Summer rules, and so do Samuel Hinga and Sharon Sason at Another Crowdis Run

Two Doctor Crowdis Runs in Blakely, Georgia during 2021? Was it a compensation for 1996 to 2011 when the race wasn't held at all? Was it an anomaly due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Whatever the reasoning, Another Doctor Crowdis 5K was contested on the streets of Blakely on Saturday morning, 31 July 2021, and Samuel Hinga outkicked Walker Elrod for first, 19:41 to 19:42. Sharon Sason was the winning woman, placing sixth overall in 22:33.


The Doctor James Crowdis Run goes back to 1981. Since 2017 it has been a January race, but it was held in July from 2012 to 2016, so there's precedent for a summer Crowdis. Of course, Crowdis races has also been held in March, May, and September, so the calendar is clearly no obstacle to the athletes of Blakely.


Neither the calendar nor southwest Georgia's hot and sticky July weather were obstacles to hard racing between Samuel Hinga and Walker Elrod. Hinga couldn't entirely shake off Elrod, a thirteen-year-old from Bainbridge, Georgia, but he did manage to make it across the finish line at Blakely United Methodist Church a couple of steps ahead of the youngster in a winning 19:41. Elrod was a close second in 19:42. Both Hinga and Elrod had raced the Crowdis 10K on a much cooler morning, 9 January 2021, where Hinga had taken third in 40:01 and Elrod fifth in 42:25.

Landon Watts, a senior on the Bainbridge High cross-country team, was third in 19:57. Julio Garcia was the first master runner in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 21:09.


Hinga had a close race with Elrod, but in the women's competition Sharon Sason had no need to look back. And if she had she wouldn't have seen anyone--Sason's winning 22:33 put her more than 800 meters ahead of the next woman. Stephanie Odom was the first woman master in the race and the second female finisher, twelfth overall in 26:59. Patty Hamilton took third in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 31:53.


30 athletes finished 2021's Another Doctor Crowdis 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2021 Another Doctor Crowdis 5K

1. 19:40.1, Samuel Hinga (M, 28)
2. 19:41.5, Walker Elrod (M, 13)
3. 19:56.3, Landon Watts (M, 17)
4. 21:08.4, Julio Garcia (M, 43)
5. 21:50.0, Myles Gibson (M, 55)
6. 23:55.0, Alahn Woodard (M, 32)
7. 24:04.2, Kris John Ramos (M, 29)
8. 24:18.5, C. J. Champion (M, 37)
9. 24:49.6, Mark Sheehan (M, 63)
10. 26:49.0, Christian Freeman (M, 12)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Another Doctor Crowdis 5K

1. 22:32.3, Sharon Sason (F, 33)
2. 26:58.9, Stephanie Odom (F, 48)
3. 31:52.9, Patty Hamilton (F, 38)
4. 39:13.7, Rene Jordan (F, 56)
5. 44:28.8, Susan Hand (F, 69)
6. 45:50.2, Kali Wentzel (F, 11)
7. 46:27.7, Mackenzie Sapp (F, 11)
8. 47:03.5, Lily Lancaster (F, 10)
9. 47:23.5, Trina Strickland (F, 54)
10. 49:12.1, Amber Sapp (F, 37)

Links

• Complete results of the 2021 Another Doctor Crowdis Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vThZkDddJSiAjCXgWnAJYBBZfM_qZt81RIRMjqy32tHlkBkD1n1ZKqSuM5uIGNwTdASug77I-cft7-s/pubhtml
  
  
• 2020 story, “Russell Coleman and Anna Haberzettl lead a mob of master runners at Crowdis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/01/crowdis-2020.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Antonio Marchi rocks a 31:41 in the Crowdis 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/crowdis-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Good Life City Runners Whitehead and Centner win the Crowdis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/crowdis-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Whitehead and Sheppard win the first 10K at the 21st Crowdis Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/crowdis-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Whitehead and Rosen bring speed to the Crowdis 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/crowdis-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Gibson and Winkler repeat at Crowdis”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/crowdis-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “The Crowdis Run continues with wins by Gibson and Winkler”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/crowdis-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bainbridge High athletes Harris and Braswell conquer Crowdis 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/crowdis-201313.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Early County harrier Jonathon Davison leads 87 runners in resurrecting the Crowdis 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/09/crowdis-5k.html
  
  
• Dr. James H. Crowdis Run web site
  http://crowdisrun.weebly.com/
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2021 Another Doctor Crowdis Run
  
  • 5K: https://certifiedroadraces.com/certificate/?type=l&id=GA17001WC
    
  
  
• Find your next race in the Apalachee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar:
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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