Jesse Boyd wins the Jingle Bell Run, a postscript to his BHS cross-country career

Jesse Boyd is a senior at Blountstown High School. On 11 November 2017, his high school cross-country career came to a close at Florida's State Cross-Country Championships. Over a month later, though, Boyd was still racing. On Friday evening, 15 December 2017, Boyd won the ninth annual Jingle Bell Run 5K on the streets of Blountstown, Florida, finishing over 400 meters ahead of the next runner in 18:15. Saul Puente, a sophomore on the Blountstown High cross-country team, took second in 20:07. Greg Skinner was the top master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 22:33. Blountstown Middle School sixth-grader Leyah O'Kelley placed first in the women's standings, finishing thirteenth overall in 26:14.


51 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Run. The race was hosted by Blountstown Middle School.


Top Twenty Athletes, 2017 Blountstown, Florida, Middle School Jingle Bell Run 5K

1. 18:15, Jesse Boyd
2. 20:07, Saul Puente
3. 22:31, Dixson Thrasher
4. 22:33, Greg Skinner
5. 23:01, Mark McCarra
6. 23:44, Patrick Westman
7. 24:14, Tom Hackenbracht
8. 24:27, Dustin Aderholt
9. 25:07, Justin Mosley
10. 25:15, Ben Hall
11. 25:24, Eric Saggars
12. 26:09, Patrick McGuire
13. 26:14, Leyah O'Kelley
14. 27:37, Jordan Christiansen
15. 27:43, Liliana Vicente
16. 28:10, Tyra Langley
17. 28:21, Joe Edgecombe
18. 28:26, Marty Kirkland
19. 28:28, Kayla Edwards
20. 28:29, Taylor Roberts

Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K Champions, 2009 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2009	19:07, Devin Ferrell	23:19, Mary Sewell
3 December 2010	18:17, Devin Ferrell	22:18, Judy Alexander	53
2 December 2011	18:12, Thomas Howell	23:21, Judy Alexander	62
30 November 2012	18:16, Thomas Howell	21:34, Hannah Plazarin	75
12 December 2013	17:15, Thomas Howell	24:06, Hannah Plazarin	109
5 December 2014	17:28, Kevin Potts	24:00, Kristi Johnson	71
4 December 2015	16:55, Thomas Howell	22:00, Lydia Miles	76
9 December 2016	16:53, Thomas Howell	22:09, Becky Cahill	47
15 December 2016	18:15, Jesse Boyd	26:14, Leyah O'Kelley	51

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Blountstown Jingle Bell 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/Jingle%20Bell%20Blountstown%202017.asp
  
  
• 2016 story, “Howell rings a 16:53 at Blountstown's Jingle Bell Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Happy Holidays for Howell and Miles at Blountstown's Jingle Bell Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2015.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Blountstown High runners Howell and Plazarin ring up two wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Oh what fun it is to run in the Blountstown 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Jingle Bell 5K wins in Blountstown for Ferrell and Alexander”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/blountstown-jingle-bell-2010.html
  
  

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