Henry Plowden and Ann Centner lead Albany's Jingle Bell Jog

In 2016, Henry Plowden won the 5K at Albany, Georgia's 28th annual Jingle Bell Jog. On Saturday morning, 9 December 2017, Plowden returned to Tift Park for the 29th annual Jingle Bell Jog, but this time the sophomore cross-country runner from Westover High was racing 10K. He was just as successful at the longer distance, winning in 38:51. Blakely, Georgia's Ann Centner continued her habit of winning women's title all over Southwest Georgia, running 39:50 in her first Jingle Bell Jog 10K to place first in the women's standings and second overall.


Dennis Moore of Leesburg, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K, placing third overall and second in the men's standings at 41:56. Three years earlier, Moore had been the top master runner in the 2014 Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Ashton Donahue, a senior on the Baconton High cross-country team, was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 42:00. Two-time Jingle Bell Jog 10K champion Patrick Whitehead was the fourth man and sixth overall with a 43:46.


Also clocked in 43:46 but finishing just ahead of Whitehead, Jennifer Perkins was the second woman and fifth overall. Perkins had been the top woman in the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Sarah Harris was the third woman and eleventh overall in 46:25. Lynn Varner was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 23rd overall in 51:14.


141 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 38:51, Henry Plowden (M, 15)
2. 41:56, Dennis Moore (M, 49)
3. 42:00, Ashton Donahue (M, 18)
4. 43:46, Patrick Whitehead (M, 31)
5. 46:01, Chris Phillips (M, 38)
6. 46:09, Ben Phillips (M, 15)
7. 46:14, Sergio Farias (M, 32)
8. 46:23, William Hancock (M, 55)
9. 47:28, Oscar Viquez (M, 48)
10. 49:11, Jim Tully (M, 71)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 39:50, Ann Centner (F, 26)
2. 43:46, Jennifer Perkins (F, 37)
3. 46:25, Sarah Harris (F, 30)
4. 48:21, Laura Ashcraft (F, 24)
5. 48:38, Katherine McGarr (F, 20)
6. 49:14, Jessica Phillips (F, 26)
7. 50:25, Bourlakov Delaney (F, 25)
8. 51:14, Lynn Varner (F, 53)
9. 52:27, Amelia Gibbs (F, 40)
10. 53:09, Catherine Jones (F, 58)

While the defending champion of the Jingle Bell Jog 5K, Henry Plowden, was racing the 10K, Arnoldo De Jesus was winning the shorter race, running 19:30. Trevor Boeckman took second in the 5K with a 19:41. Jon Durham, an eight-grader on the Deerfield Windsor cross-country team, was third overall in 19:49.


Sara Ostrander was the fastest master runner as well as the first woman in the 5K, placing tenth overall in 21:44. Kristen Scheuter took second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 22:29. Meghan Pate was the third female finisher, coming in twentieth overall in 23:56.


Gordy Bonner was the first male master and fourteenth male finisher in the 5K, sixteenth overall in 23:18.


372 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K. Both the 10K and the 5K were timed by Orion Racing of Atlanta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 31)
2. 19:41, Trevor Boeckmann (M, 29)
3. 19:49, Jon Durham (M, 14)
4. 20:39, Walker Pinson (M, 16)
5. 20:47, Will Tomlinson (M, 15)
6. 20:55, Michael Burrows (M, 37)
7. 21:06, Edward Ostrander (M, 14)
8. 21:11, Shyam Patel (M, 28)
9. 21:24, Seth Tomlinson (M, 15)
10. 22:38, Ben Prinua (M, 15)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 21:44, Sara Ostrander (F, 44)
2. 22:29, Kristen Scheuter (F, 35)
3. 23:56, Meghan Pate (F, 31)
4. 24:04, Caitlin Mixon (F, 28)
5. 24:16, Michelle Cossins (F, 32)
6. 24:42, Alea Bochette (F, 14)
7. 25:06, Bailey Irvin (F, 13)
8. 25:42, Mandy Phillips (F, 40)
9. 25:53, Alma Ostrander (F, 12)
10. 25:57, Gail Morris (F, 36)

Winners of the Albany Jingle Bell Jog, 2004 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2004	10K
	5K	18:40, Warren Juster	20:37, Wendy Donnan	311
3 December 2005	10K	37:25, Robert Feldman	43:34, Ashley Elam	104
	5K	18:06, Cooper Browning	19:47, Brittney Skiles	236
2 December 2006	10K	37:42, Brandon Skiles	45:45, Wendy Donnan	155
	5K	16:43, Bruce Skiles	21:06, Kelly Conway	241
1 December 2007	10K	*26:00, Roman Drankin	*35:13, Jennifer Pollock	132
	5K	16:19, David Marley	19:22, Brittney Skiles	332
6 December 2008	10K	35:54, Josh Fix	46:14, Andrean Edwards	160
	5K	15:52, David Marley	20:11, Brittney Skiles	325
5 December 2009	10K	36:12, Adam Ross	47:03, Brenna Waack	149
	5K	16:59, Brandon Skiles	19:07, Brittney Skiles	242
4 December 2010	10K	35:51, Adam Ross	45:23, Karen Hamby	194
	5K	19:57, Will Howell	22:49, Katherine McGarr	351
3 December 2011	10K	36:24, Nathan Norton	43:50, Jane Spetoskey	229
	5K	17:06, Heath Lamb	21:28, Beth Young	485
1 December 2012	10K	37:28, Josh Fix	46:30, Anne Cheek	271
	5K	17:49, Wright Calhoun	23:00, Charlene Pennymon	616
7 December 2013	10K	41:22, Duncan Moore	47:15, Heidi Taylor	217
	5K	17:12, Austin Stewart	19:23, Brittney Skiles	590
6 December 2014	10K	34:35, Patrick Whitehead	46:35, Julia Rittenhouse	206
	5K	16:45, David Thornton	19:35, Brittney Skiles	452
5 December 2015	10K	36:15, Patrick Whitehead	45:52, Juia Rittenhouse	154
	5K	18:05, Ethan Merritt	19:48, Brittney Skiles	378
10 December 2016	10K	38:14, Jerome Scales	45:22, Jennifer Perkins	165
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	20:58, Camryn Bridges	355
9 December 2017	10K	38:51, Henry Plowden	39:50, Ann Centner	141
	5K	19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus	21:44, Sara Ostrander	372

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Albany Jingle Bell Jog
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSBjZKrnpa799d_MLlnrxYVOaFnNZ5sZOtpFOfehnsIXpAoF1VBjPMj-IiyfkdsC8I_23rC9kjTSXe8/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Scales and Perkins top the 10K at Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/albany-jingle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse ring the bell a second time at the Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/albany-jingle-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse jingle all the way to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/albany-jingle-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Mathematician Fix adds a Jingle Bell Jog title to his resumé”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/albany-jingle-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ross and Hamby ring up wins at Albany's Jingle Bell 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/albany-jingle-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16073WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16046WC
    
  
  
• Find more races in Albany or other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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