Monday, January 27, 2014

Wildest hog of the herd, Morenus sets 15K record

Ancient Greek SwineHere in 21st century America, unique among the nations of the world, you can experience the frustration of trying to fit a 12mm socket over a 1/2-inch nut. The 13mm just isn't tight enough, you know? We never have warmed up to the metric system.


Except in athletics, that is. As fond as I am of miles and furlongs, road racing switched over to metric distances decades and decades ago. Years before World War II, back when the Amateur Athletic Union was running the show, all the national title races became metric. The 20-mile national championship became the 30K national championship, the 15-mile race became a 25K race, and the 10-mile title event was replaced with a 15K.


There are still non-metric races around, though, some of them quite prominent. For instance, the annual Army Ten-Miler in Washington, DC attracts tens of thousands of runners each year, none of whom seem put out because the race is 16.09 kilometers instead of some nice, round metric distance.


On 20 October 2013 Brian Morenus was at the 2013 Army Ten-Miler, where he ran 54:43 for the Fort Rucker team. On 25 January 2014 the West Point alumnus was back in Alabama at Dothan's Hog Wild 15K. You know, 15K, the slightly shorter metric sibling of the ten-mile run. Morenus didn't seem to mind the missing 1.09 kilometers at all, though. He won the race by more than two kilometers, setting a new Hog Wild record of 51:54, absolutely obliterating Sean Kent's old standard of 56:34.


For folks like me, whose high school track was 440 yards instead of 400 meters, 15K is right about 9.3 miles.


Ben McLain of Conyers, Georgia, finished runner-up in the 2014 Hog Wild 15K, running 60:46. Myles Gibson of Donalsonville, Georgia, was right behind McLain in third place at 60:52. It was the second year in a row that Gibson finished as top master in the Hog Wild. On the women's side, Margaret Winkler of Blakely, Georgia, edged out Dothan's own Carolyn Houston 74:04 to 74:24 to finish as both top woman and top master woman. Winkler and Houston were 27th and 29th overall.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Hog Wild 15K
  1. 51:54 ~ Brian Morenus (M, 23) Ft. Rucker, ALMyles Gibson
  2. 60:46 ~ Ben McLain (M, 39) Conyers, GA
  3. 60:52 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 47) Donalsonville, GA
  4. 61:04 ~ Andrew Eck (M, 22) Enterprise, AL
  5. 61:12 ~ Michael Bond (M, 34) Newton
  6. 62:46 ~ Adam McPherson (M, 30) Ft. Walton Bch, FL
  7. 65:54 ~ Greg Waddell (M, 47) Bainbridge, GA
  8. 66:22 ~ Mike Houston (M, 41) Dothan, AL
  9. 66:52 ~ Camilo Ordonez (M, 35) Tallahassee, FL
  10. 66:53 ~ Mark Tombrink (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2014 Hog Wild 15K
  1. 74:04 ~ Margaret Winkler (F, 40) Blakely, GACarolyn Houston
  2. 74:24 ~ Carolyn Houston (F, 41) Dothan, AL
  3. 76:17 ~ Eden Keene (F, 31) Enterprise, AL
  4. 78:07 ~ Larissa Collier (F, 32) Dothan, AL
  5. 78:27 ~ Elizabeth Bray (F, 37) Webb
  6. 78:28 ~ Teri Grant (F, 35) Barwick, GA
  7. 79:25 ~ Sandra Canada (F, 51) Woodville, FL
  8. 81:18 ~ Laura Tamburin (F, 41) Dothan, AL
  9. 82:32 ~ Loretta Shapiro (F, 40) Dothan, AL
  10. 84:44 ~ Valerie Thompson (F, 43) Dothan, AL

Dothan's Hog Wild also includes a 5K option. Perry Waddell of Bainbridge, Georgia, is more than familiar with that metric distance, having just spent autumn running 5K races for the Bainbridge High School cross-country team. That experience didn't seem to hurt Waddell at all; he won the Hog Wild 5K in 19:38. Katherine Houle, another West Point grad stationed at Fort Rucker, was the fastest woman in the 5K, finishing fifth overall in 22:55. Eric Dueno of Havana, Florida, was the first master runner, placing seventh overall in 23:00. Bonifay, Florida, runner Val Lichner was the top woman master and second woman finisher in the shorter race, coming in 11th overall in 24:07.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Hog Wild 5K
  1. 19:38 ~ Perry Waddell (M, 16) Bainbridge, GAPerry Waddell
  2. 20:20 ~ Cody Ely (M, 21) Headland, AL
  3. 20:43 ~ Grayson Graham (M, 15) Bainbridge, GA
  4. 22:49 ~ Phillip Savoie (M, 23) Enterprise, AL
  5. 22:56 ~ Chad Harrison (M, 32) Dothan, AL
  6. 23:00 ~ Eric Dueno (M, 45) Havana, FL
  7. 23:17 ~ Tyson Carter (M, 39) Dothan, AL
  8. 23:47 ~ Christopher Tamburin (M, 13) Dothan, AL
  9. 24:01 ~ Charles Uptain (M, 37) Dothan, AL
  10. 24:13 ~ Alex Wiley (M, 14) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Women, 2014 Hog Wild 5K
  1. 22:55 ~ Katherine Houle (F, 22) Enterprise, ALVal Lichner
  2. 24:07 ~ Val Lichner (F, 54) Bonifay, FL
  3. 25:04 ~ Liana Shapiro (F, 10) Dothan, AL
  4. 25:26 ~ Susie Merritt (F, 49) Slocomb, AL
  5. 25:36 ~ Melissa Boulton (F, 43) Enterprise, AL
  6. 26:26 ~ Nancy Hein (F, 57) Dothan, AL
  7. 26:30 ~ Lisa Bradshaw (F, 38) Dothan, AL
  8. 27:08 ~ Hope Kirkland (F, 32) Dothan, AL
  9. 27:23 ~ Mary Touch (F, 27) Ft. Rucker, AL
  10. 27:33 ~ Dana Whitehurst (F, 45) Dothan, AL

Hog Wild 15K winners, 2010-2014
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
30 Jan 201015K59:41, Brian McMahon58:54, Anna Hallex210
5K16:47, Gabriel Leitz21:35, Lisa Jacobi300
29 Jan 201115K59:21, Sean Kent69:12, Dana Cody202
5K17:51, Jon Williams22:01, Hayley Djuric267
28 Jan 201215K58:41, Cedric Gillette66:22, Dana Cody208
5K20:19, Brian Hickey20:51, Regina Fritz283
26 Jan 201315K56:34, Sean Kent70:50, Jeanne Davis135
5K17:54, James Frazier22:45, Lindsay Sport205
25 Jan 201415K51:54, Brian Morenus74:04, Margaret Winkler
5K19:38, Perry Waddell22:55, Katherine Houle
From 1983 to 2009, the Hog Wild Run was a five-mile race.


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