Brett Martin and Amy Stoyles win the Mardi Gras 5K in Panama City Beach

Saturday morning, 27 January 2024, was more than two weeks before the actual date of Fat Tuesday, but that was the morning that athletes in Panama City Beach, Florida got a head start on the holiday at the 23rd annual Mardi Gras 5K. In the race itself, Brett Martin didn't need a head start; he ran 20:35 from scratch, winning the race by nearly 200 meters. Amy Stoyles was the first woman in the event for the second year in a row; this time around the Freeport, Florida master runner was second overall in 21:25.


David Shearon, a three-time Mardi Gras 5K champion, was the second man in the race, placing third overall in 21:45. Andrew Shipp was third in the men's standings and fourth overall in 22:02.

Master runner Lisa Howell was the second female finisher, coming in seventh overall in 23:36. Carly Bergthold was the third woman and twelfth overall in 25:50.


107 athletes finished the 2024 Mardi Gras 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K

1. 20:35, Brett Martin (M, Overall)
2. 21:45, David Shearon (M, 50-54)
3. 22:02, Andrew Shipp (M, 30-34)
4. 23:06, Jarred Kinder (M, 35-39)
5. 23:22, Marek Bakun (M, 50-54)
6. 24:57, Jordan Snider (M, 14-19)
7. 25:06, Stan Kroder (M, 55-59)
8. 25:29, Juan Villalobos (M, 30-34)
9. 25:45, Terry Morris (M, 65-69)
10. 25:51, Cameron Bowman (M, 30-34)

Top Ten Women, 2024 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K

1. 21:25, Amy Stoyles (F, Overall)
2. 23:36, Lisa Howell (F, 40-44)
3. 25:50, Carly Bergthold (F, 30-34)
4. 25:59, Monika Swanson (F, 55-59)
5. 28:47, Allyson Nardacci (F, 35-39)
6. 28:47, Sydney Nardacci (F, 00-10)
7. 28:58, Meagan Artman (F, 30-34)
8. 29:12, Patricia Kelly (F, 55-59)
9. 29:14, Jordan Powell (F, 30-34)
10. 29:21, Raquel Glinois (F, 25-29)

Mardi Gras 5K winners, 2001 - 2024
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 February 2004	17:39, Brian Goddin	23:51, Karen Hutchinson	96
20 January 2005	26:59, Robert Fudge	26:16, Lori Hunt
11 February 2006
17 February 2007
21 February 2009	18:02, Fritz Stoppelbein	22:17, Michaela Ashley	177
13 February 2010
26 February 2011	19:12, Jeff Cassel	19:18, Michaela Ashley	187
11 February 2012	17:48, Jordan Lance	20:38, Michaela Ashley	265
1 March 2014	18:12, David Shearon	21:32, Amy Mann	124
14 February 2015	18:32, David Shearon	21:22, Jessica Berschwinger	172
6 February 2016	18:30, Charles Abbinanti	23:34, Danielle Mulick	140
25 February 2017	17:18, John Nay	23:32, Kiersten Hughes	178
10 February 2018	19:02, David Shearon	23:48, Mariia Solomonova	145
2 March 2019	19:12, Sam Martinez	20:46, Rory Claussen	165
22 February 2020	17:03, Andy Merrill	18:50, Erika Huerta	181
12 February 2022	18:51, Greg Solarek	24:13, Kim Allan	104
4 February 2023	18:31, Andrew Nix	21:56, Amy Stoyles	111
27 January 2024	20:35, Brett Martin	21:25, Amy Stoyles	107

Links

• Complete results of the 2024 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSI1Ph_BQuhdlqq4mx8qFrmEhQ62PufT_XocIb3703y37mF3l-MbayuIQ2utHhxdVt9XlqrkzwUCfUd/pubhtml
  
  
• 2020 story, “Andy Merrill and Erika Huerta drew a bead on first place in the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2020.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Sam Martinez and Rory Claussen weren't slowing up for Lent at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/pcb-mardi-gras-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “The good times keep on rolling, and so does David Shearon at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Bon temps rouler as Nay and Hughes roll at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Abbinanti and Mulick precede Fat Tuesday with a Fast Saturday”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Bon temps for Shearon and Mann at Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/pcb-mardi-gras-2014.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “St. Andrews Mardi Gras 5K is all Cassel and Ashley”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/pc-mardi-gras-2011.html
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! coverage of races in Panama City Beach, Florida
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Panama%20City%20Beach
  
  
• Upcoming race before, during, and after Lent on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#3043

Meng Zhao and Emma Dobson drop some fast times at the Ball Drop 5K

If you want your race to be the last of the year in your city, you could schedule it on the final Saturday in December. Your chances would be better still if the race in on the 31st of December. A race director absolutely obsessed with hosting an annual curtain closer would plan his event for late evening on the 31st.


The Panhandle Runners and Triathletes Club of Panama City, Florida took the middle path for their fifth annual New Year's Eve Ball Drop 5K, staging the race on Sunday morning, 31 December 2023. Frisco, Texas master runner and marathoner Meng Zhao took first, covering the 3.1 miles through Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach in 17:15. A seventh-grader on the Chestatee Academy Middle School cross-country team, Emma Dobson, won the women's title, placing ninth overall in 20:40.


Blake Hazelwood of Centerton, Arkansas finished runner-up to Zhao in 17:50. Grayson Parker of Florence, Kentucky, a sophomore member of the Cooper High cross-country team, placed third in 18:41.


Emma Dobson wasn't the only middle school athlete in the women's division. Sophia Huff, a seventh-grader at Panama City's Merritt Brown Middle School, placed second to Dobson in 21:18, finishing tenth overall. Destiny McClintock of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida was the third woman and 27th overall in 24:16. The first woman master in the race was Monika Swanson of Panama City Beach, the fifth female finisher and 32nd overall in 24:56.


225 athletes finished the 2023 Ball Drop 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2023 Ball Drop 5K

1. 17:15, Meng Zhao (M, Overall) Frisco, TX
2. 17:50, Blake Hazelwood (M, 35-39) Centerton, AR
3. 18:41, Grayson Parker (M, 15-19) Florence, KY
4. 18:48, Greg Solarek (M, 45-49)
5. 19:26, Matthew Butcher (M, 30-34) Cedar Park, TX
6. 19:54, Mark Edwards (M, 35-39) Gallatin, TN
7. 20:05, Michael Koch (M, 15-19) Panama City, FL
8. 20:21, Ryan Butcher (M, 25-29) Cedar Park, TX
9. 21:19, Louis Price (M, 40-44) Panama City Beach, FL
10. 21:22, Nathan Pyron (M, 11-14) Diamondhead, MS

Top Ten Women, 2023 Ball Drop 5K

1. 20:40, Emma Dobson (F, Overall) Gainesville, GA
2. 21:18, Sophia Huff (F, 11-14) Panama City, FL
3. 24:16, Destiny McClintock (F, 20-24) Santa Rosa Beach, FL
4. 24:21, Isabella Marie Cottrill (F, 11-14)
5. 24:56, Monika Swanson (F, 55-59) Panama City Beach, FL
6. 25:53, Ella Urban (F, 15-19) Lebanon, TN
7. 26:18, Joselyn Murray (F, 15-19) Vandalia, IL
8. 26:26, Dora Anisa Delawar (F, 35-39) Fort Benning, GA
9. 26:30, Jamie Bolen (F, 35-39) Panama City, FL
10. 26:37, Amy Butcher (F, 30-34) Cedar Park, TX

Panama City Beach, Florida Ball Drop 5K winners, 2018 - 2023
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
31 December 2018	17:57, Robert Friedman	20:35, Rory Claussen	133
31 December 2019	16:22, Brian Horneck	19:56, Oriana Horneck	243
31 December 2021	18:01, Tim Goldy	21:23, Donna Garcia	225
31 December 2022	16:52, Matthias Wilder	16:54, Rachel Kennedy	211
31 December 2023	17:15, Meng Zhao	20:40, Emma Dobson	258

Links

• Complete results of the 2023 Panama City Beach, Florida Ball Drop 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQNfDxQhHAIlZvrKw-lFK9TnpDfT8o56UZb4K1yzRzxn0CorauuF5olOP6-WhvW1kSuIrMrm8xyI22n/pubhtml
  
  
• 2020 story, “Tim Goldy and Donna Garcia roll to wins in the Ball Drop 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/12/tim-goldy-and-donna-garcia-roll-to-wins.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Robert Friedman and Rory Claussen drop the competition at the Ball Drop 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/pcb-ball-drop-2018.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming race in the New Year on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#3025

Neither Scott Wilkes nor Andee Swann were coasting at the Jam On The Coast 5K

On the calendar, the first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere is June 21. Or sometimes June 20. It depends on some technical issues involving the solstice, leap years, and Pope Gregory XIII. Meteorologists, in spite of their status as scientists, ignore all that. For meteorological purposes, summer always starts on June 1. And when summer starts people are drawn to the water--swimming pools, ponds, rivers, the ocean. So it's no wonder that on the first Saturday of the meteorological summer, 4 June 2022, crowds of people headed to Panama City Beach, Florida and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. More than a few weren't there for the surf, though. They were there for the second annual Jam On The Coast 5K. The fastest of that group was Scott Wilkes, who won the race by more than 300 meters in 18:55. Morristown, Tennessee master runner Andee Swann was the first woman in the race, placing sixth overall in 21:10.


Gregory Solarek of Panama City Beach was the first master runner in the race, placing second overall in 20:18. Steven Marcet, a cross-country runner at Woodward Academy, took third in the race with a 20:27.


Birmingham, Alabama's Tabitha Barton was the second woman in the race and fourteenth overall in 23:43. Thirteen-year-old Abigayle White of Winter Gardens, Florida, finished third in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 23:59.


250 athletes finished the 2022 Jam On The Coast 5K. Runner's Edge Race Timing chip-timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Jam On The Coast 5K

1. 18:54.6, Scott Wilkes (M, 33) Panama City Beach, FL
2. 20:17.1, Gregory Solarek (M, 45) Panama City Beach, FL
3. 20:26.4, Steven E Marcet (M, 14) Tyrone, GA
4. 20:54.9, Thomas Moats III (M, 15) Lenoir City, TN
5. 21:00.3, Kevin Converse (M, 25) Franklin, TN
6. 21:19.9, Aidan Gerard (M, 39) Castle Pines, CO
7. 21:52.5, Frank Patrick (M, 24) Birmingham, AL
8. 22:04.0, Michael Cullen (M, 34) El Reno, OK
9. 22:09.5, Chris Williams (M, 24) Birmingham, AL
10. 22:53.1, Steven Maxwell (M, 29) Panama City Beach, FL

Top Ten Women, 2022 Jam On The Coast 5K

1. 21:09.4, Andee Swann (F, 45) Morristown, TN
2. 23:42.3, Tabitha Barton (F, 27) Birmingham, AL
3. 23:58.8, Abigayle White (F, 13) Winter Garden, FL
4. 24:56.9, Krystin Guirey (F, 25) Panama City, FL
5. 25:15.4, Jennifer Mutluturk (F, 37) Panama City Beach, FL
6. 25:16.7, Andee Fitzgerald (F, 14) Morristown, TN
7. 25:27.4, Anita Rippen (F, 48) Panama City Beach, FL
8. 25:31.2, Sophia Bolin (F, 14) Taylorsville, KY
9. 25:30.9, Katelynn Gaddis (F, 15) Simpsonville, KY
10. 26:12.4, Megan Rasmussen (F, 38) Panama City, FL

Winners of the Jam On The Coast 5K, 2021-2022 Panama City Beach, Florida
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
5 June 2021	17:21, Travis Boltjes	23:06, Jennifer Boun	193
4 June 2022	18:55, Scott Wilkes	21:10, Andee Swann	250

Links

• Complete results of Panama City Beach, Florida's 2022 Jam On The Coast 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTG6FTeTYWfQryjAhYZ4ogRnQ_Cl1Cbpxtin2K5R4j7o_46nJD2_ygrAE6KTWX3Vp090vL8dnpwWuQT/pubhtml
  
  
• Find another race on a coast, strand, or beach via the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2830

Tim Goldy and Donna Garcia roll to wins in the Ball Drop 5K

On Friday, 31 December 2021--the last evening of the year in Panama City Beach, Florida--the top spot in the Ball Drop 5K came down to a duel between two Panhandle runners, Tim Goldy of Freeport and Bilal Mohammad of Panama City. Goldy prevailed on the 3.1-mile course in Frank Brown Park, 18:01 to 18:02. In the same race, the women's title was decided between two Colorado athletes, with Colorado Springs master runner Donna Garcia taking first in 21:23 and Molly Rogers of Lakewood second in 21:42.


Goldy and Mohammad were followed across the finish line by Nathan Holmes, a senior on the North Bay Haven cross-country team. Holmes was third in 18:29. Ty Schumann, a high school sophomore from Michigan, took fourth in 19:04. Dan Station of Panama City was the first master runner in the race, coming in eighth overall in 21:08.


Garcia's 21:23 gave her the women's title and put her ninth overall. At 21:42, women's runner-up Molly Rogers placed eleventh overall. The third woman in the race, Rebecca Haines, was twelfth overall in 21:53. Ruby Douglas, a junior on the Nolensville High cross-country team, was fourth in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 22:45.


225 athletes finished the 2021 Ball Drop 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2021 Ball Drop 5K

1. 18:01, Tim Goldy (M, Overall) Freeport, FL
2. 18:02, Bilal Mohammad (M, 20-24) Panama City, FL
3. 18:29, Nathan Holmes (M, 15-19) Panama City, FL
4. 19:04, Ty Schumann (M, 15-19) Bay City, MI
5. 19:24, Alexander Albano (M, 11-14) Powder Springs, GA
6. 20:19, Reilly Wynne (M, 11-14) Woodstock, GA
7. 20:43, Connor Rising (M, 11-14) Destin, FL
8. 21:08, Dan Station (M, 55-59) Panama City, FL
9. 21:29, Charlie Holmes (M, 11-14) Panama City, FL
10. 22:02, Cashel Kremer (M, 11-14) Woodstock, GA

Top Ten Women, 2021 Ball Drop 5K

1. 21:23, Donna Garcia (F, Overall) Colorado Springs, CO
2. 21:42, Molly Rogers (F, 15-19) Lakewood, CO
3. 21:53, Rebecca Haines (F, 35-39)
4. 22:45, Ruby Douglas (F, 15-19) Nolensville, TN
5. 23:05, Andee Fitzgerald (F, 11-14) Morristown, TN
6. 23:37, Natalie McCarthy (F, 15-19) Chesterville, ME
7. 24:01, Sophia Buzzelli (F, 11-14) Clare, MI
8. 24:21, Patricia Rogers (F, 45-49) Lakewood, CO
9. 25:19, Julie Campbell (F, 50-54) Panama City Beach, FL
10. 25:38, Courtney Holland (F, 35-39) Saint Peters, MO

race winners
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
31 December 2018	17:57, Robert Friedman	20:35, Rory Claussen	133
31 December 2019	16:22, Brian Horneck	19:56, Oriana Horneck	243
31 December 2021	18:01, Tim Goldy	21:23, Donna Garcia	225

Links

• Complete results of the 2021 Panama City Beach, Florida Ball Drop 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRmHOz7q-uGkiRhjlBZwkywtwQdRnLQ844GzcoyrmgvNENZRFSwnZKjMOblPLrBtLyNZIsqxAOCse2M/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Robert Friedman and Rory Claussen drop the competition at the Ball Drop 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/pcb-ball-drop-2018.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming race in the New Year on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2799

Andy Merrill and Erika Huerta drew a bead on first place in the Mardi Gras 5K

Shrove Tuesday is a movable feast. It can be as early as February 3 (as it was in 1818) or as late as March 9 (as it will be in 2038). That means that the Mardi Gras 5K in Panama City Beach, Florida, held each year on the Saturday before Shrove Tuesday, could be run as early as January 31 or as late as March 6. The twentieth annual Mardi Gras 5K, though, was on Saturday morning, 22 February 2020, and Andy Merrill of Starke, Florida won the race by nearly a minute, running 17:03. Miami, Florida realtor Erika Huerta took the women's title, placing third overall in 18:50.


Eddie Kepran, a frosh-year cross-country runner at Arnold High, finished runner-up to Merrill in 18:02. Chris Jones placed third in the men's standings, coming in fourth overall in 20:09. Tracey Burch was the fastest master runner in the race and the fourth male finisher, fifth overall in 20:20.


Rebecca Pitts, a junior on the Bay High girls' cross-country squad, took second on the women's side, finishing sixteenth overall in 22:26. Jill Moore snapped up the third women's spot with a 25:03, good for 25th overall. Michelle Phy was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, placing 35th overall in 26:31.


181 athletes finished the 2020 Mardi Gras 5K. Another 50 competed in the 5K walk, and five finished the one-mile fun run.


Top Ten Men, 2020 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K

1. 17:03, Andy Merrill (M, Overall)
2. 18:02, Eddie Kepran (M, 15 - 19)
3. 20:09, Chris Jones (M, 25 - 29)
4. 20:20, Tracey Burch (M, Master)
5. 20:28, Tom Dever (M, Grandmaster)
6. 20:37, Rilly Hammonds (M, 15 - 19)
7. 20:38, JJ Garcia (M, 15 - 19)
8. 20:57, David Shearon (M, 50 - 54)
9. 21:18, Austin Bradley (M, 20 - 24)
10. 21:19, Ethan Koss (M, 15 - 19)

Top Ten Women, 2020 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K

1. 18:50, Erika Huerta (F, Overall)
2. 22:26, Rebecca Pitts (F, 15 - 19)
3. 25:03, Jill Moore (F, 35 - 39)
4. 25:47, Madison Hancock (F, 15 - 19)
5. 26:03, Chloe’ Rook (F, 15 - 19)
6. 26:03, Emilia Kelley (F, 15 - 19)
7. 26:17, Kelly Goodson (F, 30 - 34)
8. 26:31, Michelle Phy (F, Master)
9. 26:52, Patti Furr (F, Grandmaster)
10. 27:30, Jennifer Heilmann (F, 35 - 39)

Mardi Gras 5K winners, 2001 - 2020
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 February 2004	17:39, Brian Goddin	23:51, Karen Hutchinson	96
20 January 2005	26:59, Robert Fudge	26:16, Lori Hunt
11 February 2006
17 February 2007
21 February 2009	18:02, Fritz Stoppelbein	22:17, Michaela Ashley	177
13 February 2010
26 February 2011	19:12, Jeff Cassel	19:18, Michaela Ashley	187
11 February 2012	17:48, Jordan Lance	20:38, Michaela Ashley	265
1 March 2014	18:12, David Shearon	21:32, Amy Mann	124
14 February 2015	18:32, David Shearon	21:22, Jessica Berschwinger	172
6 February 2016	18:30, Charles Abbinanti	23:34, Danielle Mulick	140
25 February 2017	17:18, John Nay	23:32, Kiersten Hughes	178
10 February 2018	19:02, David Shearon	23:48, Mariia Solomonova	145
2 March 2019	19:12, Sam Martinez	20:46, Rory Claussen	165
22 February 2020	17:03, Andy Merrill	18:50, Erika Huerta	181

Links

• Complete results of the 2020 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2wnV_wfeE8aulIxyVTo4j8k6yxrwEGlrwKv0SRjiqEGfGaYdcNtIaMZvRpdSGAJwgk8jR0cHMK65J/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “Sam Martinez and Rory Claussen weren't slowing up for Lent at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/03/pcb-mardi-gras-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “The good times keep on rolling, and so does David Shearon at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Bon temps rouler as Nay and Hughes roll at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Abbinanti and Mulick precede Fat Tuesday with a Fast Saturday”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Bon temps for Shearon and Mann at Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/pcb-mardi-gras-2014.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “St. Andrews Mardi Gras 5K is all Cassel and Ashley”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/pc-mardi-gras-2011.html
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! coverage of races in Panama City Beach, Florida
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Panama%20City%20Beach
  
  
• Upcoming race before, during, and after Lent on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2683

Sam Martinez and Rory Claussen weren't slowing up for Lent at the Mardi Gras 5K

Saturday, 2 March 2019, was three days before Fat Tuesday. In Panama City Beach, Florida, it was also the morning of the nineteenth annual Mardi Gras 5K. Sam Martinez, a Macon, Georgia master runner, won the 3.1-mile race through Frank Brown Park, running 19:12. Seventh-grader Rory Claussen of the Shaldera Track Club was the first woman in the 5K, placing third overall in 20:46.


Martinez finished 80 meters ahead of the 2018 Mardi Gras 5K champion, master runner David Shearon. A Panama City Beach triathlete, Shearon ran 19:34 for second place. Master runner Ben Branton edged Trey Carr for third in the men's standings, 21:41 to 21:45. Branton and Carr were fifth and sixth overall.


It wasn't Rory Claussen's first Mardi Gras 5K. She had also run the race in 2017, finishing runner-up in the women's standings. In the 2019 race, the runner-up spot went to Kristie Martinez of Macon, who placed fourth overall in 21:07. Jamie Phillips was the third woman and sixteenth overall in 24:33. Debbie Chitwood was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, eighteenth overall in 25:08.


165 athletes finished the 2019 Mardi Gras 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K

1. 19:12, Sam Martinez (M, Overall)
2. 19:34, David Shearon (M, Master)
3. 21:41, Ben Branton (M, Grandmaster)
4. 21:45, Trey Carr (M, 30-34)
5. 21:48, Jeffrey Krajewski (M, 35-39)
6. 22:21, David Hull (M, 30-34)
7. 23:09, Robert Glenn (M, Senior Grandmaster)
8. 23:24, Spencer Claussen (M, 11-14)
9. 23:26, Neil Claussen (M, 45-49)
10. 23:59, Adam Ryerson (M, 15-19)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K

1. 20:46, Rory Claussen (F, Overall)
2. 21:07, Kristie Martinez (F, 35-39)
3. 24:33, Jamie Phillips (F, 35-39)
4. 25:08, Debbie Chitwood (F, Master)
5. 26:03, Nikki Reiter (F, 35-39)
6. 26:15, Betsy Pierpaoli (F, Grandmaster)
7. 26:22, Jordan Powell (F, 25-29)
8. 26:22, Heidi Knight (F, 55-59)
9. 26:29, Amy Habrack (F, 30-34)
10. 26:30, Michelle Smith (F, 50-54)

Mardi Gras 5K winners, 2001 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 February 2004	17:39, Brian Goddin	23:51, Karen Hutchinson	96
20 January 2005	26:59, Robert Fudge	26:16, Lori Hunt
11 February 2006
17 February 2007
21 February 2009	18:02, Fritz Stoppelbein	22:17, Michaela Ashley	177
13 February 2010
26 February 2011	19:12, Jeff Cassel	19:18, Michaela Ashley	187
11 February 2012	17:48, Jordan Lance	20:38, Michaela Ashley	265
1 March 2014	18:12, David Shearon	21:32, Amy Mann	124
14 February 2015	18:32, David Shearon	21:22, Jessica Berschwinger	172
6 February 2016	18:30, Charles Abbinanti	23:34, Danielle Mulick	140
25 February 2017	17:18, John Nay	23:32, Kiersten Hughes	178
10 February 2018	19:02, David Shearon	23:48, Mariia Solomonova	145
2 March 2019	19:12, Sam Martinez	20:46, Rory Claussen	165

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Panama City Beach Mardi Gras 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQRTAmHzTDc6Wgd9qDe5Jdp5NlwDqxKlUeJO7FXmZ0qqdc5xUMuX9wlqnVyWRye0sxMJauNJR9LYrr0/pubhtml
  
  
• Draggin' Tail Runners' photos of the 2019 Mardi Gras 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/DragginTailRunners/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1831623763608174
  
  
• 2018 story, “The good times keep on rolling, and so does David Shearon at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Bon temps rouler as Nay and Hughes roll at the Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Abbinanti and Mulick precede Fat Tuesday with a Fast Saturday”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/pcb-mardi-gras-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Bon temps for Shearon and Mann at Mardi Gras 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/pcb-mardi-gras-2014.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “St. Andrews Mardi Gras 5K is all Cassel and Ashley”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/pc-mardi-gras-2011.html
  
  
• More Trouble Afoot! coverage of races in Panama City Beach, Florida
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Panama%20City%20Beach
  
  
• Upcoming race before, during, and after Lent on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
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#2445

Ivan De La Cruz and Christina Romano take prizes at the Pirates Of The High Seas 5K

Tampa has Gasparilla. Lake Charles has the Louisiana Pirate Festival. So why shouldn't Panama City Beach, Florida have the Pirates Of The High Seas Fest? And since 2017, the annual Fest has included the Pirates Of The High Seas 5K. Ivan De La Cruz won the second annual Pirates 5K on Saturday morning, 6 October 2018, running 19:20. Christina Romano was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 22:37.


De La Cruz is a junior on the Mosley High cross-country team, and he wasn't the only schoolboy in the race. The Shaldera Track Club's Nicolas Waddell, a student at Mowat Middle School, took second in 19:38. Matt Murzyn, a senior on the North Bay Haven cross-country team, was third in 20:54. It wasn't all youth up front, though. The top master runner in the race, Lee Bennett, placed fourth overall in 21:38.


Joanna Sugameli was second to Romano in the women's standings, placing thirteenth overall in 23:33. Peggy Bailey was the first woman master and third female finisher, nineteenth overall in 24:50.


125 athletes finished the 2018 Pirates Of The High Seas 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Pirates Of The High Seas 5K

1. 19:20, Ivan De La Cruz (M, Overall)
2. 19:38, Nicolas Waddel (M, 11-14)
3. 20:54, Matthew Murzyn (M, 15-19)
4. 21:38, Lee Bennett (M, Master)
5. 21:51, Zachary Murzyn (M, 15-19)
6. 22:27, Ben Branton (M, Grandmaster)
7. 22:34, Cadden Maxwell (M, 11-14)
8. 22:45, David Griffin (M, 55-59)
9. 23:13, Dan Talbot (M, 50-54)
10. 23:21, Cameron Weatherly (M, 11-14)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Pirates Of The High Seas 5K

1. 22:37, Christina Romano (F, Overall)
2. 23:33, Joanna Sugameli (F, 25-29)
3. 24:50, Peggy Bailey (F, Master)
4. 25:41, Tabitha Jackson (F, 30-34)
5. 26:34, Isabella Riggs (F, 26:34)
6. 26:51, Catherine Walts (F, 40-44)
7. 26:59, Libanese Pichardo (F, 35-39)
8. 27:31, Cathy Jones (F, Grandmaster)
9. 27:49, Stephanie Sullivan (F, 35-39)
10. 28:04, Darla Ogle (F, 45-49)

Pirates Of The High Seas winners, 2017 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
7 October 2017	19:46, Bob Walking	27:33, Amelia Kirby	64
6 October 2018	19:20, Ivan De La Cruz	22:37, Christina Romano	125

Links

• Top 50 athletes, 2018 Pirates Of The High Seas 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSGJV6GPvn7wRfeMg0XR1bF_cNKgo2AjpGkKCpF9JJiqt_pb54qvVRskGUroH68DU86AIajrKPimIty/pubhtml
  
  
• Draggin' Tail Runners' photos of the 2018 Pirates Of The High Seas 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/pg/DragginTailRunners/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1634601309977088
  
  
• Find upcoming piratical runs on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
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#2347

It's Shearon by nearly a mile in the Pilot Club 5K

If you saw Panama City Beach, Florida master runner David Shearon in Frank Brown Park in his hometown on Saturday morning, 12 March 2016, then you might have thought he was doing a solo workout. Sure, he was going at a quick pace, but there was no one anywhere near him. Maybe it was an interval session?


Shearon was running a race, though, the annual Pilot Club 5K. He just seemed alone, because the other athletes were so far behind. By the time Shearon had finished the 3.1-mile race in 18:41, he was more than 1400 meters ahead of the next runner. Shearon had also won the race the previous year--although not by nearly as large a margin.


Todd Kurtz finished a distant second in 26:04, and Gunnar Elder was third in 27:44. Deanna McCormack was the first woman in the race, placing fifth overall in 27:59.


37 athletes finished the race. The Pilot Club of Panama City uses the proceeds of the race to support charities for brain-related disorders.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Panama City Pilot Club 5K

1. 18:41 ~ David Shearon (M, Open)
2. 26:04 ~ Todd Kurtz (M, Open)
3. 27:44 ~ Gunnar Elder (M, Open)
4. 27:58 ~ Guy Ramsey (M, 35 – 39)
5. 28:53 ~ Tim Dailey (M, 25 – 29)
6. 28:57 ~ Chad Christensen (M, 35 – 39)
7. 31:20 ~ Ray Cashwell (M, SGM)
8. 33:20 ~ John Flaherty (M, 60 – 64)
9. 33:39 ~ Trapper Ramsey (M, 9 – 10)
10. 45:01 ~ Conner Jones (M, 13 – 14)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Panama City Pilot Club 5K

1. 27:59 ~ Deanna McCormack (F, Open)
2. 28:45 ~ Alison Christensen (F, Open)
3. 31:14 ~ Mary Beth Boettcher (F, Open)
4. 31:57 ~ Madison Clark (F, 11 – 12)
5. 32:51 ~ Lisa Wheless (F, 45 – 49)
6. 33:12 ~ Marlowe Elder (F, 13 – 14)
7. 33:21 ~ Madison Webb (F, 20 – 24)
8. 33:37 ~ Elizabeth Stewart (F, 45 – 49)
9. 33:38 ~ Michelle Gawnaski (F, 40 – 44)
10. 33:47 ~ Kelly Dailey (F, 25 – 29)

Known winners of the Panama City Pilot Club 5K, 2009 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
21 March 2009
20 March 2010
19 March 2011
17 March 2012
16 March 2013
15 March 2014
14 March 2015	19:51, David Shearon	24:37, Rebecca McConnell	43
12 March 2016	18:41, David Shearon	27:59, Deanna McCormack	37

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Panama City Pilot Club 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hpPf20eaORRIzn_IQij_RVPggptnkQ3iSpeXAVLtGx4/pubhtml
  
  
• Get into the competition! Find an upcoming race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
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