Carter Young and Kate Merrit show that young hearts run fast at the Heart-To-Heart 5K

Saturday, 23 February 2019, was a good morning for cross-country runners at the Heart-to-Heart 5K in Douglas, Georgia. Carter Young, a frosh-year member of the Coffee High cross-country team, won the race in 18:04. Kate Merritt, an eighth-grader on the Coffee Middle School cross-country squad, took the women's title, placing eighth overall in 22:11.


Carter Young wasn't the only harrier up front. His Coffee High teammate, sophomore Garrett Mancil, was second in 19:03. Briley Reyes, a frosh-year cross-country runner for Jeff Davis High, was third in 20:28.


Jose Salinas was the fastest master runner in the field and the eighth male finisher, ninth overall in 22:22.


Alexandra Uribe, the eighth-grade ace of the Jeff Davis Middle School girls' cross-country team, placed second in the women's standings and twentieth overall in 24:35. Trish Watson was the first woman master and third female finisher, 24th overall in 25:42.


81 athletes finished the 2019 Heart-to-Heart 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Heart-to-Heart 5K

1. 18:04, Carter Young (M, 16)
2. 19:03, Garrett Mancil (M, 16)
3. 20:28, Briley Reyes (M, 15)
4. 20:32, Loyd Amerson (M, 34)
5. 20:55, William Amerson (M, 36)
6. 21:08, Deuce Ferris (M, 16)
7. 21:58, Logan Carelock (M, 15)
8. 22:22, Jose Salinas (M, 42)
9. 22:31, Zane Cumbass (M, 16)
10. 22:53, Dalton Soper (M, 20)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Heart-to-Heart 5K

1. 22:11, Kate Merritt (F, 14)
2. 24:25, Alexandra Uribe (F, 13)
3. 25:42, Trish Watson (F, 51)
4. 26:36, Stephanie Deas (F, 45)
5. 26:56, Brooke Hall (F, 34)
6. 26:58, Lindsay Day (F, 39)
7. 27:08, Heather Wilkes (F, 45)
8. 27:14, Heidi Hines (F, 40)
9. 27:16, Ashley Graves (F, 44)
10. 27:36, Mary Woodruff (F, 68)

Douglas, Georgia Heart-to-Heart Run winners
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
8 November 2008	5K
14 November 2009	5K	17:09, Benjamin Woodward	23:14, Blaine Richards	125
13 November 2010	5K	15:54, Daniel Broadhead	21:49, Hannah Moorman	51
5 November 2011	5K
23 February 2013	5K	17:58, Ryan Kelly	23:09, Michele McKinnon	83
22 February 2014	5K	18:10, Cody Reid	23:55, Loretta Woodard	98
21 February 2015	5K	17:15, Cody Reid	23:01, Hannah Moorman	137
20 February 2016	5K	17:02, Roberto Bonilla	27:36, Loryn Brown	115
18 February 2017	10K	35:53, Cody Reid	49:39, Ellie Perkins	19
	5K	18:19, Cameron Watson	20:36, Gracie Woods	84
17 February 2018	10K	36:36, Caleb Watson	46:47, Tashiba Peoples	25
	5K	17:53, Cameron Watson	21:08, Abbey Arnett	83
23 February 2019	5K	18:04, Carter Young	22:11, Kate Merritt	81

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Douglas, Georgia Heart-to-Heart Community 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQus6ETpYNmi8wFtCqh1abkqmBXE7UAzxBTDY6xYtHCqgthmfJ0oaVREtgaiKowiXzHpjQLgs0io2sm/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Caleb Watson shows some heart on the streets of Douglas”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/douglas-heart-2018.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Bonilla and Clemons are hard to beat at Heart-to-Heart”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/douglas-heart-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Coffee harriers Reid and Moorman repeat at Heart-to-Heart”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/douglas-heart-2015.html
  
  
• 2015 Douglas, Georgia Heart-to-Heart Community 5K course map
  https://app.box.com/s/j6zoi6r490jo37ylt4ckpdanmy5rq7yi
  
  
• Coffee Regional Medical Center
  http://www.coffeeregional.org/
  
  
• Upcoming races in the region for other vital organs on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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