Tuesday, June 4, 2019

David Williams and Jennifer Perkins had a big inning at the Home Run 5K

Saturday morning, 1 June 2019, dawned hot in Americus, Georgia. The racing on the roads of Americus was equally hot that morning, as David Williams won the First United Methodist Church's seventh annual Home Run 5K, running 19:48. Hot on his heels was runner-up Jennifer Perkins, the women's champ in 19:54.


Seventeen-year-old Williams is a rising junior at Schley County High in Ellaville, Georgia where he runs cross-country and track for the Wildcats. Jaren Hill was second to Williams in the men's standings, placing third overall in 22:09. Jerry Brown was the first master runner in the 5K and the third male finisher, fourth overall in 22:44.


An Albany, Georgia athlete, Jennifer Perkins came very close to winning the 5K outright, finishing just a few steps behind David Williams. It wouldn't have been the first race where Perkins was first overall as well as the first woman; just over six months earlier she had taken the top spot in the half marathon at Barney's Run For Warriors in Albany. In Americus, Perkins' 19:54 was a new Home Run 5K record for women.


Rebecca Bowers finished runner-up to Perkins in the women's division of the Home Run 5K. A rising senior on the Lee County High cross-country team, Bowers placed thirteenth overall in 27:31. Alicia Turner was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 29:52.


51 athletes finished the 2019 Home Run 5K. Flatlander Sports of Leesburg, Georgia timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Home Run 5K
  1. 19:47.7, David Williams (M, 17)
  2. 22:09.0, Jaren Tamorris Hill (M, 22)
  3. 22:43.7, Jerry Brown (M, 47)
  4. 23:05.8, Bucky Thompson (M, 36)
  5. 23:17.7, Glenn Palmer (M, 49)
  6. 24:28.5, Sennica Harris (M, 39)
  7. 25:05.6, Griffin Toms (M, 15)
  8. 25:10.3, Donald Chase (M, 54)
  9. 25:18.2, Darryl Cox (M, 38)
  10. 26:17.7, Jim Bochanan (M, 61)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Home Run 5K
  1. 19:53.7, Jennifer Perkins (F, 38)
  2. 27:30.5, Rebecca Bowers (F, 16)
  3. 29:51.2, Alicia Turner (F, 36)
  4. 30:20.5, LeeAnn Beckum (F, 25)
  5. 30:23.8, Mary Smith (F, 29)
  6. 30:38.6, Emmy Reid (F, 34)
  7. 31:25.0, Kimberly Reid (F, 47)
  8. 31:28.0, Beth Webb (F, 37)
  9. 32:34.4, Amelia Kinnebrew (F, 11)
  10. 32:34.7, Nola Bricker (F, 64)

Home Run Road Race winners, 2013 - 2019
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
22 June 20135K19:45, Billy Calcutt21:48, Amber Hodor61
14 June 20145K16:55, Wright Calhoun22:12, Jessica Childers46
13 June 20155K19:23, Billy Calcutt22:55, Charlene Pennymon80
4 June 201610K46:29, Will Peak55:10, Charlotte Singletary22
5K17:26, Wright Calhoun25:01, Trina Shattles41
3 June 20175K17:20, Wright Calhoun22:41, Kimberly Dove47
2 June 20185K18:31, Dustin Howard22:21, Amber Hodor50
1 June 20195K19:48, David Williams19:54, Jennifer Perkins51


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