Phillips and Thompson win a shorter, faster Red Nose Run

After three years of featuring a half marathon at their Red Nose Run, the Thomsaville, Georgia, Junior Service League dropped the long race in 2015. The 5K remained, though, Hunter Phillips edged Grady Smith 17:44 to 17:48 to win the fifth annual Red Nose Run 5K. Thomasville distance runner Melissa Thompson had won the women's title at the half marathon in 2014, and she had no trouble to moving down to the 3.1-mile event in 2015, finishing sixth overall in 20:00 as the first female. 199 athletes finished the race.


Parker Watt, the frosh ace of the Brookwood School cross country team, ran 18:23 to take third in the Red Nose Run. Chuck Lang of Tallahassee, Florida, was fourth in 19:30, the fastest master runner in the 5K race for the second year in a row. Thomasville master runner Chad Johnson was fifth in 19:52.


Beverly Johnson was runner-up on the women's side, sixteenth overall in 22:17. Tallahassee's Sara Rutten, a first-year student at the University of North Florida, was third in the women's standings, coming in twentieth overall in 23:08. Wendy Owens of Boston, Georgia, was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, placing 22nd overall in 23:25.


The 2015 Red Nose Run 5K was contested on a USATF-certified course, starting and finishing on the south side of Thomasville at Thomas University. Timing and finish line services were provided by A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Red Nose Run 5K

1. 17:43.9 ~ Hunter Phillips (M, 21) Crawfordville, FL
2. 17:47.6 ~ Grady Smith (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
3. 18:22.5 ~ Parker Watt (M, 15) Thomasville, GA
4. 19:29.8 ~ Chuck Lang (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
5. 19:51.9 ~ Chad Johnson (M, 45) Thomasville, GA
6. 20:19.2 ~ Al Whatley (M, 45) Cairo, GA
7. 21:09.0 ~ Anthony Terroc (M, 27) Miami, FL
8. 21:15.7 ~ Chris Stroh (M, 45) Thomasville, GA
9. 21:24.0 ~ Nick Knifer (M, 14) Thomasville, GA
10. 21:33.5 ~ Jay McDuffie (M, 15) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2015 Red Nose Run 5K

1. 19:59.7 ~ Melissa Thompson (F, 31) Thomasville, GA
2. 22:16.2 ~ Beverly Johnson (F, 37) Thomasville, GA
3. 23:07.8 ~ Sara Rutten (F, 18) Tallahassee, FL
4. 23:24.7 ~ Wendy Owens (F, 45) Boston, GA
5. 24:04.0 ~ Donica Williams (F, 36) Cairo, GA
6. 24:18.0 ~ Nancy Herring (F, 60) Thomasville, GA
7. 25:12.9 ~ Kayla Shoup (F, 15) Boston, GA
8. 25:18.2 ~ Jeanna Prisco (F, 19) Sopchoppy, FL
9. 25:23.4 ~ Kelsie Shoup (F, 15) Boston, GA
10. 25:28.8 ~ Jessica Cheney (F, 26) Thomasville, GA

Thomasville, Georgia JSL Red Nose Run winners, 2011 - 2015
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
10 December 2011	5K	17:08, Stephen Robbins	19:56, Angelina Horne	272
15 December 2012	Half Marathon	73:51, Charlie Johnson	83:05, Sarah Batt	96
	5K	21:04, Charlie Lang	23:41, Lindsey Poole	349
14 December 2013	Half Marathon	83:18, Ryan Kelly	93:22, Sarah Batt	74
	5K	20:38, Charlie Lang	23:05, Angela Cipriani	237
13 December 2014	Half Marathon	90:46, Camilo Ordonez	94:15, Melissa Thompson	47
	5K	19:33, Charlie Lang	22:58, Lori Richardson	160
12 December 2015	5K	17:44, Hunter Phillips	20:00, Melissa Thompson	199
The 5K was the sole race contested in 2011 and 2015. In 2012 the half marathon course was cut short. In 2012 - 2015 the 5K was run on USATF certified course GA12116WC. In 2013 and 2014 the half marathon was run on USATF certified course GA12117WC

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Red Nose Run 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2015/Red%20Nose%202015.asp
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2015 Red Nose Run Half Marathon
  https://picasaweb.google.com/112560881455823075870/RedNose_15
  
  
• 2014 story, “A half marathon of Red Hills for Ordonez and Thompson in the Red Nose Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/red-nose-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Batt rule in the Red Nose Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/12/red-nose-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Red Nose course comes up short, but not Charlie Johnson”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/red-nose-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “No Rudolph here; Robbins and Horne win Red Nose 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/red-nose-2011.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map GA12116WC, Red Nose Run 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA12116WC
  
  
• Upcoming half marathons and other races in the region
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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