Swanson and Minga keep the Coach Post 10K titles in Panama City Beach

On Saturday morning, 8 April 2016, for the fourth year in a row athletes gathered at Saint Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach, Florida for the annual Coach Post 10K. Ezra Swanson won the race by 200 meters, covering the two-loop course around the park in 41:52. Swanson, a Panama City Beach athlete, had finished runner-up in the race the previous year. Master runner Allie Minga, another Panama City Beach runner, won the women's title in the 2017 10K, placing fourth overall in 45:48. 37 athletes finished the 6.2-mile race.


Ivan De La Cruz, a frosh cross-country runner at Mosley High, took second behind Swanson in 42:44. Eleven-year-old Nicolas Waddell placed third in 44:18.


Katie Nicksic of Katy, Texas was second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 54:40. Lynn Haven, Florida master runner Debbie Chitwood was the third female finisher and twelfth overall in 54:47.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Coach Post 10K

1. 41:52, Ezra Swanson (M, 29) Panama City Beach, FL
2. 42:44, Ivan De La Cruz (M, 15) Lynn Haven, FL
3. 44:18, Nicolas Waddell (M, 11)
4. 47:22, Cameron Bledsoe (M, 25) Panama City, FL
5. 47:24, Warren Clifton (M, 44) Lynn Haven, FL
6. 50:42, Bill Buffkin (M, 53) Panama City, FL
7. 51:29, Brian Polis (M, 30) Panama City Beach, FL
8. 52:13, Declan Houchins (M, 13) Panama City, FL
9. 52:43, James Godwin (M, 40) Panama City, FL
10. 60:39, Bao Le (M, 18)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Coach Post 10K

1. 45:48, Allie Minga (F, 43) Panama City Beach, FL
2. 54:40, Katie Nicksic (F, 38) Katy, TX
3. 54:47, Debbie Chitwood (F, 50) Lynn Haven, FL
4. 57:33, Natalie Ryan (F, 31)
5. 58:23, Rebecca Eckles (F, 30) Panama City Beach, FL
6. 60:10, Holly Wilson (F, 52) Montgomery, AL
7. 60:13, Brittiany Asher (F, 25) Panama City, FL
8. 60:23, Christy Clifton (F, 44) Lynn Haven, FL
9. 61:14, Kathy Duncan (F, 44)
10. 62:40, Annette Owens (F, 57) Ponce De Leon, FL

For anyone who thought one lap around the Saint Andrews State Park was enough running for one morning, there was the Coach Post 5K. Fifteen-year--old Brayson Barber won the shorter race in 19:49. Andrew Bahati of Lynn Haven took second in 20:17, and Caiden Curtis was third in 20:28.


Heather Webb--a master runner from Sterling, Virginia--was the top woman, placing sixteenth overall in 26:37. Megan Colravy was the women's runner-up and 25th overall in 28:47. Melissa Alverson was the third woman in the 5K, running 28:55 and placing 27th overall.


113 athletes finished the 5K. Both races were timed by Gulfsport Timing of Pensacola, Florida.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Coach Post 5K

1. 19:49, Brayson Barber (M, 15)
2. 20:17, Andrew Bahati (M, 28) Lynn Haven, FL
3. 20:28, Caiden Curtis (M, 14)
4. 21:00, Adam Alverson (M, 39)
5. 22:24, Jonathan Hermes (M, 17)
6. 23:30, Caleb Whitlock (M, 26)
7. 23:45, David Griffin (M, 54)
8. 24:14, Thomas Garred (M, 19) Lynn Haven, FL
9. 24:34, Richard Simpson (M, 14) Lynn Haven, FL
10. 25:06, Matt Hollo (M, 14)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Coach Post 5K

1. 26:37, Heather Webb (F, 45) Sterling, VA
2. 28:47, Megan Colravy (F, 20)
3. 28:55, Melissa Alverson (F, 35)
4. 32:16, Rachel Wagner (F, 14)
5. 33:09, Janet Hillier (F, 60) Wauconda, IL
6. 33:34, Marina Dowdy (F, 8) Chipley, FL
7. 33:35, Erin Brookins (F, 33) Panama City, FL
8. 33:35, Emily Garred (F, 11)
9. 33:35, Melissa Garred (F, 20) Lynn Haven, FL
10. 34:33, Andrea Newhouse (F, 33) Longwood, FL

Coach Post 10K / 5K winners, 2014 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
12 April 2014	10K	36:44, David Shearon	43:18, Holly Jones	120
	5K	21:54, Ted Wach	22:07, Catherine Maclean	232
11 April 2015	10K	38:11, Jeffrey Schlenker	48:14, Rebecca McConnell	44
	5K	18:14, Justin Williams	21:07, Jessica Berschwinger	141
9 April 2016	10K	36:31, David Shearon	45:00, Amanda Thompson	69
	5K	18:36, Brian Kloiber	23:28, Norma McPherson	134
8 April 2017	10K	41:52, Ezra Swanson	45:48, Allie Minga	37
	5K	19:49, Brayson Barber	26:37, Heather Webb	113

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Coach Post 10K and 5K runs
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10MGhkBB7uLJcpaO1-HhIOhE5wh3LMmVNTR7NlKwebLU/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “David Shearon gets a second win and the record at the Coach Post 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/coach-post-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Coach Post 10K is a day at the beach for Schlenker and McConnell”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/coach-post-2015.html
  
  
• The Coach Post 10K and 5K runs on Facebook
  https://www.facebook.com/CoachPostRun
  
  
• USATF Course Certification Map FL13047EBM, 2016 Coach Post 5K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL13047EBM
  
  
• Find upcoming races in Panama City Beach and elsewhere in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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