At the starting line of Tifton's 2013 Jog For Jake 5K road race, they could have waved the athletes off of the pavement and onto the grass, and the top runners would not have minded a bit. Each of the first five finishers in the sixth annual race were cross-country runners. The winner of the 3.1-mile competition on Saturday evening, 5 October 2013, was Jose Castanon, a second-year student at South Georgia State College and a member of the SGC cross-country team, as well as an alumnus of the Lowndes High harriers. Castanon ran 18:40 for the victory, finishing comfortably ahead of the 19:05 posted by the runner-up, Jake Merritt, a member of the Colquitt County Middle School cross-country squad. At 19:27, third place went to Steven Johnson, a cross-country runner at Colquitt County High. Robert Bledsoe, who was fourth in 19:46, runs cross-country at Irwin County High. Kyle Edmunds, fifth in 19:58, competes for the Lee County High cross-country team.The parade of harriers was finally interrupted by Tifton master runner Bret Wagenhorst, who finished sixth in 20:30. Don't bet that Wagenhorst didn't run cross-country somewhere in the 1980s.
The top athlete in the women's field was Tifton master runner Emily Golden, 14th overall in 22:16. Finishing runner-up to Golden on the women's side was Samantha Arroyo, 22nd overall in 23:04. Arroyo is a second-year student at South Georgia College where she is a member of--you guessed it--the cross-country team.
The Jog For Jake was established in 2008 as a benefit for Toys For Tots in the memory of Jake Stewart, who suffered an untimely death in an auto accident in 2007.
Top Ten Males, 2013 Jog For Jake 5K
- 18:40 ~ Jose Castanon (M, 20) Douglas, GA
- 19:05 ~ Jake Merritt (M, 13) Moultrie, GA
- 19:27 ~ Steven Johnson II (M, 17) Norman Park, GA
- 19:46 ~ Robert Bledsoe (M, 18) Rebecca, GA
- 19:58 ~ Kyle Edmunds (M, 17) Leesburg, GA
- 20:30 ~ Bret Wagenhorst (M, 50) Tifton, GA
- 20:48 ~ Cooper Browning (M, 30) Tifton, GA
- 20:54 ~ Jonna Reinhardt (M, 29)
- 20:59 ~ Randy Carr (M, 41)
- 21:18 ~ Joshua Brewer (M, 15) Tifton, GA
Top Ten Females, 2013 Jog For Jake 5K
- 22:16 ~ Emily Golden (F, 43) Tifton, GA
- 23:04 ~ Samantha Arroyo (F, 19) Marianna, FL
- 23:06.66 ~ Ansley Cain (F, 14) Leesburg, GA
- 23:06.91 ~ Ramsay Miller (F, 13) Leesburg, GA
- 23:47 ~ Melanie Hall (F, 40) Tifton, GA
- 24:25 ~ Amy Cain (F, 43) Leesburg, GA
- 24:45 ~ Kaycee Goodman (F, 14) Tifton, GA
- 24:55 ~ Bonnie Evans (F, 61) Tifton, GA
- 25:30 ~ Jeanette MacDonald (F, 62) Sylvester, GA
- 26:10 ~ Michele Stephens (F, 46) Tifton, GA
| Jog For Jake winners, 2008 - 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 22 November 2008 | |||
| 26 September 2009 | 18:52, Matt Baxter | 23:04, Cheryl Vail | 120 |
| 2 October 2010 | 16:36, Hunter Honeycutt | 22:18, Minerva Arreguin | 136 |
| 1 October 2011 | 18:48, Matthew Myers | 21:46, Katherine McGarr | 127 |
| 6 October 2012 | 18:03, Matt Triick | 23:12, Stephanie McDuffie | 157 |
| 5 October 2013 | 18:40, Jose Castanon | 22:16, Emily Golden | 127 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2013 Jog For Jake 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdENQSHVxSDdWdzM4Tlk4TXVtZ2tMeFE
- "SGC Freshman wins [2010] Jog for Jake 5K"
http://www.sgc.edu/president/departments/college_relations/documents/press_releases/10-10-08-xcountry.html
- Find upcoming races in Tifton or elsewhere in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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