Hammond and Cauthen weren't just crawling at the Watermelon Crawl

In Tifton, Georgia the campus of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College has been home to several road races. The Run For Love 5K has been their annually since 1990 and the Run For The Nurses each year since 2012. The 14th annual Tift County Invitational Cross Country Meet visited the campus last fall. The ABAC Fitness 5K was used to be run at at the college. And since 2014 the Watermelon Crawl 5K has been a July fixture at ABAC.


Bonaire, Georgia athlete Jared Hammond won the third annual Watermelon Crawl on Saturday morning, 9 July 2016, running the 3.1 miles in an event record 19:35. Matthew Fisher, a recent alumnus of the Tift County High cross country team, was runner-up for the second year in a row, running 19:58. Tim Bell and Bret Wagenhorst were in a close race for the top master runner spot, but Bell narrowly prevailed, taking third overall while Wagenhorst was fourth. Both runners were clocked in 21:10.


Allison Cauthen, another Bonaire runner, took the women's title, placing eighth overall in 24:26. Kaycee Goodman was second in the women's standings and ninth overall in 24:45. Guna Gunawan was the first woman master and third female finisher, placing tenth overall in 25:13. Master runner Gina Purvis was fourth on the women's side and eleventh overall in 25:23.


76 athletes finished Tifton, Georgia's third annual Watermelon Crawl 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Tifton, Georgia, Watermelon Crawl 5K

1. 19:34.5 ~ Jared Hammond (M, 36) Bonaire, GA
2. 19:57.1 ~ Matthew Fisher (M, 18)
3. 21:09.5 ~ Tim Bell (M, 57)
4. 21:09.9 ~ Bret Wagenhorst (M, 53)
5. 23:20.5 ~ James Hawke (M, 49)
6. 24:10.6 ~ Shannon McCook (M, 44)
7. 24:16.4 ~ Jonathan Jones (M, 44)
8. 25:25.2 ~ Berry Clay (M, 20)
9. 27:08.3 ~ Nicholas Urquhart (M, 37)
10. 27:08.9 ~ Monty Watson (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Tifton, Georgia, Watermelon Crawl 5K

1. 24:25.4 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 27) Bonaire, GA
2. 24:44.9 ~ Kaycee Goodman (F, 17)
3. 25:13.0 ~ Guna Gunawan (F, 44)
4. 25:22.9 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 57)
5. 25:26.2 ~ Leighanna Perez (F, 14)
6. 25:53.6 ~ Michelle Goen (F, 40)
7. 27:20.4 ~ Courtney Thompson (F, 34)
8. 27:49.2 ~ Sheila Oliver (F, 52)
9. 28:57.8 ~ Renata Elad (F, 51)
10. 29:22.8 ~ Meagan Riley-Neuman (F, 25)

Winners of the Tifton, Georgia, Watermelon Crawl 5K, 2014 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
12 July 2014	19:58, Lorenzo Gomez	24:47, Penny Peters	112
11 July 2015	19:54, Tony Edmondson	22:51, Heather Hall	65
9 July 2016	19:35, Jared Hammond	24:26, Allison Cauthen	76

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Watermelon Crawl 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vQS128iSBIPvsTU0tmx0JJFdOhYVno8PnclBOE-JXrg/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Edmondson and Hall lower records at Tifton's Watermelon Crawl”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/watermelon-crawl-2015.html
  
  
• Watermelon Crawl 5K
  http://thewatermeloncrawl.weebly.com
  
  
• Find upcoming watermelon runs, races, and crawls on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1746

Johnson and Cauthen win a two-legged race at a six-legged festival

In the novel Sweet Thursday, John Steinbeck writes about the Pacific Grove Butterfly Festival. The Festival itself isn't fictional; it's an annual celebration of the return of migrating monarch butterflies to Pacific Grove, California. Ashburn, Georgia has its own annual insect-themed event, the Fire Ant Festival. The festival doesn't celebrate the return of the fire ants. The ants never actually leave Ashburn, and if they did, you probably wouldn't throw a party when they came back. But as long as Ashburn and the rest of South Georgia are stuck with the fire ants, the insects are as good an excuse as any to host a festival on the fourth Saturday of March each year. Part of festivities is the Fire Ant 5K.


Ashburn's own Adam Johnson won the Fire Ant 5K on Saturday morning, 26 March 2016, finishing the race more than 200 meters ahead of the next runner. Johnson ran the 3.1-miles through the Ashburn streets in 21:01. Mitchell Sinyard of Hawkinsville, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in second overall in 22:06. LaGrange, Georgia master runner Lou Hartley took third overall in 22:51.


Allison Cauthen just keeps coming back to the Fire Ant 5K, and she keeps running faster. Her time in the 2013 race was 25:50, which she improved to 24:33 in 2014. Running faster still in the 2015 Fire Ant 5K, she won the women's title in 23:27. In 2016 Cauthen ran her fastest Fire Ant 5K yet, 23:10, earning her a second straight women's title. Kerri Lee of Forsyth, Georgia placed runner-up in the women's standings, sixth overall in 23:55. Gina Purvis of Tifton, Georgia was the top woman master in the race and third female finisher; Purvis placed twelfth overall in 27:00.


51 athletes finished the 2016 Fire Ant Festival 5K. RANREB timing services of Cordele, Georgia timed the race and provided results. The Fire Ant Festival 5K returns to Ashburn on 25 March 2017; the ants will already be there.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Turner County (Georgia) Fire Ant Festival 5K

1. 21:00.53 ~ Adam Johnson (M, 29) Ashburn, GA
2. 22:05.06 ~ Mitchell Sinyard (M, 55) Hawkinsville, GA
3. 22:50.23 ~ Lou Hartley (M, 49) LaGrange, GA
4. 23:25.98 ~ Stephen Williford (M, 30) Ashburn, GA
5. 24:09.44 ~ Gaylon Reed (M, 59) Littlefield, TX
6. 24:12.78 ~ David Slauenwhite (M, 57) Cordele, GA
7. 25:25.29 ~ Jorge Gonzalez (M, 23) Ashburn, GA
8. 25:53.05 ~ Matt Crowder (M, 42) Atlanta, GA
9. 26:50.20 ~ Monty Watson (M, 44) Cordele, GA
10. 27:15.35 ~ Wayne Kountis (M, 57) Tifton, GA

Top Ten Women, 2016 Turner County (Georgia) Fire Ant Festival 5K

1. 23:09.77 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 27) Lizella, GA
2. 23:54.41 ~ Kerri Lee (F, 37) Forsyth, GA
3. 26:59.92 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 57) Tifton, GA
4. 27:28.73 ~ Adrienne Worley (F, 35) Cordele, GA
5. 29:03.90 ~ Jenny Mitchell (F, 32) Atlanta, GA
6. 30:08.07 ~ Amy Hightower (F, 39) Rebecca, GA
7. 30:19.85 ~ April Jowers (F, 35) Tifton, GA
8. 31:10.66 ~ Erin Espinoza (F, 35) Ocilla, GA
9. 31:12.04 ~ Wendy Pate (F, 44) Tifton, GA
10. 31:19.36 ~ Rebecca Walker (F, 37) Cordele, GA

Turner County Fire Ant Festival 5K winners, 2003 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
24 March 2001
23 March 2002
22 March 2003	16:37, David Coody, Jr	21:52, Kara Clark
27 March 2004	18:23, Kerry Underwood	27:26, Stephanie Langley
26 March 2005	17:22, Robert Feldman	20:20, Brooke Withers	60
25 March 2006	17:52, Ryan McDaniel	21:22, Rue Chitwood	50
24 March 2007	16:01, David Marley	20:08, Elizabeth Lambert	76
22 March 2008	16:47, David Marley	19:45, Brittney Skiles	106
28 March 2009	18:15, Nathan Norton	22:56, Amy Bartholomew	63
27 March 2010	17:54, Daniel Chevez	21:53, Susan Breeding	91
26 March 2011	17:52, Robert Smith	20:46, Ashley Duncan	97
24 March 2012	18:09, Benjamin James Weston	23:37, Jeanette MacDonald	141
23 March 2013	19:02, Robert Bledsoe	25:24, Adrienne Worley	80
29 March 2014	18:38, Jared Hammond	23:21, Amelia Gibbs	47
28 March 2015	19:35, Lorenzo Gomez	23:27, Allison Cauthen	52
26 March 2016	21:01, Adam Johnson	23:10, Allison Cauthen	51

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Turner County (Georgia) Fire Ant Festival 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10B_KliKE8tnoSONzsdvAZ8_cZguQdnigfzwQH3U9J2g/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Gomez and Cauthen and the ants of Ashburn”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/03/fire-ant-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “No creeping or crawling for Hammond and Gibbs at the Fire Ant 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/fire-ant-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bledsoe and Worley winners at 2013 Fire Ant 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/fire-ant-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “ASU athletes Smith and Duncan achieve ant honors at Ashburn”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/fire-ant-2011.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in the region, with or without pests for mascots
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1657

Whitehead and Cauthen reap victory at the Harvest Run

The Thanksgiving holiday in the United States is at least in part a harvest festival, so it was entirely appropriate to hold Leesburg, Georgia's second annual Harvest Run on Thanksgiving morning--Thursday, 26 November 2015. Darton State professor Patrick Whitehead won the Harvest Run 10K in 36:11, finishing the 6.2-mile race more than 600 meters ahead of the next runner. Allison Cauthen was the women's champ, placing tenth overall in 47:58. Westover Middle School eighth-grade cross country runner Henry Plowden won the 5K in 18:46. Another eighth grader, Southland Academy's Ryleigh Bell, took the women's title, finishing seventh overall in 22:09.


Behind Whitehead in the 10K, Dan Moffitt took second in 38:37. Dennis Moore was the fastest master runner, placing third overall in 41:12. On the women's side, Jennifer Romano was the top master runner and second female finisher, coming in twelfth overall in 48:14. Jody Hays was third in the women's standings, fifteenth overall in 50:41.


In the 5K, Southland Academy alum Alex Arnold was second to Plowden, running 19:32. Jordan Jones was third in the shorter race at 20:41. Ken Parker was the top master, coming in sixth overall in 21:26. The women's runner-up in the 5K was Ansley Cain, a junior on the Lee County High cross country team. Cain was fourteenth overall in 24:04. Westover High junior Janie Plowden was third in the women's standings, sixteenth overall in 24:25. The top woman master and fourth female finisher was Guna Gunawan, 22nd overall in 25:04.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 36:10.3 ~ Patrick Whitehead (M, 29)
2. 38:36.7 ~ Dan Moffit (M, 25)
3. 41:11.8 ~ Dennis Moore (M, 47)
4. 43:13.4 ~ Chris Phillips (M, 36)
5. 43:37.7 ~ Carl Plowden (M, 45)
6. 44:22.1 ~ Seth Tambrini (M, 39)
7. 47:11.8 ~ Case Gregory (M, 11)
8. 47:41.2 ~ Russel Crew (M, 53)
9. 47:52.1 ~ Trevor Cleveland (M, 15)
10. 48:11.5 ~ Tony Romano (M, 42)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 47:57.1 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 26)
2. 48:13.2 ~ Jennifer Romano (F, 41)
3. 50:40.5 ~ Jody Hays (F, 36)
4. 51:02.2 ~ Ramsay Miller (F, 15)
5. 51:07.2 ~ Amy Anderson (F, 39)
6. 52:32.1 ~ Anelise Cimino (F, 24)
7. 55:46.1 ~ Karen Stewart (F, 50)
8. 56:15.8 ~ Sue Palmer (F, 43)
9. 56:42.2 ~ Nena Chancy (F, 42)
10. 56:51.8 ~ Anna Spelts (F, 23)

Top Ten Men, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 18:45.5 ~ Henry Plowden (M, 13)
2. 19:31.7 ~ Alex Arnold (M, 18)
3. 20:40.9 ~ Jordan Jones (M, 27)
4. 20:48.4 ~ Ryan Luhrs (M, 33)
5. 21:22.2 ~ Jack Plowden (M, 18)
6. 21:25.1 ~ Ken Parker (M, 49)
7. 22:28.3 ~ John Hall (M, 45)
8. 22:32.1 ~ Ben Phillips (M, 13)
9. 22:40.8 ~ Zachary Parrish (M, 16)
10. 22:59.6 ~ Harrison Bell (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 22:08.7 ~ Ryleigh Bell (F, 13)
2. 24:03.1 ~ Ansley Cain (F, 16)
3. 24:24.5 ~ Janie Plowden (F, 16)
4. 24:48.3 ~ Traci Newton (F, 39)
5. 25:03.5 ~ Guna Gunawan (F, 43)
6. 25:29.2 ~ Maryann Plowden (F, 45)
7. 25:33.2 ~ Amy Cain (F, 45)
8. 25:48.0 ~ Jolie Grace (F, 44)
9. 25:48.6 ~ Emily Phillips (F, 11)
10. 26:21.7 ~ Taylor Luke (F, 16)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2015
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
27 September 2014	10K	41:19, Dennis Moore	41:32, Jennifer Perkins	25
	5K	21:36, Carl Sagasser	25:01, Carmen Rodriguez	36
26 November 2015	10K	36:11, Patrick Whitehead	47:58, Allison Cauthen	46
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	22:09, Ryleigh Bell	96

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dyv8evE6LsoNACQNcm7K4WTlXxQzh3A1GEKpWOHzN5Q/pubhtml
  
  
• Photos of the 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  
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• Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
  
  
• Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1563

Two wins for DeJesus and one for Cauthen at Miles For Missions

There were certainly a lot of miles run at Miles For Missions in Albany, Georgia. The inaugural event on Saturday morning, 15 August 2015, included 8K and 5K races as well as a one-mile fun run--a total of over nine miles of running. Good Life City Runner Arnoldo DeJesus did more than eight of those miles, winning the 8K in 32:27 after placing second in earlier 5K race. Former Tiftarea Academy cross country runner Allison Cauthen won the women's title in the 8K, placing fourth overall in 36:39.


DeJesus wasn't the only one in the 8K who had also run the warm-up race. Lauren Freeman placed second in the 8K with a 36:20 after running 21:57 in the 5K. Mitchell Sinyard also had raced the 5K before returning to take the top master runner spot in the 8K, placing third overall in 36:30.


The women's standings, however, were dominated by 8K specialists. Overall women's winner Allison Cauthen only raced the longer race, as did runner-up and top female master, Karen McNally. McNally was 12th overall in 40:54. Angela Gattie was the third female finisher in the 8K, coming in 14th overall in 42:24.


30 athletes finished the 8K race.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Miles For Missions 8K

1. 32:27 ~ Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 25-29)
2. 36:20 ~ Lauren Freeman (M, 30-34)
3. 36:30 ~ Mitchell Sinyard (M, 50-54)
4. 36:43 ~ Richard Mayorge (M, 25-29)
5. 37:11 ~ Tony Gilbert (M, 60-64)
6. 38:31 ~ Rick Hayes (M, 55-59)
7. 40:03 ~ Adam Thronton (M, 30-34)
8. 40:37 ~ Terry Patterson (M, 60-64)
9. 40:42 ~ Troy Garland (M, 40-44)
10. 41:29 ~ Harold Benton, Jr. (M, 55-59)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Miles For Missions 8K

1. 36:39 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 25-29)
2. 40:50 ~ Karen McNally (F, 50-54)
3. 42:24 ~ Angela Gattie (F, 30-34)
4. 44:35 ~ Tara Whaley (F, 40-44)
5. 44:47 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 55-59)
6. 46:19 ~ Samantha Pappas (F, 15-19)
7. 57:22 ~ Charelle Lans (F, 30-34)
8. 57:27 ~ Ginger Cushing (F, 40-44)
9. 58:41 ~ Rosemary Duprey (F, 45-49)
10. 67:28 ~ Kathy Givens (F, 65-69)

The first race of the morning, though, was the 5K. Ethan Merritt, a sophomore cross country runner at Albany Deerfield-Windsor School, won the 3.1-mile race in 17:45. Runner-up DeJesus was left more than 60 meters behind in 17:59.Westover Middle School cross country runner Henry Plowden took third in 18:10.


Southwestern Georgia State University cross country coach Brittney Skiles took the women's title in 18:46, placing fourth overall. Jennifer Perkins was runner-up on the women's side, coming in sixth overall in 19:57. Deerfield-Windsor sophomore cross country runner Camryn Bridges was the third female finisher in the 5K, tenth overall in 20:59.


Mitchell Sinyard was the fastest master runner in the 5K, getting his first master title of the morning by placing eleventh overall in 21:03. Maryann Plowden was the first woman master runner and sixth female finisher, 35th overall in 26:07.


92 athletes finished the 5K. Rhema Word Cathedral hosted the inaugural Miles For Missions to raise funds for Stand Up Again Outreach.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Miles For Missions 5K

1. 17:44.9 ~ Ethan Merritt (M, 15-19)
2. 17:58.5 ~ Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 25-29)
3. 18:09.9 ~ Henry Plowden (M, 11-14)
4. 18:49.7 ~ Demetris Gillard (M, 15-19)
5. 20:38.0 ~ Henry McGee (M, 15-19)
6. 20:45.4 ~ Jackson Eubanks (M, 15-19)
7. 20:46.6 ~ Ben Phillips (M, 11-14)
8. 21:02.9 ~ Mitchell Sinyard (M, 50-54)
9. 21:04.5 ~ Richard Mayorge (M, 25-29)
10. 21:19.3 ~ Courtland Buntin (M, 15-19)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Miles For Missions 5K

1. 18:46.0 ~ Brittney Skiles (F, 25-29)
2. 19:56.4 ~ Jennifer Perkins (F, 35-39)
3. 20:58.6 ~ Camryn Bridges (F, 15-19)
4. 23:51.9 ~ Samantha Pappas (F, 15-19)
5. 25:02.8 ~ Hadley Holt (F, 11-14)
6. 26:06.4 ~ Maryann Plowden (F, 40-44)
7. 26:35.4 ~ Cristina Sapp (F, 25-29)
8. 26:45.5 ~ Cathy Jones (F, 55-59)
9. 30:00.4 ~ Laurie Dyer (F, 45-49)
10. 30:07.5 ~ Mindy Crain (F, 30-34)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Miles For Missions 8K and 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rmvpGi4z9npWVWBldP9VpoaN8R3tWFkABfXbTAri7CQ/pubhtml
  
  
• Would you run a marathon in Albany, Georgia, in July?
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races in Albany, Georgia, on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1465

Gomez and Cauthen and the ants of Ashburn

In South Georgia, the town of Ashburn holds a Fire Ant Festival 5K in March. Nearby Camilla, Georgia, hosts the Gnat Days Festival 5K each May. The region is just one event short of a nuisance insect triple crown series of races. That's something to keep in mind if you were considering celebrating Locust Days in July, or holding a Deer Fly Festival. I doubt that Enterprise, Alabama, is willing to loan its Boll Weevil Festival, but you could always ask.


The series would have to open with the Fire Ant Festival 5K, though, which is alway held on the fourth Saturday in March, except when it's run on the fifth Saturday in March. In 2015 March only had four Saturdays, so the race was on 28 March 2015. Omega, Georgia, master runner Lorenzo Gomez won the 3.1-mile run in 19:35. In the 2014 race, Leesburg master runner Bruce Austin had taken the runner-up spot and Ashburn's own Mauricio Cervantes had taken third. This year their places were reversed. Cervantes, 15, grabbed second in 20:53, nearly a minute and a half faster than he had run the year before. Austin ran 21:01 to take third.


Bonaire, Georgia, athlete Allison Cauthen had placed second in the women's standings in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2015 she ran her fastest Fire Ant Festival 5K time yet, a 23:27, and it was good enough to earn her the women's title. Carrollton, Georgia, master runner Leslie Miles was the second woman finisher, Miles placed tenth overall in 24:16. Janet Urbanski, 45, of Warner Robins, Georgia, took third in the women's standings, finishing eleventh overall in 24:39. The 2013 Fire Ant Festival 5K women's champion, Adrienne Worley, was fourth in the women's division this year, coming in 13th overall in 24:52.


52 athletes finished the 2015 Fire Ant Festival 5K. Results and timing were provided by RANREB Timing Services of Cordele, Georgia. Expect the next Fire Ant Festival 5K in Ashburn on Saturday morning, 26 March 2016. The ants aren't invited, but they always show up anyway.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Turner County (Georgia) Fire Ant Festival 5K

1. 19:34.99 ~ Lorenzo Gomez (M, 49) Omega, GA
2. 20:52.79 ~ Mauricio Cervantes (M, 15) Ashburn, GA
3. 21:00.70 ~ Bruce Austin (M, 45) Leesburg, GA
4. 21:11.90 ~ Jeff Urbanski (M, 51) Warner Robins, GA
5. 22:04.32 ~ Lou Hartley (M, 48) Lagrange, GA
6. 22:57.37 ~ Evan Hobbs (M, 50) Carrollton, GA
7. 23:45.69 ~ David Slauenwhite (M, 56) Cordele, GA
8. 24:06.17 ~ Ke'shawn Walker (M, 17) Ashburn, GA
9. 24:49.39 ~ Shannon Dorman (M, 48) Tifton, GA
10. 25:01.99 ~ Ethan Golden (M, 38) Sylvester, GA

Top Ten Women, 2015 Turner County (Georgia) Fire Ant Festival 5K

1. 23:26.51 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 26) Bonaire, GA
2. 24:15.03 ~ Leslie Miles (F, 44) Carrollton, GA
3. 24:38.08 ~ Janet Urbanski (F, 45) Warner Robins, GA
4. 24:51.44 ~ Adrienne Worley (F, 34) Cordele, GA
5. 25:24.31 ~ Rebecca Rhodes (F, 27) Abbeville, GA
6. 26:28.70 ~ April Jowers (F, 34) Tifton, GA
7. 26:45.47 ~ Brittany Pilkenton (F, 28) Sycamore, GA
8. 27:28.00 ~ Gina Purvis (F, 56) Tifton, GA
9. 28:08.69 ~ Laura Eidson (F, 26) Fitzgerald, GA
10. 28:52.19 ~ Raeanne Watkins (F, 61) Tucker, GA

Turner County Fire Ant Festival 5K winners, 2003 - 2015
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
24 March 2001
23 March 2002
22 March 2003	16:37, David Coody, Jr	21:52, Kara Clark
27 March 2004	18:23, Kerry Underwood	27:26, Stephanie Langley
26 March 2005	17:22, Robert Feldman	20:20, Brooke Withers	60
25 March 2006	17:52, Ryan McDaniel	21:22, Rue Chitwood	50
24 March 2007	16:01, David Marley	20:08, Elizabeth Lambert	76
22 March 2008	16:47, David Marley	19:45, Brittney Skiles	106
28 March 2009	18:15, Nathan Norton	22:56, Amy Bartholomew	63
27 March 2010	17:54, Daniel Chevez	21:53, Susan Breeding	91
26 March 2011	17:52, Robert Smith	20:46, Ashley Duncan	97
24 March 2012	18:09, Benjamin James Weston	23:37, Jeanette MacDonald	141
23 March 2013	19:02, Robert Bledsoe	25:24, Adrienne Worley	80
29 March 2014	18:38, Jared Hammond	23:21, Amelia Gibbs	47
28 March 2015	19:35, Lorenzo Gomez	23:27, Allison Cauthen	52

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Turner County (Georgia) Fire Ant Festival 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TZWK987Hs5H6Y8FSaLKZBsd7ys-EowZVq2zl8z8TwA8/pubhtml
  
  
• 2014 story, “No creeping or crawling for Hammond and Gibbs at the Fire Ant 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/fire-ant-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Bledsoe and Worley winners at 2013 Fire Ant 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/03/fire-ant-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “ASU athletes Smith and Duncan achieve ant honors at Ashburn”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/fire-ant-2011.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in the region, with or without pests for mascots
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1353