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
- 17:06.8 ~ Patrick Whitehead (M, 30) Albany, GA
- 18:25.2 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 50) Donalsonville, GA
- 18:44.4 ~ Dustin Reynolds (M, 17) Brinson, GA
- 20:04.8 ~ Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30) Albany, GA
- 20:23.2 ~ Michael Warner (M, 17) Enterprise, AL
- 20:45.2 ~ Gary Romesser (M, 65) Ft. Myers, FL
- 21:10.8 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 53) Taylor, AL
- 22:44.9 ~ Mark McCarra (M, 51) Grand Ridge, FL
- 23:09.1 ~ David Braswell (M, 45) Bainbridge, GA
- 23:18.8 ~ Dave Durbin (M, 56) Dothan, AL
Top Ten Women, 2016 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K
- 19:13.1 ~ Sheryl Rosen (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:47.6 ~ Ann Centner (F, 24) Blakely, GA
- 22:39.0 ~ Kaderricka Adams (F, 18) Dothan, AL
- 24:53.1 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 53) Alford, FL
- 24:59.3 ~ Annabelle Warner (F, 14) Enterprise, AL
- 25:06.6 ~ Margeret Winkler (F, 42) Blakely, GA
- 25:40.0 ~ Jadie Burrell (F, 12) Parrott, GA
- 25:57.9 ~ Merrie Beth Eubanks (F, 35) Arlington, GA
- 26:57.8 ~ Katie Sheppard (F, 13) Edison, GA
- 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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