Repeat wins for Harvest Run record-holders Whitehead and Perkins

Dr. Patrick Whitehead made it two in a row, winning the Leesburg, Georgia Harvest Run 10K for the second year in a row on Saturday morning, 24 November 2016. The Darton State College professor ran 36:45 in the third annual event, finishing more than 900 meters ahead of the runner-up. On the women's side, Jennifer Perkins was also a repeat winner in the third annual event. Perkins had won the women's title in inaugural 10K in 2014; after an absence in 2015 she returned to finish as top woman in 2016, placing seventh overall in 44:47.


Behind Dr. Whitehead, Arnoldo DeJesus was second in the 6.2-mile race with a 40:31. Trailing DeJesus by 40 meters, Dennis Moore was the top master runner, placing third overall in 40:41.


Jennifer Romano was the top woman master and second female finisher, tenth overall in 46:51. Kathryn Daniel was third in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 52:08.


In addition to being repeat winners, Patrick Whitehead and Jennifer Perkins were both record holders in the event. Whitehead set the Harvest Run men's record of 36:11 in 2015, and Perkins the women's record of 41:32 in 2014. In the 2016 Harvest Run 5K Brian Miller also became a record holder. The Southland Academy alumnus won the 3.1-mile race in 18:34, eclipsing the old mark of 18:46 set by Henry Plowden in 2015. Aaron Pinckard, a distance runner on the Schley County Middle School cross-country team, was second in the 5K, running 19:18. Lee County junior-year cross-country runner Trevor Cleveland took third with a 20:32.


Kayla Sanseverino won the women's title in the 5K, placing eighth overall in 22:27. Severino is a sophomore on the cross-country team at Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. Twelve-year-old Emily Phillips was second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 23:07. Ramsay Miller, a junior on the Lee County High cross-country team, was the third female finisher and twelfth overall in 23:48. Budd Bramlett was the top master runner in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 22:46. Betsy Goslin was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 27th overall in 27:45.


44 athletes finished the 10K and 76 the 5K at the third annual Harvest Run. Proceeds of the event benefit the Challenger League for Special Needs Youth and the Lee County Wrestling Program.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 36:44.3, Patrick Whitehead (M, 30)
2. 40:30.6, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30)
3. 40:40.8, Dennis Moore (M, 48)
4. 41:58.3, Jimmy Darnell (M, 37)
5. 42:39.1, Robert Nolasco (M, 41)
6. 43:37.8, Chris Phillips (M, 37)
7. 45:24.9, Russell Crew (M, 54)
8. 46:01.0, Drew Schiavone (M, 32)
9. 49:06.4, Chris Shook (M, 42)
10. 49:10.2, Tracy Taunton (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 44:46.4, Jennifer Perkins (F, 36)
2. 46:50.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 42)
3. 52:07.7, Kathryn Daniels (F, 39)
4. 52:32.6, Jennifer Bramlett (F, 43)
5. 52:37.7, Caroline Taylor (F, 15)
6. 53:29.7, Cherie McDonald (F, 50)
7. 55:32.2, Nancy Nelson (F, 54)
8. 56:05.3, Jennifer Moree (F, 60)
9. 58:30.2, Christine Owen (F, 47)
10. 58:36.8, Sarah Lukes (F, 47)

Top Ten Men, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 18:34.0, Brian Miller (M, 19)
2. 19:17.3, Aaron Pinckard (M, 13)
3. 20:31.4, Trevor Grayson Cleveland (M, 16)
4. 20:41.0, Ben Phillips (M, 14)
5. 22:06.1, Trey Griffin (M, 28)
6. 22:09.9, Chance Bowser (M, 17)
7. 22:21.7, Michael Burrows (M, 36)
8. 22:45.2, Budd Bramlett (M, 43)
9. 22:58.8, Austin Lee (M, 15)
10. 24:11.5, Nate Gross (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 22:26.9, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 15)
2. 23:06.4, Emily Phillips (F, 12)
3. 23:47.4, Ramsay Miller (F, 16)
4. 25:26.2, Allison Bowser (F, 34)
5. 26:24.4, Ashley Bagwell (F, 28)
6. 27:44.2, Betsy Goslin (F, 40)
7. 27:52.6, Sandra Williams (F, 42)
8. 28:34.4, Ceci Romano (F, 8)
9. 28:36.2, Kelly Governale (F, 46)
10. 28:59.5, Sandy Knight (F, 57)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2016
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
27 September 2014	10K	41:19, Dennis Moore	41:32, Jennifer Perkins	25
	5K	21:36, Carl Sagasser	25:01, Carmen Rodriguez	36
26 November 2015	10K	36:11, Patrick Whitehead	47:58, Allison Cauthen	46
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	22:09, Ryleigh Bell	96
24 November 2016	10K	36:45, Patrick Whitehead	44:47, Jennifer Perkins	44
	5K	18:34, Brian Miller	22:27, Kayla Sanseverino	76

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfbVJE912py2LRzxsVBdW4t1NQOsaotAJck-MAq6KOg/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Cauthen reap victory at the Harvest Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/leesburg-harvest-2015.html
  
  
• Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
  
  
• Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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