Henry Plowden and Ann Centner both ring the bell a second time in the Jingle Bell Jog 10K

Saturday, 8 December 2018, was a morning for defending champions in Albany, Georgia's 30th annual Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Henry Plowden won the 6.2-mile race for the second year in a row, running 37:44--over a minute faster than his winning time in 2017. Ann Centner of Blakely, Georgia successfully defended her title as the top woman in the 10K, placing second overall in 39:13.


Plowden was coming off a successful high school cross-country season; just five weeks earlier the Westover High junior had taken ninth in the GHSA-4A boys' race at the State Championships. The top master runner in the Jingle Bell Jog 10K was Carl Plowden, second in the men's standings and third overall in 45:12. Jaren Hill of Americus, Georgia was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 45:38.


Cordele, Georgia's Stacey McGarr was the first woman master in the 10K and second female finisher, eighth overall in 47:05. Danice Roberts of Leesburg, Georgia took third on the women's side, placing thirteenth overall in 49:16.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 37:44, Henry Plowden (M, 16) Albany, GA
2. 45:12, Carl Plowden (M, 49) Albany, GA
3. 45:38, Jaren Hill (M, 21) Americus, GA
4. 46:27, Jaquez Jones (M, 15)
5. 46:30, Patrick K Feely (M, 13) Baconton, GA
6. 46:49, Chris Phillips (M, 39) Leesburg, GA
7. 48:39, Julian Strickland (M, 53) Leesburg, GA
8. 48:52, Robert Pilcher (M, 62) Leesburg, GA
9. 48:57, Braden Miller (M, 45) Leesburg, GA
10. 49:04, Oscar Viquez (M, 49) Albany, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 39:13, Ann Centner (F, 27) Blakely, GA
2. 47:05, Stacey McGarr (F, 46) Cordele, GA
3. 49:16, Danice Roberts (F, 37) Leesburg, GA
4. 49:27, Laura Sullivan (F, 31) Camilla, GA
5. 49:36, Jessica Phillips (F, 27)
6. 49:41, Patricia Smith (F, 28)
7. 50:09, Karen McNally (F, 54) Albany, GA
8. 51:56, Judy Lindsey (F, 54) Sylvester, GA
9. 52:20, Guna Gunawan (F, 46) Tifton, GA
10. 52:31, Mary Ann Plowden (F, 48) Albany, GA

Back before Henry Plowden won his first Jingle Bell Jog 10K, he was the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 5K champ. In the 2018 edition of the shorter race, Edward Ostrander of Leesburg, Georgia took first. A frosh runner on the Lee County High cross-country team, Ostrander ran the 3.1-mile race in 20:27. Amanda An of Ellicott City, Maryland was the women's champ, placing second overall in 20:48.


Right behind An, Bill Fricks of Leesburg, Georgia was the top master runner in the 5K, placing third overall in 20:49. Conner Mullen, an eighth-grader on the Worth County Middle School cross-country team, was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 21:05.


Ramsay Miller, a first-year athlete on the Point University cross-country team, was the women's runner-up in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 21:55. Leesburg's Sara Ostrander was the first woman master and third female finisher, eighteenth overall in 23:28.


129 athletes finished the 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 10K, while another 386 completed the 5K. Both races were timed by Orion Racing of Atlanta, Georgia. All proceeds of the Jingle Bell Jog go to the beneift of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 20:27, Edward Ostrander (M, 15) Leesburg, GA
2. 20:49, Bill Fricks (M, 47) Leesburg, GA
3. 21:05, Conner Mullen (M, 14) Doerun, GA
4. 21:30, Ben Phillips (M, 16) Leesburg, GA
5. 21:30, Walker Pinson (M, 17) Leesburg, GA
6. 21:36, Michael Trammell (M, 49) Albany, GA
7. 21:50, Jacob Beard (M, 15)
8. 22:04, Samuel Williamson (M, 15)
9. 22:26, Timothy Ellis (M, 13)
10. 22:28, Ward Wright (M, 13)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 20:48, Amanda An (F, 31) Ellicott City, MD
2. 21:55, Ramsay Miller (F, 18)
3. 23:28, Sara Ostrander (F, 45) Leesburg, GA
4. 23:38, DeAnn Reid (F, 52) Americus, GA
5. 24:02, Alma Ostrander (F, 13) Leesburg, GA
6. 24:05, Caroline Taylor (F, 17) Leesburg, GA
7. 24:07, Rebecca Bowers (F, 16)
8. 24:27, Stacie Byrd (F, 29) Albany, GA
9. 24:31, Katie Sheppard (F, 15)
10. 24:43, Gail Morris (F, 37) Newton, GA

Winners of the Albany Jingle Bell Jog, 2004 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2004	10K
	5K	18:40, Warren Juster	20:37, Wendy Donnan	311
3 December 2005	10K	37:25, Robert Feldman	43:34, Ashley Elam	104
	5K	18:06, Cooper Browning	19:47, Brittney Skiles	236
2 December 2006	10K	37:42, Brandon Skiles	45:45, Wendy Donnan	155
	5K	16:43, Bruce Skiles	21:06, Kelly Conway	241
1 December 2007	10K	*26:00, Roman Drankin	*35:13, Jennifer Pollock	132
	5K	16:19, David Marley	19:22, Brittney Skiles	332
6 December 2008	10K	35:54, Josh Fix	46:14, Andrean Edwards	160
	5K	15:52, David Marley	20:11, Brittney Skiles	325
5 December 2009	10K	36:12, Adam Ross	47:03, Brenna Waack	149
	5K	16:59, Brandon Skiles	19:07, Brittney Skiles	242
4 December 2010	10K	35:51, Adam Ross	45:23, Karen Hamby	194
	5K	19:57, Will Howell	22:49, Katherine McGarr	351
3 December 2011	10K	36:24, Nathan Norton	43:50, Jane Spetoskey	229
	5K	17:06, Heath Lamb	21:28, Beth Young	485
1 December 2012	10K	37:28, Josh Fix	46:30, Anne Cheek	271
	5K	17:49, Wright Calhoun	23:00, Charlene Pennymon	616
7 December 2013	10K	41:22, Duncan Moore	47:15, Heidi Taylor	217
	5K	17:12, Austin Stewart	19:23, Brittney Skiles	590
6 December 2014	10K	34:35, Patrick Whitehead	46:35, Julia Rittenhouse	206
	5K	16:45, David Thornton	19:35, Brittney Skiles	452
5 December 2015	10K	36:15, Patrick Whitehead	45:52, Juia Rittenhouse	154
	5K	18:05, Ethan Merritt	19:48, Brittney Skiles	378
10 December 2016	10K	38:14, Jerome Scales	45:22, Jennifer Perkins	165
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	20:58, Camryn Bridges	355
9 December 2017	10K	38:51, Henry Plowden	39:50, Ann Centner	141
	5K	19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus	21:44, Sara Ostrander	372
9 December 2018	10K	37:44, Henry Plowden	39:13, Ann Centner	129
	5K	20:27, Edward Ostrander	20:48, Amanda An	386

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Albany Jingle Bell Jog
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRw5k78UU7AVBbuDENoCY6gMYI-CWVIWqU4h-tc7BYDHtaCo-5eX3Rkk_8iIuszmNmXCi0-6vdjJshy/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Henry Plowden and Ann Centner lead Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/albany-jingle-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Scales and Perkins top the 10K at Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/albany-jingle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse ring the bell a second time at the Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/albany-jingle-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse jingle all the way to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/albany-jingle-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Mathematician Fix adds a Jingle Bell Jog title to his resumé”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/albany-jingle-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ross and Hamby ring up wins at Albany's Jingle Bell 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/albany-jingle-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2018 Jingle Bell Jog
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16073WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16046WC
    
  
  
• Find more races in Albany or other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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