Thursday, February 25, 2016

Kozma and Golden play hard to get at Tifton Sweetheart Run

Racing in his hometown, Tifton, Georgia master runner Marton Kozma won the nineteenth annual Sweetheart Run 5K on Saturday morning, 20 February 2016. Kozma ran the 3.1 miles in 20:39. Emily Golden was second over the finish line and first on the women's side, running 20:23. A Tift Middle School cross country runner, Golden had finished second in the women's division of the 2015 Sweetheart 5K.


Cooper Browning of Tifton was second in the men's standings, placing third overall in 21:24. Tifton's Joseph Knoll edged Mike Belcher of Ashburnham, Massachusetts for the third men's spot, both runners clocked in 21:31.


Ashlee Golden, a sophomore cross country runner at Tift County High, was the runner-up in the women's standings, placing tenth overall in 23:34. Tifton's Penny Peters was the top woman master and third female finisher, eleventh overall in 24:38.


77 athletes finished Tifton's nineteenth annual Sweetheart Run 5K with another 52 completing a one-mile fun "Clot Trot". Proceeds from the runs benefit Hemophilia of Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Tifton Sweetheart Run 5K
  1. 20:39 ~ Marton Kozma (M, 45-49) Tifton, GA
  2. 21:24 ~ Cooper Browning (M, 30-34) Tifton, GA
  3. 21:31 ~ Joseph Knoll (M, 35-39) Tifton, GA
  4. 21:31 ~ Mike Belcher (M, 30-34) Ashburnham, MA
  5. 22:17 ~ John Hall (M, 45-49) Tifton, GA
  6. 22:44 ~ James Hawke (M, 45-49) Sylvester, GA
  7. 23:10 ~ Rick Register (M, 50-54) Lake Park, GA
  8. 23:34 ~ Stephen Williford (M, 30-34) Ashburn, GA
  9. 24:40 ~ Richard Golden (M, 45-49) Tifton, GA
  10. 25:14 ~ Zach Veazey (M, 35-39) Tifton, GA

Top Ten Women, 2016 Tifton Sweetheart Run 5K
  1. 21:23 ~ Emily Golden (F, 11-14) Tifton, GA
  2. 23:34 ~ Ashlee Golden (F, 15-19) Tifton, GA
  3. 24:38 ~ Penny Peters (F, 45-49) Tifton, GA
  4. 25:29 ~ Lauren Pate (F, 30-34) Tifton, GA
  5. 27:18 ~ Rosanne Lewis (F, 40-44) Lake Park, GA
  6. 27:28 ~ Karen Kinard (F, 30-34) Tifton, GA
  7. 28:51 ~ Jeanette Macdonald (F, 60-64) Sylvester, GA
  8. 29:10 ~ April Jowers (F, 35-39) Tifton, GA
  9. 29:39 ~ Sheila Oliver (F, 50-54) Adel, GA
  10. 30:13 ~ Amy Hightower (F, 35-39) Chula, GA

Known Sweetheart Run 5K winners, 1998 - 2016
DateMenWomenFinishers
22 February 200316:26, Josh Myers21:03, Angela Cobb97
21 February 2004
11 February 200616:55, John Seppala20:36, Kristen Ray124
10 February 200717:16, David Marley20:14, Brittney Skiles128
23 February 200821:30, Tiffany Cochran
21 February 2009
13 February 201016:22, Austin McDonald23:22, Madison Honeycutt
12 February 201117:00, Hunter Honeycutt22:06, Madison Honeycutt
11 February 201219:38, Matthew Myers22:54, Ashlee Golden
9 February 201319:31, Michael Love21:50, Ashlee Golden155
22 February 201420:35, Lorenzo Gomez22:16, Ashlee Golden172
21 February 201519:41, Kurt Anthony19:51, Elena Oslund132
20 February 201620:39, Marton Kozma21:23, Emily Golden77
Any help in filling the gaps for 1998-2002, 2004-2005, and 2008-2009 would be
greatly appreciated.


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