Strycker and Jetton close the curtain on 2017 at Dothan's Last Gasp

For the distance runners of Dothan, Alabama, the racing year isn't over until the Last Gasp--the Last Gasp 5K Trail Race, that is. The Dothan Runners Club's nineteenth annual Last Gasp ushered out the old year in Westgate Park on Saturday morning, 30 December 2017, and the first athlete to finish out the year was Greenville, Alabama master runner John Strycker, who covered the 3.1-mile cross-country course in a winning 20:47. Dothan master runner Dale Thomas was runner-up in 21:42, and Alford, Florida master runner Mark McCarra took third in 22:05.


Stephanie Jetton of Clio, Alabama was the first woman in the race, placing 22nd overall in 32:11. Dothan's Carol Goguen was the top woman master and second female finisher, coming in 23rd overall in 32:25.


42 athletes finished the Dothan Runners Club's 2017 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race.


Top Ten Men, Dothan Runners' 2017 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race

1. 20:47, John Strycker (M, 51) Greenville, AL
2. 21:42, Dale Thomas (M, 54) Dothan, AL
3. 22:05, Mark McCarra (M, 52) Alford, FL
4. 22:31, Clint Singletary (M, 40) Newville, AL
5. 22:56, Brooks Newell (M, 32) Dothan, AL
6. 23:11, Jimmy Russell (M, 54) Chancellor, AL
7. 23:40, Jeremy Geiger (M, 41) Dothan, AL
8. 23:49, Wes Cantrell (M, 49) Defuniak Spgs, FL
9. 24:10, Joey Harvey (M, 56) Jakin, GA
10. 24:19, Dave Durbin (M, 57) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Women, Dothan Runners' 2017 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race

1. 32:11, Stephanie Jetton (F, 29) Clio, AL
2. 32:25, Carol Goguen (F, 56) Dothan, AL
3. 33:48, Jenny Hidle (F, 41) Panama City, FL
4. 34:59, Jocelyn Richardson (F, 40) Dothan, AL
5. 35:43, Keisha McKinnie (F, 38) Dothan, AL
6. 38:44, Julia Moss (F, 33) Webb, AL
7. 43:21, Debbie Thomson (F, 61) Dothan, AL
8. 44:11, Su Hunter (F, ) Enterprise, AL
9. 54:23, Charlotte Morris (F, 60) Dothan, AL
10. NTA, Sue Porlier (F, ) Dothan, AL

Dothan, Alabama, Last Gasp 5K Trail Race winners, 1999 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 December 1999	16:23, Matt Tillman	19:57, Jennifer Hanley	75
23 December 2000	18:16, Matt Parker	24:56, Sherry Creel	69
22 December 2001	19:55, Brian Hickey	22:21, Piper Stockman	69
21 December 2002	19:23, Brian Hickey	24:15, Chris Fox	75
20 December 2003	18:32, Brian Hickey	23:53, Piper Stockman	68
18 December 2004	19:40, Brian Hickey	24:13, Nancy Hein	51
17 December 2005	19:21, Gabe Mitchell	23:10, Lou Ellen Jayroe	42
23 December 2006	17:35, Aubrey Darnell	22:23, Sara Jackson	92
22 December 2007	18:08, Nick Vance	23:56, Lou Ellen Jayroe	86
27 December 2008	20:17, Terrion Williams	23:59, Daphne Cook	85
26 December 2009	18:07, Austin Fox	25:29, Cameron Irwin	63
11 December 2010	20:28, Michael Brennan	24:51, Julie Harris	59
31 December 2011	17:40, Stephen Robbins	20:26, Dana Cody	145
29 December 2012	17:59, Sean Kent	22:17, Jeanne Davis	65
28 December 2013	16:56, Kyle Harris	23:01, Missy Sexton	68
27 December 2014	17:33, Austin Fox	21:41, Kayla Fox	62
26 December 2015	17:19, Austin Fox	21:45, Kayla Dauphin (nee Fox)	67
31 December 2016	17:20, William Pearson	24:08, Natalie Warner	90
30 December 2017	20:47, John Strycker	32:11, Stephanie Jetton	42

Links

• Complete results of Dothan's 2017 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS4JVHMCbBxYCjJeUnouvBRLIumhBZJEXKMXxwTuAe4V6PXoaqf8btDDIZc0FDVebbYetPOeqUv9sZL/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Pearson and Warner were fast at the Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/6.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Fox and Dauphin take one more Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/last-gasp-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Fox & Fox win Dothan's 2014 running finale”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/last-gasp-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Kent and Davis are good to the Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/last-gasp-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Robbins and Cody end 2011 with wins at Dothan's Last Gasp 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/last-gasp-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Brennan and Harris find victory at the end of the trail in Dothan”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/last-gasp-2010.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Dothan and other cities in the Trouble Afoot! region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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