It was a day for repeat winners at the 34th annual Rose City Run in Thomasville, Georgia on 23 April 2011. 2010 champion Chris Lake successfully defended his title, finishing four minutes ahead of his competition in 32:46. Meanwhile, 2008 women's champion Donna Garcia returned to Thomasville to run 38:58 for her second win in southwest Georgia's oldest road race.
The morning started with Thomasville shrouded in fog. But any protection from the sun offered by the clouds had disappeared by 8:00 am and race time, promising a hot time during the middle miles on treeless Pinetree Boulevard. Soon after the start Chris Lake was leading. He passed the first mile of the 6.2-mile race in 5:08, by which time the rest of the field was barely visible in the distance behind him. Lake only got farther ahead as the race progressed, crossing the finish line over four minutes before Pauncho Hufstetler of Bainbridge, Georgia, who finished runner-up in 36:59. The win was not only Lake's third straight race title in the month of April, but also his third straight title defense--in going "three-for-April," Lake had also successfully defended titles at the Springtime 10K and the Palace Saloon 5K. The Rose City Run's top master spot went to Kevin Sweeny, who placed fifth overall in 38:53.
Lake ended his race over a kilometer ahead of the runner-up, but the women's race was considerably closer. Marietta's Donna Garcia, a US Olympic trials qualifier as recently as 2000, edged out Tallahassee's Sheryl Rosen for the title, 38:58 to 39:06. Rosen duplicated exactly her 2010 Rose City performance--second place, 39:06. Garcia, the Georgia state record-holder for her age group in the 10K, was also the top woman master in the race. At 42:15 Thomasville's Mary Anne Grayson was the third woman finisher and the second woman master.Top Ten Men, 34th annual Rose City Run 10K
Chris Lake, 32:46- Pauncho Hufstetler, 36:59
- Marc Kaiser, 37:59
- Peter Kaus, 38:35
- Kevin Sweeny, 38:53
- Bing Xu, 38:54
- Rocky Hufstetler, 39:03
- Kyle Harris, 39:28
- Stephen Robbins, 39:35
- Chase Harris, 39:40
Top Ten Women, 34th annual Rose City Run 10K
Donna Garcia, 38:58- Sheryl Rosen, 39:06
- Mary Anne Bullard-Grayson, 42:15
- Beth Sutkowy, 43:00
- Taylor Benton, 44:26
- Ashley Kiefer, 45:14
- Brandi Faircloth, 45:29
- Paula O’Neill, 45:55
- Lori Richardson, 46:10
- Cora Atkinson, 47:33
| Rose City Run 10K Champions, 1978 - 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Gary Slayton (31:25) | Janice Hochstein (36:45) |
| 1979 | Mike Rasper (31:47) | Janice Hochstein (37:49) |
| 1980 | George West (31:18) | Colleen Joiner (38:14) |
| 1981 | Mabry McCray (30:21) | Nicole Batchelder (40:26) |
| 1982 | Ernie McKee (30:33) | Nicole Batchelder (38:31) |
| 1983 | Noel Shuman (30:47) | Darien Andreu (34:57) |
| 1984 | Gary Slayton (33:05) | Barbara Balzer (37:51) |
| 1985 | Rick Miller (32:36) | Barbara Balzer (37:41) |
| 1986 | Rick Miller (32:05) | Janice Hochstein (37:35) |
| 1987 | Herb Wills (29:57) | Karen MacHarg (37:39) |
| 1988 | Jessie Close (31:55) | Karen MacHarg (37:59) |
| 1989 | Jessie Close (31:39) | Karen MacHarg (36:49) |
| 1990 | Jessie Close (31:56) | Karen MacHarg (37:04) |
| 1991 | Jessie Close (31:15) | Vikki Saga (38:33) |
| 1992 | Trent Smith (33:04) | Vikki Saga (37:48) |
| 1993 | Gary Droze (31:28) | Vikki Saga (38:24) |
| 1994 | Robin Rogers (30:19) | Lisa Herman (37:37) |
| 1995 | Jessie Close (31:52) | Suzanne Rigg (35:37) |
| 1996 | Jessie Close (32:18) | Carrie Weyant (39:37) |
| 1997 | Brian Erb (32:29) | Sarah Docter-Williams (36:40) |
| 1998 | Alan Black (31:58) | Sarah Docter-Williams (36:07) |
| 1999 | Alan Black (32:21) | Sarah Docter-Williams (37:14) |
| 2000 | Sean Daniels (34:15) | Anna Pichrtova (35:20) |
| 2001 | Paul Spangler (32:05) | Sarah Docter-Williams (36:22) |
| 2002 | Alan Black (30:53) | Jane Johnson (39:35) |
| 2003 | Matt Kalinski (31:58) | Julie Carico (41:53) |
| 2004 | Jessie Close (33:44) | Kate Remillard (39:52) |
| 2005 | Jessie Close (33:44) | Sarah Docter-Williams (37:08) |
| 2006 | Jessie Close (34:32) | Barbara Jarnagin (38:38) |
| 2007 | Alan Black (31:21) | Sheryl Rosen (39:02) |
| 2008 | Malcolm Campbell (33:10) | Donna Garcia (37:40) |
| 2009 | Nathaniel Haskins (32:34) | Mary Anne Grayson (41:38) |
| 2010 | Chris Lake (32:51) | Amy Hines (37:42) |
| 2011 | Chris Lake (32:46) | Donna Garcia (38:58) |
Links:
- Complete results of the 2011 Rose City Run 10K
http://www.ymca-thomasville.org/uploads/documents/2011-10k-final-results.pdf - More photos of the 2011 Rose City Run 10K
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10100719307354143.3128528.5215641&l=4f8b5e5aed - Fred Deckert's photos of the 2011 Rose City Run 10K
http://picasaweb.google.com/Freddecka/RoseCity_11 - Jamie Story's photos of the 2011 Rose City Run 10K.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jamiestory11/RoseCityRun2011 - 2010 story: "Lake and Hines beat the storm at Rose City"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/04/rose-city-2010.html - Find the next classic 10K race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
No comments:
Post a Comment