The 26th annual Tifton, Georgia, Run For Love 5K was a fundraiser for the Tift County High cross country team. Cross country runners were certainly evident at the Saturday evening, 1 August 2015, race, as southwest Georgia harriers captured both the men's and women's titles. Bleckley County High rising junior Dayton Cannon was the overall winner in 17:58, while Tift Middle Schools' eighth grader Emily Golden, the 2014 women's champ, successfully repeated by placing tenth overall in 22:07.Dayton Cannon wasn't the only cross country runner in the top places of the men's standings. 600 meters behind Cannon, Dillon Kemeness, a senior on the Tift County High cross country squad, finished runner-up in 20:26. Coffee High senior harrier Caleb Watson was third in 20:29, and Tift County High senior Matthew Fisher was fourth in 20:33. Breaking up the procession of high school athletes, at 20:44 Mark Hope was the fifth overall finisher and first master runner.
Behind Golden on the women's side, Allison Couthen was the second female finisher, coming in 15th overall in 23:16. Tift County High 2015 alumna, Sarah Willis, was third in the women's standings, 21st overall in 24:34. The fourth female finisher was the 2013 Run For Love 5K women's champ, Tift County High sophomore Ashlee Golden, 28th overall in 25:33. The fifth woman finisher, Bonnie Evans, edged Penny Peters 25:39 to 25:46 for the top woman master spot. Evans and Peters were 29th and 31st overall.
111 athletes finished the 2015 Run For Love 5K, completing a 3.1-mile tour of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College campus and some of the nearby farmland. Another 32 people finished the earlier one-mile fun run.
Top Ten Men, 2015 Run For Love 5K
- 17:57.980 ~ Dayton Cannon (M, 15)
- 20:25.035 ~ Dillon Kemeness (M, 17)
- 20:28.990 ~ Caleb Watson (M, 17)
- 20:32.920 ~ Matthew Fisher (M, 17)
- 20:43.570 ~ Mark Hope (M, 42)
- 21:32.450 ~ Mitchell Sinyard (M, 54)
- 21:34.490 ~ Tyler Richmond (M, 16)
- 21:40.660 ~ Joe Knoll (M, 37)
- 21:57.200 ~ Bryce Stephens (M, 12)
- 22:41.480 ~ Joshua Brewer (M, 16)
Top Ten Women, 2015 Run For Love 5K
- 22:06.400 ~ Emily Golden (F, 13)
- 23:15.370 ~ Allison Couthen (F, 26)
- 24:33.730 ~ Sarah Willis (F, 18)
- 25:32.190 ~ Ashlee Golden (F, 15)
- 25:38.230 ~ Bonnie Evans (F, 63)
- 25:45.510 ~ Penny Peters (F, 48)
- 26:00.700 ~ Jill Hope (F, 34)
- 26:19.330 ~ Leslie MIles (F, 44)
- 26:35.320 ~ Caroline Vickers (F, 13)
- 26:42.980 ~ Heather Mayfield (F, 37)
| Recent Run For Love 5K Champions, 2001 - 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women |
| 4 August 2001 | 16:57, Buddy Clark | 22:19, Angie P. Brandenburg |
| 3 August 2002 | 17:00, Buddy Clark | 23:32, Jana Murkerson |
| 9 August 2003 | 14:56, Alan Black | 19:53, Angela Cobb |
| 14 August 2004 | 16:43, Prichard Kelly | 19:03, Angela Cobb |
| 13 August 2005 | 17:21, Roberto Bonilla | 19:36, Angela Cobb |
| 12 August 2006 | 17:22, Derek Storbeck | 17:45, Michelle Lafleur |
| 11 August 2007 | William Anderson | Kristen Ray |
| 9 August 2008 | 16:48, Buddy Clark | 20:59, Alice Smoot |
| 8 August 2009 | 17:54, Jacob Kennedy | 22:48, Katie Utley |
| 7 August 2010 | 16:29, Hunter Honeycutt | 21:29, Katie Utley |
| 6 August 2011 | 17:53, Adam Ross | 22:28, Melissa Tronolone |
| 4 August 2012 | 16:19, Hunter Honeycutt | 21:44, Madison Honeycutt |
| 10 August 2013 | 20:07, Joshua Curry | 22:46, Ashlee Golden |
| 2 August 2014 | 16:49, Hunter Honeycutt | 23:03, Emily Golden |
| 1 August 2015 | 17:58, Dayton Cannon | 22:07, Emily Golden |
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Links
- Complete results of the 2015 Tifton, Georgia, Run For Love 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dxIz_7vnnSWVcje0dFyKYLJwg8_BE7IQ21qEIs-Ri_A/pubhtml
- 2015 Run For Love photos from the Tift County High Cross-Country Team
https://tiftcountycc.shutterfly.com/2015/4
- 2014 story, “Third time is as charming as ever for Honeycutt at the Run For Love”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/run-for-love-2014.html
- 2010 story, “Honeycutt and Utley take titles at rainy Run For Love 5K”
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/run-for-love-2010.html
- Find more lovable races in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
