Salgado siblings sweep the Flat Rock 5K

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

1. 17:32.36, Alex Salgado (M, 16)
2. 19:30.99, Steve Darwin (M, 23)
3. 19:36.33, Jake Eishen (M, 17)
4. 19:38.10, Eduardo Valdivia (M, 43)
5. 20:01.70, Lee L'Oste-Brown (M, 37)
6. 21:01.29, Doug Saylor Jr. (M, 33)
7. 21:13.89, Gregory Schollmeier (M, 25)
8. 21:43.27, Scott Gilpatrick (M, 47)
9. 21:57.93, Brian Szanny (M, 27)
10. 22:03.56, Dan Lyon (M, 39)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Flat Rock 5K

1. 21:21.88, Alina Salgado (F, 19)
2. 21:30.35, Devin Helms (F, 16)
3. 21:46.19, Katie May (F, 28)
4. 22:53.03, Ariela Mansilla (F, 29)
5. 23:27.06, Tori Thompson (F, 32)
6. 24:03.70, Kristin Sellers (F, 28)
7. 25:03.28, Brittany Dino (F, 26)
8. 25:22.28, Samantha Warner (F, 9)
9. 25:27.52, Chaille Sullivan (F, 34)
10. 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
  
  

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Marley and Salgado are tops on the trail in Columbus

Columbus, Georgia is fortunate in having a great paved, multi-use trail along the Chattahoochee River, the 22-mile-long Chattahoochee Riverwalk. But Columbus also has another great paved trail, the Fall Line Trace Rail Trail. And one Monday evening, 27 June 2016, the Fall Line Trace was the site of the second race of the Columbus Roadrunners Club's summer series, the Rails-to-Trails 5K.


David Marley won the race by 150 meters, running 16:04. Aaron Totten-Lancaster was the fastest master runner that evening, placing second overall in 16:35. Dane Talbert took third in 17:44, and Alex Salgado, a rising junior on the Columbus High cross country team, was fourth in 19:14.


Alina Salgado took the women's title, coming in 23rd overall in 23:09. Salgado recently graduated from Columbus High and is an alumna of the school's cross country program. Heather Harlow (26th, 23:35) was second in the women's standings and Olivia Salgado (27th, 23:42) was third. Susan Lancaster was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, placing 31st overall in 24:23.


The Columbus Roadrunners' 2016 Summer Series of races continues with the 9 July 2016 with the Big Dog Heatwave Five Mile, the third race of the circuit. The fourth race in the series is the Flat Rock Park 5K on 25 July 2016, and the series concludes on 20 August 2016 with the fifth face, the Lakebottom Park 5K. The first Summer Series race was the Summer Solstice 5K on 17 June 2016.


170 athletes finished the Columbus Roadrunners' 2016 Rails-to-Trails 5K. Lightning Sports Racing of Columbus, Georgia timed the race.


Top Ten Men, Columbus Roadrunners' 2016 Rails-to-Trails 5K

1. 16:03.75 ~ David Marley (M, 29) Columbus, GA
2. 16:34.91 ~ Aaron Totten-Lancaster (M, 41) Hamilton, GA
3. 17:43.31 ~ Dane Talbert (M, 33) Smiths, AL
4. 19:13.33 ~ Alex Salgado (M, 15) Ft Benning, GA
5. 20:24.88 ~ Roger Hagues (M, 31) Midland, GA
6. 20:38.43 ~ Logan Sibley (M, 16) ,
7. 20:42.00 ~ John Lee (M, 17) Pine Mountain, GA
8. 20:50.63 ~ Lee Loste-Browne (M, 36) ,
9. 21:25.26 ~ Jeff Wismann (M, 31) Columbus, GA
10. 21:31.47 ~ Rob Kindrick (M, 51) Pine Mountain, GA

Top Ten Women, Columbus Roadrunners' 2016 Rails-to-Trails 5K

1. 23:08.33 ~ Alina Salgado (F, 18) Ft. Benning, GA
2. 23:34.95 ~ Heather Harlow (F, 31) Columbus, GA
3. 23:41.03 ~ Olivia Salgado (F, 27) Midland, GA
4. 24:22.29 ~ Susan Lancaster (F, 45) Hamilton, GA
5. 24:51.57 ~ Taylor Elkins (F, 14) Pine Mountain, GA
6. 25:00.57 ~ Lori Greeff (F, 37) Midland, GA
7. 25:15.94 ~ Karla Kletzien (F, 25) Phenix City, AL
8. 25:41.39 ~ Alexis Lyon (F, 15) Hamilton, GA
9. 25:42.51 ~ Eugenie Gulowsen (F, 18) ,
10. 25:43.70 ~ Kristin Sellers (F, 27) Salem, AL

Columbus Roadrunners Club's Rails-to-Trails 5K winners, 2012 - 2015
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
11 July 2012	18:21, Ian Edwards	21:20, Alexa Smith	220
10 July 2013	16:26, Aaron Totten-Lancaster	20:25, Kathryn Hansen	261
30 June 2014	18:07, Dallas Hanin	18:25, Asher Henry	236
29 June 2015	16:42, Aaron Totten-Lancaster	21:39, Hope Skypek	233
27 June 2016	16:04, David Marley	23:09, Alina Salgado	170

Links

• Complete results of Columbus Roadrunners Club's 2016 Rails-to-Trails 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kq8agr_hhkcSOHyqEnpUJfLEqbAqk9cHgqCcFollrYg/pubhtml
  
  
• Columbus Roadrunners Club
  http://www.columbusroadrunners.com/
  
  
• Find more summer races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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