Bewley breezes to victory at the Breeze By The Bay 10K

On Saturday morning, 8 April 2017, Lauren Bewley won the fourth annual Breeze By The Bay 10K in Port Saint Joe, Florida. The Valdosta, Georgia athlete finished more than 200 meters ahead of the next runner, completing the 6.2-mile course in 49:36.


Wendy Edwards of Port Saint Joe was the first master runner in the race, placing second overall in 50:51. Josh Shoemaker was the first male finisher, third overall in 51:44.


Eleven athletes finished the 10K.


Top Ten Athletes, 2017 Breeze By The Bay 10K

1. 49:35.4, Lauren Bewley
2. 50:50.7, Wendy Edwards
3. 51:43.1, Josh Shoemaker
4. 52:51.9, Dan Subbert
5. 53:04.0, Belinda Wharton
6. 60:07.7, Andrea De La Vega
7. 62:06.7, Stephanie Petersen
8. 63:33.7, Kate Norris
9. 63:35.8, Jeff Norris
10. 84:29.2, Sherry Paul

Taking a break from her ninth-grade track season at Dunwoody High, Anna Mothner won the Breeze By The Bay 5K, posting a time of 22:57 in the 3.1-mile race--a Breeze By The Bay women's record. Kentucky schoolboy Dashal Smothers was the first male finisher, placing second in the shorter event with a 23:44.


29 athletes completed the 5K.


Top Ten Athletes, 2017 Breeze By The Bay 5K

1. 22:56.9, Anna Mothner
2. 23:43.1, Dashal Smothers
3. 24:00.9, Allen Folsom
4. 27:09.9, Brittany Folsom
5. 27:25.7, Phil Troyer
6. 27:51.5, Jane Hughes
7. 28:25.1, Rhonda Riemenschneider
8. 28:40.6, Matt Riggle
9. 28:43.0, Jacey Smothers
10. 29:22.2, Lee Lynch

Breeze by the Bay winners, 2014 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
5 April 2014	10K	42:20, Andy Janks-Wilkins	52:43, Anna Duren Reid	34
	5K	17:32, Wright Calhoun	26:31, Sarah Twardy	70
11 April 2015	10K	43:07, Nicholas Comforter	52:02, Anna Reid	29
	5K	18:38, Alan Bowers	23:38, Courtney Jones	48
12 March 2016	10K	44:48, Jackson Roberts	48:41, Leah Baldwin	19
	5K	25:58, Patrick Zoll	24:08, Lydia Miles	50
8 April 2017	10K	51:44, Josh Shoemaker	49:36, Lauren Bewley	11
	5K	23:44, Dashal Smothers	22:57, Anna Mothner

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Breeze By The Bay
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C-5WMc2A6hQ5x3tWGarUcAKFMKagHQOVf3MvtARLKOI/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Roberts and Baldwin run like the wind at Breeze By The Bay”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/breeze-bay-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Winning's a breeze for Comforter and Reid”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/breeze-bay-2015.html
  
  
• Breeze By The Bay on Facebook
  https://www.facebook.com/breezebythebay
  
  
• Find upcoming windy races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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