Connor Edwards and Clifton Lewis finish first at the Bobcat 5K

On Saturday, 10 March 2019, Connor Edwards was near the end of his eighth grade year at Swift Creek Middle School in Tallahassee, Florida. That means that he had been down Pedrick Road nearly 500 times, headed for school. That Saturday morning, though, Edwards went a little farther on Pedrick, past Swift Creek to the Alford Greenway. There, Edwards won the third annual Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race, narrowly defeating master runner Dr. Geb Kiros, 20:05 to 20:07. Ten-year-old Clifton Lewis was the first runner in the women's division across the finish line, sixth in 22:38.

Behind the duelling pair of Edwards and Kiros, master runner Duane Evans took third in 20:32. Evans had won the 2018 Bobcat 5K. Right behind Evans in fourth, Yien Liu, a seventh grader on the Fairview Middle School cross-country team, ran 20:37.


Darcy Brinkman was second in the women's standings, finishing eighth overall in 23:07. Angie Milford was the first woman master and third female finisher, tenth overall in 23:43.


150 athletes finished the 2019 Bobcat 5K, and another 114 completed a 1.2-mile (about 2K) fun run. Gulf Winds Track Club of Tallahassee chip timed both races.


[ All the photos in this article were taken by the inimitable Fred Deckert. ]


Top Ten Men, 2019 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race

1. 20:05, Connor Edwards (M, 14)
2. 20:07, Geb Kiros (M, 52)
3. 20:32, Duane Evans (M, 51)
4. 20:37, Yien Liu (M, 13)
5. 21:15, Tad David (M, 50)
6. 22:39, Michael Kennett (M, 45)
7. 23:30, Michael Quiggins (M, 45)
8. 23:51, Toby Jordan (M, 22)
9. 24:02, John David (M, 14)
10. 25:33, Asa Swope (M, 11)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race

1. 22:38, Clifton Lewis (F, 10)
2. 23:07, Darcy Brinkmann (F, 38)
3. 23:43, Angie Milford (F, 47)
4. 24:10, Stella Lewis (F, 14)
5. 26:28, Elizabeth Rosario (F, 40)
6. 28:10, Laura York (F, 42)
7. 29:25, Cora Merritt (F, 27)
8. 29:37, Erica Spangler (F, 37)
9. 29:55, Debbie Edwards (F, 44)
10. 30:59, Paige Winters (F, 25)

Winners of the Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race, 2017 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
25 March 2017	20:41, Kyle Spratt	21:32, Stacie Elliott	102
24 March 2018	20:07, Duane Evans	21:34, Laura McDermott	114
9 March 2019	20:05, Connor Edwards	22:38, Clifton Lewis	150

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Raceg
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSuq2B997XKdJoT95dJwLC-gI_CFOMwDW4xREufOY9uVERSIU_ioCHn9wJen4nYLEqHDhKCzw85KQTz/pubhtml
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of the 2019 Bobcat 5K Cross-Country Race
  https://photos.app.goo.gl/wxAGGna8wKEpie2o9
  
  
• 2018 story, “Duane Evans and Laura McDermott ran best at the Bobcat”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/03/bobcat-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Spratt over Spratt, while Stacie Elliott takes the women's title at the Bobcat 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/bobcat-2017.html
  
  
• Upcoming runs on trails, tracks, and roads on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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