Whatever events highlighted the athletic calendar in Jay, Florida during the 1900s, the premier race of the 2000s has been the Celebrate Freedom 5K. Athletes ran the inaugural race on Independence Day in 2000, and the twentieth annual running was on Thursday morning, 4 July 2019. Of those twenty race, Micah Kemp has won the last six. A redshirt senior on the University of West Florida's Argonauts cross-country team, Kemp went 16:56 to defeat all comers at the 2019 Celebrate Freedom 5K. Milton, Florida master runner Leslie Specht was the first woman in the 3.1-mile race, placing fifteenth overall in 24:45.Alabama high school cross-country runners took the next two spots behind Kemp. From UMS-Wright Prep in Mobile, sophomore Joseph Perry was second in 17:06, while Miller High alum Rider Jernigan was third in 18:04. Casey Delong, an alum of Kemp's alma mater, Jay High, placed third in 18:30. 71-year-old Billy Bryant was the first master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 22:15.
Jillian Thornton, a rising junior on the Jay High cross-country squad, was the second woman in the 5K. Thornton came in eighteenth overall in 25:35. Savannah Landefeld, an alum of Arlington, Virginia's Yorktown High cross-country team, finished third in the women's standings and twentieth overall in 25:53.
Matt Dobson of Jay directed the 2019 Celebrate Freedom 5K. 89 athletes finished the race.
Top Ten Men, 2019 Celebrate Freedom 5K
- 16:56, Micah Kemp (M, 22)
- 17:06, Joseph Perry (M, 15)
- 18:04, Rider Jernigan (M, 18)
- 18:30, Casey Delong (M, 19)
- 22:05, Chance Thornton (M, 14)
- 22:15, Billy Bryant (M, 71)
- 22:56, Dustin Zagars (M, 38)
- 23:23, Dexter Jackson (M, 60)
- 23:25, Jordan Rayman (M, 29)
- 23:35, Trace Seib (M, 17)
Top Ten Women, 2019 Celebrate Freedom 5K
- 24:45, Leslie Specht (F, 41)
- 25:35, Jillian Thornton (F, 16)
- 25:53, Savannah Landefeld (F, 18)
- 27:01, Laurie Short (F, 53)
- 27:59, Zoe Hardin (F, 22)
- 29:10, Jamie Link (F, 41)
- 30:28, Melissa Wolter (F, 43)
- 30:43, Lisa Lash (F, 57)
- 30:45, Valerie Wright (F, 41)
- 33:38, Amelia Lee (F, 9)
| Some past winners of the Jay, Florida, Celebrate Freedom 5K | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 4 July 2005 | |||
| 4 July 2006 | 18:14, Ray Dunn | 21:07, Karen Trittschuh | |
| 4 July 2007 | 16:42, Eric Mayes | 20:24, Liesel Schmidt | ~50 |
| 4 July 2008 | 19:17, Drew Kennedy | 25:, Shirley Raney | |
| 4 July 2009 | 19:45, Drew Kennedy | 21:47, Sandy Eubanks | |
| 4 July 2010 | 18:05 Dylan Nadsady | 25:45, Shirley Raney | |
| 4 July 2011 | |||
| 4 July 2012 | 16:42, Caleb Carmichael | 21:49, Sandy Ebanks | 66 |
| 4 July 2013 | |||
| 4 July 2014 | 17:00, Micah Kemp | 21:19, Susan Smith | 97 |
| 4 July 2015 | 16:30, Micah Kemp | 23:57, Tarah Townsend | 72 |
| 4 July 2016 | 17:42, Micah Kemp | 21:30, Olivia Blackmon | 89 |
| 4 July 2017 | 18:11, Micah Kemp | 21:09, Olivia Blackmon | 113 |
| 4 July 2018 | 16:18, Micah Kemp | 20:24, Olivia Blackmon | 128 |
| 4 July 2019 | 16:56, Micah Kemp | 24:45, Leslie Specht | 89 |
| If anyone can point me in the direction of the names and times of race winners for 2000 to 2005, 2010, 2011, and 2013, I would like to include them here. | |||
Links
- Complete results of the 2019 Jay, Florida, Celebrate Freedom 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ1SSnTldyeiawmgXP_5-ClkqX6GUn44m5qXFfsBRCAu6XEtqcSicWD24uUwZ-Kq7s5gF1kxgTP7NP5/pubhtml
- Independence Day 2019 racing coverage on Trouble Afoot!
- Gainesville FL: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/ftc-melon-2019.html
- Jay FL: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/jay-freedom-2019.html
- Saint George Island FL: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/spritzer-2019.html
- Tallahassee FL: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/firecracker-2019.html
- Valdosta GA: https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/valdosta-independence-2019.html
- 2017 story, “Kemp and Blackmon keep winning at Jay's Celebrate Freedom 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/jay-freedom-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Argonaut harrier Micah Kemp notches his third straight Celebrate Freedom 5K win”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/jay-freedom-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Kemp and Townsend celebrate wins at the Celebrate Freedom 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/jay-freedom-2015.html
- Jay, Florida, Celebrate Freedom 5K Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/celebratefreedom5k
- Find upcoming races celebrating freedom on the Trouble Afoot! running calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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