Thursday, February 12, 2015

Plowden and Phillips succeed in the second Love Run

Love RunBack on 18 October 2014, Westover seventh-grader Henry Plowden was racing in the Georgia State Middle School Cross-Country Championships, where he placed tenth in the boys' two-mile run for large schools. In distance running, though, the season never ends, and on 7 February 2015 the twelve-year-old athlete was back in his home town of Albany, Georgia, for the second annual Love Run 5K. In the first Love Run, Plowden had finished 13th overall, running 21:53. This time around he ran over two minutes faster, lowering his time to 19:52 and winning the 3.1-mile race. Mark Hope was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in second overall in 20:08.


Emily Phillips and Suzanne Wynn were just a few steps apart as they charged toward the finish line, but in the end it was ten-year-old Phillips taking the women's title, 24:02 to 24:04. Like Plowden, Phillips had run in the 2014 Love Run, where the Leesburg, Georgia, athlete had finished 49th in 26:13. At 24:52 MaryAnn Plowden was the first woman master, finishing 22nd overall and fourth in the women's standings.


126 athletes finished the second annual race. The 2015 Love Run was a benefit for "Pay if forWARD (The Ward Wright Fund)," a named fund of the Jay's Hope Foundation for children with cancer.


Albany, Georgia, Love Run 5K winners 2014- 2015
DateMenWomenFinishers
8 February 201417:42, Wright Calhoun19:52, Elena Oslund293
7 February 201519:52, Henry Plowden24:02, Emily Phillips126


Top Ten Women, 2015 Albany, Georgia, Love Run 5K
  1. 19:52 ~ Henry Plowden (M, 10-14)
  2. 20:08 ~ Mark Hope (M, 40-44)
  3. 21:08 ~ Colton Adams (M, 15-19)
  4. 21:24 ~ Luke Hall (M, 15-19)
  5. 21:31 ~ Ben Phillips (M, 10-14)
  6. 21:37 ~ Dennis Fuchs (M, 45-49)
  7. 22:37 ~ Bruce Skiles (M, 60-64)
  8. 23:14 ~ Chuck Allen (M, 40-44)
  9. 23:34 ~ Patrick Garner (M, 35-39)
  10. 23:48 ~ Mike Everett (M, 45-49)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Albany, Georgia, Love Run 5K
  1. 24:02 ~ Emily Phillips (F, 10-14)
  2. 24:04 ~ Suzanne Wynn (F, 15-19)
  3. 24:22 ~ Hannah Classon (F, 10-14)
  4. 24:52 ~ Maryann Plowden (F, 40-44)
  5. 25:56 ~ Madelyn Carter (F, 35-39)
  6. 26:10 ~ Melissa Conyers (F, 35-39)
  7. 26:26 ~ Ildiko Babka (F, 45-49)
  8. 26:28 ~ Stacey Parker (F, 30-34)
  9. 26:30 ~ Jennifer Bradley (F, 30-34)
  10. 26:49 ~ Stacy Shiver (F, 35-39)

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