Sunday, September 24, 2017

Gibson and Smith gallop to victory at the Trot With S.W.A.T.

Trot With S.W.A.T.The annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K was back in Dothan, Alabama's Poplar Head Park on Saturday morning, 23 September 2017, and so was Myles Gibson. Running 39:39, the Donalsonville, Georgia master runner won the race for the second year in a row. Kate Smith took the women's title, placing tenth overall in 49:10.


Gibson was so far ahead of the rest of the field that he might have been getting lonely on the streets of Dothan; by the time he finished the ten-kilometer race he had a lead of nearly a kilometer and a half on the next runner. It was Gibson's third Trot With S.W.A.T. win; in addition to the 2016 race he had also won the inaugural Trot in 2007.


Eric Bernard was second in the 10K in 46:23. Master runner Bernardo Defarro was third overall in 46:33.


Tabatha Murdock edged Krystal Sheerun for the runner-up spot in the women's standings, 55:03 to 55:04. Murdock and Sheerun placed nineteenth and twentieth overall. Kristi Holland was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, 21st overall in 55:44.


58 athletes finished the eleventh annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K
  1. 39:39, Myles Gibson (M, 51)
  2. 46:23, Eric Bernard (M, 38)
  3. 46:33, Bernardo Defarro (M, 49)
  4. 47:02, Jeremy Andrews (M, 30)
  5. 47:02, Mike Marchman (M, 56)
  6. 47:30, Cade Wells (M, 34)
  7. 48:00, Trevor Shaw (M, 15)
  8. 48:36, Jay Wrenn (M, 53)
  9. 48:43, Matt Pollard (M, 39)
  10. 49:12, Kevin Morgan (M, 52)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K
  1. 49:10, Kate Smith (F, 29)
  2. 55:03, Tabatha Murdock (F, 32)
  3. 55:04, Krystal Sheerun (F, 34)
  4. 55:44, Kristi Holland (F, 41)
  5. 55:51, Nina Korges (F, 58)
  6. 59:20, Esther Williams (F, 47)
  7. 59:21, Amy Chambers (F, 35)
  8. 59:32, Becky Ward (F, 18)
  9. 60:14, Toloria Carroll (F, 36)
  10. 60:31, Sandy Andrade Jones (F, 49)

The Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K has been around since 2007, but the 5K wasn't added to the event till 2009. Master runner Dale Thomas won the shorter race for the second year in a row in 2017, running 20:13. Richie Fernandez was second in 21:25, and master runner Mark Nichols third in 22:25.


Master runner Carolyn Houston was the women's champion in the 5K, placing fifth overall in 23:37. Rebecca Jewell was the women's runner-up and eighth overall in 25:14. Rachel David was third in the women's standings and fourteenth overall in 26:26.


103 athletes completed the 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K
  1. 20:13, Dale Thomas (M, 54)
  2. 21:25, Richie Fernandez (M, 34)
  3. 22:25, Mark Nichols (M, 43)
  4. 23:32, Blake Coskrey (M, 12)
  5. 24:38, Justin Trawick (M, 12)
  6. 24:40, Mike Houston (M, 45)
  7. 25:15, Bubba Ott (M, 45)
  8. 25:25, Chris Summerlin (F, 33)
  9. 26:04, Matthew Hosey (M, 18)
  10. 26:22, David Forrester (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K
  1. 23:37, Carolyn Houston (F, 45)
  2. 25:14, Rebecca Jewell (F, 38)
  3. 26:26, Rachel David (F, 39)
  4. 27:00, Robyn Harrison (F, 23)
  5. 27:16, Jamie Trawick (F, 39)
  6. 27:59, Loretta Shapiro (F, 44)
  7. 28:28, Sarah Houston (F, 15)
  8. 28:29, Betsy Liddon (F, 40)
  9. 28:49, CiJi Serdula (F, 32)
  10. 29:38, Katherine Westbrook (F, 22)

Trot With S.W.A.T. winners, 2007 - 2017
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
29 September 200710K37:05, Myles Gibson46:39, Dawn Hersman107
27 September 200810K37:10, Ryan Overstreet46:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe101
19 September 200910K40:44, Jay Shipman47:46, Kristina Bennett68
5K23:00, Michael Brennon23:54, Debbie Wittmer75
11 September 201010K44:23, Joe Ferguson52:20, Reyna Johnson86
5K19:51, Theron Carter21:36, Jo-Ann VanAswegen159
17 September 201110K43:01, Cedric Gillette43:30, Dana Cody86
5K19:54, Cody Causey24:05, Ami Heath99
22 September 201210K36:23, Nicholas Dason42:41, Megan Howell79
5K19:54, Michael Brennan23:09, Debbie Wittmer141
21 September 201310K36:03, David Seymour41:34, Ali Christoph59
5K20:29, John Halton21:18, Dana Cody93
20 September 201410K42:41, Dale Thomas52:30, Kristina Bennett48
5K19:32, John Helton20:49, Dana Cody77
19 September 201510K38:26, David Seymour50:33, Kimberly Floyd86
5K19:43, Michael Bond19:44, Ann Centner120
17 September 201610K39:53, Myles Gibson54:14, Courtney Helms58
5K21:42, Dale Thomas24:45, Heather Perry94
23 September 201710K39:39, Myles Gibson49:10, Kate Smith58
5K20:13, Dale Thomas23:37, Carolyn Houston103
The Trot with S.W.A.T. did not include a 5K prior to 2009.

A thank you to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners Club for his help in researching the past 
winners
of The Trot With S.W.A.T.


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