Jingle Bell 5K wins in Blountstown for Ferrell and Alexander

Each December, expect a torrent of holiday-themed races. In the Florida panhandle this year, the deluge started with the Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K on Friday evening, 3 December 2010. On streets lit by Christmas lights in the little town on the Apalachicola River, Altha Public School sophomore Devin Ferrell slugged it out with Tallahassee's Brian Corbin for nearly the entire race. It was Ferrell, though, who reached the finish line first, defeating Corbin 18:17 to 18:22. Thomas Howell of Blountstown High placed third in 19:13, and much of the rest of the top twenty were either members of the Altha or Blountstown High cross-country teams.


Tallahassee's Judy Alexander finished eighth overall to place as the top woman and top woman master in 22:18. Blountstown's Tina Smith (14th, 24:02) was the second woman as well as the second woman master, while the third woman finisher was Amber Goodman (16th, 24:23).

The Blountstown Jingle Bell Run 5K was part of the first day of festivities of Blountstown's Holiday Celebration Weekend. Other activities of the evening included the downtown tree lighting at 5:30pm and "Movies on the Square," an outdoor screening of "A Christmas Carol" in the town's Magnolia Square. The 5K race started from Magnolia Square at 7:00pm CT, and race proceeds went to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Junior National Honor Society at Blountstown Middle School. Complete results are below.

2010 Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K Blountstown, Florida Friday, 3 December 2010 PLACE ATHLETE S AGE TIME ===== =========================== = === ======= 1. Devin Ferrell M 16 18:17 2. Brian Corbin M 43 18:22 3. Thomas Howell M 14 19:13 4. Trent Woodham M ? 20:38 5. Derek Eberly M 13 20:50 6. Carl Bennett M 49 20:55 7. Will McClellan M 13 22:16 8. Judy Alexander F 49 22:18 9. Phillip Griffin M 44 22:58 10. Cole Skipper M 12 23:08 11. Joshua Vanlierop M 13 23:10 12. Tripp Taylor M 14 23:52 13. Brandon Purvis M 16 23:53 14. Tina Smith F 45 24:02 15. Todd McClellan M 40 24:22 16. Amber Goodman F 30 24:23 17. Anthony Wyrick M 14 24:45 18. Hunter Price M 13 25:02 19. Ruth Ann Eberly F 55 25:33 20. Hayes Reddick M 14 26:14 21. Weston Schrock M 11 26:24 22. Christal McClellan F 35 26:32 23. George Munroe M 38 27:09 24. Olivia Atkins F 13 27:36 25. Gabe McClellan M 11 27:37 26. Edna Alford F 35 27:53 27. Diane Wroblewski F 43 28:04 28. Heidi Jeppson F 17 28:26 29. Allyson Howell F 39 28:35 30. Rhonda Blair F 36 28:36 31. Jordan Griffin F 15 28:54 32. Cissy Barfield F 34 28:58 33. Bonnie Richards F 36 28:58 34. Amanda Delin F 31 28:59 35. Jarrod Barfield M 35 28:59 36. Bianca Martinez F 12 29:38 37. Joan Wright F 37 29:55 38. Jennifer Hoffmann F 16 30:01 39. Denise Bernath F 30 30:03 40. Colton Purvis M 12 30:45 41. John Horton M 36 30:54 42. Chris Atkins M 48 31:43 43. Sybil Plazarin F 35 31:49 44. Sue Price F 54 31:53 45. Hanna Plazarin F 13 34:03 46. P.J. Wheetley F 38 34:50 47. Carly Richards F 14 35:06 48. Daniel Ryals M 11 37:27 49. Shae Hall F 13 40:23 50. Michelle Futch F 46 42:55 51. Debbie Blair F 55 42:56 52. Kelly Graham F 33 42:57 53. John Shuler M 65 47:00

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