Thursday, October 10, 2013

A good day to be a cross-country runner at the Jog For Jake 5K

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
  1. 18:40 ~ Jose Castanon (M, 20) Douglas, GA
  2. 19:05 ~ Jake Merritt (M, 13) Moultrie, GA
  3. 19:27 ~ Steven Johnson II (M, 17) Norman Park, GA
  4. 19:46 ~ Robert Bledsoe (M, 18) Rebecca, GA
  5. 19:58 ~ Kyle Edmunds (M, 17) Leesburg, GA
  6. 20:30 ~ Bret Wagenhorst (M, 50) Tifton, GA
  7. 20:48 ~ Cooper Browning (M, 30) Tifton, GA
  8. 20:54 ~ Jonna Reinhardt (M, 29)
  9. 20:59 ~ Randy Carr (M, 41)
  10. 21:18 ~ Joshua Brewer (M, 15) Tifton, GA

Top Ten Females, 2013 Jog For Jake 5K
  1. 22:16 ~ Emily Golden (F, 43) Tifton, GA
  2. 23:04 ~ Samantha Arroyo (F, 19) Marianna, FL
  3. 23:06.66 ~ Ansley Cain (F, 14) Leesburg, GA
  4. 23:06.91 ~ Ramsay Miller (F, 13) Leesburg, GA
  5. 23:47 ~ Melanie Hall (F, 40) Tifton, GA
  6. 24:25 ~ Amy Cain (F, 43) Leesburg, GA
  7. 24:45 ~ Kaycee Goodman (F, 14) Tifton, GA
  8. 24:55 ~ Bonnie Evans (F, 61) Tifton, GA
  9. 25:30 ~ Jeanette MacDonald (F, 62) Sylvester, GA
  10. 26:10 ~ Michele Stephens (F, 46) Tifton, GA

Jog For Jake winners, 2008 - 2013
DateMenWomenFinishers
22 November 2008
26 September 200918:52, Matt Baxter23:04, Cheryl Vail120
2 October 201016:36, Hunter Honeycutt22:18, Minerva Arreguin136
1 October 201118:48, Matthew Myers21:46, Katherine McGarr127
6 October 201218:03, Matt Triick23:12, Stephanie McDuffie157
5 October 201318:40, Jose Castanon22:16, Emily Golden127


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