In 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
- 19:11.97, Myles Gibson
- 19:43.20, Larry King
- 20:12.63, Dustin Richardson
- 21:52.69, Baylor Williams
- 22:31.86, Terryan Bryant
- 22:38.75, Matthew Smith
- 22:40.38, Zachery King
- 22:52.72, Michael Hopson
- 24:08.96, James Knowles
- 24:09.32, Hugh Scarborough
Top Ten Women, 2019 Rejoice Run 5K
- 24:48.88, Macy Batchelor
- 25:23.95, Mary Hunt
- 26:26.85, Allison Thursby
- 27:34.81, Stephanie Odom
- 28:05.18, Klaire Mims
- 28:26.06, Bridget Harrell
- 29:22.32, Gypsy Glover
- 29:24.25, Melissa Richardson
- 29:31.31, Pamela Earp
- 29:55.00, Adrian Parker
| Rejoice Run 5K winners, 2007 - 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 20 October 2007 | 18:50 Myles Gibson | 26:18 Deborah Ansley | 33 |
| 18 October 2008 | 16:33 Jessie Close | 23:15 Erika Pemberton | 52 |
| 17 October 2009 | 18:20 Alex Close | 22:20 Debbie Wittmer | 59 |
| 16 October 2010 | 16:53 Jessie Close | 22:14 Debbie Wittmer | 59 |
| 15 October 2011 | 18:10 Myles Gibson | 25:10 Ashley Merritt | 67 |
| 20 October 2012 | 20:03, Mark McCarra | 21:49, Debbie Witmer | 110 |
| 19 October 2013 | 18:51, Davey Reynolds | 22:21, Margaret Winkler | 132 |
| 18 October 2014 | 16:53, Ben Pleak | 22:16, Margaret Winkler | 129 |
| 17 October 2015 | 17:51, Dustin Reynolds | 21:20, Macy Williams | 152 |
| 15 October 2016 | 16:57, Dustin Reynolds | 22:54, Masey Tabb | 143 |
| 21 October 2017 | 18:40, Tanner Norman | 22:48, Masey Tabb | 97 |
| 29 December 2018 | 18:25, Dustin Reynolds | 24:31, Mary Hunt | 49 |
| 19 December 2019 | 19:12, Myles Gibson | 24:49, Macy Batchelor | 49 |
Links:
- Complete results of the 2019 Rejoice Run 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSilRtBdfpn_mivLdCmM9-13v4uO_6UZ5eSRtc_qGWRXKaPnzKgUD70np65FfZcvFzQCH7UNxQWhwmb/pubhtml
- 2018 story, “Dustin Reynolds and Mary Hunt had the lead roles when the curtain closed on Joyce's Jog”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/joyces-jog-2018.html
- 2017 story, “High school cross-country standouts Norman and Tabb win Joyce's Jog”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/joyces-jog-2017.html
- 2017 story, “High school cross-country standouts Norman and Tabb win Joyce's Jog”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/joyces-jog-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Dustin Reynolds goes 16:57 to get his second Joyce's Jog 5K title”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/joyces-jog-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Reynolds and Williams lead the youth brigade at Joyce's Jog”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/joyces-jog-2015.html
- 2010 story, “Close and Wittmer run away with Joyce's Jog”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/joyces-jog-2010.html
- Upcoming jogs, runs, and races in Donalsonville and elsewhere in the Tallahassee region
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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