Chris Boyle saddles up at the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

Finishing 800 meters ahead of his nearest challenger, Chris Boyle won Dothan, Alabama's twelfth annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K on Saturday morning, 22 September 2018, running 36:25. Kayla Carpenter was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 49:27.


Boyle's winning 36:25 was the third fastest time in Trot With S.W.A.T. history, just 22 seconds off the course record of 36:03 posted in 2013 by David Seymour. Jason Teitloff finished runner-up to Boyle in 39:48. Myles Gibson, the defending champion and three-time winner of the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K, was the top master runner in the race and third overall in 41:22.


Libby Mills placed second to Carpenter in the women's standings, running 54:16. At 56:25, Kristi Holland was the first woman master and third female finisher.


47 athletes finished the 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 36:25, Chris Boyle (M, 23)
2. 39:48, Jason Teitloff (M, 37)
3. 41:22, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
4. 41:40, Daniel Hamilton (M, 30)
5. 48:24, Scott Childers (M, 44)
6. 49:35, Blake Mills (M, 33)
7. 49:51, Randy Jordan (M, 58)
8. 58:08, Brooks Newell (M, 32)
9. 54:07, Josh Hall (M, 28)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 49:27, Kayla Carpenter (F, 23)
2. 54:16, Libby Mills (F, 34)
3. 56:25, Kristi Holland (F, 42)
4. 57:45, Jana Sledge (F, 37)
5. 59:52, Christine Boyle (F, 22)
6. 61:08, Abby Albritton (F, 28)
7. 61:15, Christine Allums (F, 46)
8. 62:27, Jennifer Pace (F, 34)
9. 65:49, Heather Bovyer (F, 35)
10. 65:49, Jessica McLean (F, 36)

Myles Gibson didn't get a repeat win in the 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K, but master runner Dale Thomas certainly did in the 5K. Thomas won the shorter race for the third year in a row, running 20:08--his fastest winning time yet at the event. Thomas is also the only athlete with wins in both the 5K and the 10K at Trot With S.W.A.T.; he took the 10K title in 2014. Tristin Decroo, a senior on the Dothan High cross-country team, took second behind Thomas in 20:40. Blake Granberry was third in 21:57.


Natalie Warner, a frosh-year athlete on the Enterprise High cross-country team, won the women's title in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 22:16. Carolyn Houston, the 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K women's champ, was the first woman master and second female finisher at 23:53. Macy Benton, a Dothan High junior, was third in the women's standings with a 27:08.


89 athletes finished the 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 20:08, Dale Thomas (M, 55)
2. 20:40, Tristen Decroo (M, 18)
3. 21:57, Blake Granberry (M, 37)
4. 22:35, Paul Turner (M, 55)
5. 22:52, Gabriel Simmons (M, 15)
6. 23:15, Zander McClure (M, 15)
7. 23:24, Jay Wrenn (M, 54)
8. 23:27, Xavier Clayton (M, 27)
9. 24:19, Tom Warner (M, 44)
10. 24:20, Christopher Tew (M, 36)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 22:16, Natalie Warner (F, 14)
2. 23:53, Carolyn Houston (F, 46)
3. 27:08, Macy Benton (F, 16)
4. 27:09, Toby Murray (F, 43)
5. 27:33, Wilma Watt (F, 56)
6. 28:04, Rebecca Jewell (F, 39)
7. 29:23, Sarah Houston (F, 16)
8. 29:32, Mallory Richardson (F, 30)
9. 30:14, Kimberly Nichols (F, 62)
10. 30:33, Candice Traylor (F, 34)

Trot With S.W.A.T. winners, 2007 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 September 2007	10K	37:05, Myles Gibson	46:39, Dawn Hersman	107
27 September 2008	10K	37:10, Ryan Overstreet	46:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe	101
19 September 2009	10K	40:44, Jay Shipman	47:46, Kristina Bennett	68
	5K	23:00, Michael Brennon	23:54, Debbie Wittmer	75
11 September 2010	10K	44:23, Joe Ferguson	52:20, Reyna Johnson	86
	5K	19:51, Theron Carter	21:36, Jo-Ann VanAswegen	159
17 September 2011	10K	43:01, Cedric Gillette	43:30, Dana Cody	86
	5K	19:54, Cody Causey	24:05, Ami Heath	99
22 September 2012	10K	36:23, Nicholas Dason	42:41, Megan Howell	79
	5K	19:54, Michael Brennan	23:09, Debbie Wittmer	141
21 September 2013	10K	36:03, David Seymour	41:34, Ali Christoph	59
	5K	20:29, John Halton	21:18, Dana Cody	93
20 September 2014	10K	42:41, Dale Thomas	52:30, Kristina Bennett	48
	5K	19:32, John Helton	20:49, Dana Cody	77
19 September 2015	10K	38:26, David Seymour	50:33, Kimberly Floyd	86
	5K	19:43, Michael Bond	19:44, Ann Centner	120
17 September 2016	10K	39:53, Myles Gibson	54:14, Courtney Helms	58
	5K	21:42, Dale Thomas	24:45, Heather Perry	94
23 September 2017	10K	39:39, Myles Gibson	49:10, Kate Smith	58
	5K	20:13, Dale Thomas	23:37, Carolyn Houston	103
22 September 2018	10K	36:25, Chris Boyle	49:27, Kayla Carpenter	47
	5K	20:08, Dale Thomas	22:16, Natalie Warner	89
The Trot with S.W.A.T. did not include a 5K prior to 2009. A thank you to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners Club for his help in researching the past winners of The Trot With S.W.A.T.

Links

• 2017 story, “Gibson and Smith gallop to victory at the Trot With S.W.A.T.”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/swat-2017.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Seymour and Christoph trot to new records at Trot With S.W.A.T.”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/swat-2013.html
  
  
• Looking for another race within 100 miles of Tallahassee? Look here!
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