Did you resolve to avoid drama in 2019? I hope you weren't in Albany, Georgia for the fourth annual Resolution Run 5K. Racing all the way to the finish line, Patrick Whitehead barely held off a challenge from Joshua Grant to win 18:08 to 18:09, the two fastest times in the history of the event. Just over half a minute after Whitehead and Grant had flashed across the line, Ann Centner sped in at 18:56, more than three minutes faster than any woman ever at the Resolution Run.Whitehead's time was nearly a minute better than the previous event record, the 19:03 run by Arnoldo DeJesus in 2016 at the inaugural Resolution Run. Edward Ostrander, a frosh runner on the Lee County High cross-country team, was third in the men's standings behind Whitehead and Grant, placing fourth overall in 20:46. Another Lee County High cross-country runner, junior Benjamin Phillips, was the fourth male and fifth overall in 22:27. Ben Crump was the fastest master runner in the Resolution Run, the fifth man in the race and sixth overall in 22:27.
Before Centner's 18:56, the fastest women's performance at the Resolution Run had been the 22:15 posted by master runner Sara Ostrander in the 2018 race. This year, Ostrander was the women's runner up, running 23:29 and placing eighth overall. Alma Ostrander, a standout seventh-grader on the Lee County Middle School cross-country squad, took third in the women's division and eleventh overall in 24:03.
61 athletes finished Albany's fourth annual Resolution Run 5K. If you prefer athletic drama to emotional drama, put the fifth annual Resolution Run on your racing calendar for 1 January 2020.
Top Ten Men, Albany, Georgia's 2019 Resolution Run 5K
- 18:07.4, Patrick Whitehead (M, 32)
- 18:08.4, Joshua Grant (M, 28)
- 20:45.3, Edward Ostrander (M, 15)
- 22:26.8, Ben Phillips (M, 16)
- 22:41.9, Eric Crump (M, 47)
- 22:49.8, Matthew Gresham (M, 46)
- 23:36.7, Oscar Viquez (M, 49)
- 23:59.1, Timothy Ellis (M, 14)
- 24:20.5, Chris Phillips (M, 39)
- 25:29.8, Andrew Feagans (M, 18)
Top Ten Women, Albany, Georgia's 2019 Resolution Run 5K
- 18:55.7, Ann Centner (F, 27)
- 23:28.4, Sara Ostrander (F, 45)
- 24:02.1, Alma Ostrander (F, 13)
- 24:28.7, Wimberly Giardine (F, 38)
- 24:38.6, Amy Sliwinski (F, 27)
- 25:01.5, Karen McNally (F, 54)
- 25:49.8, Stacy Shiver (F, 39)
- 27:04.3, Maryann Plowden (F, 48)
- 27:33.2, Rebecca Bowers (F, 16)
- 28:20.8, Sandra Williams (F, 44)
| Albany, Georgia, Resolution Run 5K winners, 2016 - 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 1 January 2016 | 19:03, Arnoldo DeJesus | 24:26, Karen McNally | 61 |
| 1 January 2017 | 20:38, Arnoldo DeJesus | 22:35, Sara Ostrander | 23 |
| 1 January 2018 | 19:58, Arnoldo DeJesus | 22:15, Sara Ostrander | 49 |
| 1 January 2019 | 18:08, Patrick Whitehead | 18:56, Ann Centner | 61 |
Links
- Complete results of Albany, Georgia's 2019 Resolution Run 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQIDbXZn1oLi2XMXqI9Cvep6FC_52pN2nli9DmeSV3SKTBXxQ027EZw_BW4kZKFm7NP9e_wTWw00CKh/pubhtml
- 2018 story, “DeJesus and Ostrander do it again at the Resolution Run”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/albany-resolution-2018.html
- 2017 story, “New Year, same old story; DeJesus wins Resolution Run”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/albany-resolution-2017.html
- 2016 story, “De Jesus and McNally open 2016 with Resolution Run wins in Albany”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/albany-resolution-2016.html
- An Albany, Georgia race from an old year
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
- Resolve to run one of these events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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