NCAA cross-country season doesn't get started till September, but at least two collegiate harriers couldn't wait. On Saturday morning, 12 August 2023, three weeks before the season opened, Samford University Bulldog Andrew McGinnis raced Georgia College Wildcat Evan Rehrauer on the streets of Columbus, Georgia in the Lakebottom Park 5K. McGinnis won the tenth annual race by over 200 meters, running 15:55. Atlanta master runner Jill Braley-Boyd was the first woman in the Lakebottom 5K for the third year in a row, this time placing fourth overall in 18:26.Rehrauer was runner-up in 16:39. Before running for Georgia College, Rehrbauer had run cross-country at Harris County High. Another Harris County alum and the 2022 Lakebottom 5K champion, Cavan Klein, took third overall in 17:53. Jonathan Williams of Phenix City, Alabama was the first male master runner and fifth in the men's standings, seventh overall in 18:52.
Elizabeth Cowley, a senior on the Brookstone High cross-country team, was the second woman in the race, placing fifth overall in 18:44. Cowley had also been the women's runner-up in the 2022 Lakebottom 5K. Effie Ward, a Harris County High sophomore, placed third in the women's division and eighth overall in 18:54.
203 athletes finished the 2023 Lakebottom 5K. Lightning Sports Racing of Columbus, Georgia timed and scored the race.
Top Ten Men, 2023 Lakebottom Park 5K
- 15:54.59, Andrew McGinnis (M, 19) Columbus, GA
- 16:38.87, Evan Rehrauer (M, 19) Milledgeville, GA
- 17:52.03, Cavan Klein (M, 18) Hamilton, GA
- 18:50.77, Zack Adams (M, 15) Columbus, GA
- 18:51.90, Jonathan Williams (M, 45) Phenix City, AL
- 19:03.88, Bradley Brooks (M, 15)
- 19:48.85, Matt Lage (M, 38)
- 20:22.84, Benjamin Dennis (M, 41) Columbus, GA
- 20:33.04, Jose Espinosa (M, 45)
- 20:52.44, Owen Underwood (M, 14) Salem, AL
Top Ten Women, 2023 Lakebottom Park 5K
- 18:25.35, Jill Braley-Boyd (F, 44) Atlanta, GA
- 18:43.66, Elizabeth Cowley (F, 17)
- 18:53.35, Effie Rose Ward (F, 15) Cataula, GA
- 20:57.43, Amaris Martinez (F, 28)
- 21:30.49, Lilly Huwe (F, 14)
- 21:56.41, Layla Williams (F, 13) Phenix City, AL
- 22:36.83, Addison Garner (F, 31)
- 22:37.66, Janelle Wells (F, 15)
- 24:07.44, Lila Klein (F, 13)
- 24:09.01, M. Parks (F, 12)
| Lakebottom Park 5K winners, 2014 - 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 16 August 2014 | 18:02, Bo Bridges | 22:21, Chaille Sullivan | 206 |
| 8 August 2015 | 16:47, Aaron Totten-Lancaster | 20:42, Morgan Ryffe | 239 |
| 20 August 2016 | 17:36, Nicholas Heller | 22:03, Kaitlyn Schultz | 190 |
| 19 August 2017 | 18:32, Alexander Wood | 20:15, Celina Kortuem | 270 |
| 18 August 2018 | 17:38, Nickolas Causey | 20:48, Adley Burkes | 286 |
| 17 August 2019 | 18:08, Vladimir Volodin | 21:32, Kelly Pendleton | 320 |
| 22 August 2020 | 16:49, Kaleb Ellis | 17:33, Chantalle Schultz-Rathbun | 275 |
| 21 August 2021 | 15:43, Kaleb Ellis | 20:29, Jill Braley | 214 |
| 13 August 2022 | 17:05, Cavan Klein | 18:46, Jill Braley-Boyd | 204 |
| 12 August 2023 | 15:55, Andrew McGinnis | 18:26, Jill Braley-Boyd | 203 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2023 Lakebottom Park 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQLnd2S8jMvhy2XXdGDvck-A0yXbCvvw0FQAiqSMVZ3qo6jLT0GYhq5rea5QJozAnLQjdTUIBHR4zFt/pubhtml
- 2015 story, “Call it Weracoba or call it Lakebottom, but call Totten-Lancaster and Ryffe winners”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/lakebottom-2015.html
- Columbus Road Runners of Columbus, Georgia
http://www.columbusroadrunners.com/
- Look for an upcoming run on a lake bottom on the Trouble Afoot! race calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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