Whitehead and Rosen bring speed to the Crowdis 5K

In 2015 Dr. Patrick Whitehead didn't finish the Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K, dropping out just short of two kilometers into the race. On Saturday morning, 9 July 2016, however, the Darton State College psychology professor returned to the streets of Blakely, Georgia. This time Whitehead not only finished the race, he won, running the five kilometers in 17:07--the fastest time since the race was revived in 2012. On the women's side, Sheryl Rosen turned in a swift winning time of 19:14, faster than any woman had run at the Crowdis 5K since 1994.


Whitehead's victory ended Myles Gibson's Crowdis 5K winning streak. A Donalsonville, Georgia master runner, Gibson had won the race in 2014 and 2015. In 2016 he settled for second place behind Whitehead, running 18:26. Dustin Reynolds, a senior on the Seminole High cross country team, was third in 18:45. Albany, Georgia's Arnoldo DeJesus, runner-up at the 2015 Crowdis, took fourth in 20:05.


The Crowdis 5K was run annually in Blakely from 1981 to 1995. After that there was a seventeen-year hiatus before the event was resumed in 2012. During the original fifteen years more often than not the women's champion posted a winning time under 20:00. This wasn't the case after the race rebooted; Paige Braswell's 2013 winning time of 21:14 was the best mark in the new century. That is, it was till the 2016 race. Tallahassee lawyer Sheryl Rosen became the first woman to run sub-20:00 at the new Crowdis 5K, placing fourth overall in 19:14. Rosen wasn't the only woman to crack 20:00, either. Blakely's Ann Centner ran 19:48, finishing second in the women's standings and fifth overall. Kaderricka Adams, a senior at Dothan Northside Methodist Academy in Alabama, was third on the women's side and tenth overall in 22:39. Alford, Florida's Jill Wofsey was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, coming in twentieth overall in 24:54.


90 athletes finished the 2016 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K

1. 17:06.8 ~ Patrick Whitehead (M, 30) Albany, GA
2. 18:25.2 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 50) Donalsonville, GA
3. 18:44.4 ~ Dustin Reynolds (M, 17) Brinson, GA
4. 20:04.8 ~ Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30) Albany, GA
5. 20:23.2 ~ Michael Warner (M, 17) Enterprise, AL
6. 20:45.2 ~ Gary Romesser (M, 65) Ft. Myers, FL
7. 21:10.8 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 53) Taylor, AL
8. 22:44.9 ~ Mark McCarra (M, 51) Grand Ridge, FL
9. 23:09.1 ~ David Braswell (M, 45) Bainbridge, GA
10. 23:18.8 ~ Dave Durbin (M, 56) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Women, 2016 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K

1. 19:13.1 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
2. 19:47.6 ~ Ann Centner (F, 24) Blakely, GA
3. 22:39.0 ~ Kaderricka Adams (F, 18) Dothan, AL
4. 24:53.1 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 53) Alford, FL
5. 24:59.3 ~ Annabelle Warner (F, 14) Enterprise, AL
6. 25:06.6 ~ Margeret Winkler (F, 42) Blakely, GA
7. 25:40.0 ~ Jadie Burrell (F, 12) Parrott, GA
8. 25:57.9 ~ Merrie Beth Eubanks (F, 35) Arlington, GA
9. 26:57.8 ~ Katie Sheppard (F, 13) Edison, GA
10. 27:02.7 ~ Suzanne Angell (F, 50) Bainbridge, GA

James H. Crowdis Run 5K Champions, 1981 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
28 March 1981	17:14, Tony Gilbert	21:09, Connie Cullifer
27 March 1982	17:20, Brian Doby	, Connie Cullifer	108
12 March 1983	16:19, Kirk Thomas	20:10, Maurine Farley	143
10 March 1984	15:50, Louis Floyd	21:16, Ann Lee	139
9 March 1985	15:46, Mike Mead	19:54, Donna Duty	179
9 March 1986	15:31, Mike Mead	19:36, Donna Duty	198
14 March 1987	15:20, Lee Fidler	19:36, Donna Duty	158
12 March 1988	15:53, John Devine	18:59, Janice Hochstein	151
11 March 1989	14:59, Matt Parker	17:03, Kim Byrd	178
10 March 1990	15:05, Matt Parker	19:47, Donna Duty	152
9 March 1991	15:36, Matt Parker	18:29, Connie Robertson	130
14 March 1992	14:52, Paul Waldron	20:09, Janice Hochstein	102
15 May 1993*	16:54, Myles Gibson	20:22, Donna Duty	65
12 March 1994	16:51, Scott Hoxie	18:32, Connie Robertson	97
11 March 1995	16:54, Dale Thomas	19:19, Connie Robertson	105
No race held, 1996-2011
3 September 2012	18:27, Jonathon Davison	23:13, Debra Hunter	87
13 July 2013	17:34, Chase Harris	21:14, Paige Braswell	88
19 July 2014	18:12, Myles Gibson	23:24, Margaret Winkler	103
11 July 2015	18:10, Myles Gibson	23:02, Margaret Winkler	107
9 July 2016	17:07, Patrick Whitehead	19:14, Sheryl Rosen	90
* The 1993 race was originally scheduled for March 13, but was one of several races in the region that day postponed by a severe winter storm. A huge "thank you" to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners for his help in filling many blanks in the above history.

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bvte8rQc61SWmpoqvVsZwGN5dUtRYhUHpjepmtN_FVY/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Gibson and Winkler repeat at Crowdis”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/crowdis-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “The Crowdis Run continues with wins by Gibson and Winkler”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/crowdis-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bainbridge High athletes Harris and Braswell conquer Crowdis 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/crowdis-201313.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Early County harrier Jonathon Davison leads 87 runners in resurrecting the Crowdis 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/crowdis-5k.html
  
  
• Dr. James H. Crowdis Run web site
  http://crowdisrun.weebly.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification map for the 2016 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA15001WC
  
  
• Find your next race in the Apalachee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar:
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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