Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Nestor couldn't stop Myles Gibson, Macy Batchelor, or the Rejoice Run

Rejoice Run logoIn Donalsonville, Georgia on Saturday afternoon, 19 October 2019, an old race got a new name. After twelve years, 2007 to 2018, Joyce's Jog 5K became the Rejoice Run. The event also got a new starting time, courtesy of Tropical Storm Nestor. Because the storm was threatening the region, the race was delayed a few hours, starting at 4:00 PM instead of at 8:00 AM as originally scheduled. But the Rejoice Run retained its original winner. Master runner Myles Gibson, who had won the first Joyce's Jog back in 2007, won the 2019 Rejoice Run by well over a hundred meters, running 19:12. Macy Batchelor, a junior on the Seminole High cross-country team, was the first woman in the race, placing eleventh overall in 24:49.


A resident of the Donalsonville area, Gibson had also won the race in 2011. Larry King, a senior-year member of the Seminole High cross-country squad, finished runner-up to Gibson in 19:44. Dustin Richardson took third in 20:13. Another Seminole High harrier, senior Baylor Williams, was fourth in 21:53.


Macy Batchelor didn't have Gibson's history of winning, but she had been seventh in the women's division in the 2017 race and second in 2018. Second in 2019 went to Mary Hunt, the 2018 women's champ. Hunt was thirteenth overall in 25:24. Allison Thursby was the third woman and eighteenth overall in 26:27. Master runner Stephanie Odom placed fourth on the women's side and 24th overall in 27:35.


66 athletes finished the 2019 Rejoice Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Rejoice Run 5K
  1. 19:11.97, Myles Gibson
  2. 19:43.20, Larry King
  3. 20:12.63, Dustin Richardson
  4. 21:52.69, Baylor Williams
  5. 22:31.86, Terryan Bryant
  6. 22:38.75, Matthew Smith
  7. 22:40.38, Zachery King
  8. 22:52.72, Michael Hopson
  9. 24:08.96, James Knowles
  10. 24:09.32, Hugh Scarborough

Top Ten Women, 2019 Rejoice Run 5K
  1. 24:48.88, Macy Batchelor
  2. 25:23.95, Mary Hunt
  3. 26:26.85, Allison Thursby
  4. 27:34.81, Stephanie Odom
  5. 28:05.18, Klaire Mims
  6. 28:26.06, Bridget Harrell
  7. 29:22.32, Gypsy Glover
  8. 29:24.25, Melissa Richardson
  9. 29:31.31, Pamela Earp
  10. 29:55.00, Adrian Parker

Rejoice Run 5K winners, 2007 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
20 October 200718:50 Myles Gibson26:18 Deborah Ansley33
18 October 200816:33 Jessie Close23:15 Erika Pemberton52
17 October 200918:20 Alex Close22:20 Debbie Wittmer59
16 October 201016:53 Jessie Close22:14 Debbie Wittmer59
15 October 201118:10 Myles Gibson25:10 Ashley Merritt67
20 October 201220:03, Mark McCarra21:49, Debbie Witmer110
19 October 201318:51, Davey Reynolds22:21, Margaret Winkler132
18 October 201416:53, Ben Pleak22:16, Margaret Winkler129
17 October 201517:51, Dustin Reynolds21:20, Macy Williams152
15 October 201616:57, Dustin Reynolds22:54, Masey Tabb143
21 October 201718:40, Tanner Norman22:48, Masey Tabb97
29 December 201818:25, Dustin Reynolds24:31, Mary Hunt49
19 December 201919:12, Myles Gibson24:49, Macy Batchelor49


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