Back in 2015, Patrick Whitehead won the second annual Harvest Run 10K in Leesburg, Georgia, setting an event record of 36:11. That record stood till Thursday morning, 28 November 2019, when both Joshua Grant and Brian Miller ran about a minute and a half faster in the sixth annual Harvest Run. Grant became the new record holder, winning the 6.2-mile race in 34:36. Miller was just behind in 34:45. Talarie Hayes was the first woman in the race, placing sixth overall in 42:19.Julio Perez took third in the 10K with a 41:25. Carl Plowden was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in fourth overall in in 41:31.
Melanie Flege was the women's runner-up, and seventeenth overall in 45:49. Jennifer Romano was the first woman master and third female finisher, twentieth overall in 46:48. Master runner Karen McNally was fourth in the women's standings and 25th overall in 48:26.
64 athletes finished the 10K, the most ever in the six-year history of the race.
Top Ten Men, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K
- 34:35.4, Joshua Grant (M, 29)
- 34:44.6, Brian Miller (M, 22)
- 41:24.7, Julio Perez (M, 28)
- 41:30.3, Carl Plowden (M, 50)
- 42:01.0, Eli Bremer (M, 41)
- 42:47.1, Dennis Moore (M, 51)
- 43:11.3, Will Tomlinson (M, 17)
- 43:42.5, Jaren Hill (M, 22)
- 43:58.5, Seth Tomlinson (M, 17)
- 44:02.4, Timothy Ellis (M, 14)
Top Ten Women, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K
- 42:18.6, Talarie Hayes (F, 34)
- 45:48.3, Melanie Flege (F, 29)
- 46:47.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 45)
- 48:25.2, Karen McNally (F, 55)
- 49:39.1, Caroline Taylor (F, 18)
- 50:52.6, Amy Sliwinski (F, 28)
- 51:35.5, Christina Rice (F, 41)
- 51:49.8, Jennifer McClain (F, 39)
- 52:18.0, Donielle Powell (F, 30)
- 52:37.9, Char Davidson (F, 66)
The Harvest Run has always included a 5K option. 2019 10K runner-up Brian Miller got his start in the shorter race, setting a record in the 3.1-mile event in 2016. In 2019, it was Courtland Buntin who won the Harvest Run 5K, running 18:13. Jessica Sams was the first woman in the 5K, setting a new Harvest Run women's record of 19:10 while placing third overall. Both Buntin and Sams were defending 2018 title in the race.
Russell Coleman was the top master runner in the 5K, finishing runner-up to Buntin in 18:24. There was a close race for third in the men's standings between thirteen-year-old Alex Romano and Edward Ostrander, a sophomore on the Lee County High cross-country team. Romano edged Ostrander, 19:48 to 19:51. The two athletes were fifth and sixth overall.
A few seconds behind Jessica Sams, Mackenzie Taylor was the women's runner-up and fourth overall in 19:15. Brittney Skiles placed third in the women's standings and seventh overall in 20:04. Sara Ostrander took the top woman master's spot, the fifth woman and eleventh overall in 21:05.
126 athletes finished the 2019 Harvest Run 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K
- 18:12.9, Courtland Buntin (M, 20)
- 18:23.8, Russell Coleman (M, 42)
- 19:47.3, Alex Romano (M, 13)
- 19:50.3, Edward Ostrander (M, 16)
- 20:33.1, Benjamin Phillips (M, 17)
- 20:45.3, Walker Johnson (M, 29)
- 21:38.6, Mark Stocks (M, 58)
- 21:39.1, Silas Stocks (M, 23)
- 22:11.4, Max Schuman (M, 25)
- 22:27.2, Michael Morrison (M, 38)
Top Ten Women, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K
- 19:09.8, Jessica Sams (F, 24)
- 19:14.1, Mackenzie Taylor (F, 20)
- 20:03.3, Brittney Skiles (F, 30)
- 20:56.1, Allie Brown (F, 16)
- 21:04.5, Sara Ostrander (F, 46)
- 22:46.4, Trace Bridges (F, 13)
- 22:52.8, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 18)
- 22:54.0, Tori Bridges (F, 13)
- 23:22.6, Carsen Taylor (F, 25)
- 23:35.4, Laine Ellington (F, 24)
| Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Distance | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 27 September 2014 | 10K | 41:19, Dennis Moore | 41:32, Jennifer Perkins | 25 |
| 5K | 21:36, Carl Sagasser | 25:01, Carmen Rodriguez | 36 | |
| 26 November 2015 | 10K | 36:11, Patrick Whitehead | 47:58, Allison Cauthen | 46 |
| 5K | 18:46, Henry Plowden | 22:09, Ryleigh Bell | 96 | |
| 24 November 2016 | 10K | 36:45, Patrick Whitehead | 44:47, Jennifer Perkins | 44 |
| 5K | 18:34, Brian Miller | 22:27, Kayla Sanseverino | 76 | |
| 23 November 2017 | 10K | 37:31, Patrick Whitehead | 48:00, Danice Roberts | 38 |
| 5K | 17:44, Henry Plowden | 22:35, Bonnie Zimmerman | 100 | |
| 22 November 2018 | 10K | 42:40, Dennis Moore | 40:38, Jennifer Perkins | 38 |
| 5K | 18:56, Courtland Buntin | 19:28, Jessica Sams | 132 | |
| 28 November 2019 | 10K | 34:36, Joshua Grant | 42:19, Talarie Hayes | 64 |
| 5K | 18:13, Courtland Buntin | 19:10, Jessica Sams | 126 | |
Links
- Complete results of the 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR67rcqSqnJAuegmYKtJxqAKcrqWg_ZN5_hsXT82LNFK7B3wkC1z76F6uUwD7346tlu-2g5OrlViSXp/pubhtml
- 2017 story, “Patrick Whitehead posts a Harvest Run three-peat”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/11/leesburg-harvest-2017.html
- 2016 story, “Repeat wins for Harvest Run record-holders Whitehead and Perkins”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/11/leesburg-harvest-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Whitehead and Cauthen reap victory at the Harvest Run”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/leesburg-harvest-2015.html
- Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
- Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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