On Saturday morning, 18 June 2016, Hinesville, Georgia master runner Robert McCoy won Cordele's 2016 Watermelon Race by nearly 600 meters, covering the five kilometer course in 19:44. Rand McDonald, an eighth-grader on the Early County Middle School cross-country team, was second overall in 22:23. Bucky Thompson of Byromville, Georgia placed third in 23:02.
Vienna, Georgia distance runner Caitlin Mixon was the women's champ, finishing fourth overall in 24:02. Atlanta, Georgia's Whitney Conner was runner-up on the women's side and eighth overall in 27:02. Cordele's own Adrienne Worley was the third woman and ninth overall in 27:14. Dale Lawson of Cordele was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, tenth overall in 27:33.
59 athletes finished Cordele's 2016 Watermelon 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2016 Cordele Watermelon 5K
- 19:43.81 ~ Robert McCoy (M, 50) Hinesville, GA
- 22:22.05 ~ Rand McDonald (M, 13) Blakely, GA
- 23:01.75 ~ Bucky Thompson (M, 33) Byromville, GA
- 25:02.33 ~ Garan Daw (M, 15) Unadilla, GA
- 25:20.25 ~ Will Lanneau (M, 16) Cordele, GA
- 26:33.60 ~ Angel Valdes (M, 25) Cordele, GA
- 29:22.14 ~ Jud Lanneau (M, 46) Cordele, GA
- 29:48.82 ~ Rick Lawson (M, 53) Cordele, GA
- 30:28.98 ~ Ben Carey (M, 37) Cobb, GA
- 30:43.61 ~ Dagan Kennedy (M, 17) Cordele, GA
Top Ten Women, 2016 Cordele Watermelon 5K
- 24:01.08 ~ Caitlin Mixon (F, 27) Vienna, GA
- 27:01.25 ~ Whitney Conner (F, 27) Atlanta, GA
- 27:13.58 ~ Adrienne Worley (F, 35) Cordele, GA
- 27:32.33 ~ Dale Lawson (F, 49) Cordele, GA
- 30:10.90 ~ Stacey McGarr (F, 44) Cordele, GA
- 30:54.08 ~ Rebecca Walker (F, 37) Cordele, GA
- 31:36.51 ~ Erica Rickerson (F, 17) Hawkinsville, GA
- 34:27.60 ~ Andrea Wade (F, 47) Cordele, GA
- 34:58.23 ~ Toni Lanneau (F, 46) Cordele, GA
- 35:03.04 ~ Jennifer Edalgo (F, 36) Cordele, GA
Cordele Watermelon 5K | ||||
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Date | Distance | Men | Women | Finishers |
14 June 2008 | 10K | 33:46, David Marley | 51:34, Elizabeth Lambert | 45 |
5K | 20:37, Patrick Calcutt | 22:25, Neeli Fortson | 70 | |
13 June 2009 | 12K | 43:34, Austin McDonald | 60:35, Cheryl Vail | 63 |
5K | 17:47, Nathan Norton | 24:35, Katherine McGarr | 84 | |
12 June 2010 | 12K | 54:24, Bret Campbell | 62:39, Emily Parker | 59 |
5K | 19:00, Nathan Norton | 22:12, Molly Smith | 95 | |
10 June 2011 | 10.5K | 45:54, Sean McConnell | 51:16, Leah Ellis | 25 |
5K | 18:47, Masked Avenger | 24:50, Heidi Taylor | 64 | |
9 June 2012 | 10.2K | |||
5K | ||||
8 June 2013 | 5K | 18:54, Robert Bledsoe | 21:18, Katherine McGarr | 103 |
7 June 2014 | 5K | 18:45, Hunter Kimball | 24:41, Lauren Pollock | 78 |
27 June 2015 | 5K | 21:21, Robert McCoy | 25:49, Charlene Pennymon | 67 |
18 June 2016 | 5K | 19:44, Robert McCoy | 24:02, Caitlin Mixon | 59 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2016 Cordele Watermelon 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17QVTgNC3VoLAIy9o3Oq_PZYPVpqSwBV3Xq0kZp5y1KM/pubhtml
- “Summer is Watermelon [Run] Season”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/06/melon-runs.html
- Find all the upcoming Watermelon Runs in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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