Saturday, 2 March 2019, was three days before Fat Tuesday. In Panama City Beach, Florida, it was also the morning of the nineteenth annual Mardi Gras 5K. Sam Martinez, a Macon, Georgia master runner, won the 3.1-mile race through Frank Brown Park, running 19:12. Seventh-grader Rory Claussen of the Shaldera Track Club was the first woman in the 5K, placing third overall in 20:46.Martinez finished 80 meters ahead of the 2018 Mardi Gras 5K champion, master runner David Shearon. A Panama City Beach triathlete, Shearon ran 19:34 for second place. Master runner Ben Branton edged Trey Carr for third in the men's standings, 21:41 to 21:45. Branton and Carr were fifth and sixth overall.
It wasn't Rory Claussen's first Mardi Gras 5K. She had also run the race in 2017, finishing runner-up in the women's standings. In the 2019 race, the runner-up spot went to Kristie Martinez of Macon, who placed fourth overall in 21:07. Jamie Phillips was the third woman and sixteenth overall in 24:33. Debbie Chitwood was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, eighteenth overall in 25:08.
165 athletes finished the 2019 Mardi Gras 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2019 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
- 19:12, Sam Martinez (M, Overall)
- 19:34, David Shearon (M, Master)
- 21:41, Ben Branton (M, Grandmaster)
- 21:45, Trey Carr (M, 30-34)
- 21:48, Jeffrey Krajewski (M, 35-39)
- 22:21, David Hull (M, 30-34)
- 23:09, Robert Glenn (M, Senior Grandmaster)
- 23:24, Spencer Claussen (M, 11-14)
- 23:26, Neil Claussen (M, 45-49)
- 23:59, Adam Ryerson (M, 15-19)
Top Ten Women, 2019 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
- 20:46, Rory Claussen (F, Overall)
- 21:07, Kristie Martinez (F, 35-39)
- 24:33, Jamie Phillips (F, 35-39)
- 25:08, Debbie Chitwood (F, Master)
- 26:03, Nikki Reiter (F, 35-39)
- 26:15, Betsy Pierpaoli (F, Grandmaster)
- 26:22, Jordan Powell (F, 25-29)
- 26:22, Heidi Knight (F, 55-59)
- 26:29, Amy Habrack (F, 30-34)
- 26:30, Michelle Smith (F, 50-54)
| Mardi Gras 5K winners, 2001 - 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 14 February 2004 | 17:39, Brian Goddin | 23:51, Karen Hutchinson | 96 |
| 20 January 2005 | 26:59, Robert Fudge | 26:16, Lori Hunt | |
| 11 February 2006 | |||
| 17 February 2007 | |||
| 21 February 2009 | 18:02, Fritz Stoppelbein | 22:17, Michaela Ashley | 177 |
| 13 February 2010 | |||
| 26 February 2011 | 19:12, Jeff Cassel | 19:18, Michaela Ashley | 187 |
| 11 February 2012 | 17:48, Jordan Lance | 20:38, Michaela Ashley | 265 |
| 1 March 2014 | 18:12, David Shearon | 21:32, Amy Mann | 124 |
| 14 February 2015 | 18:32, David Shearon | 21:22, Jessica Berschwinger | 172 |
| 6 February 2016 | 18:30, Charles Abbinanti | 23:34, Danielle Mulick | 140 |
| 25 February 2017 | 17:18, John Nay | 23:32, Kiersten Hughes | 178 |
| 10 February 2018 | 19:02, David Shearon | 23:48, Mariia Solomonova | 145 |
| 2 March 2019 | 19:12, Sam Martinez | 20:46, Rory Claussen | 165 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2019 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQRTAmHzTDc6Wgd9qDe5Jdp5NlwDqxKlUeJO7FXmZ0qqdc5xUMuX9wlqnVyWRye0sxMJauNJR9LYrr0/pubhtml
- Draggin' Tail Runners' photos of the 2019 Mardi Gras 5K
https://www.facebook.com/pg/DragginTailRunners/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1831623763608174
- 2018 story, “The good times keep on rolling, and so does David Shearon at the Mardi Gras 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2018.html
- 2017 story, “Bon temps rouler as Nay and Hughes roll at the Mardi Gras 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Abbinanti and Mulick precede Fat Tuesday with a Fast Saturday”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2016.html
- 2014 story, “Bon temps for Shearon and Mann at Mardi Gras 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/pcb-mardi-gras-2014.html
- 2011 story, “St. Andrews Mardi Gras 5K is all Cassel and Ashley”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/pc-mardi-gras-2011.html
- More Trouble Afoot! coverage of races in Panama City Beach, Florida
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Panama%20City%20Beach
- Upcoming race before, during, and after Lent on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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