Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Heikkinen and Coates are Critter Winners

Air Force Academy rising sophomore Tommy Heikkinen edged out his fellow Panama City Rutherford alumnus Brandon Hough, 17:14 to 17:17, to win Dothan, Alabama's 25th annual Critter Run 5K on 24 July 2010. Behind them in third place, Valparaiso's James Frazier ran 17:28 to win the master's title for the third straight year. The 2009 champion and runner-up, Andrew Norton and Charlie Johnson, finished fourth and fifth respectively in 17:35 and 17:57.


Winning the women's division, Tallahassee's Shannon Coates was ninth overall in 19:42. Emily Vall of Atlanta was the runner-up for the women, running 20:26 for 16th. The third woman in was last year's champion, Kara Taylor of Tallahassee (23rd, 21:15). Melissa Unrath of Enterprise, Alabama, captured women's master honors by finishing as the fourth female and 32nd runner overall in 21:54.


287 runners completed the 2010 Critter Run, which was hosted by the Dothan Runners Club. The course (USATF #AL86003JD) started and finished near Dothan's Westgate Park, touring a hilly residential area. Each year the race features a different "critter," and this year's animal was the polar bear. But the arctic origins of the race mascot had no effect on the weather. Despite being run on Saturday evening, race conditions were brutally hot, which everyone has come to expect after twenty-five years. Still, if you're going to race in July, you have to expect heat. And if you're racing in the tri-state area, you won't want to pass up the Critter Run.

25th annual Critter Run 5K
Dothan, Alabama
24 July 2010


Top Ten Men

PLACE  ATHLETE                     S AGE CITY             ST TIME  
====== =========================== = === ================ == =======
   1. Thomas Heikkinen            M 19 Panama City       FL   17:14
   2. Brandon Hough               M 20 Panama City       FL   17:17
   3. James Frazier               M 49 Valparaiso        FL   17:28
   4. Andrew Norton               M 29 Destin            FL   17:35
   5. Charlie Johnson             M 30 Tallahassee       FL   17:57
   6. Caleb Carmichael            M 25 Pensacola         FL   18:50
   7. Colin Bowyer                M 18 Navarre           FL   19:22
   8. Tim Unger                   M 50 Tallahassee       FL   19:26
  10. Will Thompson               M 32 Tallahassee       FL   19:54
  11. Kerry Underwood             M 47 Ty Ty             GA   19:55

Top Ten Women

PLACE  ATHLETE                     S AGE CITY             ST TIME  
====== =========================== = === ================ == =======
   9. Shannon Coates              F 24 Tallahassee       FL   19:42
  16. Emily Vall                  F 36 Atlanta           GA   20:26
  23. Kara Taylor                 F 20 Tallahassee       FL   21:15
  32. Melissa Unrath              F 41 Enterprise        AL   21:54
  34. Courtney Kieffer            F 20 Navarre           FL   22:09
  55. Cornelia Sanders            F 31 Glenwood          AL   23:59
  60. Miranda Gahn                F 29 Enterprise        AL   24:16
  61. Malissa Piersol             F 53 Atlanta           GA   24:23
  63. Amber Hodor                 F 24 Blakely           GA   24:30
  65. Lauren Pounds               F 27 Dothan            AL   24:33


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