Patrick Whitehead posts a Harvest Run three-peat

The Leesburg, Georgia Harvest Run started out in 2014 as a September race. In the three years since, though, it became established as an annual Thanksgiving Day 10K. Also during those three years, Patrick Whitehead established himself as the perennial winner of that 10K. Dr. Whitehead notched his third Harvest Run 10K victory in a row on Thursday morning, 23 November 2017, running 37:31. Danice Roberts captured the women's crown, placing tenth overall in 48:00.


2014 Harvest Run champion Dennis Moore was the top master runner in the race for the fourth year in a row, placing second overall in 41:09. Jaren Hill, an alumbus of the Americus-Sumter High cross-country team, took third in 42:02.


Amy Sliwinski was second in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 49:32. Char Davidson was the top woman master and third female finisher, seventeenth overall in 50:58.


38 athletes finished the fourth annual Harvest Run 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 37:30.2, Patrick Whitehead (M, 31)
2. 41:09.0, Dennis Moore (M, 49)
3. 42:01.9, Jaren Hill (M, 20)
4. 43:18.4, Eric Crump (M, 46)
5. 45:05.8, Cesareo Esteban (M, 39)
6. 45:07.9, Carl Plowden (M, 48)
7. 45:23.7, Sergio Farias (M, 32)
8. 45:33.8, Gilberto Rojo (M, 46)
9. 46:46.6, William Hancock (M, 55)
10. 48:17.2, Jose Trejo (M, 39)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 47:59.1, Danice Roberts (F, 36)
2. 49:32.0, Amy Sliwinski (F, 26)
3. 50:57.7, Char Davidson (F, 64)
4. 52:50.2, Maryann Plowden (F, 47)
5. 52:55.2, Ramsay Miller (F, 17)
6. 52:56.1, Caroline Taylor (F, 16)
7. 53:40.3, Angela Gattie (F, 36)
8. 53:58.8, Cherie McDonald (F, 51)
9. 54:09.8, Sue Hite (F, 61)
10. 56:52.0, Jamie Swainn (F, 40)

The Harvest Run has always included a 5K option. Henry Plowden won the shorter race as a thirteen-year-old in 2015, setting an event record of 18:46. Brian Miller bettered that record the next year, winning the 2016 5K in 18:34. Plowden returned in 2017. Now a sophomore on the Westover High cross-country team, Plowden reclaimed the Harvest Run 5K record, winning the race in 17:44. Luke Stocks finished runner-up in 18:01. Aaron Pinckard, a Schley County High cross-country runner, took third place overall in 18:24.


Bonnie Zimmerman took the women's title in the 5K, placing twelfth overall in 22:35. Less than fifty meters back, Alisa Simonover was the second woman and thirteenth overall in 22:48. Kayla Sanseverino, the 2016 Harvest Run 5K women's champ, was third in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 23:09. Jennifer Romano was the top woman master, the fourth female finisher and seventeenth overall in 23:27.


100 athletes finished the fourth annual Harvest Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 17:43.6, Henry Plowden (M, 15)
2. 18:00.6, Luke Stocks (M, 26)
3. 18:23.2, Aaron Pinckard (M, 14)
4. 18:29.4, Silas Stocks (M, 21)
5. 18:57.3, Corey Fowler (M, 17)
6. 18:59.1, Austin Fowler (M, 21)
7. 19:00.6, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 31)
8. 19:20.7, Seth Tomlinson (M, 15)
9. 19:38.6, Will Tomlinson (M, 15)
10. 20:07.4, Mark Stocks (M, 56)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 22:34.3, Bonnie Zimmerman (F, 32)
2. 22:47.7, Alisa Simonover (F, 20)
3. 23:09.0, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 16)
4. 23:26.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 43)
5. 25:13.5, Morgan Burney (F, 22)
6. 25:54.7, Emilie Malone (F, 13)
7. 25:57.7, Ashley Bagwell (F, 29)
8. 26:04.6, Donielle Chittick (F, 28)
9. 26:20.4, Anna Plowden (F, 13)
10. 26:53.8, Nancy Stocks (F, 55)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
27 September 2014	10K	41:19, Dennis Moore	41:32, Jennifer Perkins	25
	5K	21:36, Carl Sagasser	25:01, Carmen Rodriguez	36
26 November 2015	10K	36:11, Patrick Whitehead	47:58, Allison Cauthen	46
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	22:09, Ryleigh Bell	96
24 November 2016	10K	36:45, Patrick Whitehead	44:47, Jennifer Perkins	44
	5K	18:34, Brian Miller	22:27, Kayla Sanseverino	76
23 November 2017	10K	37:31, Patrick Whitehead	48:00, Danice Roberts	38
	5K	17:44, Henry Plowden	22:35, Bonnie Zimmerman	100

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQnJq-5KymCgTQFThF_ZDcM1crruPeeEsT_DxhnJalXYYK1AwVsN_oBWMnTy1RDGGqJAKtqIrqCQ9P5/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Repeat wins for Harvest Run record-holders Whitehead and Perkins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/11/leesburg-harvest-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Cauthen reap victory at the Harvest Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/leesburg-harvest-2015.html
  
  
• Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
  
  
• Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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