Chance Logan and Kat Sack keep winning in Blountstown at the Catfish Crawl

On Saturday morning, 19 May 2018, Chance Logan was back in competition. Three weeks earlier he had posted a win at the Tate's Hell & Back 5K in Carrabelle, Florida. This time, he was racing closer to home at the seventh annual Catfish Crawl in Blountstown, Florida, a race where he had placed eighth in 2017. But in 2018, there was no one ahead of Logan when he crossed the finish line in 19:07, the new Catfish Crawl champ. Tallahassee, Florida athlete Kat Sack was the first woman in the 5K, successfully defending her 2017 Catfish Crawl women's title and placing fourth overall in 20:59.


Enrique Nandho, a rising senior on the Blountstown High cross-country team, finished runner-up to Logan in 19:31. Laryn Flikkema of Tallahassee was the fastest master runner in the Catfish Crawl and third overall in 20:41.


Tallahassee schoolteacher Laura McDermott placed second in the women's standings, coming in sixth overall in 21:35. Paula O'Neill of Tallahassee was the first woman master and third female finisher, fourteenth overall in 23:53.


133 athletes finished the 2018 Catfish Crawl 5K. The Blountstown Fire Department hosts the race each year on the third Saturday in May, so look for the eighth annual Catfish Crawl on the Blountstown Rail Trail on 18 May 2019.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Catfish Crawl 5K

1. 19:07, Chance Logan (M, 21)
2. 19:31, Enrique Nandho, Jr. (M, 17)
3. 20:41, Laryn Flikkema (M, 42)
4. 21:24, Devin Ferrell (M, 24)
5. 21:55, Robert Rosa (M, 15)
6. 22:10, Carlos Nandho (M, 17)
7. 22:22, Parker Galloway (M, 24)
8. 22:54, Chad Northcutt (M, 33)
9. 23:09, Dixson Thrasher (M, 14)
10. 23:12, Mark McCarra (M, 53)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Catfish Crawl 5K

1. 20:59, Kat Sack (F, 26)
2. 21:35, Laura McDermott (F, 38)
3. 23:53, Paula O'Neill (F, 56)
4. 25:58, Carrie Smith (F, 43)
5. 26:02, Lydia Miles (F, 45)
6. 26:10, Casey Tozzi (F, 38)
7. 26:26, Elia Flores Cruz (F, 51)
8. 26:27, Robyn Griffin (F, 42)
9. 26:38, Lessa Bates (F, 34)
10. 26:42, Debbie Peters (F, 57)

Blountstown Fire Department Catfish Crawl 5K champions, 2012 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 May 2012	17:45, Billy Naylor	21:41, Hannah Plazarin	96
18 May 2013	16:38, Billy Naylor	23:45, Hannah Plazarin	128
17 May 2014	17:23, Thomas Howell	25:05, Lydia Miles	117
16 May 2015	17:47, Michael Martinez	22:41, Kristi Johnson	135
21 May 2016	18:08, Geb Kiros	21:37, Chelsee Cook	132
20 May 2017	17:23, Matthew McCurdy	19:47, Kat Sack	212
19 May 2018	19:07, Chance Logan	20:59, Kat Sack	133

Links

• Complete results of the Blountstown Fire Department's 2018 Catfish Crawl 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQXdAT4bV7VWMYC12Cyu4laXP8hMxpZZVD8R2cWIWdlVbDNAz3H4U0LKn4cwdnzXjEXRdMqyzuXA-P4/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “McCurdy and Sack land victories in the Catfish Crawl 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/catfish-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kiros and Cook conquer the Catfish Crawl”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/catfish-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Martinez wins a duel on the Greenway”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/catfish-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Howell and Miles net wins at Blountstown's Catfish Crawl”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/catfish-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Naylor and Plazarin still own the Catfish Crawl”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/catfish-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Naylor and Plazarin champs at Blountstown's first Catfish 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/catfish-2012.html
  
  
• Find future fish-themed races in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2523

Chance Logan makes a fast trip to Tate's Hell And Back

The legend has it that nearly two hundred years ago, Cebe Tate got lost in the swamps near his home in Sumatra, Florida. His experiences were so horrific that he died soon after finding his way out near Carrabelle. In memory of his tale, the swamp is called "Tate's Hell."


According to Will McLean's version of the story, Tate was twelve days--"a full week and then five days more"--making it into the swamp and back. Present day travelers spend less time getting in and out of Tate's Hell, sometimes less than twenty minutes. On Saturday morning, 28 April 2018, Chance Logan won the third annual Tate's Hell And Back 5K in Carrabelle, running 18:23. Chelsea Marshall-Hirvela was the first woman in the race, placing tenth overall in 26:17.


Arden Olson was the fastest master runner in the 5K; he was second overall in 22:05. Austin Gray, a frosh year cross-country runner at Franklin County High, took third overall in 22:16.


Just a few seconds behind women's champ Chelsea Marshall-Hirvela, Laura Garey was second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 26:22. Christine Lamia was the top woman master and third female finisher, placing fourteenth overall in 27:18.


89 athletes finished the 2018 Tate's Hell And Back 5K. The race is one of the events of the annual Carrabelle Riverfront Festival, so look for the fourth annual Tate's Hell And Back 5K on 27 April 2019.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Tate's Hell And Back 5K

1. 18:22.4, Chance Logan (M, 21-30)
2. 22:04.8, Arden Olson (M, 51-60)
3. 22:15.7, Austin Gray (M, 00-20)
4. 22:48.7, Mark Collins (M, 51-60)
5. 23:31.0, Stephen Gensits (M, 61-70)
6. 24:35.1, Chris Matechik (M, 21-30)
7. 24:53.1, Dylan Myers (M, 00-20)
8. 24:58.8, Richard Metcalfe (M, 61-70)
9. 26:10.1, Jarred Pike (M, 21-30)
10. 26:49.1, Ethan Pike (M, 21-30)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Tate's Hell And Back 5K

1. 26:17.0, Chelsea Marshall-Hirvela (F, 31-40)
2. 26:21.1, Laura Garey (F, 21-30)
3. 27:17.1, Christine Lamia (F, 51-60)
4. 28:23.2, Susana Lewis (F, 41-50)
5. 28:52.2, Kathy Metcalfe (F, 61-70)
6. 29:19.2, Kathleen McClung (F, 41-50)
7. 29:32.8, Leslie Poake (F, 51-60)
8. 29:34.6, M L McEwen (F, 51-60)
9. 30:20.4, Sherry Olson (F, 51-60)
10. 30:26.5, Tia Glenn (F, 51-60)

Tate's Hell And Back 5K winners, 2016 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
23 April 2016	16:47, Ryan Slyter	22:27, Sara Collins	104
22 April 2017	22:33, Mark Collins	22:37, Melissa Hooke	68
28 April 2018	18:23, Chance Logan	26:17, Chelsa Marshall Hirvela	89

Links

• Complete results, 2018 Tate's Hell And Back 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQl1x_zq0GuVypAEBlZiXph-NS_DqOhbD_TSnCVP84c0RLcUQw4VyMdZrXMGvOFX4jNUtUx4ckRL4MM/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Collins and Hooke win a Hell of a race in Carrabelle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/tates-hell-and-back-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Ryan Slyter leads over 100 athletes to Hell and back”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/tates-hell-and-back-2016.html
  
  
• Tate's Hell State Forest
  http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Our-Forests/State-Forests/Tate-s-Hell-State-Forest
  
  
• Find an upcoming race in a legendary marsh using the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2261

Logan and Keene show that there's an "R" in "Race" at the Half-Shell Hustle

Conventional wisdom has it that you are only supposed to eat raw oysters during months with an "R" in the name. There doesn't seem to be any such rule about oyster-themed road races. Nevertheless, in Apalachicola, Florida the Half-Shell Hustle 5K has always been run during the city's Oyster Cook-Off, which takes place during January, one of the "R" months. The fifth annual Half-Shell Hustle was no exception, with the race held on Saturday morning, 13 January 2018, in weather chilly enough to discourage Vibrio vulnificus from tainting any bivalves.


Low temperatures didn't discourage Chance Logan, though. A veteran of the Liberty County High track team, Logan had finished second in the 2016 Half-Shell Hustle. There was no one ahead of him in 2018, though, as he won the race by nearly 200 meters, running 19:20. Brian Reilly was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing second overall in 19:58. Damien Freeman, a junior on the Franklin County High cross-country team, placed third overall in 20:26.


There aren't many athletes who have run the Half-Shell Hustle as often as Eden Keene. Keene was at the race in 2015, when she finished runner-up in the women's standings. In both 2016 and 2017 Keene was the fifth female finisher. Keene topped all of those performances by winning the women's title in the 2018 Hustle, placing fifth overall in 21:53. 2017 Half-Shell Hustle women's champ Genee Meleski was the top woman master and second female finisher, placing seventh overall in 22:40. Master runner Denise Skinner was the third woman and eighth overall in 23:21.


80 athletes finished the 2018 Half-Shell Hustle.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Half-Shell Hustle 5K

1. 19:19.4, Chance Logan (M, 21)
2. 19:57.2, Brian Reilly (M, 50)
3. 20:26.0, Damien Freeman (M, 17)
4. 21:35.2, Dan Fortunas (M, 57)
5. 22:35.6, Barney Ray (M, 55)
6. 23:37.7, Jim Tully (M, 71)
7. 24:37.3, Bill Bushue (M, 66)
8. 25:50.4, Steven Domangue (M, 63)
9. 28:14.2, Philip Troyer (M, 59)
10. 29:13.0, Mike Reeves (M, 47)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Half-Shell Hustle 5K

1. 21:52.1, Eden Keene (F, 35)
2. 22:39.5, Genee Meleski (F, 49)
3. 23:20.7, Denise Skinner (F, 62)
4. 25:17.4, Belinda Wharton (F, 57)
5. 26:02.3, Catherine Jones (F, 58)
6. 26:15.9, Nancy Lewis (F, 52)
7. 27:34.6, Lacey Caughey (F, 35)
8. 27:40.2, Liz Fee (F, 58)
9. 29:30.6, Reece Juno (F, 11)
10. 29:49.5, Lisa Reilly (F, 49)

Half-Shell Hustle winners, 2014 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 January 2014
17 January 2015	18:51, Lane Williams	21:44, Christy Phillips	72
16 January 2016	17:14, Bryce Cole	19:16, Amy Hines	64
14 January 2017	18:16, Paul Guyas	22:23, Genee Meleski	93
13 January 2018	19:20, Chance Logan	21:53, Eden Keene	80
The 2014 Half-Shell Hustle was a 3,000-fathom race (just under 5,500 meters)

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR2ZIKEhZ41SnTBDzXDWB4Tuy-J0XaD8dtcr0ROjmfYamSUnImvY0iDmibrrql9JwxMJ3ru4U5JGxJ-/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Guyas and Meleski head the Half-Shell Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/half-shell-hustle-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “A pearl of a race for Cole and Hines at the Half-Shell Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/half-shell-hustle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Williams and Phillips win the Half-Shell Hustle”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/half-shell-hustle-2015.html
  
  
• Course map, 2017 Half-Shell Hustle 5K
  https://app.box.com/s/unc00g49r4fdm0mzpiwawvcwp5tedny5
  
  
• Apalachicola Oyster Cook Off
  http://www.oystercookoff.com/
  
  
• Find another upcoming race celebrating raw bivalves on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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