Sunday, July 24, 2011

Hyman wins and Coates repeats at 2011 Critter Run

2011 Critter RunAnticipating his senior year cross-country season this autumn at Panama City Arnold High School, Challen Hyman ran 18:00 to win Dothan's 26th annual Critter Run 5K. A few steps behind Hyman, Chase Harris--a freshman cross-country runner at Grace Christian Academy in Bainbridge, Georgia--raced 18:08 for second. Caleb Carmichael, an alumnus of the University of West Florida track team, was third overall in 18:20. The fastest master runner of the evening was Tallahassee's Mike Peymann, sixth overall in 19:43.


In the women's competition, Team Timex triathlete Shannon Coates defended her 2010 title in the race, placing sixth overall in 19:05. Finishing just over a minute behind Coates, 2009 Critter Run champ Kara Taylor of Tallahassee took the women's runner-up spot in 20:09, edging out Atlanta's Emily Vall (12th, 20:16). Top woman master honors went to the sixth woman in, Missy Sexton (32nd, 22:01) of Dothan. The next woman in after Sexton was the second woman master, Kim Likens (42nd, 22:31) of Tallahassee. Likens, a Critter Run regular, won the Critter Run women's division in 2005 and 2006.


Even with a full schedule of racing during high school track and cross-country seasons, overall winner Challen Hyman still finds time to race on the roads at all distances. The month before the Critter Run, Hyman ran for second place in Chipley's Hot Trot 5K, and in February he clocked a 3:13:57 in the Tallahassee Marathon. Women's winner Shannon Coates is more of a triathlete than a runner. If you don't believe that, consider that the morning of the Critter Run, Coates bicycled nearly 100 miles from Tallahassee to Dothan. The group ride is actually an annual pre- Critter Run tradition known as Malissa's Ride.


284 athletes finished the 2011 edition of the race, which features a different "critter" each year on the awards and race T-shirt. This year's critter was the orangutan.


Top Ten Men, 26th annual Critter Run 5K
  1. Challen Hyman18:00 Challen Hyman (M, 17) Panama City Beach, FL
  2. 18:08 Chase Harris (M, 14) Bainbridge, GA
  3. 18:20 Caleb Carmichael (M, 26) Pensacola, FL
  4. 18:52 Andrew Smyth (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
  5. 18:56 Lance Jordan (M, 14) Panama City Beach, FL
  6. 19:43 Mike Peymann (M, 49) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 19:56 David Seymour (M, 23) Daleville, AL
  8. 19:59 Tim Unger (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 20:12 Brian Johnson (M, 37) Atlanta, GA
  10. 20:32 Alan Cox (M, 51) Tallahassee, FL
  11. 20:38 Juan Ordonez (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 26th annual Critter Run 5KShannon Coates
  1. 19:05 Shannon Coates (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 20:09 Kara Taylor (F, 21) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 20:16 Emily Vall (F, 33) Atlanta, GA
  4. 20:30 Dana Cody (F, 31) Dothan, AL
  5. 21:18 Emily King (F, 24) Ft. Rucker, AL
  6. 22:01 Missy Sexton (F, 40) Dothan, AL
  7. 22:31 Kim Likens (F, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  8. 22:53 Tammy Hughes (F, 35) Hartford, AL
  9. 23:00 Katrina Bokenfohr (F, 16) Enterprise, AL
  10. 23:26 Lynn Masimore (F, 33) Dothan, AL


Critter Run Champions and Critters, 1986-2011
DateMenWomenCritters
23 July 201118:00 Challen Hyman
19:05 Shannon CoatesOrangutan
24 July 2010
17:14 Thomas Heikkinen
19:42 Shannon Coates
Polar Bear
18 July 2009
17:13 Andrew Norton
19:15 Kara Taylor
Elephant
19 July 2008
16:05 James Uthmeier
20:26 Liesel Schmidt
Penguin
21 July 2007
16:48 Andrew Norton
21:30 Liesel SchmidtFlamingo
22 July 2006
16:24 Matthew Dobson
22:13 Kim Likens
Cheetah
16 July 2005
17:19 Sean O'Donnell
21:13 Kim LikensMenagerie
24 July 2004
17:08 Ted Leblow
20:01 Kelly Wild
Zebra
19 July 2003
16:31 Mike Lilly
21:20 Taylor Heaton
Barn Owl
20 July 2002
16:15 James Frazier
20:27 Karen Kenney
Tortoise
21 July 2001
15:57 Matthew Dobson
22:22 Jeanne Kenady
Bull Frog
22 July 200016:50 James Frazier21:05 Terri GrayKiller Whale
24 July 199916:28 David Parker19:02 Anna PichrtovaArmadillo
18 July 199816:45 Brandon Britton18:43 Connie RobertsonShark
19 July 199715:58 John Detro18:57 Kelly WildAngus Bull
20 July 199616:31 Clayton Tillery17:08 Suzanne RiggPelican
22 July 199515:50 Gary Droze18:19 Sarah KramerIguana
23 July 199416:34 Sam Graves20:06 Cindy CobbFox
24 July 199315:50 Matthew Dobson20:17 Lou Ellen EaddyKoala
18 July 199216:50 Myles Gibson19:26 Cindy CobbRabbit
20 July 199115:54 Matt Parker18:40 Connie RobertsonAlligator
21 July 199015:08 David Keen18:56 Janice HochsteinGorilla
29 July 198916:02 Brad Sable19:17 Jill FaulknerBeaver
30 July 198815:19 John DeVine18:27 Judy WeiselRaccoon
25 July 198715:26 Tom Graves17:57 Carrie BoydPanda
26 July 198615:49 Tom Graves18:00 Gail OgleMoose


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