The Watermelon Crawl 5K got a year older on Saturday, 11 July 2015. Specifically, it turned two when it returned to the Tifton, Georgia, campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for a second annual running. The race also got faster--overall winner Tony Edmondson ran 19:54 and trimmed four seconds off of Lorenzo Gomez's 2014 event record, while women's winner Heather Hall clocked 22:51, nearly two minutes under Penny Peters's 2014 standard of 24:47.Edmondson, a master runner, needed to go under the record to stay ahead of Matthew Fisher, a rising senior on the Tift County High cross country team. Fisher finished a close second in 19:58. Frankie Williams was third in 20:39 and master runner Tim Bell placed fourth in 21:05.
Like Edmondson in the men's race, women's winner Heather Hall was also a master runner. Coming in sixth overall, Waycross athlete Hall finished more than 100 meters ahead ahead of the second woman in the race. Allison Cauthen was runner-up on the women's side, placing eighth overall in 23:22. Ashley Forbes (10th, 24:41) was the third female finisher and master runner Sarah Lukes (15th, 26:55) was the fourth.
65 athlete finished the 3.1-mile race. Proceeds from the Watermelon Crawl go to benefit the Jerry Moore Memorial Scholarship at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
Top Ten Men, 2015 Tifton, Georgia, Watermelon Crawl 5K
- 19:53.4 ~ Tony Edmondson (M, 47)
- 19:57.8 ~ Matthew Fisher (M, 16)
- 20:38.1 ~ Frankie Williams (M, 15)
- 21:05.0 ~ Tim Bell (M, 56)
- 22:48.3 ~ Randy Carr (M, 43)
- 22:55.5 ~ James Hawke (M, 48)
- 24:40.1 ~ Ron Crosby (M, 67)
- 25:47.1 ~ Jordan Cofer (M, 33)
- 26:06.9 ~ Steven Johnson (M, 37)
- 26:10.0 ~ Ernest Lang (M, 68)
Top Ten Women, 2015 Tifton, Georgia, Watermelon Crawl 5K
- 22:50.1 ~ Heather Hall (F, 40)
- 23:21.1 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 26)
- 24:41.0 ~ Ashley Forbes (F, 27)
- 26:54.6 ~ Sarah Lukes (F, 45)
- 26:58.3 ~ April Jowers (F, 35)
- 27:12.9 ~ Kaycee Goodman (F, 16)
- 27:33.5 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 56)
- 27:50.3 ~ Renata Elad (F, 50)
- 28:25.5 ~ Sheila Oliver (F, 51)
- 28:41.2 ~ Sue Palmer (F, 42)
| Winners of the Tifton, Georgia, Watermelon Crawl 5K, 2014 - 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 12 July 2014 | 19:58, Lorenzo Gomez | 24:47, Penny Peters | 112 |
| 11 July 2015 | 19:54, Tony Edmondson | 22:51, Heather Hall | 65 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2015 Watermelon Crawl 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_cItidyixr72C6wmVa8JWNPnR2sfMZW0VR-DuNm_iQE/pubhtml
- Watermelon Crawl 5K
http://thewatermeloncrawl.weebly.com
- Find upcoming watermelon runs, races, and crawls on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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