Antonio Marchi rocks a 31:41 in the Crowdis 10K

10K records just don’t last in Blakely, Georgia. After a 10K race was added to the city’s annual Dr James Crowdis Run in 2017, the course records have fallen each year. In 2018 Dr Patrick Whitehead rolled to a 35:59 win, breaking his own 2017 course record of 36:24. Ann Centner topped the women’s competition in 2018 with a 41:32, demolishing the women’s course record of 54:43, established in 2017 by Katie Sheppard.


And on Saturday morning, 19 January 2019, at the 23rd Crowdis Run Antonio Marchi ran the 10K in 31:41, winning the race by more than two kilometers. In case you haven’t been following, that was also a new course record. There was a new women’s course record as well; sixteen-year-old Viviana Schuyler took the women’s title in 41:22, knocking off Centner’s 2018 mark while placing third overall.


The Crowdis Run began in 1981 as a 5K. The 5K is still part of the Crowdis, starting at the same time and following the same course as the 10K. The 2019 races started from Blakely First United Methodist Church with Antonio Marchi quickly bolting out ahead of the entire field, 5K and 10K runners alike. There must have been some excitement back at the church when Marchi came back into sight at the end of his first five-kilometer loop, with the spectators thinking that they were about to see the first sub-16:00 at Crowdis since 1992. Instead, they saw Marchi ignore the 5K finish line and turn back onto the course for another five kilometers of running. The next time Marchi appeared at the church he did cross the finish line, astonishing the onlookers with his winning 31:41. Most of the 5K field was still out on the course.


Myles Gibson of Donalsonville, Georgia was the first master runner in the race, placing second overall in 39:00, his second straight year in the runner-up spot. A prominent figure in Crowdis history, Gibson had won the 5K in 1993, 2014, and 2015. Master runner Jay Wrenn was third in the men's competition and fourth overall, running 47:18.


Viviana Schuyler had finished second to Ann Centner in the women's competition at the 2018 Crowdis. Centner wasn't at the race in 2019, having since moved from Blakely to Tallahassee, Florida. But if Schuyler couldn't race Centner then she could race Centner's record. The Bainbridge High sophomore cross-country runner did just that, trimming ten seconds off the women's course record with her 41:22. Adrian Parker was second to Schuyler in the women's standings, placing eleventh overall in 55:59. Chandra Hanson was the first woman master and third female finisher, fourteenth overall in 64:49.


Eighteen athletes finished the 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis 10K.


Top Five Men, 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis 10K

1. 31:41, Antonio Marchi (M, 30)
2. 39:00, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
3. 47:18, Jay Wrenn (M, 54)
4. 47:49, Julian Strickland (M, 53)
5. 48:36, David Braswell (M, 47)

Top Five Women, 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis 10K

1. 41:22, Vivianna Schuyler (F, 16)
2. 55:59, Adrian Parker (F, 30)
3. 64:49, Chandra Hanson (F, 51)
4. 73:27, Teresa O'Quinn (F, 58)
5. 82:07, Julia Moss (F, 34)

The 5K belonged to the over-40 athletes, with Tallahassee master runner Michael Martinez winning the 3.1-mile race in 18:50, and Jakin, Georgia master runner Debra Hunter capturing the women's crown with a 23:24, placing tenth overall.


Alan Flores, a frosh-year runner on the cross-country team at Northview High, finihsed second to Martinez in 19:41. Headland High junior-year cross-country runner Will Scott was third in 19:55.


Dothan, Alabama master runner Carolyn Houston took second in the women's standings, placing twelfth overall in 23:44. Gail Morris was the third woman and fifteenth overall in the 5K with a 24:36.


83 athletes finished the 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K

1. 18:50, Michael Martinez (M, 53)
2. 19:41, Alan Flores (M, 15)
3. 19:55, Will Scott (M, 16)
4. 20:05, Jalen Mutrie (M, 17)
5. 21:09, Landon Watts (M, 15)
6. 21:31, Dale Thomas (M, 55)
7. 22:28, Marco Teeter (M, 25)
8. 22:46, Julian Whaley (M, 15)
9. 22:54, Mike Houston, Sr. (M, 46)
10. 23:43, Mark McCarra (M, 53)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis 5K

1. 23:24, Debra Hunter (F, 45)
2. 23:44, Carolyn Houston (F, 46)
3. 24:36, Gail Morris (F, 37)
4. 26:23, Stephanie Odom (F, 46)
5. 26:28, Katie Barrentine (F, 34)
6. 26:54, Kelli Peterson (F, 46)
7. 27:01, Cathy Jones (F, 59)
8. 29:30, Cindy Conner (F, 44)
9. 31:31, Tara Whaley (F, 43)
10. 32:58, Mary Jean Taylor (F, 57)

Dr. James H. Crowdis Run champions, 1981 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
28 March 1981	5K	17:14, Tony Gilbert	21:09, Connie Cullifer
27 March 1982	5K	17:20, Brian Doby	, Connie Cullifer	108
12 March 1983	5K	16:19, Kirk Thomas	20:10, Maurine Farley	143
10 March 1984	5K	15:50, Louis Floyd	21:16, Ann Lee	139
9 March 1985	5K	15:46, Mike Mead	19:54, Donna Duty	179
9 March 1986	5K	15:31, Mike Mead	19:36, Donna Duty	198
14 March 1987	5K	15:20, Lee Fidler	19:36, Donna Duty	158
12 March 1988	5K	15:53, John Devine	18:59, Janice Hochstein	151
11 March 1989	5K	14:59, Matt Parker	17:03, Kim Byrd	178
10 March 1990	5K	15:05, Matt Parker	19:47, Donna Duty	152
9 March 1991	5K	15:36, Matt Parker	18:29, Connie Robertson	130
14 March 1992	5K	14:52, Paul Waldron	20:09, Janice Hochstein	102
15 May 1993*	5K	16:54, Myles Gibson	20:22, Donna Duty	65
12 March 1994	5K	16:51, Scott Hoxie	18:32, Connie Robertson	97
11 March 1995	5K	16:54, Dale Thomas	19:19, Connie Robertson	105
No race held, 1996-2011
3 September 2012	5K	18:27, Jonathon Davison	23:13, Debra Hunter	87
13 July 2013	5K	17:34, Chase Harris	21:14, Paige Braswell	88
19 July 2014	5K	18:12, Myles Gibson	23:24, Margaret Winkler	103
11 July 2015	5K	18:10, Myles Gibson	23:02, Margaret Winkler	107
9 July 2016	5K	17:07, Patrick Whitehead	19:14, Sheryl Rosen	90
21 January 2017	10K	36:24, Patrick Whitehead	54:43, Katie Sheppard	33
	5K	19:23, Trevor Cleveland	20:23, Alli Hay	58
20 January 2018	10K	35:59, Patrick Whitehead	41:32, Ann Centner	26
	5K	19:20, Alan Flores	24:17, Carolyn Houston	71
19 January 2019	10K	31:41, Antonio Marchi	41:22, Vivianna Schuyler
	5K	18:50, Michael Martinez	23:24, Debra Hunter
* The 1993 race was originally scheduled for March 13, but was one of several races in the region that day postponed by a severe winter storm. A huge "thank you" to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners for his help in filling many blanks in the above history.

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Dr. James H. Crowdis Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTdC1u9ow_byxQOrkFU6vAcSK1RNstWrWs8GRH1JWcngqAPlgE34Up246W5pLuPhPW9vMoKZh20H7g0/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Good Life City Runners Whitehead and Centner win the Crowdis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/crowdis-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Whitehead and Sheppard win the first 10K at the 21st Crowdis Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/crowdis-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Whitehead and Rosen bring speed to the Crowdis 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/crowdis-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Gibson and Winkler repeat at Crowdis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/crowdis-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “The Crowdis Run continues with wins by Gibson and Winkler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/crowdis-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bainbridge High athletes Harris and Braswell conquer Crowdis 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/crowdis-201313.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Early County harrier Jonathon Davison leads 87 runners in resurrecting the Crowdis 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/crowdis-5k.html
  
  
• Dr. James H. Crowdis Run web site
  http://crowdisrun.weebly.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2017 Dr. James H. Crowdis Run
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA17002WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA17001WC
    
  
  
• Find your next race in the Apalachee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar:
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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