Elliot Butler and Heather Smith dash to wins at Dashing Through The Glow

In Bainbridge, Georgia, athletes gathered at Earle May Boat Basin Park on a chilly Thursday evening, 21 December 2023, for the second annual Dashing Through The Glow 5K. Elliot Butler won the 3.1-mile race, running 17:39. Master runner Heather Smith was the first woman, placing fourth overall in 19:56.


A pair of high school cross-country runners were in close pursuit of Butler when he crossed the finish line. Jahlae Sapp, a Bainbridge High senior, took second in 17:42. Another Bainbridge High senior, Caden Godwin, placed third in 17:45.


Gabriella Baker, a junior on the Dothan High cross-country team, took second in the women's standings, coming in sixth overall in 21:55. Tatiana Smith, a frosh harrier at Grace Christian Academy, was the third woman and tenth overall in 23:06.


43 athletes finished the 2023 Dashing Through The Glow 5K, a fundraiser for the Bainbridge Service Club. Miles and Minutes, LLC of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Dashing Through The Glow 5K

1. 17:38.60, Elliot Butler (M, 33)
2. 17:42.00, Jahlae Sapp (M, 17)
3. 17:44.80, Caden Godwin (M, 17)
4. 21:09.40, Gambler Dollar (M, 16)
5. 22:46.00, Perry Glenn (M, 13)
6. 23:03.20, James Thompson (M, 14)
7. 23:03.40, Owen Hunt (M, 13)
8. 23:48.70, Brayden Inlow (M, 12)
9. 25:24.40, Spencer Thomas (M, 31)
10. 25:39.80, Aiden Austin (M, 12)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Dashing Through The Glow 5K

1. 19:56.00, Heather Smith (F, 47)
2. 21:54.60, Gabriella Baker (F, 17)
3. 23:05.50, Tatiana Smith (F, 15)
4. 23:45.10, Annalee Yarbrough (F, 38)
5. 25:45.70, Crystal Sekula (F, 37)
6. 26:21.20, Geisha Smith (F, 17)
7. 26:21.20, Emmalee Johnson (F, 16)
8. 28:23.40, Piper Harrell (F, 22)
9. 29:33.40, Traci Hall (F, 45)
10. 31:53.10, Becky Wilson (F, 35)

Bainbridge, Georgia Dashing Through The Glow 5K winners, 2022 - 2023
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
21 December 2022
21 December 2023	17:39, Elliot Butler	19:56, Heather Smith	43

Links

• Complete results of the Bainbridge Service Club's 2023 Dashing Through The Glow 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT6PX0kgpoM_dnzGflkh204RH9q8rts7-9RHM9iQzIQcUH2XRTNEFyqnnZ6_SFdCiTTJQX-UetXFpn7/pubhtml
  
  
• Find your next race at a riverside park in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#3021

Anna James and Alec Munger race to more wins at the Bearcat Invitational

Anna James just keeps winning.


During the 2020 high school cross-country season, the Thomas County Central senior notched wins in the girls' race at the Yellow Jacket Invitational on August 29, the Lee County Invitational on September 12, the Tift Invitational on September 26, and the Westover Invitational on October 3. On 10 October 2020, she added another victory in Bainbridge, Georgia at the Bearcat Invitational, where she ran 20:23.


But aside from James, the story of the Bearcat Invitational was largely one of two schools, Wakulla High and Lowndes High. James may have placed first in the girls' 5K, but the team competition was between Wakulla and Lowndes, with Wakulla prevailing 29 to 42. Lowndes had the edge in the boys' 5K, taking first with 21 points to Wakulla's 94, while Lowndes senior Alec Munger finished first in 17:13.


The girls raced first, with a scheduled starting time of 8:00 AM. No one was close to Anna James as she won the race by nearly 400 meters, covering the course around Bainbridge High School in 20:23. The next three places went to three Wakulla juniors, with Elizabeth Blitch second in 22:01, Marina Whitsell third in 22:05, and Clara Alford fourth in 22:14.


The Wakulla girls had a fourth athlete in the top ten; senior Alejandra Vivaldo Vasquez placed seventh in 22:27. Keri Levingston completed Wakulla's score, finishing fourteenth in 23:50 and giving the War Eagles a winning 29 points. The Lowndes girls were second with 42 points, led by senior Kiley Matheson's 22:15, good for fifth place. Scoring 90 points, Tift County was third in the six-team field, led by senior Katie McMillan (11th, 23:22).


2020 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Wakulla, 29
2. Lowndes, 42
3. Tift County, 90
4. Thomas County Central, 112
5. Westover, 113
6. Bainbridge, 136

Top Ten High School Girls, 2020 Bearcat Invitational

1. 20:22.10, Anna James (Thomas County Central) 12
2. 22:00.90, Elizabeth Blitch (Wakulla) 11
3. 22:04.60, Marina Whitsell (Wakulla) 11
4. 22:13.30, Clara Alford (Wakulla) 11
5. 22:14.50, Kiley Matheson (Lowndes) 12
6. 22:19.80, Victoria Garcia (Lowndes) 10
7. 22:28.60, Alejandra Vivaldo Vasquez (Wakulla) 12
8. 22:49.00, Laura Mason (Lowndes) 11
9. 23:15.40, Macy Batchelor (Seminole County) 12
10. 23:16.90, Anna Plowden (Westover) 11

Alec Munger didn't win the boys' 5K with as wide a margin as Anna James enjoyed in the girls' race, but he still finished comfortably ahead of the runner-up, Wakulla senior Simon Cole, 17:13 to 17:26. After Cole, it was a lot of Lowndes, as the Vikings put all four of their remaining scorers in the top ten--sophmore Aaron Munger was third in 17:43, junior Matthew Herndon was fourth in 18:00, senior Andrew Carvana was fifth in 18:24, and senior Andrew Francis took eighth in 18:38. With those five athletes, Lowndes had 21 points and first place--improving on their second-place showing in 2018, their previous appearance in the Bearcat Invitational.


Cole and Wakulla were second in the ten-team field with 94 points. Westover was a close third with 101 points, led by the tenth-place finish of senior Kentavious Sessions (18:48).


2020 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Lowndes, 21
2. Wakulla, 94
3. Westover, 101
4. Bainbridge, 113
5. Cairo, 149
6. Thomas County Central, 156
7. Tift County, 167
8. Grace Christian, 183
9. Thomasville, 252
10. Seminole County, 257

Top Ten High School Boys, 2020 Bearcat Invitational

1. 17:12.10, Alec Munger (Lowndes) 12
2. 17:25.20, Simon Cole (Wakulla) 12
3. 17:42.20, Aaron Munger (Lowndes) 10
4. 17:59.60, Matthew Herndon (Lowndes) 11
5. 18:24.00, Andrew Carvana (Lowndes) 12
6. 18:31.30, Jared Davis (Bainbridge) 11
7. 18:35.70, Wyatt Carpenter (Grace Christian) 12
8. 18:38.00, Andrew Francis (Lowndes) 12
9. 18:39.60, Elias Lopez-Gomez (Cairo) 12
10. 18:47.70, Kentavious Sessions (Westover) 12

The high school races were followed by a middle school two mile. The first girl in that race was eighth-grader Cadence Curnalia of Thomas County Middle School, going 13:24 in her first appearance at the Bearcat Invite. Eighth-grader Isabella Laughton, competing unattached, placed second in 14:01. Thomas County sixth-grader Savannah Dodd went 15:00 for third.


Curnalia and Dodd were joined in the top ten by fellow Yellow Jacket Gabby Lindquist; eighth-grader Lindquist was tenth in 18:30. Two sixth-graders rounded out Thomas County's five scorers, with Julie Vonier thirteenth in 18:55 and Josie Smith sixteenth in 19:41. Once Smith crossed the finish line, the Yellow Jacket girls had 21 points and first place. Led by eighth-grader Geisha Smith (4th, 15:18), Seminole County took second with 36 points.


2020 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Thomas County, 21
2. Seminole County, 36

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2020 Bearcat Invitational

1. 13:23.60, Cadence Curnalia (Thomas County) 8
2. 14:00.50, Isabella Laughton (Unattached) 8
3. 14:59.30, Savannah Dodd (Thomas County) 6
4. 15:17.70, Geisha Smith (Seminole County) 8
5. 15:37.60, Katya Jackson (Valdosta) 8
6. 15:56.30, Katelyn Bailey (Whigham) 8
7. 17:35.80, Madison Gainous (Whigham) 7
8. 17:55.10, Kyli Alexander (MacIntyre Park) 7
9. 18:19.30, Jenna Collins (MacIntyre Park) 8
10. 18:29.90, Gabby Lindquist (Thomas County) 8

More than 100 meters ahead of the next runner, TaQuan Townsend cruised to a 13:03 victory in the middle school boys' two mile. Dawson McMillan of Tift took second in 13:03, and seventh-grader Henry Lewis was third in 13:48.


The team competition was between the two Thomasville schools--Thomas County and MacIntyre Park. County's Yellow Jackets had three runners in the top ten--sixth-grader Brody Jennings was fourth in 14:11, sixth-grader Mason Tillman was fifth in 14:17, and eighth-grader Tim Watson was eighth in 14:52. Seventh-graders Memphis McKenzie (12th, 15:06) and Conner Marsh (18th, 15:59) filled the two remaining spots on the Thomas County's card of five scorers, giving the Jackets 20 points and first place. MacIntyre Park seventh-grader placed tenth in 15:02, leading his Bulldogs to second place with 36 points.


2020 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Thomas County, 20
2. MacIntyre Park, 36

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2020 Bearcat Invitational

1. 12:36.20, Ta'Quan Townsend (Unattached) 8
2. 13:02.60, Dawson McMillan (Tift) 8
3. 13:47.30, Henry Lewis (Unattached) 7
4. 14:11.00, Brody Jennings (Thomas County) 6
5. 14:16.30, Mason Tillman (Thomas County) 6
6. 14:33.60, Corbin Thompson (Bainbridge) 7
7. 14:44.30, Aidan Angie (Bainbridge) 8
8. 14:51.40, Tim Watson (Thomas County) 8
9. 15:01.50, Christian Knight (Whigham) 8
10. 15:01.60, Nicholas May (MacIntyre Park) 7

Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed the 2020 Bearcat Invitational.

Bainbridge High School Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2000 - 2017
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Tift County, 39	22:28, Demonessa Pyle (Berrien County)
24 September 2005	Tift County, 32
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Bainbridge, 39	21:06, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 10
19 September 2009	Westover, 45	19:31, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 11
18 September 2010	Lee County
17 September 2011	Tift County, 36	21:50, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 11
22 September 2012	Thomasville, 64	21:05, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Thomas County Central, 55	19:56, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
20 September 2014	Maclay, 35	19:11, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 9
26 September 2015	Lincoln, 60	21:10, Juliana Krueger (Lincoln) 12
17 September 2016	Maclay, 31	18:06, Alyson Churchill (Lincoln) 9
16 September 2017	Lincoln, 53	20:41, Emily Golden (Tift County) 10
15 September 2018	Bishop Snyder, 50	19:42, Gianna Forte (Bishop Snyder) 12
21 September 2019	Community Christian, 48	20:40, Rebecca Chandler (Berrien County) 12
10 September 2020	Wakulla, 29	20:23, Anna James (Thomas County Central) 12
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Westover, 41	17:47, David Marley (Westover)
24 September 2005	Bainbridge, 54
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Tift County, 37	17:13, David Daniel (Thomasville) 11
19 September 2009	Tift County, 49	16:04, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 10
18 September 2010	Westover
17 September 2011	Tift County, 55	16:48, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 12
22 September 2012	Bainbridge, 77	16:40, Josh Mason (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Bainbridge, 65	16:15, Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11
20 September 2014	Maclay, 51	16:59, Bryce Swindell (Lassiter) 12
26 September 2015	Lowndes, 43	16:52, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
17 September 2016	Maclay, 32	16:41, Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 10
16 September 2017	Lincoln, 39	17:12, Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 12
15 September 2018	Lee County, 54	17:41, Christopher Porter (Rickards) 12
21 September 2019	Lee County, 60	16:54, David Andrew Keen (North Florida Christian) 12
10 September 2020	Lowndes, 21	17:13, Alec Munger (Lowndes) 12
Additions and corrections to this table will be accepted gratefully. ~HW

Links

• Complete results of the 2020 Bainbridge High Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQwGmCGyIDxtaS12x2kAlsOWFXAjKon3luv9NVHwN0g0m0-Gc_ag620r24bV29t4nDa72p4G_LZF0AK/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “A whole lot of Lincoln Trojan at the Bainbridge Bearcat Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/bearcat-xc-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Lincoln frosh Alyson Churchill stuns Southwest Georgia with an 18:06”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/bearcat-xc-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Krueger leads Lincoln and Wolfenden leads Lowndes to victories in Bainbridge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/bearcat-xc-2015.html
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of running in Bainbridge, Georgia
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Bainbridge
  
  
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#2709

Chris Jones leaves the field far, far behind at the Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10K

No one else had run nine kilometers when Chris Jones finished the ten kilometers of the fourth annual Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run in Bainbridge, Georgia on Saturday morning, 28 September 2019. Jones winning time in the 6.2-mile race was 36:07, taking more than four minutes off the event record. Tallahassee, Florida master runner Julia Sura was the first woman in the 10K, placing eighth overall in 58:53.


Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson placed second to Jones in the 10K, running 40:26. Just a week earlier, Gibson had won a different road 10K, the Trot With S.W.A.T. in Dothan, Alabama. Master runner Pauncho Hufstetler, the 2019 Dueno 10K champions, took third in 40:34.


Master runner Liv Warren finished runner-up in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 65:25. Victoria Gallagher was the third female finisher and twelfth overall in 66:22.


21 athletes finished the 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10km Run

1. 36:06.99, Chris Jones (M, 26)
2. 40:25.58, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
3. 40:33.77, Pauncho Hufstetler (M, 45)
4. 47:01.30, Philip Sura (M, 49)
5. 52:46.36, Stephen Gensits (M, 64)
6. 54:22.21, Robbie Meredith (M, 44)
7. 58:44.80, Carlos Zapata (M, 74)
8. 63:44.21, Stephen Rogerson (M, 36)
9. 63:50.30, Stoney Lindsey (M, 51)
10. 73:02.55, Tony Roberts (M, 57)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10km Run

1. 58:52.74, Julia Sura (F, 48)
2. 65:24.33, Liv Warren (F, 62)
3. 66:21.39, Victoria Gallagher (F, 24)
4. 71:42.14, Brandi Deal (F, 42)
5. 73:59.83, Gloria Brown (F, 47)
6. 74:23.24, Dawn Richardson (F, 42)
7. 74:23.52, Melissa Richardson (F, 44)
8. 80:00.80, Patty Ryan (F, 55)
9. 85:59.89, Jamie Pitts (F, 43)
10. 97:23.74, Shari Youngblood (F, 56)

The 10K was added to the program of the Dueno Memorial Run in 2018, but the 5K race has been part of the event ever since it was inaugurated in 2017. Dustin Richardson won the shorter race in 2019, running 21:19. At 23:14, the overall-runner-up, Laura McDermott, was the first woman in the race.

Joey Harvey was the first master runner in the 5K and the second male finisher, third overall in 26:09. Paula Grollman was the first female master, fourth in the women's standings and seventh overall in 30:31.


29 athletes finished the 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K.


Top Five Men, 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5km Run

1. 21:18.92, Dustin Richardson (M, 20)
2. 26:08.27, Joey Harvey (M, 58)
3. 30:24.67, Trent Lawrence (M, 10)
4. 31:55.58, Daniel Graham (M, 47)
5. 38:56.33, Jake Lawrence (M, 7)

Top Five Women, 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5km Run

1. 23:13.89, Laura McDermott (F, 39)
2. 28:02.86, Adrian Parker (F, 30)
3. 28:22.80, Alex Byrd (F, 30)
4. 30:30.05, Paula Grollman (F, 66)
5. 30:58.52, Pamela Earp (F, 31)

Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run winners, 2017 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
30 September 2017	5K	19:58, Mike Martinez	21:55, Amber Wise	59
29 September 2018	10K	40:30, Pauncho Hufstetler	56:11, Chrissy Lee	19
	5K	20:13, Michael Martinez	27:56, Adrian Parker	32
28 September 2019	10K	36:07, Chris Jones	58:53, Julia Sura	21
	5K	21:19, Dustin Richardson	23:14, Laura McDermott	29

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vThhcCd23K3TOtCUvlidws2ZhGrI0UX8rgmBGCBF8PA6f7Q4-Q_j5Iq0I-5DYWXBb58PT3F1IEdNoYv/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Pauncho Hufstetler and Chrissy Lee forge memories at the Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/dueno-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Martinez and Wise highlight the launch of the Dueno Memorial Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/dueno-2017.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Bainbridge, Georgia and other cities in the Tallahassee region
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#2612

Tim Qualls and Nancy Proctor take the 10K at the Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run

The Bainbridge, Georgia Kiwanis Club staged their fifteenth annual River Run 10K and 5K on Saturday morning, 16 March 2019. The races were at Earle May Boat Basin Park, as they have been since 2005, and Tim Qualls of Tallahassee, Florida won the ten-kilometer event, running the 6.2 miles in 40:59. Tallahassee master runner Nancy Proctor was the first woman in the 10K, placing sixth overall in 48:15.


At 41:28, Tristan LaNasa was second in the 10K . Less than two weeks earlier, LaNasa had run 1:35:05 for 13.1 miles at the Seaside Half Marathon. Dr. Philip Sura, a meteorology professor at Florida State University, was the first master runner in the race, placing third overall in 43:54.


Monica Toth of Tallahassee was second in the women's standings, coming in ninth overall in 49:32. Donica Williams was the third woman in the race and eleventh overall in 50:18.


43 athletes finished the 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K

1. 40:58:34, Tim Qualls (M, 39)
2. 41:27:24, Tristan LaNasa (M, 26)
3. 43:53:66, Philip Sura (M, 48)
4. 47:09:71, Michael Kennett (M, 45)
5. 47:19:96, Justin Williams (M, 41)
6. 48:35:18, Julian Strickland (M, 53)
7. 49:22:22, David Braswell (M, 47)
8. 49:48:48, Marco Teeter (M, 26)
9. 51:03:10, Jim Tully (M, 72)
10. 51:09:35, Stephen Gensits (M, 63)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K

1. 48:14:92, Nancy Proctor (F, 58)
2. 49:31:95, Monica Toth (F, 30)
3. 50:17:47, Donica Williams (F, 39)
4. 51:20:30, Sharon Crews (F, 51)
5. 51:39:17, Birgit Maier-Katkin (F, 56)
6. 55:35:48, Jennie Merchant (F, 27)
7. 56:45:21, Adrian Parker (F, 30)
8. 59:15:67, Suzanne Angell (F, 53)
9. 60:46:47, Susan Shelton (F, 45)
10. 62:01:06, Jennifer Johnson (F, 40)

The 5K race was run concurrently with the 10K. Duane Evans won the shorter race, running 19:46. Qualls won the 10K by about half a minute, but Evans was across the finish line more than five minutes ahead of the next runner in the 5K, running five kilometers before any other runner in the race had gone four. Master runner Clint Cook was second in 25:24, just ahead of the 25:33 posted by third-place runner John Strickland.


Tallahassee master runner Julia Sura was the first woman in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 27:25. Catherine Jones, another master runner, was second in the women's standings and fifth overall in 27:58. Jamye Bowen was the third woman in the 5K, finishing sixth overall in 28:33.


22 athletes finished the 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 5K.


Top Five Men, 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 5K

1. 19:46, Duane Evans (M, 51)
2. 25:23:23, Clint Cook (M, 46)
3. 25:32:93, John Strickland (M, 65)
4. 29:08:28, Donald Bowling (M, 65)
5. 29:45:41, Adam Miller (M, 29)

Top Five Women, 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 5K

1. 27:24:63, Julia Sura (F, 47)
2. 27:58:00, Catherine Jones (F, 59)
3. 28:32:11, Jamye Bowen (F, 28)
4. 30:28:73, Tia Glenn (F, 52)
5. 32:27:35, Barbara Williams (F, 53)

Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run winners, 2005 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
8 January 2005	10K	J P Chesser	Shana Martin	33
	5K	Nathan Norton	Debbie Wittmer	30
7 January 2006	10K	35:59, Michael Douma	43:11, Allison Eagen	35
	5K	19:38, Gabe Mitchell	23:42, Shana Martin	39
6 January 2007	10K	35:49, Jay Wallace	45:39, Fran McLean	89
	5K	19:59, Steve Baxter	23:39, Shana Martin	30
5 January 2008	10K	35:13, David Marky	47:50, Lou Ellen Jayroe	36
	5K	18:15, Nathan Norton	19:28, Jana Stolting	32
3 January 2009	10K	35:50, Jessie Close	47:44, Kirsten Baggett	34
	5K	18:40, Nathan Norton	23:45, Erika Pemberton	63
2 January 2010	10K	37:45, Joel Piotrowski	51:20, Jessica Monk	42
	5K	19:27, Devin Ferrell	23:35, Helen Jean Thompson	54
8 January 2011	10K	33:55, Rick Jennings	49:15, Jessica Monk	32
	5K	19:21, Davey Reynolds	26:28, Carolyn Houston	30
21 January 2012	10K	35:11, Cody Mallchok	45:33, Angelina Horne	57
	5K	17:20, Luis Navarro	23:30, Amber Braswell	43
19 January 2013	10K	37:18, Myles Gibson	46:07, Juanita Chalmers	62
	5K	17:14, Chase Harris	19:00, Sheryl Rosen	47
4 January 2014	10K	35:43, Kyle Harris	41:51, Elena Oslund	50
	5K	17:26, Chase Harris	20:11, Paige Braswell	35
3 January 2015	10K	39:28, Kyle Harris	52:00, Kaitlin Jackson	29
	5K	19:29, Arnoldo DeJesus	24:22, Kristi Johnson	34
27 February 2016	10K	37:27, Myles Gibson	48:31, Nancy Stedman	39
	5K	19:00, Rik Pool	23:51, Paula O'Neill	34
25 February 2017	10K	39:04, Myles Gibson	48:10, Paula O'Neill	41
	5K	18:42, Tanner Norman	22:50, Ramsay Miller	35
3 March 2018	10K	38:17, Daniel Hamilton	60:03, ‎Suzanne Inman Angell‎	22
	5K	24:14, Joey Harvey	23:50, Carolyn Turak Houston	14
16 March 2019	10K	40:59, Tim Qualls	48:15, Nancy Proctor	43
	5K	19:46, Duane Evans	27:25, Julia Sura	22

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSeHzOxTKEgRVUV6gI4J6p4x7-mMmINjbQufAMSADjOb7wEyi55Hb2fnD_XcT38fhEc_2RCuMd9XRb4/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Gibson and O'Neill were the rapids at this River Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/kiwanis-river-run-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Riparian victories in Bainbridge for Gibson and Stedman”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/kiwanis-river-run-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Harris and Jackson sail to victory in the River Run 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/kiwanis-river-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Harris and Oslund were rollin' on the river”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/kiwanis-river-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Gibson, Chalmers rout rivals in River Run 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/kiwanis-river-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Fast on the Flint, Mallchok and Horne win River Run 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/kiwanis-river-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Jennings and Monk are the rapidest River Runners in Bainbridge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/kiwanis-river-run-2011.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map (GA17005WC) for the 2017 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA17005WC
  
  
• Find your next race in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
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#2467

Stokes Moore and Viviana Schuyler make the "nice" list at Bainbridge's Jingle Bell Jog

In Bainbridge, Georgia, the Bainbridge-Decatur County Recreation Authority decided to host a Jingle Bell Jog 5K. They scheduled the race for Earle May Boat Basin Park on Thursday evening, 20 December 2018, and invited everyone. They didn't invite the rain, but it came anyway.


Despite the damp conditions, Stokes Moore made it to the race. A Bainbridge High junior and member of his school's cross-country team, Moore won the race in 19:09. Viviana Schuyler, a sophomore on the Bainbridge High cross-country team, took the women's title, finishing third overall in 19:23.


Hayden Griffin was runner-up in the 3.1-mile race, running 19:19. Ridge Harper was the top master runner and third male finisher, placing fourth overall in 19:38.


Adrian Parker finished second in the women's standings, placing seventh overall in 25:43. Suzanne Angell was the first woman master and third female finisher, eighth overall in 27:00.


Coming out to play in the rain wasn't without its compensations. Not only did the athletes get to run a 5K race, but they enjoyed cookies and hot cocoa afterwards. Plus, the awards were presented by Santa.


Eighteen athletes finished Bainbridge, Georgia's 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K.


Top Five Men, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 19:08.72, Stokes Moore (M, 00-19)
2. 19:18.93, Hayden Griffin (M, 00-19)
3. 19:37.04, Ridge Harper (M, 40-49)
4. 22:32.79, David Braswell (M, 40-49)
5. 22:33.24, Joe Emmons (M, 00-19)

Top Five Women, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 19:22.86, Viviana Schuyler (F, 00-19)
2. 25:42.90, Adrian Parker (F, 30-39)
3. 26:59.20, Suzanne Angell (F, 50-59)
4. 27:39.64, Kimberly Cooper (F, 40-49)
5. 27:50.74, Shannon Angle (F, 50-59)

Links

• Complete results of Bainbridge, Georgia's 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRP12sH0ssL4C4fPf9wSHLD0pJnn_PUmlsMJIkqfBMbfND9bFNeRojph0byBxn7L40epao3-vnQ8h4v/pubhtml
  
  
• A Bainbridge Jingle Bell Jog of Christmas past
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/bearcat-2010.html
  
  
• Find upcoming jogs, trots, chases, runs, and stampedes on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2394

Pauncho Hufstetler and Chrissy Lee forge memories at the Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run

In 2013, Bainbridge College chemistry professor Dr. Eric Dueno directed at race on the college's Bainbridge, Georgia campus, the Purple Heart 5K. The race became an annual event, and at the second annual Purple Heart Run, a 10K was added to the program.


After Dr. Dueno passed away, a race was held in his honor in 2017, the Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K. The race became an annual event, and at the second annual Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run, a 10K was added to the program.


At Bainbridge's Boat Basin Park on Saturday morning, 29 September 2018, master runner Pauncho Hufstetler won that first Dueno 10K, running 40:30. Chrissy Lee was the first woman in the 6.2-mile race, placing sixth overall in 56:11.


Bryan Gensits was runner-up in the 10K, and Kevin Malfa took third in 49:08.


Michelle Comeaux was the first woman master and second female finisher, placing seventh overall in 60:00. Niki Cox and Liv Warren were third and fourth in the women's standings, both athletes clocked at 62:51. Cox and Warren were tenth and eleventh overall.


Nineteen athletes finished the 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10K.


Top Five Men, 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10km Run

1. 40:30, Pauncho Hufstetler (M, 44)
2. 43:20, Bryan Gensits (M, 24)
3. 49:08, Kevin Malfa (M, 34)
4. 52:18, Stephen Gensits (M, 63)
5. 53:31, Robbie Meredith (M, 43)

Top Five Women, 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 10km Run

1. 56:11, Chrissy Lee (F, 29)
2. 60:00, Michelle Comeaux (F, 45)
3. 62:51, Niki Cox (F, 38)
4. 62:51, Liv Warren (F, 61)
5. 63:59, Lauryl Tidwell (F, 61)

Michael Martinez had won the inaugural Dr. Dueno 5K in 2017, and the Tallahassee master runner was back to defend his title in 2018. He did so successfully, winning the race in 20:13. Dustin Reynolds and Davey Reynolds took the next two places in the 3.1-mile race, running 23:16 and 23:17.


Adrian Paker was the first woman in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 27:56. Catherine Jones was the first woman master and second female finisher, tenth overall in 28:17. Master runner Brandi Deal was third in the women's standings and fourteenth overall in 29:22.


32 athletes finished the 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5km Run

1. 20:13, Michael Martinez (M, 52)
2. 23:16, Dustin Reynolds (M, 19)
3. 23:17, Davey Reynolds (M, 24)
4. 23:24, HB Johnson (M, 57)
5. 25:44, Joey Harvey (M, 57)
6. 26:10, Lance Wilson (M, 37)
7. 26:33, John Woodrum (M, 48)
8. 26:42, Mike Baker (M, 49)
9. 28:24, Colby Nix (M, 19)
10. 28:30, Harrison Woodrum (M, 12)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5km Run

1. 27:56, Adrian Parker (F, 29)
2. 28:17, Catherine Jones (F, 59)
3. 29:22, Brandi Deal (F, 41)
4. 31:51, Dainyell Long (F, 45)
5. 32:05, Bess Day (F, 41)
6. 32:57, Pam Wells (F, 55)
7. 35:25, Sarah Dollar (F, 35)
8. 35:43, Julie Bellflower (F, 40)
9. 37:00, Jane Harrison (F, 57)
10. 37:38, Donna Graham (F, 59)

Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run winners, 2017 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
30 September 2017	5K	19:58, Mike Martinez	21:55, Amber Wise	59
29 September 2018	10K	40:30, Pauncho Hufstetler	56:11, Chrissy Lee	19
	5K	20:13, Michael Martinez	27:56, Adrian Parker	32

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQMsnWnzVY16X7enlJpXc6HqwixbI6wVBnRILcXYlNdkUHwJdsrkwfnGJdyla-sN5hNQouuYCe4fNbN/pubhtml
  
  
• Photos of the 2018 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial Run
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/bainbridgerunners/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1801730139945124
  
  
• 2017 story, “Martinez and Wise highlight the launch of the Dueno Memorial Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/dueno-2017.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Bainbridge, Georgia and other cities in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2341

A whole lot of Lincoln Trojan at the Bainbridge Bearcat Invitational

At the 18th annual Bearcat Invitational Cross-Country Meet, it was the second year in a row that a school from Tallahassee, Florida went home with the high school team titles. On Saturday morning, 16 September 2017, it was Lincoln High carrying home the loot to Tallahassee, as both the Trojan boys and the Trojan girls were the first team in their respective races. Lincoln senior Clayton Carlson was the fastest individual in the high school boys' 5K, but Tift County sophomore Emily Golden kept it from being a total Trojan sweep by winning the high school girls' 5K.


The high school girls' 5K was in fact the first race of the meet, starting at 8:00 AM. Improving on her 2016 Bearcat Invitational performance by eight seconds, Emily Golden toured the course around the Bainbridge High campus in 20:41, finishing nearly 70 meters ahead of the next runner. Gianna Forte, a Bishop Snyder junior, was runner-up in 20:58, and Lincoln sophomore Chase Merrick took third in 21:06.


Merrick was joined by Lincoln teammates Lexi Gray (8th, 22:19), Rylee French (11th, 22:49), Asta Hemenway (16th, 23:14), and Arianna Neely (25th, 23:44) in amassing 53 points for the Trojans, giving Lincoln the top spot in a field of fifteen teams. Lindsay James finished fifth in 21:51 for Chiles, leading her team to second place with a score of 88. Tift County was third with 144 points, just ahead of the 147 scored by fourth-place Bainbridge.


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Lincoln, 53
2. Chiles, 88
3. Tift County, 144
4. Bainbridge, 147
5. Bishop Snyder, 161
6. Community Christian, 165
7. Lee County, 189
8. Lowndes, 194
9. Westover, 207
10. Wakulla, 233
11. Seminole County, 245
12. Dothan, 259
13. Headland, 341
14. Thomasville, 371
15. Grace Christian, 435

Top Ten High School Girls, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 20:40.76, Emily Golden (Tift County) 10
2. 20:57.42, Gianna Forte (Bishop Snyder)
3. 21:05.74, Chase Merrick (Lincoln)
4. 21:11.40, Katherine Resavage (Leon)
5. 21:50.17, Lindsay James (Chiles)
6. 22:00.71, Riley O'Linn (Valwood)
7. 22:12.81, Alyssa Langston (Wakulla)
8. 22:18.50, Lexi Gray (Lincoln)
9. 22:24.54, Viviana Schuyler (Bainbridge)
10. 22:44.40, Macy Williams (Seminole County)

Like Golden, Lincoln's Clayton Carlson had also raced at the Bearcat Invitational in 2016. Carlson, though, improved more than half a minute over his previous year's performance, running a winning 17:12. Finishing some 60 meters behind Carlson, Henry Plowden of Westover was second in 17:25. David Keen of North Florida Christian took third in 17:35.


In addition to Carlson, Lincoln had two other runners in the top ten--Kevin Majano was fifth in 17:41 and Joey Jung eighth in 18:08. Charles Hruda (12th, 18:28) and Dennis Majano (17th, 18:43) completed the Trojan scoring, giving Lincoln 39 points and first place out of fifteen teams. Wakulla put two runners in the top ten--Scott Lloyd (6th, 17:54) and Chris Porter (9th, 18:13)--leading Wakulla to second place with a score of 54. Lowndes was third with 111 points behind the performance of their top runner, Brishen House (4th, 17:40).


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Lincoln, 39
2. Wakulla, 54
3. Lowndes, 111
4. Chiles, 144
5. Tift County, 155
6. Bainbridge, 166
7. Westover, 204
8. Grace Christian, 257
9. Lee County, 258
10. Seminole County, 280
11. Thomasville, 302
12. Rickards, 313
13. Dothan, 325
14. Fitzgerald, 347
15. Jefferson County, 379

Top Ten High School Boys, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 17:11.10, Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 12
2. 17:24.10, Henry Plowden (Westover)
3. 17:34.62, David A Keen (North Florida Christian)
4. 17:39.44, Brishen House (Lowndes)
5. 17:40.57, Kevin Majano (Lincoln)
6. 17:53.90, Scott Lloyd (Wakulla)
7. 18:02.69, JD Bengston (Tift County)
8. 18:07.12, Joey Jung (Lincoln)
9. 18:12.84, Chris Porter (Wakulla)
10. 18:22.11, Efrain Diaz (Bainbridge)

The middle school girls ran two miles, and the girl who ran it fastest was Lee County eighth-grader Emily Phillips, who went 13:38. Another Lee County eighth-grader, Alea Bochette, was second in 13:50. Tift eighth-grader Ainsley Toews was third in 14:10.


While Lee County was waiting for their next scorer, Tift put two more athletes in the top ten--eighth-grader Alexandria Vaughan (8th, 15:19) and sixth-grader Amanda Tovar. Tift seventh-grader Madeline Perrin (11th, 15:31) was close behind. Tift's fifth scorer was seventh-grader Hannah Larger (17th, 16:16), giving the Tift girls 44 points and first place out of the nine middle school teams competing. Led by seventh-grader Camille Resavage (5th, 14:32), Holy Comforter was second with 58 points. Lee County took third with 64.


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Tift, 44
2. Holy Comforter, 58
3. Lee County, 64
4. Trinity Catholic, 117
5. Early County, 131
6. Baconton Charter, 150
7. Seminole County, 160
8. Wakulla, 194
9. Whigham, 251

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 13:37.17, Emily Phillips (Lee County)
2. 13:49.99, Alea Bochette (Lee County)
3. 14:09.93, Ainsley Toews (Tift)
4. 14:13.33, Lily Moore (Trinity Catholic)
5. 14:31.48, Camille Resavage (Holy Comforter)
6. 14:31.74, Mary Clayton Soto (Holy Comforter)
7. 15:12.28, Madi Sims (Trinity Catholic)
8. 15:18.47, Alexandria Vaughan (Tift)
9. 15:18.62, Anika Imhoff (MacIntyre Park)
10. 15:25.59, Amanda Tovar (Tift)

Alex Collins, a Lee County eighth-grader, won the middle school boys' two mile by more than 150 meters, running 11:53. Holy Comforter eighth-grader Leo Kelly was second in 12:29, and Early County eighth-grader Mikhael Crispen placed third in 12:38.


After that it was a Lee County deluge, with Edward Ostrander (4th, 12:42), John-Robert Ellington (5th, 13:00), Wyatt Waddell (6th, 13:07), and Ryan Hicks (7th, 13:08) cascading across the finish line. Lee County also had two other runners in the top ten--Jeb Parr (8th, 13:13) and Landon Jones (9th,13:14). But five in the top seven was enough to give Lee County a mathematically unbeatable score of 23 points and first out of ten teams. MacIntyre Park, led by Matthew Lewis (10th, 13:17), was second with 69 points. Tift was third with 106.


2017 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Lee County, 23
2. MacIntyre Park, 69
3. Tift, 106
4. Holy Comforter, 121
5. Bainbridge, 123
6. Seminole County, 160
7. Trinity Catholic, 165
8. Early County, 225
9. Baconton Charter, 266
10. Whigham, 300

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2017 Bearcat Invitational

1. 11:52.67, Alex Collins (Lee County)
2. 12:28.34, Leo Kelly (Holy Comforter)
3. 12:37.89, Mikhael Crispen (Early County)
4. 12:41.21, Edward Ostrander (Lee County)
5. 12:59.66, John-Rob Ellington (Lee County)
6. 13:06.83, Wyatt Waddell (Lee County)
7. 13:07.35, Ryan Hicks (Lee County)
8. 13:12.16, Jeb Parr (Lee County)
9. 13:13.68, Landon Jones (Lee County)
10. 13:16.13, Matthew Lewis (MacIntyre Park)

Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed the 2017 Bearcat Invitational.

Bainbridge High School Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2000 - 2017
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Tift County, 39	22:28, Demonessa Pyle (Berrien County)
24 September 2005	Tift County, 32
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Bainbridge, 39	21:06, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 10
19 September 2009	Westover, 45	19:31, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 11
18 September 2010	Lee County
17 September 2011	Tift County, 36	21:50, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 11
22 September 2012	Thomasville, 64	21:05, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Thomas County Central, 55	19:56, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
20 September 2014	Maclay, 35	19:11, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 9
26 September 2015	Lincoln, 60	21:10, Juliana Krueger (Lincoln) 12
17 September 2016	Maclay, 31	18:06, Alyson Churchill (Lincoln) 9
16 September 2017	Lincoln, 53	20:41, Emily Golden (Tift County) 10
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Westover, 41	17:47, David Marley (Westover)
24 September 2005	Bainbridge, 54
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Tift County, 37	17:13, David Daniel (Thomasville) 11
19 September 2009	Tift County, 49	16:04, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 10
18 September 2010	Westover
17 September 2011	Tift County, 55	16:48, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 12
22 September 2012	Bainbridge, 77	16:40, Josh Mason (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Bainbridge, 65	16:15, Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11
20 September 2014	Maclay, 51	16:59, Bryce Swindell (Lassiter) 12
26 September 2015	Lowndes, 43	16:52, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
17 September 2016	Maclay, 32	16:41, Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 10
16 September 2017	Lincoln, 39	17:12, Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 12
Additions and corrections to this table will be accepted gratefully. ~HW

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Bainbridge High Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSDdLNuj61aP37Vsv7-N-8ENUGCVlkW64KDZaB83cedXK5JlTPKG0zEOZBikZpfCgdCkhvkYwml1lMI/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Lincoln frosh Alyson Churchill stuns Southwest Georgia with an 18:06”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/bearcat-xc-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Krueger leads Lincoln and Wolfenden leads Lowndes to victories in Bainbridge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/bearcat-xc-2015.html
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of running in Bainbridge, Georgia
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Bainbridge
  
  
• Stop playing on the computer and run a race! You can find one here:
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2083

Martinez and Wise highlight the launch of the Dueno Memorial Run

On Saturday morning, 9 September 2017, nearly all of Florida was anticipating the onslaught of Hurricane Irma. Just north of the state line, though, in Bainbridge, Georgia the weather was fair, the air was cool, and the Flint River was low. In short, conditions were excellent for the inaugural Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K. 59 athletes took advantage of those conditions, including Tallahassee, Florida master runner Mike Martinez. Martinez won the race by close to 100 meters, running 19:58. Amber Wise of Bainbridge took the women's title, placing seventh overall in 21:55.


Bainbridge master runner Pauncho Hufstetler placed second overall, running 20:22. Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina, an eighth-grader on the Deerlake Middle School cross-country team in Tallahassee, was third in 20:27.


Laura Reina of Tallahassee was the first woman master and second female finisher, twelfth overall in 23:10. Paige Braswell placed third in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 25:21.


The race was held in memory of Dr. Eric Dueno, a beloved runner and Bainbridge State College chemistry professor.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K Run

1. 19:58, Mike Martinez (M, 51)
2. 20:22, Pauncho Hufstetler (M, 42)
3. 20:27, Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina (M, 12)
4. 21:30, Philip Sura (M, 46)
5. 21:41, Michael Savage (M, 60)
6. 21:50, Austin Lambert (M, 20)
7. 22:06, Ettore Aldrovandi (M, 55)
8. 22:29, Mark Tombrink (M, 29)
9. 22:29, Harold Allen (M, 36)
10. 23:05, Scott Whitener (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K Run

1. 21:55, Amber Wise (F, 22)
2. 23:10, Laura Reina (F, 53)
3. 25:21, Paige Braswell (F, 21)
4. 26:13, Julia Sura (F, 46)
5. 26:34, Darla Castoro (F, 53)
6. 28:50, Edna Reed (F, 43)
7. 29:28, Tina Richardson (F, 53)
8. 30:16, Rita Sekula (F, 33)
9. 31:25, Emilee Poppell (F, 18)
10. 31:54, Melissa Richardson (F, 42)

Links

• Complete resultes, 2017 Dr. Eric Dueno Memorial 5K Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRFuEieUR9-Y_bwjQ7idEJi2vEvH8V3kGxyUSEoD6OTe17l4SMMJE5v-oKT0IEE73R0PBgq7LH0iNIz/pubhtml
  
  
• Upcoming races in Bainbridge, Georgia and other cities in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2076

Gibson and O'Neill were the rapids at this River Run

In 2016 the Bainbridge, Georgia Kiwanis River Run 10K got a new date. The race had been scheduled for January, but the Flint River, from which the race takes its name, was in flood stage and the course was under water. So the event moved to February. Although the river behaved itself in 2017, the race remained in February. And although there was a new course for the thirteenth annual 10K, the winner was the same as in 2016. Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson won the Kiwanis River Run 10K for the second year in a row on Saturday morning, 25 February 2017, running 39:04. Tallahassee, Florida master runner Paula O'Neill took the women's title, placing third overall in 48:10.


It was the third Kiwanis River Run 10K title for Gibson, who also won the event in 2013. In the 2017 race no one else had gone more than eight kilometers before Gibson finished the ten-kilometer run. Mark Tombrink took the runner-up spot in 47:59. Behind O'Neill, Michael Marchman edged Dale Nash for fourth, 49:29 to 49:35.


Run concurrently, the Kiwanis River Run 5K also got a new course for 2017. Tanner Norman, a junior on the Early County High cross-country team, inaugurated the new 3.1-mile course with a winning 18:42. Trevor Cleveland, a junior on the Lee County High cross-country team, was second in 19:15. Ramsay Miller outkicked Lance Wilson for third place in the 5K, 22:50 to 22:51. Also a junior on the Lee County High cross-country team, Miller was the first woman in the race.


41 athletes finished the 2017 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K. Another 35 completed the 5K.


2017 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K Results

1. 39:04, Myles Gibson
2. 47:59, Mark Tombrink
3. 48:10, Paula O'Neill
4. 49:29, Michael Marchman
5. 49:35, Dale Nash
6. 51:19, Joey Harvey
7. 51:38, David Braswell
8. 53:45, David Forrester
9. 55:19, Mary Hunt
10. 55:26, Worth Corn
11. 57:34, Suzanne Angell
12. 57:58, Xavier Clayton
13. 60:39, Anita King
14. 61:58, Andrea Alexander
15. 62:14, Christopher Reece
16. 63:49, Rozeallan Smith
17. 65:05, Anthony Roberts
18. 65:24, Cara Mitchell
19. 65:49, Nathan Glover
20. 66:24, Samantha Tejada
21. 68:54.35, Sherrie Jones
22. 68:54.62, Brittany Moore
23. 69:37, Jennifer Miles
24. 71:27, Josh Brock
25. 71:38, Deanna Cole
26. 71:51, Patricia Dugan
27. 71:53, Carol Kreis
28. 71:55, Thomas Biance
29. 74:30, Julia Moss
30. 75:48, Magen Zorn
31. 76:20, Lisa-Jan Bailey
32. 76:27, Dana Brock
33. 74:46, Jane Krier
34. 78:51, Leslye Upton
35. 79:00, Frank Kreis
36. 79:11, Jean Louise Krier
37. 80:14, Patty Ryan
38. 80:15, Michelle Brooks
39. 82:43, Angie Prince
40. 86:42, Brian Dupree
41. 96:48, Tim Langdon

2017 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 5K Results

1. 18:42, Tanner Norman
2. 19:15, Trevor Cleveland
3. 22:50, Ramsay Miller
4. 22:51, Lance Wilson
5. 24:50, Chris Harper
6. 25:34, Charley Bunn
7. 26:05, Timothy McConnell
8. 26:52, Keara Conrad
9. 26:53, Alex Byrd
10. 27:42, Eric Smith
11. 28:10, Julie Harris
12. 28:41, Sara Beth Beals
13. 29:07, Butch Binford
14. 30:27, Amanda Moulton
15. 30:46, Angie Garland
16. 30:47, Dainyell Long
17. 31:03, Sandra Binford
18. 31:28, Bess Day
19. 31:29, Penny Horne
20. 32:03, Jackie Cauble
21. 32:21, Denease Harrison
22. 34:00, Lou Ellen Marchman
23. 34:07, W.R. Whittington
24. 38:53, Sherry Lake
25. 40:09, Sandy Heard
26. 49:10, Ryan Carnes
27. 49:41.05, Laura Singletary
28. 49:41.91, Lisa Singletary
29. 50:19, Stephanie Dupree
30. 51:02, Matthew Smith
31. 53:48, Bailey Allen
32. 53:50, Kim Johnson
33. 56:50, Brenda Howell
34. 58:45, Patrick Smith
35. 58:46, Dan Bowser

Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run winners, 2005 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
8 January 2005	10K	J P Chesser	Shana Martin	33
	5K	Nathan Norton	Debbie Wittmer	30
7 January 2006	10K	35:59, Michael Douma	43:11, Allison Eagen	35
	5K	19:38, Gabe Mitchell	23:42, Shana Martin	39
6 January 2007	10K	35:49, Jay Wallace	45:39, Fran McLean	89
	5K	19:59, Steve Baxter	23:39, Shana Martin	30
5 January 2008	10K	35:13, David Marky	47:50, Lou Ellen Jayroe	36
	5K	18:15, Nathan Norton	19:28, Jana Stolting	32
3 January 2009	10K	35:50, Jessie Close	47:44, Kirsten Baggett	34
	5K	18:40, Nathan Norton	23:45, Erika Pemberton	63
2 January 2010	10K	37:45, Joel Piotrowski	51:20, Jessica Monk	42
	5K	19:27, Devin Ferrell	23:35, Helen Jean Thompson	54
8 January 2011	10K	33:55, Rick Jennings	49:15, Jessica Monk	32
	5K	19:21, Davey Reynolds	26:28, Carolyn Houston	30
21 January 2012	10K	35:11, Cody Mallchok	45:33, Angelina Horne	57
	5K	17:20, Luis Navarro	23:30, Amber Braswell	43
19 January 2013	10K	37:18, Myles Gibson	46:07, Juanita Chalmers	62
	5K	17:14, Chase Harris	19:00, Sheryl Rosen	47
4 January 2014	10K	35:43, Kyle Harris	41:51, Elena Oslund	50
	5K	17:26, Chase Harris	20:11, Paige Braswell	35
3 January 2015	10K	39:28, Kyle Harris	52:00, Kaitlin Jackson	29
	5K	19:29, Arnoldo DeJesus	24:22, Kristi Johnson	34
27 February 2016	10K	37:27, Myles Gibson	48:31, Nancy Stedman	39
	5K	19:00, Rik Pool	23:51, Paula O'Neill	34
25 February 2017	10K	39:04, Myles Gibson	48:10, Paula O'Neill	41
	5K	18:42, Tanner Norman	22:50, Ramsay Miller	35

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2017/Kiwanis%20River%20Run%202017.asp
  
  
• 2016 story, “Riparian victories in Bainbridge for Gibson and Stedman”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/03/kiwanis-river-run-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Harris and Jackson sail to victory in the River Run 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/kiwanis-river-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Harris and Oslund were rollin' on the river”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/kiwanis-river-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Gibson, Chalmers rout rivals in River Run 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/kiwanis-river-run-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Fast on the Flint, Mallchok and Horne win River Run 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/kiwanis-river-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Jennings and Monk are the rapidest River Runners in Bainbridge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/kiwanis-river-run-2011.html
  
  
• USATF course certification map (GA17005WC) for the 2017 Bainbridge Kiwanis River Run 10K
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA17005WC
  
  
• Find your next race in the Tallahassee region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1891

Lincoln frosh Alyson Churchill stuns Southwest Georgia with an 18:06

In the early 1800s, Seminole raids from Spanish Florida into Georgia in the United States helped to precipitate the First Seminole War. Emulating those ninteenth-century raiders, high school athletes from Tallahassee, Florida showed up in Bainbridge, Georgia on Saturday morning, 17 September 2016, for Bainbridge High's seventeenth annual Bearcat Cross Country Invitational. They returned home to Florida with every honor to be won at the meet--Tallahassee's Maclay School took both the boys' and girls' team titles, and Maclay sophomore Clay Milford captured first place in the boys' race. Tallahassee Lincoln frosh Alyson Churchill carted home first place in the girls' 5K.


The Invitational opened at 8:00 AM with the high school girls' 5K race. Alyson Churchill was on the starting line with the Lincoln team. A frosh, this was only her second high school race, but Churchill's first had been a win at the Cougar Cross Country Challenge, where she had run 18:47 on 27 August 2016. Colquitt County junior Elizabeth Funderburk was also in the race. Funderburk had more than a few high school wins on her record, including the 2014 Bearcat Invitational title. Just a week earlier on 10 September 2016, Funderburk had gone 18:34 to win the high school girls' 5K at the Lee County Invitational.


"Elizabeth led for around the first 800 meters," recalled Churchill. "Then I passed her and was able to stay in front for the rest of the race. I knew she was close behind me though. She definitely pushed me."


Churchill was pushed enough that she ran 18:06, possibly becoming the first girl to crack 19:00 at the Bearcat Invitational, and very nearly the first to break 18:00. Funderburk was second in 18:25.


Third place went to Maclay's first runner, senior Caroline Willis, in 19:48. The Maclay onslaught continued with senior Molly McCann taking fifth in 20:13, eighth-grader Lindsay James sixth in 20:29, sixth-grader Ella Porcher eleventh in 21:46, and frosh Avery Smith twelfth in 22:12. With that, the Maclay girls had 32 points and the 2016 Bearcat Invitational team title. Churchill and the Lincoln girls took second in the field of thirteen teams with 48 points. Led by the seventh-place finish of frosh Emily Golden, Tift County was third with 110 points.


2016 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Maclay, 31
2. Lincoln, 48
3. Tift County, 110
4. Lee County, 124
5. Aucilla Christian, 157
6. Bainbridge, 181
7. Thomas County Central, 199
8. Colquitt County, 205
9. Worth County, 208
10. Seminole County, 271
11. Thomasville, 313
12. Baconton Charter, 346
13. Grace Christian, 370

Top 15 High School Girls, 2016 Bearcat Invitational

1. 18:05.97 ~ Alyson Churchill (Lincoln) 9
2. 18:24.58 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 11
3. 19:47.18 ~ Caroline Willis (Maclay) 12
4. 20:02.45 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula Charter) 12
5. 20:12.44 ~ Molly McCann (Maclay) 12
6. 20:28.47 ~ Lindsay James (Maclay) 8
7. 20:48.13 ~ Emily Golden (Tift County) 9
8. 21:02.52 ~ Chase Merrick (Lincoln) 9
9. 21:20.50 ~ Megan Churchill (Lincoln) 9
10. 21:37.66 ~ Olivia Miller (Chiles) 10
11. 21:45.79 ~ Ella Porcher (Maclay) 6
12. 22:11.32 ~ Avery Smith (Maclay) 9
13. 22:15.62 ~ Macy Williams (Seminole County) 9
14. 22:17.09 ~ Sophia Paredes (Maclay) 6
15. 22:21.43 ~ Abbey Schultz (Lincoln) 12

The boys's race was next on the program. After finishing back in the pack in the Cougar Challenge and the Bay Invitational, Maclay's Clay Milford got his first win of the 2016 season, running 16:41. Maclay senior Jake Mazziotta was second in 16:55, and Aucilla Christian senior Gatlin Nennstiel placed third in 17:16.


After the one-two finish of Milford and Mazziotta, the Maclay boys added performances from senior Gannon Hundley (6th, 17:54), junior Daniel Sweeney (10th, 18:21), and frosh Jay Brown (15th, 18:43) to rack up a team total of 32 points, putting the Marauders first among seventeen teams. Led by top-five finishes by senior Josh Liles (4th, 17:29) and junior Clayton Carlson (5th, 17:44), Tallahassee's Lincoln Trojans were second with 51 points. The hosting Bainbridge Bearcats were third with 117 points behind their top runner, junior Efrain Diaz (18th, 18:46).


2016 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Maclay, 32
2. Lincoln, 51
3. Bainbridge, 117
4. Lee County, 144
5. Seminole County, 144
6. Tift County, 185
7. Aucilla Christian, 198
8. Thomas County Central, 241
9. Fitzgerald, 262
10. Colquitt County, 297
11. Baconton Charter, 316
12. Cairo, 336
13. Early County, 337
14. Worth County, 350
15. Grace Christian, 352
16. Thomasville, 396
17. Brookwood, 449

Top 15 High School Boys, 2016 Bearcat Invitational

1. 16:40.81 ~ Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 10
2. 16:54.21 ~ Jake Mazziotta (Maclay) 12
3. 17:15.71 ~ Gatlin Nennstiel (Aucilla Christian) 12
4. 17:28.83 ~ Josh Liles (Lincoln) 12
5. 17:43.91 ~ Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 11
6. 17:53.23 ~ Gannon Hundley (Maclay) 12
7. 17:54.47 ~ Jake Merritt (Colquitt County) 11
8. 18:11.50 ~ David A Keen (North Florida Christian) 9
9. 18:16.36 ~ Dennis Majano (Lincoln) 11
10. 18:20.68 ~ Daniel Sweeney (Maclay) 11
11. 18:26.56 ~ Dustin Reynolds (Seminole County) 12
12. 18:28.22 ~ Hunter Hatfield (Lee County) 11
13. 18:28.53 ~ Benjamin Phillips (Lee County) 9
14. 18:29.59 ~ Charles Hruda (Lincoln) 10
15. 18:42.15 ~ Jay Brown (Maclay) 9

In the middle school races, Georgia athletes had better luck against the Florida incursion. Representing Thomas County Middle School in Thomasville, Georgia, eighth-grader Anna James won the middle school girls' two mile, running 13:32. Eighth-grader Laney Grubbs from Crawfordville, Florida's Wakulla Middle School was runner-up in 14:01. Lee County seventh-grader Emily Phillips placed third in 14:20.


Tift Middle Schools' seventh-grader Ainsley Toews was fourth in 14:29. Tift also had eighth-grader Noelia Sandoval place sixth in 14:57, seventh-grader Alexandria Vaughan ninth in 15:20, eighth-grader Karoline Ponder tenth in 15:29, and seventh-grader Anna Willis thirteenth in 15:46, giving the squad 35 points and the team title. Emily Phillips and Lee County were second with 62 points. Led by eighth-grader Meg Houston (11th, 15:32), Pataula Charter was third with 93 points.


2016 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Tift, 35
2. Lee County, 62
3. Pataula Charter, 93
4. Thomas County, 99
5. Wakulla, 144
6. Colquitt County, 160
7. Seminole County, 166
8. Baconton Charter, 192

Top 15 Middle School Girls, 2016 Bearcat Invitational

1. 13:31.48 ~ Anna James (Thomas County) 8
2. 14:00.16 ~ Laney Grubbs (Wakulla) 8
3. 14:19.44 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 7
4. 14:28.77 ~ Ainsley Toews (Tift) 7
5. 14:54.71 ~ Emma Scwarc (Brookwood) 8
6. 14:56.16 ~ Noelia Sandoval (Tift) 8
7. 15:17.36 ~ Vivian Schuyler (Bainbridge) 8
8. 15:17.63 ~ Gracie Lawhon (Wakulla) 8
9. 15:19.28 ~ Alexandria Vaughan (Tift) 7
10. 15:28.13 ~ Karoline Ponder (Tift) 8
11. 15:31.01 ~ Meg Houston (Pataula Charter) 8
12. 15:34.61 ~ Alea Bochette (Lee County) 7
13. 15:45.53 ~ Anna Willis (Tift) 7
14. 15:54.52 ~ Katie McMillan (Tift) 8
15. 15:55.57 ~ Emma Briggs (Bainbridge) 8

Lee County brought 26 athletes to Bainbridge for the middle school boys' two mile, but Tift eighth-grader J. D. Bengston edged Lee County seventh-grader Josh Macklin for the win, 11:35 to 11:39. Grace Christian eighth-grader Wyatt Carpenter was third in 11:52.


In all, Tift put four runners in the top eight, but while Tift was waiting for a fifth runner, Lee County placed seventh-grader Alex Collins seventh in 12:26, eighth-grader Seth Tomlinson tenth in 12:51, eighth-grader Will Tomlinson eleventh in 12:56, and sixth-grader Wyatt Waddell twelfth in 13:10. With that, Lee County had 42 points and the championship. Tift was second with 61 points. Behind the fifth-place 12:20 performance of eighth-grader Lawson Brinkley, MacIntyre Park was third in the team standings with 80 points.


2016 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Lee County, 42
2. Tift, 61
3. MacIntyre Park, 90
4. Bainbridge, 140
5. Colquitt County, 166
6. Worth County, 172
7. Brookwood, 209
8. Grace Christian, 222
9. Thomas County, 246
10. Seminole County, 246
11. Pataula Charter, 250
12. Christ Classical, 307
13. Baconton Charter, 314

Top 15 Middle School Boys, 2016 Bearcat Invitational

1. 11:34.59 ~ J. D. Bengston (Tift) 8
2. 11:38.91 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 7
3. 11:52.00 ~ Wyatt Carpenter (Grace Christian) 8
4. 12:04.36 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 8
5. 12:19.27 ~ Lawson Brinkley (MacIntyre Park) 8
6. 12:24.07 ~ Jeremiah Thomas (Tift) 8
7. 12:25.67 ~ Alex Collins (Lee County) 7
8. 12:26.78 ~ Bryce Stephens (Tift) 8
9. 12:46.50 ~ Daniel Jones (Grace Christian) 8
10. 12:50.61 ~ Seth Tomlinson (Lee County) 8
11. 12:55.79 ~ Will Tomlinson (Lee County) 8
12. 13:09.38 ~ Wyatt Waddell (Lee County) 6
13. 13:11.24 ~ Aiden Matthews (Bainbridge) 8
14. 13:11.60 ~ Case Gregory (Colquitt County) 7
15. 13:14.83 ~ Jack Saussy (Brookwood) 7

Timing of the 2016 Bearcat Invitational was provided by Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida.

Bainbridge High School Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2000 - 2016
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Tift County, 39	22:28, Demonessa Pyle (Berrien County)
24 September 2005	Tift County, 32
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Bainbridge, 39	21:06, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 10
19 September 2009	Westover, 45	19:31, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 11
18 September 2010	Lee County
17 September 2011	Tift County, 36	21:50, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 11
22 September 2012	Thomasville, 64	21:05, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Thomas County Central, 55	19:56, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
20 September 2014	Maclay, 35	19:11, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 9
26 September 2015	Lincoln, 60	21:10, Juliana Krueger (Lincoln) 12
17 September 2016	Maclay, 31	18:06, Alyson Churchill (Lincoln) 9
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Westover, 41	17:47, David Marley (Westover)
24 September 2005	Bainbridge, 54
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Tift County, 37	17:13, David Daniel (Thomasville) 11
19 September 2009	Tift County, 49	16:04, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 10
18 September 2010	Westover
17 September 2011	Tift County, 55	16:48, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 12
22 September 2012	Bainbridge, 77	16:40, Josh Mason (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Bainbridge, 65	16:15, Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11
20 September 2014	Maclay, 51	16:59, Bryce Swindell (Lassiter) 12
26 September 2015	Lowndes, 43	16:52, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
17 September 2016	Maclay, 32	16:41, Clayburn Milford (Maclay) 10
Additions and corrections to this table will be accepted gratefully. ~HW

Links

• Results of the 2016 Bainbridge High Bearcat Cross Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t1S1wUSNb0ZCJTVkPJZTyHs4sD8CEuoBb-fLJCwnhn4/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Krueger leads Lincoln and Wolfenden leads Lowndes to victories in Bainbridge”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/bearcat-xc-2015.html
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of running in Bainbridge, Georgia
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Bainbridge
  
  
• Stop playing on the computer and run a race! You can find one here:
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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