During cross country season you don't expect to see many high school harriers at a road race. Despite the season, though, there were mostly cross country runners at the Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K on Saturday morning, 3 October 2015--so many that the race looked like a high school meet. If it had been a meet, Pelham High boys would have won, putting six runners in the top ten. But it wasn't a Pelham High Hornet who crossed the finish line first, it was Westwood Schools sophomore Ford Godwin.Godwin won the 3.1-mile race in 19:40, comfortably ahead of runner-up Austin Hornsby. Hornsby, a Pelham High junior, ran 19:49. He was followed across the finish line by three more Pelham Hornet harriers--senior Daniel Smith (3rd, 20:44), senior Paul Woods (4th, 21:00), and junior Jacob Watkins (5th,22:20).
It was the same situation on the women's side, but even more so. The Pelham girls would have put up a perfect 15-points score, taking the first five places. Hornet junior Monica Webb was the first female finisher, placing sixth overall in 23:18. The next four places in the women's standings also belonged to Pelham harriers--sophomore Lila Maloy (11th, 24:29), frosh Marlette Fulcher (13th, 28:35), frosh Cynthia Stokes (14th, 28:40), and junior Winter Wainwright (16th, 29:04). Leesburg master runner Leesburg master runner Anna Wade interrupted the flow of Pelham High athletes by taking the sixth spot in the women's standings; Wade was 17th overall in 30:09.
36 athletes finished the 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K
- 19:39.2 ~ Ford Godwin (M, 15) Camilla, GA
- 19:48.4 ~ Austin Hornsby (M, 17) Pelham, GA
- 20:43.7 ~ Daniel Smith (M, 17) Pelham, GA
- 20:59.6 ~ Paul Woods (M, 17) Pelham, GA
- 22:19.8 ~ Jacob Watkins (M, 17) Pelham, GA
- 23:18.4 ~ Walter Godwin (M, 34) Pelham, GA
- 23:58.6 ~ Tyler Brooks (M, 13) Camilla, GA
- 24:07.5 ~ DJ Palmer (M, 11) Pelham, GA
- 24:19.8 ~ John Russ (M, 15) Pelham, GA
- 28:29.0 ~ Stacy Owens (M, 17) Pelham, GA
Top Ten Women, 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K
- 23:17.3 ~ Monica Webb (F, 17) Pelham, GA
- 24:28.6 ~ Lila Maloy (F, 15) Pelham, GA
- 28:34.2 ~ Marlette Fulcher (F, 15) Pelham, GA
- 28:39.6 ~ Cynthia Stokes (F, 14) Pelham, GA
- 29:03.5 ~ Winter Wainwright (F, 17) Pelham, GA
- 30:08.5 ~ Anna Wade (F, 47) Leesburg, GA
- 31:32.0 ~ Marcia Harper (F, 18) Pelham, GA
- 31:45.5 ~ Cristella Mosqueda (F, 42) TyTy, GA
- 34:05.6 ~ Carleigh Bynum (F, 10) Camilla, GA
- 34:44.9 ~ Katie Smith (F, 13) Pelham, GA
| Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K winners, 2008 - 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 4 October 2008 | 18:42, Kyle Harris | 22:40, Mandi O'Mara | 64 |
| 3 October 2009 | 17:56, Kyle Harris | 22:38, Caylin Wakingham | 80 |
| 2 October 2010 | 18:13, Chase Harris | 22:26, Ursula Aviles | 82 |
| 1 October 2011 | 13:26, Bryton Wenzel | 16:27, Ursula Aviles | 61 |
| 7 April 2012 | 18:40, Ryan Kelly | 20:54, Alice Smoot | 52 |
| 16 November 2013 | ??:??, Samuel Cornwell | 23:18, Ashley Cochran | 31 |
| 15 November 2014 | 18:32, Ryan Kelly | 26:32, Cristella Mosqueda | 26 |
| 3 October 2015 | 19:40, Ford Godwin | 23:18, Monica Webb | 36 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I1FVb83BR9lDFx1Oz-I170A5UUVREd-Kr3yGY9yvs40/pubhtml
- 2011 story, “Wenzel wins while Aviles repeats at Pelham Wildlife Run”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pelham-wildlife-2011.html
- 2010 story, “Harris and Aviles tame the Wildlife 5K”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pelham-wildlife-2010.html
- Run wild at an event on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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