Helms and Winkler win by moonlight in Kolomoki

Along the eastern seaboard of the United States, there was a full moon on Sunday evening, 29 April 2018, peaking exactly at 8:58 PM. However, according to Jesse Emspak at Space.com, "For casual observers, the moon looks pretty full a day before and a day after the actual full phase." So the moon looked "pretty full" at 9:00 PM on Saturday, 28 April 2018, when the Full Moon Glow Run started near Blakely, Georgia in Kolomoki Mounds State Park. David Helms won the race by just over 30 meters, running 19:44. Blakely master runner Margaret Winkler was the first woman in the race, placing sixth overall in 27:06. It was Winkler's third Moon Run women's title; she had also won the race in 2013 and 2014.


Mikhael Crispen, an eighth-grader on the Early County cross-country team, finished a close runner-up to Helms, running 19:52. David Forrester of Headland, Alabama took third in 23:24.


Jennifer Brown placed second in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 31:06. Joanna Braswell was the third woman and fourteenth overal in 31:28.


41 athletes finished the 2018 Kolomoki Mounds Full Moon Glow Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Kolomoki Mounds Full Moon Glow Run 5K

1. 19:43.975, David Helms
2. 19:51.418, Mikhael Crispen
3. 23:23.859, David Forrester
4. 25:04.575, Will Winkler
5. 25:45.344, Andy Smith
6. 27:10.833, Sam Edison
7. 28:11.095, Jay Winkler
8. 28:18.540, Ronnie Suggs
9. 29:15.181, Taylor Taylor
10. 29:48.689, Tyler Hayes

Top Ten Women, 2018 Kolomoki Mounds Full Moon Glow Run 5K

1. 27:05.734, Margaret Winkler
2. 31:05.135, Jennifer Brown
3. 31:27.317, Joanna Braswell
4. 31:57.919, Jennifer Green
5. 34:00.859, Mary Jean Taylor
6. 35:33.254, Lauralyn Marshall
7. 36:05.243, Amanda Willis
8. 36:17.461, Brandi Brock
9. 37:57.484, Julia Moss
10. 38:34.521, Sarah DuChaine

Kolomoki Moon Run 5K winners, 2013 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
17 August 2013	19:36, Dale Pate	23:20, Margaret Winkler	119
10 August 2014	22:57, Eli Cushing	24:08, Margaret Winkler	71
17 September 2016	19:20, Tanner Norman	25:29, Jasmine Brown	81
10 June 2017	18:01, Dustin Reynolds	19:35, Alli Hay	56
28 April 2018	19:43.975, David Helms	27:05.734, Margaret Winkler	41

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Kolomoki Mounds Full Moon Glow Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRy7ElxOL-xOlYjQZRT256KhqKbBdoNlMl8x4cv_NNIsV5bo_AJjZrGsE_b5o8XVk-qb17SCzhfyXMc/pubhtml
  
  
• 2014 story, "Cushing and Winkler are super even if the Moon isn't"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/kolomoki-moon-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, "Pate and Winkler conquer Kolomoki"
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/kolomoki-moon-2013.html
  
  
• Kolomoki Mounds State Park
  http://www.gastateparks.org/KolomokiMounds/
  
  
• Find another astronomy-linked race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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