Cross-country runners take pride in delivering their best performance on any course under any conditions. So when rain fell on Panama City Beach Florida on Saturday, 1 June 2024, the morning of the fourth annual Jam On The Coast 5K, it was the cross-country runner who stepped up. Remi Kepran, a sophomore on the Arnold High cross-country team, went 18:09 on a wet course to win the race by almost 100 meters. Eve Morissette of Port Saint Lucie, Florida was the first woman in the race, coming in fifth overall in 20:18.Lining up with Kepran at the start of the race was the Jam On The Coast 5K 2023 defending champion, Panama City Beach master runner Gregory Solarek. Solarek had finished 40 meters ahead of Kepran in that 2023 race. But 2024 belonged to Kepran, as he raced to an 18:09 win. At 18:30, Elliot Butler of Cairo, Georgia took the runner-up spot. Solarek was the first master runner in the race, coming in third overall in 19:23.
Unchallenged in the women's field, Eve Morissette's winning 20:18 put her nearly 600 meters ahead of the next woman in the race. Thirteen-year-old Catherine Hill of Lagrange, Georgia captured second in the women's standings, placing fourteenth overall in 23:01. Another Georgia athlete, Thomasville's Taylor Smith, was the third woman in the race and twentieth overall in 24:09. The first woman master was Julie Metzger of Anchorage, Alaska, the fifth woman and 25th overall in 24:18.
287 athletes finished the 2024 Jam On The Coast 5K. Runner's Edge Race Timing chip-timed and scored the race.
Top Ten Men, 2024 Jam On The Coast 5K
- 18:08.3, Remi Kepran (M, 16) Panama City Beach, FL
- 18:29.5, Elliot Butler (M, 33) Cairo, GA
- 19:23.3, Gregory Solarek (M, 47) Panama City Beach, FL
- 20:06.1, Isaac Chavez (M, 16) Moore, OK
- 20:25.2, Isaac Foreman (M, 17) Moore, OK
- 20:29.1, Kenton Moats (M, 15) Lenoir City, TN
- 21:01.4, Charles McNew (M, 36) Brookville, OH
- 21:12.6, James McNew (M, 14) Brookville, OH
- 22:18.6, Jason Solarek (M, 48) New York, NY
- 22:41.6, Darren Bevans (M, 49)
Top Ten Women, 2024 Jam On The Coast 5K
- 20:17.4, Eve Morissette (F, 28) Port Saint Lucie, FL
- 23:00.6, Catherine Hill (F, 13) Lagrange, GA
- 24:08.9, Taylor Smith (F, 32) Thomasville, GA
- 24:06.5, Ashley Gray (F, 37) Wadesville, IN
- 24:17.8, Julie Metzger (F, 53) Anchorage, AK
- 24:44.4, IsabellaMarie Cottrill (F, 14) Lynn Haven, FL
- 25:15.1, Megan Merckle (F, 38) Panama City Beach, FL
- 25:53.7, Lindsay French (F, 37) Panama City, FL
- 25:45.9, Helen KIbby (F, 41) Yorktown, IN
- 26:00.2, Aubrey Smith (F, 20) Graceville, FL
| Winners of the Jam On The Coast 5K, 2021 - 2024 Panama City Beach, Florida | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 5 June 2021 | 17:21, Travis Boltjes | 23:06, Jennifer Boun | 193 |
| 4 June 2022 | 18:55, Scott Wilkes | 21:10, Andee Swann | 250 |
| 3 June 2023 | 18:44, Gregory Solarek | 18:47, Megan Lysek-Hagy | 346 |
| 1 June 2024 | 18:09, Remi Kepran | 20:18, Eve Morissette | 287 |
Links
- Complete results of Panama City Beach, Florida's 2024 Jam On The Coast 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS-IRK_YAk4TUu_4xCcxzV46XR0-e2wa8BxhhcbDyJQh2ghqYpKvulJ5OZJesu2dmRc1I_xcYdSwVDQ/pubhtml
- 2023 story, “Fast day on the beach for Greg Solarek and Megan Lysek-Hagy at the Jam On The Coast 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/06/jam-coast-2023.html
- 2022 story, “Neither Scott Wilkes nor Andee Swann were coasting at the Jam On The Coast 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2022/06/jam-coast-2022.html
- Find another race on a coast, strand, or beach via the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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