It was an All-Salgado show at Flat Rock Park in Columbus, Georgia on Monday evening, 24 July 2017. First, Columbus High senior Alex Salgado won the sixth annual Flat Rock 5K by half a kilometer, running 17:33. Then, in the same race, Columbus High alumna Alina Salgado took the women's title, placing eighth overall in 21:22.For Alex Salgado, it was a stunning improvement on his previous outings in the Flat Rock Park race. In 2015 he had placed ninth in 20:53, while in 2016 he was fourth in 20:10. His winning time of 17:33 left those old marks behind; it was more in line with the times Salgado ran during the autumn of 2016 when he won seven races for the Columbus High cross-country team, including the GHSA Region 1-4A championship. Steve Darwin was second in the Flat Rock, running 19:31. Jake Eishen, a senior on the Harris County High cross-country team, edged Eduardo Valdivia for third, 19:37 to 19:39. Valdivia was the fastest master runner in the race.
Not far behind Alina Salgado at 21:31, Devin Helms was second in the women's standings and ninth overall. Helms is a junior at Harris County High where she runs for the school's cross-country team. Katie May was the third woman and eleventh overall in 21:47. Melissa House was the first woman master and fifteenth female finisher, 53rd overall in 27:47.
Lightning Sports Racing, Inc., timed the Columbus Road Runners' 2017 Flat Rock Park 5K. 145 athletes finished the race.
Top Ten Men, 2017 Flat Rock 5K
- 17:32.36, Alex Salgado (M, 16)
- 19:30.99, Steve Darwin (M, 23)
- 19:36.33, Jake Eishen (M, 17)
- 19:38.10, Eduardo Valdivia (M, 43)
- 20:01.70, Lee L'Oste-Brown (M, 37)
- 21:01.29, Doug Saylor Jr. (M, 33)
- 21:13.89, Gregory Schollmeier (M, 25)
- 21:43.27, Scott Gilpatrick (M, 47)
- 21:57.93, Brian Szanny (M, 27)
- 22:03.56, Dan Lyon (M, 39)
Top Ten Women, 2017 Flat Rock 5K
- 21:21.88, Alina Salgado (F, 19)
- 21:30.35, Devin Helms (F, 16)
- 21:46.19, Katie May (F, 28)
- 22:53.03, Ariela Mansilla (F, 29)
- 23:27.06, Tori Thompson (F, 32)
- 24:03.70, Kristin Sellers (F, 28)
- 25:03.28, Brittany Dino (F, 26)
- 25:22.28, Samantha Warner (F, 9)
- 25:27.52, Chaille Sullivan (F, 34)
- 26:17.63, Nikki Thomas (F, 39)
| Winners of the Flat Rock 5K, 2012 - 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 25 July 2012 | 17:09, Preston Groves | 21:04, Brittney Skiles | 216 |
| 24 July 2013 | 17:44, Russell Jones | 21:41, Emily Miller | 267 |
| 21 July 2014 | 17:02, Mike Kurvach | 21:17, Hope Skypek | 240 |
| 27 July 2015 | 18:28, Planet Popper | 22:30, Morgan Ryffe | 211 |
| 25 July 2016 | 17:30, Aaron Totten-Lancaster | 22:49, Katie Kilgallen | 205 |
| 24 July 2017 | 17:33, Alex Salgado | 21:22, Alina Salgado | 145 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2017 Flat Rock 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Pg-T8MkeWxvcjvAD_fau51h8_GzchwjU2R6APPM1Ag8/pubhtml
- 2016 story, “Totten-Lancaster and Kilgallen run flat out at Flat Rock”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/flat-rock-2016.html
- Columbus Roadrunners
http://www.columbusroadrunners.com/
- Looking for a race below the fall line? Try the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
