It was Kumar's first win in the annual Five Points Of Life race. A TeamFTC Elite runner, Kumar is a recent graduate of the University of Florida and an alumnus of the Gainesville Eastside High cross-country team.
While Kumar was getting his first Five Points Of Life title, Ani Veltcheva was winning the women's division for the fifth year in a row--a streak that started when Veltcheva was eight years old. Her winning time of 17:34 in the 2017 race was just off the world single-age record for twelve-year-old girls--17:32.4, set by Lauryn Heskin in 2016. Let me emphasize that we're talking about the world record; not the Abraham Lincoln Middle School record, not the Florida record, not a national record, but the world record.
Gainesville's Betsy Suda, the 2011 Five Points Of Life 5K women's champ, was fourth overall and second in the women's standings, running 18:09. Another Abraham Lincoln Middle School student, thirteen-year-old Anton Matchev, took fifth overall and third on the men's side in 18:13. Christopher Bartley of Gainesville was the fourth male finisher and sxith overall in 18:18. Morgan Hull of Gainesville was the third woman and seventh overall in 18:21.
Keisuke Matsuki was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing eighth overall and fifth in the men's standings at 18:26. Elizabeth Andrade was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, taking sixteenth overall in 20:34.
367 athletes finished the 2017 Five Points 5K. DRC Sports of Inverness, Florida timed the race. The 5K was the feature race of the first day of the Five Points of Life race weekend, which continued on Sunday with the marathon and half-marathon.
Top Ten Men, 2017 Five Points Of Life 5K
- 17:31.61, Ravi Kumar (M, 22) Gainesville, FL
- 17:34.34, Enoch Nadler (M, 31) Gainesville, FL
- 18:12.36, Anton Matchev (M, 13) Gainesville, FL
- 18:17.60, Christopher Bartley (M, 29) Gainesville, FL
- 18:25.52, Keisuke Matsuki (M, 44) Gainesville, FL
- 18:56.70, David Cox (M, 31) Gainesville, FL
- 19:38.78, Ben Mock (M, 14) Alachua, FL
- 20:05.87, Philip Matchev (M, 10) Gainesville, FL
- 20:06.46, Shreyas Honrao (M, 26) Gainesville, FL
- 20:22.28, Dustin Beller (M, 24) Jacksonville, FL
Top Ten Women, 2017 Five Points Of Life 5K
- 17:34.00, Ani Veltcheva (F, 12) Gainesville, FL
- 18:08.82, Betsy Suda (F, 35) Gainesville, FL
- 18:20.86, Morgan Hull (F, 21) Gainesville, FL
- 18:44.99, Kelly Griffin (F, 38) Gainesville, FL
- 20:21.88, Abby Garner (F, 24) Boca Grande, FL
- 20:33.66, Elizabeth Andrade (F, 47) Gainesville, FL
- 20:49.54, Adair Lyden (F, 19) Orlando, FL
- 22:43.62, Seyran Kepic (F, 10) Gainesville, FL
- 22:52.19, Mary Greco (F, 30) kansas city, MO
- 22:58.15, Christina Alba (F, 41) Gainesville, CO
Five Points 5K winners, 2008 - 2017 | |||
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Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
23 February 2008 | 16:03, Mitch Guirard | 19:47, Amanda Duarte | |
21 February 2009 | 16:40, Kellam Bartley | 17:27, Vaida Zusinaite | 388 |
13 February 2010 | 18:12, Lance Reccoppa | 18:58, Firaya Sultanove-Zhdanova | 336 |
19 February 2011 | 17:41, Michael Rosato | 17:41, Betsy Suda | 366 |
18 February 2012 | 16:10, Michael Rosato | 21:39, Jennifer Schofield | 475 |
16 February 2013 | 17:14, Michael Anderson | 20:49, Ani Veltcheva | 400 |
15 February 2014 | 17:29, Kyle Dunn | 19:50, Ani Veltcheva | 354 |
14 February 2015 | 19:00, Robert Robins | 19:07, Ani Veltcheva | 312 |
20 February 2016 | 17:08, Matthew Edwards | 18:23, Ani Veltcheva | 347 |
25 February 2017 | 17:32, Ravi Kumar | 17:34, Ani Veltcheva | 367 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2017 Five Points 5K at drcsports.com
http://drcsports.com/race-results/49
- Five Points of Life's photos of the 2017 race weekend
https://www.facebook.com/pg/fivepointsoflife/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154852739420923
- 2016 story, “Edwards gets his first Five Points 5K win, Veltcheva her fourth”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/5-points-5k-2016.html
- USATF course certification map for the 2016 Five Points 5K
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL09010EBM
- Three Miles, Four Seasons, or Five Points, find it on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1