Thursday, February 27, 2020

Andy Merrill and Erika Huerta drew a bead on first place in the Mardi Gras 5K

Shrove Tuesday is a movable feast. It can be as early as February 3 (as it was in 1818) or as late as March 9 (as it will be in 2038). That means that the Mardi Gras 5K in Panama City Beach, Florida, held each year on the Saturday before Shrove Tuesday, could be run as early as January 31 or as late as March 6. The twentieth annual Mardi Gras 5K, though, was on Saturday morning, 22 February 2020, and Andy Merrill of Starke, Florida won the race by nearly a minute, running 17:03. Miami, Florida realtor Erika Huerta took the women's title, placing third overall in 18:50.


Eddie Kepran, a frosh-year cross-country runner at Arnold High, finished runner-up to Merrill in 18:02. Chris Jones placed third in the men's standings, coming in fourth overall in 20:09. Tracey Burch was the fastest master runner in the race and the fourth male finisher, fifth overall in 20:20.


Rebecca Pitts, a junior on the Bay High girls' cross-country squad, took second on the women's side, finishing sixteenth overall in 22:26. Jill Moore snapped up the third women's spot with a 25:03, good for 25th overall. Michelle Phy was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, placing 35th overall in 26:31.


181 athletes finished the 2020 Mardi Gras 5K. Another 50 competed in the 5K walk, and five finished the one-mile fun run.


Top Ten Men, 2020 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
  1. 17:03, Andy Merrill (M, Overall)
  2. 18:02, Eddie Kepran (M, 15 - 19)
  3. 20:09, Chris Jones (M, 25 - 29)
  4. 20:20, Tracey Burch (M, Master)
  5. 20:28, Tom Dever (M, Grandmaster)
  6. 20:37, Rilly Hammonds (M, 15 - 19)
  7. 20:38, JJ Garcia (M, 15 - 19)
  8. 20:57, David Shearon (M, 50 - 54)
  9. 21:18, Austin Bradley (M, 20 - 24)
  10. 21:19, Ethan Koss (M, 15 - 19)

Top Ten Women, 2020 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
  1. 18:50, Erika Huerta (F, Overall)
  2. 22:26, Rebecca Pitts (F, 15 - 19)
  3. 25:03, Jill Moore (F, 35 - 39)
  4. 25:47, Madison Hancock (F, 15 - 19)
  5. 26:03, Chloe’ Rook (F, 15 - 19)
  6. 26:03, Emilia Kelley (F, 15 - 19)
  7. 26:17, Kelly Goodson (F, 30 - 34)
  8. 26:31, Michelle Phy (F, Master)
  9. 26:52, Patti Furr (F, Grandmaster)
  10. 27:30, Jennifer Heilmann (F, 35 - 39)

Mardi Gras 5K winners, 2001 - 2020
DateMenWomenFinishers
14 February 200417:39, Brian Goddin23:51, Karen Hutchinson96
20 January 200526:59, Robert Fudge26:16, Lori Hunt
11 February 2006
17 February 2007
21 February 200918:02, Fritz Stoppelbein22:17, Michaela Ashley177
13 February 2010
26 February 201119:12, Jeff Cassel19:18, Michaela Ashley187
11 February 201217:48, Jordan Lance20:38, Michaela Ashley265
1 March 201418:12, David Shearon21:32, Amy Mann124
14 February 201518:32, David Shearon21:22, Jessica Berschwinger172
6 February 201618:30, Charles Abbinanti23:34, Danielle Mulick140
25 February 201717:18, John Nay23:32, Kiersten Hughes178
10 February 201819:02, David Shearon23:48, Mariia Solomonova145
2 March 201919:12, Sam Martinez20:46, Rory Claussen165
22 February 202017:03, Andy Merrill18:50, Erika Huerta181


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