Saturday, January 18, 2020

Shawn Logan and Paula O'Neill were Half-Shell Hustlers in Apalachicola

Running OystersReportedly, Apalachicola Bay is the source of 90% of Florida's oyster production. So the only mystery about Apalachicola, Florida's annual Oyster Cook-Off is why it took till 2011 for the city to host that festival. Since 2014 the Oyster Cook-Off has included a running event, the Half-Shell Hustle. Shawn Logan won the seventh annual edition of that race on Saturday morning, 18 January 2020, running the five kilometers through the streets of Apalachicola in 18:18. Tallahassee master runner Paula O'Neill was the first woman in the 3.1-mile race, placing seventh overall in 23:07.


Duane Evans was the fastest master runner in the Hustle, placing second overall in 19:19. seventh overall in 23:07. Reece Juno, the eighth-grade ace of the Franklin County School cross-country team, took third with a 20:50.


In a battle of two past champions of the Hustle, Eden Keene edged master runner Genee Meleski for second in the women's standings, 23:49 to 23:50. The two athletes were eighth and ninth overall. Keene had been the first woman in the race in 2018 and 2019, while Meleski had taken the women's title in 2017.


106 athletes finished the 2020 Half-Shell Hustle, the race's largest field yet.


Top Ten Men, 2020 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  1. 18:17.4, Shawn Logan (M, 23)
  2. 19:19.0, Duane Evans (M, 52)
  3. 20:50.0, Reece Juno (M, 13)
  4. 21:07.5, Josiah Friddle (M, 12)
  5. 21:20.1, Jason Timbert (M, 44)
  6. 22:45.0, Andrew Young (M, 38)
  7. 24:39.9, Press Witt (M, 61)
  8. 25:22.3, Adam Barfield (M, 33)
  9. 25:45.8, Shawn Mullen (M, 30)
  10. 26:06.4, Richard Bottorf (M, 65)

Top Ten Women, 2020 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  1. 23:06.8, Paula O’Neill (F, 58)
  2. 23:48.6, Eden Keene (F, 37)
  3. 23:49.3, Genee Meleski (F, 51)
  4. 26:14.7, Laura Berringer (F, 39)
  5. 26:24.2, Nancy Lewis (F, 54)
  6. 26:28.9, Karen Eigenberger (F, 52)
  7. 27:12.6, Marie Streich (F, 31)
  8. 27:59.2, Susan Strickland (F, 57)
  9. 29:40.6, Cami Brannen (F, 27)
  10. 30:07.5, Addy Wilson (F, 15)

Half-Shell Hustle winners, 2014 - 2020
DateMenWomenFinishers
18 January 2014
17 January 201518:51, Lane Williams21:44, Christy Phillips72
16 January 201617:14, Bryce Cole19:16, Amy Hines64
14 January 201718:16, Paul Guyas22:23, Genee Meleski93
13 January 201819:20, Chance Logan21:53, Eden Keene80
19 January 201920:43, Noble Davidson23:16, Eden Keene104
18 January 202018:18, Shawn Logan23:07, Paula O’Neill106
The 2014 Half-Shell Hustle was a 3,000-fathom race (just under 5,500 meters)


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