Cross-country season in North America in in autumn. Cross-country season in Europe is in winter. In Dothan, Alabama you can run cross-country you can go to the Westgate Park trail and run cross-country any time of year. That includes Saturday morning, 16 March 2024, when Dothan Leisure Services hosted the Shamrock Scamper 5K on the trail. Cole Smith, a cross-country runner in his junior year at Providence Christian High, won the Scamper in 17:28, finishing well nearly 150 meters ahead of his nearest challenger. Lyndsay Daigle was the first woman in the race, placing ninth overall in 23:06.Cole Smith doesn't just run cross-country for Providence Christian; he runs it well. Smith took sixth in Alabama's class 4A state championship on 11 November 2023, leading his team to a state title. Nor was Smith the only top high school talent in the Shamrock Scamper. Landon Davenport, a sophomore on the Wicksburg High cross-country squad, grabbed runner-up spot at the Scamper with a 17:59; Davenport had been ninth in the Alabama class 2A boys' high school cross-country championship.Cash Mullins, a frosh on Providence Christian's 2023 state championship team, placed third at the Scamper in 18:23. Myles Gibson of Donalsonville, Georgia was the first master runner in the race, coming in fifth overall in 20:51.
McKenzie Davenport, an eighth-grader and the ace of the Wicksburg High girls' cross-country team, took second in the women's standings at the Scamper, finishing eleventh overall in 24:11. At 25:51 Nicole Reyes was the third woman and fourteenth overall. Cindy Lunsford was the first woman master and tenth female finisher, 30th overall in 33:16.
63 athletes finished the 2024 Shamrock Scamper 5K. River Region Timing of Central Alabama timed the race.
Top Ten Men, 2024 Shamrock Scamper 5K
17:28, Cole Smith (M, 17)
17:59, Landon Davenport (M, 15)
18:23, Cash Mullins (M, 15)
18:44, Gabino Morin (M, 23)
20:51, Myles Gibson (M, 57)
21:11, Julio Garcia (M, 45)
22:31, Seth Hall (M, 15)
22:38, Carlos Fernandez (M, 31)
23:09, Elijah Conrad (M, 27)
24:35, Wilwy Garcia (M, 19)
Top Ten Women, 2024 Shamrock Scamper 5K
23:06, Lyndsay Daigle (F, 24)
24:11, McKenzie Davenport (F, 14)
25:51, Nicole Reyes (F, 24)
26:47, Briana Williams (F, 29)
26:57, Hadyn Owens (F, 19)
27:44, Madie Williams (F, 15)
28:24, Sophia Southall (F, 15)
29:31, Christy Williams (F, 39)
31:57, Morgan McElhaney (F, 24)
33:16, Cindy Lunsford (F, 55)
Links
- Complete results of the 2024 Shamrock Scamper 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSMD4MtWUxSjYQU5fOMLphfejfATrVkmUz7assYtFHHAC33fUw1GDyTuJtTIKnI1_-otM4drpHUnOb1/pubhtml
- More Trouble Afoot! coverage of past racing at Westgate Park
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Westgate%20Park
- Upcoming races on trail, turf, and track via the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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