Monday, September 23, 2019

Myles Gibson rides again at the Trot With S.W.A.T.

2018 Trot With S.W.A.T.Racing 6.2 miles through the neighborhood streets on the west side of Dothan, Alabama, Myles Gibson posted a winning 20:10 in the thirteenth annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K on Saturday morning, 21 September 2019. Master runner Anna Haberzettl was the first woman in the 10K, placing thirteenth overall in 49:26.


Gibson, a Donalsonville, Georgia master runner, has now won the Trot With S.W.A.T. four times, including the first race in 2007. There was a Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K concurrent with the longer race, and Gibson's 40:10 was run at a faster average pace than anyone in the 5K that morning. Michael Warner, runner-up to Gibson in 43:43, ran faster than all but the winner of the 5K. Warner was formerly a standout on the Enterprise High cross-country team. Master runner Richie Fernandez took third in 43:53.


Amber Hayghe finished a few steps ahead of Molly Crawford to take second in the women's standings, 50:58 to 51:02. Hayghe and Crawford were fifteenth and sixteenth overall.


56 athletes finished the 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K
  1. 40:10, Myles Gibson (M, 53)
  2. 43:43, Michael Warner (M, 20)
  3. 43:53, Richie Fernandez (M, 41)
  4. 44:02, Eric Bernard (M, 40)
  5. 44:13, Taylor Johnson (M, 32)
  6. 47:03, John Eiland (M, 43)
  7. 47:41, Jeremy Andrews (M, 32)
  8. 47:41, Robb Cleveland (M, 49)
  9. 48:33, Blake Mills (M, 34)
  10. 48:44, Mark Nichols (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K
  1. 49:26, Anna Haberzettl (F, 48)
  2. 50:58, Amber Hayghe (F, 34)
  3. 51:02, Molly Crawford (F, 28)
  4. 52:00, Libby Mills (F, 35)
  5. 52:03, Elizabeth Bray (F, 42)
  6. 53:31, Jessica McLean (F, 37)
  7. 56:58, Wendy Jones (F, 50)
  8. 57:43, Jana Sledge (F, 38)
  9. 58:20, Ashley Gibbs (F, 32)
  10. 59:13, Karen Clenney (F, 41)

Myles Gibson may have won the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K four times, but master runner Dale Thomas has won the Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K four times in a row (plus a 10K win in 2014). Thomas' latest win was in the 2019 race, where he finished more than 400 meters ahead of the next runner in 20:49. Eleven-year-old Eli Butler took second in the 5K with a 22:44. Dothan master runner Mike Houston was third in 22:53.


Natalie Warner has her own streak going in the Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K. Warner, the ace of the Enterprise High girls' cross-country team, won the women's 5K title at the Trot for the second year in a row, running 23:11 and placing fourth overall. Carolyn Houston of Dothan was the first woman master in the 5K and the second female finisher, seventh overall in 23:30. Elizabeth Gunter nabbed third in the women's division, placing eleventh overall in 26:05.


102 athletes finished the 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K
  1. 20:49, Dale Thomas (M, 56)
  2. 22:44, Eli Butler (M, 11)
  3. 22:53, Mike Houston (M, 47)
  4. 23:14, Mark McCarra (M, 54)
  5. 23:19, Daniel Gunter (M, 28)
  6. 24:33, Tom Warner (M, 45)
  7. 25:28, Jimmy Sims (M, 65)
  8. 25:37, Steven Smith (M, 49)
  9. 26:34, Rhett Davis (M, 47)
  10. 26:34, Mark Sheehan (M, 60)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K
  1. 23:11, Natalie Warner (F, 15)
  2. 23:30, Carolyn Houston (F, 47)
  3. 26:05, Elizabeth Gunter (F, 24)
  4. 28:13, Rebecca Jewel (F, 40)
  5. 29:05, Besty Liddo (F, 42)
  6. 30:05, Annabelle Warner (F, 17)
  7. 30:16, Blair Peterman (F, 37)
  8. 31:24, Melanie Ellison (F, 47)
  9. 31:33, Angie Thomas (F, 48)
  10. 31:56, Wesley Angeloff (F, 46)

Trot With S.W.A.T. winners, 2007 - 2019
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
29 September 200710K37:05, Myles Gibson46:39, Dawn Hersman107
27 September 200810K37:10, Ryan Overstreet46:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe101
19 September 200910K40:44, Jay Shipman47:46, Kristina Bennett68
5K23:00, Michael Brennon23:54, Debbie Wittmer75
11 September 201010K44:23, Joe Ferguson52:20, Reyna Johnson86
5K19:51, Theron Carter21:36, Jo-Ann VanAswegen159
17 September 201110K43:01, Cedric Gillette43:30, Dana Cody86
5K19:54, Cody Causey24:05, Ami Heath99
22 September 201210K36:23, Nicholas Dason42:41, Megan Howell79
5K19:54, Michael Brennan23:09, Debbie Wittmer141
21 September 201310K36:03, David Seymour41:34, Ali Christoph59
5K20:29, John Halton21:18, Dana Cody93
20 September 201410K42:41, Dale Thomas52:30, Kristina Bennett48
5K19:32, John Helton20:49, Dana Cody77
19 September 201510K38:26, David Seymour50:33, Kimberly Floyd86
5K19:43, Michael Bond19:44, Ann Centner120
17 September 201610K39:53, Myles Gibson54:14, Courtney Helms58
5K21:42, Dale Thomas24:45, Heather Perry94
23 September 201710K39:39, Myles Gibson49:10, Kate Smith58
5K20:13, Dale Thomas23:37, Carolyn Houston103
22 September 201810K36:25, Chris Boyle49:27, Kayla Carpenter47
5K20:08, Dale Thomas22:16, Natalie Warner89
21 September 201910K40:10, Myles Gibson49:26, Anna Haberzett56
5K20:49, Dale Thomas23:11, Natalie Warner102
The Trot with S.W.A.T. did not include a 5K prior to 2009.

A thank you to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners Club for his help in researching the past winners
of The Trot With S.W.A.T.


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  1. asteve_aFebruary 18, 2021 at 7:43 PM

    I was telling my wife that some years ago, a group of Tallahassee athletes rode their bikes to Dothan, ran a race, then rode back home. She told me that people in Tallahassee are not that stupid and I assured her they are. Does anyone recall that or I am wrong, as usual?

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    1. Herb WillsFebruary 19, 2021 at 1:36 PM

      I regret to inform you that you have sullied your record for being wrong. You're thinking of the Critter Run 5K, which was held annually in Dothan each July starting in 1986:

      https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/critter-2012.html

      I believe that the race was last held in 2013. The bike ride from Tallahassee to Dothan for the race was an annual thing as well.

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