Finishing 200 meters ahead of the next runner, Drew Rabun won the fourth annual Bulldog Dash 5K in Thomasville, Georgia on Saturday morning, 24 February 2018. A Savannah, Georgia athlete, Rabun ran the 3.1 miles in 17:17. Emma Szwarc, a frosh-year cross-country runner at Thomasville High, led the women's standings with a 19:58, placing sixth overall.Rabun's winning time was just one second short of the Bulldog Dash record of 17:16, posted in the 2016 race by Samuel Gelabert. Nolan Barnes finished runner-up to Rabun in 18:01. Barnes is an eighth-grader on the cross-country team at Thomasville's MacIntyre Park Middle School. Another MacIntyre Park cross-country runner, seventh-grader Joshua May, took third in 18:36. Brian Szwarc was the top master runner in the race, placing eighth overall and seventh in the men's standing with a 23:35.
Rosalie White, the 2017 Bulldog Dash 5K women's champion, was runner-up on the women's side in the 2018 race, placing ninth overall in 24:17. Lori Rawlings was the first woman master and third female finisher, tenth overall in 24:51.
61 athletes finished the 2018 Bulldog Dash 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2018 Bulldog Dash 5K
- 17:17, Drew Rabun (M, 37)
- 18:01, Nolan Barnes (M, 14)
- 18:36, Joshua May (M, 12)
- 19:03, Daniel Oldham (M, 39)
- 19:38, Peyton Owens (M, 15)
- 23:26, Cruz Pozo (M, 11)
- 23:35, Brian Szwarc (M, 52)
- 25:25, Paul Pickles (M, 51)
- 25:50, Ricky Duncan (M, 54)
- 26:10, John Widener (M, 44)
Top Ten Women, 2018 Bulldog Dash 5K
- 19:58, Emma Szwarc (F, 15)
- 24:17, Rosalie White (F, 23)
- 24:51, Lori Rawlings (F, 50)
- 27:00, Maggie May (F, 15)
- 27:24, Emily Eckles (F, 45)
- 27:27, Shelley Holt (F, 31)
- 27:34, Layne Oldham (F, 13)
- 27:52, Jamie Gammel (F, 38)
- 28:30, Meagan Chisholm (F, 31)
- 29:13, Tricia Szwarc (F, 47)
| Bulldog Dash 5K winners, 2015 - 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 9 May 2015 | 17:25, Daniel Oldham | 19:03, Haleigh Martin | 93 |
| 5 March 2016 | 17:16, Samuel Gelabert | 23:50, Rebecca Toman | 66 |
| 6 May 2017 | 19:31, Chad Johnson | 21:36, Rosalie White | 55 |
| 24 February 2018 | 17:17, Drew Rabun | 19:58, Emma Szwarc | 61 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2018 Bulldog Dash 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTkCf_tVZTcbEWut1x1a2wz0ivhF5VDYW-xXL9rqOlMMp93C30q77sD6YzF6EiO45Kl8mBfTRsx882r/pubhtml
- 2017 story, “Johnson and White are the top dogs of the Bulldog Dash”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/bulldog-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Gelabert and Toman lead the pack at the Bulldog Dash”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/bulldog-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Oldham and Martin dash with the Bulldogs”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/bulldog-2015.html
- USATF course certification map GA17069WC for the 2018 Bulldog Dash 5K
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA17069WC
- Find upcoming races for a variety of dog breeds on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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