Sunday, June 4, 2023

Brian Miller and Isidora Catron burn the record books at the Home Run 5K

The Home Run 5K, hosted by the First United Methodist Church of Americus, Georgia, is a road running event, so there are no bats or balls involved. Nevertheless, at the eleventh annual Home Run 5K on Saturday morning, 3 June 2023, Brian Miller and Isidora Catron each figuratively hit it out of the park. Miller won the race by almost 400 meters, setting a Home Run 5K record of 16:20. Catron won the women's division by more than a kilometer, placing fourth overall in 20:04.


Miller, an Americus athlete and Southland Academy alum, crushed the previous record by more than half a minute. The prior mark, 16:55, was set by Wright Calhoun in the 2014 race. Miller and Calhoun are the only two athletes to run sub-17:00 in the Home Run 5K. The women's record was even older, a 21:48 run by Amber Hodor in 2013, the first year of the race. Catron, a frosh on the Wilcox County High cross-country team, ran 1:44 faster than that ten-year-old standard.


Jack Miller was runner-up for the second year in a row, this time with a 17:32. A sophomore distance runner at Trinity Dublin Christian School, Miller improved almost half a minute on the 17:57 he ran in the 2022 race. Jake Griffith of Americus placed third in the 5K with a 17:56. Americus' Terence Duncan was the first master runner in the race and ninth male finisher, placing tenth overall in 24:51.


Mallory Crenshaw, a frosh distance runner on the Schley County High track team, placed second to Isidora Catron in the women's standings, placing twelfth overall in 25:25. Cindy Godfrey of Butler, Georgia was the first woman master and third female finisher, thirteenth overall in 25:48.


48 athletes finished the 2023 Home Run 5K. Hardy Race Timing of Perry, Georgia chip-timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Americus, Georgia 2023 Home Run 5K
  1. 16:19.40, Brian Miller (M, 25) Americus, GA
  2. 17:31.48, Jack Miller (M, 17) Irwinton, GA
  3. 17:55.71, Jake Griffith (M, 32) Americus, GA
  4. 20:20.62, Anthony Soto (M, 15)
  5. 21:43.93, Tyler Hayes (M, 15) Camilla, GA
  6. 22:36.89, Griffin Toms (M, 19) Americus, GA
  7. 24:32.39, Josh Minick (M, 33) Ellaville, GA
  8. 24:38.08, Anton Moreno (M, 32) Edison, GA
  9. 24:50.78, Terence Duncan (M, 43) Americus, GA
  10. 25:16.14, Richard Harris (M, 54) Buena Vista, GA

Top Ten Women, Americus, Georgia 2023 Home Run 5K
  1. 20:03.57, Isidora Catron (F, 15) Rochelle, GA
  2. 25:24.58, Mallory Crenshaw (F, 15) Americus, GA
  3. 25:47.05, Cindy Godfrey (F, 55) Butler, GA
  4. 28:32.51, K. Collins (F, 12) Americus, GA
  5. 28:34.57, Kathy Hughes (F, 40) Cordele, GA
  6. 28:36.16, Emma Warren (F, 43) Butler, GA
  7. 28:43.00, Christina Wilson (F, 45) Hawkinsville, GA
  8. 29:47.47, Clarissa Cadogan (F, 39) Americus, GA
  9. 30:18.37, Laura Roquemore (F, 31) Americus, GA
  10. 30:19.39, Sofia Guevara (F, 38) Cordele, GA

Home Run Road Race winners, 2013 - 2023
DateDistanceMenWomenFinishers
22 June 20135K19:45, Billy Calcutt21:48, Amber Hodor61
14 June 20145K16:55, Wright Calhoun22:12, Jessica Childers46
13 June 20155K19:23, Billy Calcutt22:55, Charlene Pennymon80
4 June 201610K46:29, Will Peak55:10, Charlotte Singletary22
5K17:26, Wright Calhoun25:01, Trina Shattles41
3 June 20175K17:20, Wright Calhoun22:41, Kimberly Dove47
2 June 20185K18:31, Dustin Howard22:21, Amber Hodor50
1 June 20195K19:48, David Williams19:54, Jen Perkins51
6 June 20205K19:59, Travis Kelley28:43, Kathleen Burt33
5 June 20215K17:26, Patrick Whitehead23:50, Deann Reid46
4 June 20225K17:20, Leonardo Canete23:30, Josie Brown47
3 June 20235K16:20, Brian Miller20:04, Isidora Catron48



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