Thursday, January 2, 2020

Joshua Grant races to a record at the Resolution Run

New Year 2020Joshua Grant's first race of 2019 was the fourth annual Resolution Run 5K in Albany, Georgia. Grant finished second, just a second behind Dr. Patrick Whitehead, who won in a Resolution Run record of 18:08.


Grant wasn't having any of that at the fifth annual Resolution Run. On Wednesday morning, 1 January 2020, he won the 3.1-mile race by more than 400 meters, setting a new event record of 17:39. Master runner Sara Ostrander was the top woman for the third year in the five-year history of the race, outkicking Jennifer Perkins for the win. Both runners were clocked in 22:24.


Michael Martinez of Tallahassee, Florida was the first master runner in the race, placing second overall in 19:16. Edward Ostrander, a sophomore on the Lee County High cross-country team, took third with a 20:57.


Racing for the first women's spot, Sara Ostrander and Jennifer Perkins finished eighth and ninth overall. Alma Ostrander took third in the women's standings, placing eleventh overall in 23:18. An eighth-grader at Lee County County Middle School East, Ostrander runs on her school's girls' cross-country team.


63 athletes finished the 2020 Resolution Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K
  1. 17:38.9, Joshua Grant (M, 29)
  2. 19:15.2, Michael Martinez (M, 54)
  3. 20:56.9, Edward Ostrander (M, 16)
  4. 21:06.5, Jaren Hill (M, 22)
  5. 21:41.8, Tim Ellis (M, 15)
  6. 21:45.4, Antonio Walker (M, 32)
  7. 22:15.8, Matthew Gresham (M, 47)
  8. 22:34.5, Warren Morris (M, 14)
  9. 23:41.0, Chris Phillips (M, 40)
  10. 24:03.5, Julian Strickland (M, 54)

Top Ten Women, Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K
  1. 22:23.7, Sara Ostrander (F, 46)
  2. 22:23.8, Jennifer Perkins (F, 39)
  3. 23:17.9, Alma Ostrander (F, 14)
  4. 24:42.9, Karen Spicer (F, 55)
  5. 26:21.1, Anna Plowden (F, 15)
  6. 26:40.1, Maryanne Plowden (F, 49)
  7. 27:41.6, Rebecca Bowers (F, 17)
  8. 27:41.8, Emily Phillips (F, 15)
  9. 28:17.9, Sandra Williams (F, 45)
  10. 29:39.1, Madeline Ellis (F, 18)

Albany, Georgia, Resolution Run 5K winners, 2016 - 2020
DateMenWomenFinishers
1 January 201619:03, Arnoldo DeJesus24:26, Karen McNally61
1 January 201720:38, Arnoldo DeJesus22:35, Sara Ostrander23
1 January 201819:58, Arnoldo DeJesus22:15, Sara Ostrander49
1 January 201918:08, Patrick Whitehead18:56, Ann Centner61
1 January 202017:39, Joshua Grant22:24, Sara Ostrander63


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