High quality High Noon runs for Espinoza and Robison

2014 racing at Westgate Park may have closed with the Last Gasp 5K Trail Race back on 27 December 2014, but the the park's new year of racing opened on 31 January 2015 with the High Noon Trailblazer 5K. Master runner and marathoner Jesse Espinoza of the Nuun Racing Team won the event with a swift 17:45. A little more than a hundred meters behind Espinoza, Jordan Mahan took the runner-up spot in 18:11. The next four spots belonged to high school runners, athletes that compete for their schools on the Westgate trail during the fall--Grace Academy senior Austin Lambert (3rd, 20:03), Dothan High sophomore Michael Houston, Jr. (4th, 21:07), Enterprise High sophomore Michael Warner (5th, 21:11), and Dothan High junior Ben Stansell (6th, 21:26).


Finishing 14th overall, master runner Debbie Robison was the top runner on the women's side, edging out Val Lichner 23:59 to 24:05 for the honor. Dothan High junior Scarlet VanMeter was third in the women's standings, placing 21st overall in 25:06.


A benefit for the Dothan High School track team, 80 athletes finished the High Noon Trailblazer 5K Trail Race. Notably, Winston Howell did not finish the run. The 73-year-old running icon took a spill on the trail about a mile from the finish line, suffering injuries requiring hospitalization. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery for the man from Hartford, Alabama.


Top Ten Men, 2015 High Noon Trailblazer 5K Trail Race

1. 17:45 ~ Jesse Espinoza (M, 48)
2. 18:11 ~ Jordan Mahan (M, 28)
3. 20:03 ~ Austin Lambert (M, 17)
4. 21:07 ~ Mike Houston, Jr. (M, 15)
5. 21:15 ~ Michael Warner (M, 15)
6. 21:26 ~ Ben Stansell (M, 17)
7. 21:31 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 51)
8. 22:40 ~ Ty White (M, 15)
9. 22:58 ~ Jeffrey Whitehurst (M, 47)
10. 23:05 ~ Peter Whitehurst (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2015 High Noon Trailblazer 5K Trail Race

1. 23:59 ~ Debbie Robison (F, 43)
2. 24:05 ~ Val Lichner (F, 55)
3. 25:06 ~ Scarlet VanMeter (F, 16)
4. 25:26 ~ Heather Perry (F, 41)
5. 25:35 ~ Annabelle Warner (F, 12)
6. 25:38 ~ Macy Benton (F, 13)
7. 26:46 ~ Karen Wilson (F, 47)
8. 26:57 ~ Loretta Shapiro (F, 41)
9. 27:23 ~ Dana Whitehurst (F, 46)
10. 28:01 ~ Wilma VandePerre (F, 52)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Trailblazer High Noon 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_AHBObk8eQEUBc9zYoMoUrTcyl0i-61XyvxFM94sVwY/pubhtml
  
  
• That other 31 January 2015 Trailblazer race
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/trailblazer-2015.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races--morning, noon, and night--on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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