Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Nijal Sanders and Zita Magloire make it a Cairo sweep at the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club 5K

Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club of Cairo, GeorgiaThe South Georgia cities of Cairo and Thomasville are less than fifteen miles apart on US 84. Cairo is the county seat of Grady County, Thomasville is the same for Thomas County. Cairo High plays Thomasville High in football, as well as other sports. And on Saturday morning, 11 May 2019, Nijal Sanders of Cairo and Chris Holt of Thomasville were racing on the streets of Cairo for the title in the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club's sixth annual Marshell Wilcox Memorial 5K. Sanders took first, edging Holt 20:34 to 20:40. Cairo physician Zita Magloire was the first woman in the race, placing third overall in 21:10, making it a Syrup City sweep.


It was Sanders' best showing yet in the race, where he had finished fifth in 2016 and fourth in 2017. Behind the dueling Sanders and Holt, Joe Carter was third in the men's standings, coming in fourth overall in 21:55.


A graduating senior at Cairo High, men's champ Nijal Sanders had a full career of running both cross-country and track for the Syrupmakers. Likewise, women's champ Zita Magloire had run for Chiles High and Mississippi State University. Magloire's win was her second at the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club 5K; she had also won the race in 2018. Stefanie Mandez was second to Magloire on the women's side, placing ninth overall in 27:26. Whitney Salapa was the third woman and eleventh overall in 28:59.


115 athletes finished the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club's 2019 Marshell Wilcox Memorial 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Marshell Wilcox Memorial 5K
  1. 20:34, Nijal Sanders
  2. 20:40, Chris Holt
  3. 21:55, Joe Carter
  4. 23:47, Adam Lane
  5. 25:43, Shelton Ansley
  6. 26:18, Larry Harrell
  7. 26:50, Tim Law
  8. 28:30, Michael Brown
  9. 29:03, Blake McBee
  10. 29:10, Quez Williams

Top Ten Women, 2019 Marshell Wilcox Memorial 5K
  1. 21:10, Zita Magloire
  2. 27:26, Stefanie Mandez
  3. 28:59, Whitney Salapa
  4. 31:09, Lekeshia  Cooper
  5. 31:53, Makenna Ponder
  6. 32:16, Kimberly Cooper 
  7. 33:27, Leslye Upton
  8. 33:52, Angie Harrell
  9. 33:53, Anna Phillips
  10. 34:01, Sherrie Jones

Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club's Wilcox Memorial 5K winners, 2014 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
16 August 201418:01, Charlie Johnson26:37, Jennifer Reynolds101
15 August 2015
14 May 201619:19, Alex Smythe20:45, Haleigh Martin166
13 May 201719:26, Nathan Higdon19:38, Sheryl Rosen88
12 May 201818:55, Bryce Bass21:34, Zita Magloire
11 May 201920:34, Nijal Sanders21:10, Zita Magloire115


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