Friday, July 12, 2024

Brian Miller and Abigail Garner came from far and wide to win the Heatwave

2024 Big Dog Heatwave Five MileFrom Americus, Georgia to Columbus, Georgia is about a sixty-mile trip. That's the trip that Americus athlete Brian Miller made to be in Columbus on Saturday morning, 6 July 2024, to win the fourteenth annual Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile in 27:44. Coming from the other direction, Abigail Garner traveled twenty miles from Salem, Alabama for the Heatwave Five Mile; Garner was the first woman in the race, placing eleventh overall in 31:30.


Blake Sims of Midland, Georgia was the first master runner in the Heatwave, coming in second overall in 28:41. Jake Griffith of Americus took third at 29:37.

Miller had won the men's division by nearly a minute, but Abigail Garner led the women's division by close to three minutes. An alum of Phenix, Alabama Central High, Garner is currently a cadet at the United State Military Academy, where she runs cross-country and track.


Effie Rose Ward was runner-up in the women's standings for the second year in a row; this time the Harris County High sophomore was nineteenth overall in 34:14. Columbus' Erin Pugh was the third woman across the finish line, 25th overall in 35:28. Midland, Georgia's Liz Brooks was the first woman master and the fifth female finisher, 41st overall in 38:10.


210 athletes finished the 2024 Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile. Lightning Sports Racing of Columbus, Georgia timed the race.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile
  1. 27:43.41, Brian Miller (M, 26) Americus, GA
  2. 28:40.31, Blake Simms (M, 45) Midland, GA
  3. 29:36.94, Jake Griffith (M, 33) Americus, GA
  4. 29:47.08, Evan Rehrauer (M, 20) Hamilton, GA
  5. 29:49.44, Kaleb Ellis (M, 20) Fortson, GA
  6. 30:14.21, David Ford (M, 25) Columbus, GA
  7. 30:37.69, Bailey Miller (M, 19) Ellerslie, GA
  8. 30:39.88, Zack Adams (M, 16) Columbus, GA
  9. 31:22.48, Andrew Mullins (M, 39) Midland, GA
  10. 31:22.66, Kobie Buglioli (M, 26) Upatoi, GA

Top Ten Women, 2024 Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile
  1. 31:29.04, Abigail Garner (F, 18) Salem, AL
  2. 34:13.48, Effie Rose Ward (F, 16) Cataula, GA
  3. 35:27.51, Erin Pugh (F, 26) Columbus, GA
  4. 36:01.68, Talya Abenoza (F, 28) Columbus, GA
  5. 38:09.62, Liz Brooks (F, 48) Midland, GA
  6. 38:33.30, Stacy Richardson (F, 54) Pine Mountain, GA
  7. 38:38.06, Emma Mathis (F, 16) Waverly Hall, GA
  8. 39:25.32, Danelle McNew (F, 40) Fortson, GA
  9. 39:37.06, Joori Eggleston (F, 37) Midland, GA
  10. 40:02.55, Janelle Wells (F, 16) Fortson, GA

Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile winners, 2011 - 2024
DateMenWomenFinishers
16 July 201126:22, Roger Hagues36:04, Katie Walden112
14 July 201227:34, Jason Veclotch31:55, Jessica Ridley105
13 July 201327:11, Aaron Totten-Lancaster34:42, Hannah Coyle223
12 July 201427:06, Aaron Totten-Lancaster34:33, Morgan Ryffe292
11 July 201527:02, David Marley31:18, Taylor Ward379
9 July 201626:46, David Marley37:39, Stephanie Whitis274
8 July 201726:15, David Marley34:08, Erin Divinski306
7 July 201828:17, Blake Simms32:22, Jessica Ridley249
5 July 201926:22, Colin Johnson34:48, Rachel Hagues329
11 July 202025:59, David Marley29:40, Chantalle Schultz-Rathbun249
3 July 202126:09, Andrew McGinnis33:19, Jana Stiffler230
2 July 202226:51, Andrew McGinnis29:07, Alison Wells157
1 July 202328:22, Leonardo Canete31:02, Sara Pacer242
6 July 202427:44, Brian Miller31:30, Abigail Garner210


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