No one will forget Elizabeth Funderburk at the Run To Remember

On Saturday morning, 10 August 2019, five miles into the Run To Remember 10K, Myles Gibson was leading the race. It wasn't the first time. Gibson was the course record holder of the Moultrie, Georgia event. He was also the defending champion, having won the 10K in 2018 as well as 2015 and 2016. But the Donalsonville, Georgia master runner wasn't going to collect his fourth Run To Remember title that day.


"Elizabeth Funderburk passed me in the last mile," reported Gibson. "And beat me by about 10 seconds."


After blowing by Gibson, Funderburk went on to finish the race in a winning 39:05, finishing first overall as well as collecting the women's crown. Gibson was the first male finisher, second overall in 39:16.


Like Gibson, Funderburk was no stranger to the Run To Remember, having won women's titles in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Those wins were in the 5K rather than the 10K, but Funderburk had been a schoolgirl in those years. Since then, she had won a Georgia High School State Championship in girls' cross-country, graduated Colquitt High, and in 2018 moved on to collegiate competition with the Seminoles of Florida State University. As a frosh, Funderburk had run varsity in both cross-country and track while pushing her personal bests down to 16:14.82 in the 5,000 meters and 33:31.05 in the 10,000. So it was not suprising that Funderburk was able to go 39:05 on the streets of Moultrie, her hometown--lowering the 10K record at the Run To Remember by more than ten minutes. Not surprising, but still impressive.


Behind Gibson, Mark Niday of Moultrie was second in the men's standings and third overall in 47:46. Camilla, Georgia master runner Bo Moore was the third man and fourth overall in 51:39.


Lindsay Colson finished the 10K as runner-up on the women's side and fifth overall in 53:14. Rhonda Barrett was the top woman master and third female finisher, twelfth overall in 63:20.

Elizabeth Funderburk at the 2014 Run To Remember

Top Ten Women, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 10K

1. 39:05, Elizabeth Funderburk (F, 19) Moultrie, GA
2. 53:14, Lindsay Colson (F, 34)
3. 63:20, Rhonda Barrett (F, 47)
4. 64:00, Patience Lawson (F, 39)
5. 64:26, Davina Lee (F, 46)
6. 74:56, Karina Amundson (F, 49)
7. 84:17, Jordyn Grizzard (F, 14)
8. 96:32, Faryn Hackett (F, 32)
9. 96:33, Kennedy Hackett (F, 7)
10. 1:40:22, Kathryn Blaylock (F, 51)

Top Ten Men, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 10K

1. 39:16, Myles Gibson (M, 53) Iron City, GA
2. 47:46, Mark Niday (M, 35) Moultrie, GA
3. 51:39, Bo Moore (M, 45) Camilla, GA
4. 53:55, Jody Jordan (M, 50) Omega, GA
5. 54:51, Julian Strickland (M, 54)
6. 55:40, Shane Smith (M, 51)
7. 58:16, David Griner (M, 50)
8. 59:15, Gw Jenkins (M, 33) Moultrie, GA
9. 60:04, Bill Bootz (M, 51)
10. 63:36, Marty Mathis (M, 50)

In the 2014 Run To Remember 5K, Elizabeth Funderburk posted a 20:12, finishing first overall. Since then, that had stood as the fastest time run on the course by anyone, woman or man. The fastest time, that is, until the 2019 race, when Will Brewster won the 5K in 18:09. Hayes Lightsey also went under Funderburk's mark, placing second overall in 19:46. Chad Northcutt was third in 20:48. Chris Stroh was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in fourth overall in 22:20.


Isabella Grayson, a senior on the cross-country team at Brookwood School, was the first woman in the 5K, placing eighth overall in 24:18. April Mathis was the first woman master and second female finisher, tenth overall in 25:18. Mary Sue Thompson of Moultrie was third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 25:25.


23 athletes finished the 2019 Run To Remember 10K, with another 71 completing the 5K. Event Technical Services, Inc., of Sylvester, Georgia chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 5K

1. 18:09, Will Brewster (M, 25)
2. 19:46, Hayes Lightsey (M, 15)
3. 20:48, Chad Northcutt (M, 35)
4. 22:20, Chris Stroh (M, 49)
5. 23:03, Luis Vargas (M, 24)
6. 23:10, Cam Ook (M, 14)
7. 23:54, Kent Grayson (M, 13)
8. 25:04, Ed Norman (M, 39)
9. 26:14, John Owens (M, 16)
10. 26:21, Will Phillips (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 5K

1. 24:18, Isabella Grayson (F, 17) Thomasville, GA
2. 25:18, April Mathis (F, 50) Moultrie, GA
3. 25:25, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 36) Moultrie, GA
4. 25:28, Jodi Stuckey (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
5. 27:59, Maggie Murphy (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
6. 32:21, Sarah Gatzemeier (F, 33) Hahira, GA
7. 29:47, Anna Hartley (F, 24)
8. 30:07, Ashleigh Childs (F, 24)
9. 31:07, Shana Murphy (F, 47)
10. 31:04, Leah Brsnell (F, 34)

Run 2 Remember 5K winners, 2012 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 August 2012	10K	54:04, Dale Pate	54:32, Lori Richardson	34
	5K	20:30, Matt Collmar	29:38, Christy Cherry	178
17 August 2013	10K	44:40, Jose Trejo	50:26, Tiffany Powell Nunnally	20
	5K	21:05, Lucas Trejo	22:03, Elizabeth Funderburk	81
2 August 2014	10K	39:16, Dale Pate	52:49, Jennifer Bendewish	20
	5K	22:14, Baylen Young	20:12, Elizabeth Funderburk	59
8 August 2015	10K	37:56, Myles Gibson	55:06, Heather Grantham	18
	5K	20:16, Colby Bearden	20:51, Elizabeth Funderburk	67
1 October 2016	10K	38:19, Myles Gibson	46:48, Amelia Chassevent	20
	5K	23:39, Margarito Moctezuma	25:45, Yasmin Moctezuma	31
12 August 2017	10K	46:44, Case Gregory	53:41, Laura Solomon	15
	5K	22:16, Austin Hunnicutt	25:44, Jodi Stuckey	48
4 August 2018	10K	45:09, Myles Gibson	52:52, Laura McMermott	24
	5K	19:52, Case Gregory	24:33, Jodi Beth Stuckey	82
10 August 2019	10K	39:16, Myles Gibson	39:05, Elizabeth Funderburk	23
	5K	18:09, Will Brewster	24:18, Isabella Grayson	71

Links

• Complete results of Sha Missions' 2019 "Run To Remember"
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKlTy1wAYdbROVJjVH1dnUh4TQHd-YUUZWWEx7M2GCidW4gHCzP6bSR2DbX3pkq3Ja5vjtxOgUxqaU/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Gregory and Solomon win at the Run To Remember 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/remember-sha-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Myles Gibson has a record race in Moultrie's Run To Remember”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/remember-sha-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Dale Pate says goodbye to Southwest Georgia with a record race at Run To Remember”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/remember-sha-2014.html
  
  
• Sha Missions
  http://shamissions.org/
  
  
• Find your next race in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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