Gibson and Smith gallop to victory at the 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
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 September 2007	10K	37:05, Myles Gibson	46:39, Dawn Hersman	107
27 September 2008	10K	37:10, Ryan Overstreet	46:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe	101
19 September 2009	10K	40:44, Jay Shipman	47:46, Kristina Bennett	68
	5K	23:00, Michael Brennon	23:54, Debbie Wittmer	75
11 September 2010	10K	44:23, Joe Ferguson	52:20, Reyna Johnson	86
	5K	19:51, Theron Carter	21:36, Jo-Ann VanAswegen	159
17 September 2011	10K	43:01, Cedric Gillette	43:30, Dana Cody	86
	5K	19:54, Cody Causey	24:05, Ami Heath	99
22 September 2012	10K	36:23, Nicholas Dason	42:41, Megan Howell	79
	5K	19:54, Michael Brennan	23:09, Debbie Wittmer	141
21 September 2013	10K	36:03, David Seymour	41:34, Ali Christoph	59
	5K	20:29, John Halton	21:18, Dana Cody	93
20 September 2014	10K	42:41, Dale Thomas	52:30, Kristina Bennett	48
	5K	19:32, John Helton	20:49, Dana Cody	77
19 September 2015	10K	38:26, David Seymour	50:33, Kimberly Floyd	86
	5K	19:43, Michael Bond	19:44, Ann Centner	120
17 September 2016	10K	39:53, Myles Gibson	54:14, Courtney Helms	58
	5K	21:42, Dale Thomas	24:45, Heather Perry	94
23 September 2017	10K	39:39, Myles Gibson	49:10, Kate Smith	58
	5K	20:13, Dale Thomas	23:37, Carolyn Houston	103
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.

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T.
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQmAA8Bx-30-xXg2zse3drrePU-9pXgQaXGPJ17dvGufzV--gpyeQCWIqGOKmU-nKGFrruu-4wKG6C1/pubhtml
  
  
• 2013 story, “Seymour and Christoph trot to new records at Trot With S.W.A.T.”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/swat-2013.html
  
  
• Looking for another race within 100 miles of Tallahassee? Look here!
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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