Joshua 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
- 17:38.9, Joshua Grant (M, 29)
- 19:15.2, Michael Martinez (M, 54)
- 20:56.9, Edward Ostrander (M, 16)
- 21:06.5, Jaren Hill (M, 22)
- 21:41.8, Tim Ellis (M, 15)
- 21:45.4, Antonio Walker (M, 32)
- 22:15.8, Matthew Gresham (M, 47)
- 22:34.5, Warren Morris (M, 14)
- 23:41.0, Chris Phillips (M, 40)
- 24:03.5, Julian Strickland (M, 54)
Top Ten Women, Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K
- 22:23.7, Sara Ostrander (F, 46)
- 22:23.8, Jennifer Perkins (F, 39)
- 23:17.9, Alma Ostrander (F, 14)
- 24:42.9, Karen Spicer (F, 55)
- 26:21.1, Anna Plowden (F, 15)
- 26:40.1, Maryanne Plowden (F, 49)
- 27:41.6, Rebecca Bowers (F, 17)
- 27:41.8, Emily Phillips (F, 15)
- 28:17.9, Sandra Williams (F, 45)
- 29:39.1, Madeline Ellis (F, 18)
| Albany, Georgia, Resolution Run 5K winners, 2016 - 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 1 January 2016 | 19:03, Arnoldo DeJesus | 24:26, Karen McNally | 61 |
| 1 January 2017 | 20:38, Arnoldo DeJesus | 22:35, Sara Ostrander | 23 |
| 1 January 2018 | 19:58, Arnoldo DeJesus | 22:15, Sara Ostrander | 49 |
| 1 January 2019 | 18:08, Patrick Whitehead | 18:56, Ann Centner | 61 |
| 1 January 2020 | 17:39, Joshua Grant | 22:24, Sara Ostrander | 63 |
Links
- Complete results of Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRzx6HcRVHX-fQyfipfGheBLCK0HjzRx7kt0vGE-m1pccFkv6_zbWQ3bhk4Yo_aYjORNvfUwIWW7IAG/pubhtml
- 2019 story, “Patrick Whitehead and Ann Centner break records, not resolutions, at Albany's New Year race”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/albany-resolution-2019.html
- 2018 story, “DeJesus and Ostrander do it again at the Resolution Run”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/albany-resolution-2018.html
- 2017 story, “New Year, same old story; DeJesus wins Resolution Run”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/albany-resolution-2017.html
- 2016 story, “De Jesus and McNally open 2016 with Resolution Run wins in Albany”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/albany-resolution-2016.html
- An Albany, Georgia race from an old year
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
- Resolve to run one of these events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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