Since 2009, Florida's Blountstown Middle School has hosted their annual Jingle Bell Run 5K seven times. On four of those occasions, Thomas Howell has won the race. Howell has in fact won four of the last five Jingle Bell Runs, which might lead you to believe that the Florida A & M University cross country runner is a good bet when it comes to this particular 3.1-mile race in Blountstown, Florida. That was certainly the case on Friday evening, 4 December 2015, when Howell picked up his fourth Jingle Bell title, setting a new event record of 16:55.Jesse Boyd, a sophomore on the Blountstown High cross country team, placed second in 18:04. Logan Chance was third in 18:24, and Blountstown High sophomore cross country runner Weston Schrock took fourth with a 20:46.
Racing on the pavement of Blountstown earlier in 2015, Kristi Johnson had won the women's title at the Catfish Crawl 5K. One of the many athletes behind Johnson that day was Lydia Miles, a master runner from Wewahitchka, Florida. That was May, though, and this was December. And in December, Miles finished ahead of Johnson in the Jingle Bell Run, finishing as the first woman and ninth overall in 22:00. Johnson was runner-up in the women's standings, tenth overall in 22:14. Third on the women's side went to Becky Cahill, twelfth overall in 23:46.
76 athletes finished Blountstown Middle School's seventh annual Jingle Bell Run 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2015 Blountstown, Florida, Middle School Jingle Bell Run 5K
- 16:55 ~ Thomas Howell
- 18:04 ~ Jesse Boyd
- 18:24 ~ Logan Chance
- 20:46 ~ Weston Schrock
- 21:05 ~ Brenton Holt
- 21:41 ~ Trevor Schrock
- 21:45 ~ Braden Peddie
- 21:57 ~ Dylan Thrasher
- 23:31 ~ Damien Freeman
- 24:09 ~ Eric Layne
Top Ten Women, 2015 Blountstown, Florida, Middle School Jingle Bell Run 5K
- 22:00 ~ Lydia Miles
- 22:14 ~ Kristi Johnson
- 23:46 ~ Becky Cahill
- 25:10 ~ Leisa Eastman
- 25:10 ~ Jo Curry
- 25:38 ~ Shann Layne
- 26:31 ~ Hannah Causseaux
- 27:44 ~ Robin Bennett
- 28:07 ~ Mary Holley
- 29:50 ~ Bonnie Seay
| Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K Champions, 2009 - 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 4 December 2009 | 19:07, Devin Ferrell | 23:19, Mary Sewell | |
| 3 December 2010 | 18:17, Devin Ferrell | 22:18, Judy Alexander | 53 |
| 2 December 2011 | 18:12, Thomas Howell | 23:21, Judy Alexander | 62 |
| 30 November 2012 | 18:16, Thomas Howell | 21:34, Hannah Plazarin | 75 |
| 12 December 2013 | 17:15, Thomas Howell | 24:06, Hannah Plazarin | 109 |
| 5 December 2014 | 17:28, Kevin Potts | 24:00, Kristi Johnson | 71 |
| 4 December 2015 | 16:55, Thomas Howell | 22:00, Lydia Miles | 76 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2015 Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H6xSeNMJVQaSld3a2IEEc26XCnR0S9V0ttOMUt_V7Kc/pubhtml
- 2012 story, “Blountstown High runners Howell and Plazarin ring up two wins”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2012.html
- 2011 story, “Oh what fun it is to run in the Blountstown 5K”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2011.html
- 2010 story, “Jingle Bell 5K wins in Blountstown for Ferrell and Alexander”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2010.html
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