Duane Evans was the first master runner and the sixth male finisher, thirteenth overall in 20:19. Gingy Sampson was the first woman master and fourteenth female finisher, 41st overall in 27:50.


85 athletes finished the 2018 Trash Dash 5K. Gulf Winds Track Club chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Trash Dash 5K

1. 16:40, Micah Kemp (M, 21)
2. 18:11, Michael Niezgoda (M, 29)
3. 18:21, Tristan Cravello (M, 19)
4. 19:49, Jim Halley (M, 39)
5. 19:51, Matthias Laywell (M, 20)
6. 20:19, Duane Evans (M, 51)
7. 21:56, Zach Deveau (M, 31)
8. 22:20, Timothy Holmes (M, 49)
9. 22:23, Zachary Weston (M, 30)
10. 22:38, Michael Kennett (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Trash Dash 5K

1. 18:38, Fatema Jaffer (F, 21)
2. 18:57, Hailey Hendry (F, 20)
3. 19:10, Kate Bernicke (F, 19)
4. 19:38, Lucy Baird (F, 19)
5. 19:52, Nicole McConnell (F, 18)
6. 20:06, Sarah Candiano (F, 21)
7. 20:08, Mariah Zupan (F, 19)
8. 20:31, Anna Lewis (F, 19)
9. 20:43, Julia Blankenbaker (F, 19)
10. 20:56, Sidney Oakes-Lottridge (F, 19)

Trash Dash winners, 2011 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 November 2011	17:53, Brian Corbin	21:28, Sheryl Rosen
10 November 2012	17:52, Roger Schmidt	20:33, Katie Showman	98
16 November 2013	15:54, Stanley Linton	19:06, Emily Ness	136
8 November 2014	17:12, Roger Schmidt	20:07, Katie Sherron	80
14 November 2015	15:10, Ricardo Estremera	19:28, Tara Rooney	99
29 October 2016	18:13, Thomas Howell	17:54, Militsa Mircheva	84
28 October 2017	15:30, Caleb Pottorff	18:34, Katie Sherron	171
27 October 2018	16:40, Micah Kemp	18:38, Fatema Jaffer	85

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Trash Dash 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTJtXO7ATfvcdOUv4grlMtFl9QFLINKV37NLPftuPo0fFICs2gfuTrWroAIlQRtEs-fLQG2Mp0i70HP/pubhtml
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2018 Trash Dash 5K
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/E6M6md9a6skswtix9
  
  
• 2017 story, “Caleb Pottorff goes 15:30, Katie Sherron 18:34 in Apalachee Regional Park”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/trash-dash-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Militsa Mircheva cranks a 17:54 Trash Dash 5K at Apalachee Regional Park”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/trash-dash-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Estremera goes 15:10 at Apalachee Regional Park in the Trash Dash 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/trash-dash-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Schmidt and Sherron take out the Trash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/11/trash-dash-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “No rubbish runs for Linton or Ness at the Trash Dash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/11/trash-dash-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Schmidt and Showman dump their competition in the Trash Dash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/11/trash-dash-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Corbin and Rosen weren't talking trash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/11/trash-dash-2011.html
  
  
• Find the next trash dash, rubbish run, or garbage gallop on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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