Friday, November 29, 2019

Joshua Grant edges Brian Miller in a record-breaking Harvest Run 10K

Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest RunBack 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
  1. 34:35.4, Joshua Grant (M, 29)
  2. 34:44.6, Brian Miller (M, 22)
  3. 41:24.7, Julio Perez (M, 28)
  4. 41:30.3, Carl Plowden (M, 50)
  5. 42:01.0, Eli Bremer (M, 41)
  6. 42:47.1, Dennis Moore (M, 51)
  7. 43:11.3, Will Tomlinson (M, 17)
  8. 43:42.5, Jaren Hill (M, 22)
  9. 43:58.5, Seth Tomlinson (M, 17)
  10. 44:02.4, Timothy Ellis (M, 14)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K
  1. 42:18.6, Talarie Hayes (F, 34)
  2. 45:48.3, Melanie Flege (F, 29)
  3. 46:47.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 45)
  4. 48:25.2, Karen McNally (F, 55)
  5. 49:39.1, Caroline Taylor (F, 18)
  6. 50:52.6, Amy Sliwinski (F, 28)
  7. 51:35.5, Christina Rice (F, 41)
  8. 51:49.8, Jennifer McClain (F, 39)
  9. 52:18.0, Donielle Powell (F, 30)
  10. 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
  1. 18:12.9, Courtland Buntin (M, 20)
  2. 18:23.8, Russell Coleman (M, 42)
  3. 19:47.3, Alex Romano (M, 13)
  4. 19:50.3, Edward Ostrander (M, 16)
  5. 20:33.1, Benjamin Phillips (M, 17)
  6. 20:45.3, Walker Johnson (M, 29)
  7. 21:38.6, Mark Stocks (M, 58)
  8. 21:39.1, Silas Stocks (M, 23)
  9. 22:11.4, Max Schuman (M, 25)
  10. 22:27.2, Michael Morrison (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K
  1. 19:09.8, Jessica Sams (F, 24)
  2. 19:14.1, Mackenzie Taylor (F, 20)
  3. 20:03.3, Brittney Skiles (F, 30)
  4. 20:56.1, Allie Brown (F, 16)
  5. 21:04.5, Sara Ostrander (F, 46)
  6. 22:46.4, Trace Bridges (F, 13)
  7. 22:52.8, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 18)
  8. 22:54.0, Tori Bridges (F, 13)
  9. 23:22.6, Carsen Taylor (F, 25)
  10. 23:35.4, Laine Ellington (F, 24)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2019
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
27 September 201410K41:19, Dennis Moore41:32, Jennifer Perkins25
5K21:36, Carl Sagasser25:01, Carmen Rodriguez36
26 November 201510K36:11, Patrick Whitehead47:58, Allison Cauthen46
5K18:46, Henry Plowden22:09, Ryleigh Bell96
24 November 201610K36:45, Patrick Whitehead44:47, Jennifer Perkins44
5K18:34, Brian Miller22:27, Kayla Sanseverino76
23 November 201710K37:31, Patrick Whitehead48:00, Danice Roberts38
5K17:44, Henry Plowden22:35, Bonnie Zimmerman100
22 November 201810K42:40, Dennis Moore40:38, Jennifer Perkins38
5K18:56, Courtland Buntin19:28, Jessica Sams132
28 November 201910K34:36, Joshua Grant42:19, Talarie Hayes64
5K18:13, Courtland Buntin19:10, Jessica Sams126


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