Showing posts with label Georgia Veterans State Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia Veterans State Park. Show all posts

Friday, May 12, 2017

A sunshiny day for Grant and Mixon at the Sunshine 5K

The fourth annual Sunshine 5K was run near Cordele, Georgia in Georgia Veterans State Park on Saturday morning, 6 May 2017. It's not overstating anything to say that Josh Grant won the race by, well, a lot. When the 26-year-old athlete from Arabi, Georgia finished the full five kilometers in 16:42, only two other runners had managed to make as far as four kilometers. In the women's competition, Caitlin Mixon of Vienna, Georgia wasn't quite that far ahead, but she was still successful in defending her 2016 women's title, finishing as the first woman and sixth overall in 24:44.


After Josh Grant, the next runners were the Omega, Georgia duo of Lorenzo Gomez, Jr., and Lorenzo Gomez. Lorenzo Gomez, Jr., finished runner-up in 20:27, while Lorenzo Gomez was the top master runner and third overall in 20:50.


Luisa Pineda of Tifton, Georgia was second to Caitlin Mixon in the women's standings and seventh overall in 25:44. Christina Jones grabbed the third women's spot, placing ninth overall in 27:21.


44 athletes finished the 2017 Sunshine 5K. The Sunshine 5K and fun run are hosted by Reflections Hospice as a fundraiser for the hospice's Camp Sunshine.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Sunshine 5K
  1. 16:41.6, Josh Grant (M, 26) Arabi, GA
  2. 20:26.2, Lorenzo Gomez, Jr. (M, 30) Omega, GA
  3. 20:49.2, Lorenzo Gomez (M, 52) Omega, GA
  4. 23:17.2, Hunter Hudson (M, 18) Vienna, GA
  5. 23:49.6, Bucky Thompson (M, 34) Byromville, GA
  6. 27:17.4, Brian McDowell (M, 39) Cordele, GA
  7. 29:55.8, Marc Turner (M, 45) Cordele, GA
  8. 31:05.0, Michael Burkett (M, 62) Elko, GA
  9. 31:16.2, Mathew Raper (M, 25) Vienna, GA
  10. 35:18.3, Christopher Paul, Sr. (M, 43) Cordele, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 Sunshine 5K
  1. 24:43.3, Catlin Mixon (F, 28) Vienna, GA
  2. 25:43.5, Luisa A. Pineda (F, 29) Tifton, GA
  3. 27:20.7, Christina Jones (F, 35) Leesburg, GA
  4. 29:04.0, Alicia Hair (F, 26) Vienna, GA
  5. 31:34.5, Jennifer Ban (F, 34) Sylvester, GA
  6. 33:15.4, Rachel Martin (F, 36) Tifton, GA
  7. 34:41.1, Lisa Coleman (F, 53) Cordele, GA
  8. 36:35.0, Stacy Pencenka (F, 34) Leesburg, GA
  9. 38:28.0, Haley Maxwell (F, 30) Leesburg, GA
  10. 38:32.0, Littney Turner (F, 17) Cordele, GA

Sunshine 5K winners, 2014 - 2017
DateMenWomenFinishers
17 May 2014
2 May 201521:06, Travis Kelly23:34, Brooke Marshall52
7 May 201619:45, Ricky Prosser23:17, Caitlin Mixon48
6 May 201716:42, Josh Grant24:44, Catlin Mixon44


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Monday, June 1, 2015

Whitehead and Skiles run circles around the field at Loop-the-Lake

In 2015 Darton State College professor Patrick Whitehead started the month of May with a win at the Camilla, Georgia, Gnat Days 5K, just south of his home in Albany. Whitehead finished the racing month just north of Albany in Cordele, Georgia, with a win at the Loop-the-Lake 5K on Saturday morning, 30 May 2015. His winning time for the tour of Georgia Veterans State Park was 16:04. In the same race Brittney Skiles, the cross country coach at Georgia Southwestern University in Americus, won her third Loop-the-Lake women's title, placing fifth overall in 18:24. 273 athletes finished the race.


Whitehead finished well over 200 meters ahead of the next finisher, Wright Calhoun. Calhoun, a rising senior at Southland Academy in Americus, ran 16:53. Robert Bledsoe, a cross-country runner for South Georgia College, was third in 17:24. Arnoldo DeJesus of Albany's Good Life City Runners took fourth in 17:59. Dennis Moore was the top master runner in the race, placing sixth overall in 19:08.


In 2008 Brittney Skiles became the first woman to break 20:00 in the Loop-the-Lake race, running 19:45. In 2014 she lowered that record to 19:23. But in 2015 Skiles became the only woman to ever go sub-19:00 in the Lake Blackshear classic, going 18:24. Katherine McGarr, a Crisp Academy graduating senior and the 2015 GISA State Cross Country champion, was second in the women's standings, placing 16th overall in 20:59. Allison Cauthen was the third female finisher, 21st overall in 22:05, and Southland Academy distance runner Ryleigh Bell was the fourth, 23rd overall in 22:07. Americus, Georgia, athlete Charlene Pennymon was the top woman master and the fifth female finisher, coming in 29th overall in 22:37.


Proceeds from the race went to benefit Graceway Recovery Residence. The race was timed by OnTime Results of Atlanta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Lake Blackshear Loop-the-Lake 5K
  1. 16:04 ~ Patrick Whitehead (M, 29)
  2. 16:53 ~ Wright Calhoun (M, 17)
  3. 17:24 ~ Robert Bledsoe (M, 20)
  4. 17:59 ~ Arnoldo Dejesus (M, 29)
  5. 19:08 ~ Dennis Moore (M, 46)
  6. 19:29 ~ Sean McConnell (M, 44)
  7. 19:46 ~ Mitchell Sinyard (M, 54)
  8. 20:12 ~ Rocky Hofstetter (M, 42)
  9. 20:22 ~ Ashton Windham (M, 30)
  10. 20:32 ~ Carson Bowen (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Lake Blackshear Loop-the-Lake 5K
  1. 18:24 ~ Brittney Skiles (F, 26)
  2. 20:59 ~ Katherine McGarr (F, 18)
  3. 22:05 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 26)
  4. 22:07 ~ Ryleigh Bell (F, 13)
  5. 22:37 ~ Charlene Pennymon (F, 50)
  6. 24:10 ~ Donica Williams (F, 35)
  7. 24:47 ~ Brenda Fletcher (F, 48)
  8. 25:04 ~ Lauren Pollock (F, 30)
  9. 25:05 ~ Faith Pinnell (F, 37)
  10. 25:11 ~ Cherie McDonald (F, 45)

Lake Blackshear Loop-the-Lake 5K champions, 2006 - 2015
DateMenWomenFinishers
27 May 200616:29, David Marley20:15, Maria Duemler168
19 July 200816:20, David Marley19:45, Brittney Skiles224
18 July 200916:59.81, Marc Kushinka21:09.71, Alecia Beck247
26 June 201015:51.85, David Marley21:23.20, Molly Smith288
11 June 201117:00.58, Adam Ross21:16.64, Beth Young325
9 June 201215:06.87, David Marley20:30.73, Chris Shattles299
1 June 201316:45.49, Wright Calhoun21:49.76, Ashlee Golden336
31 May 201415:31.67, David Marley19:22.53, Brittney Skiles312
30 May 201516:04, Patrick Whitehead18:24, Brittney Skiles273

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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Marley and Skiles knock the competition for a loop

David Marley doesn't always run the annual Loop-the-Lake 5K. But when he does, he wins.


Marley won the first Loop-the-Lake in 2006, then returned to take the title in each even-numbered year, setting the event record of 15:07 in 2012. 2014 was an even-numbered year, so Marley was back in Cordele, Georgia, on Saturday morning 1 June 2014 to attempt a fifth championship.


He didn't disappoint.


Marley, an Atlanta Track Club marathoner, blazed a 15:32, winning the eighth Loop-the-Lake by over 300 meters. Victor Chicas, a cross-country standout for Darton State College, was second in 16:40. 2013 Loop-the-Lake champion Wright Calhoun took third in 16:43. 2014 Gnat Days 5K winner Arnoldo De Jesus was fourth in 18:04, and Jared Hammond was fifth in 18:24. Ed Shattles was the fastest master runner in the race, taking sixth in 19:22.


Brittney Skiles didn't have as long a history at Loop-the-Lake as David Marley, but she had won the women's title at the race in 2008, setting a women's course record of 19:45. Skiles lowered that course record to 19:23 in the 2014 race, winning top women's honors at Loop-the-Lake for the second time. Skiles was seventh overall. Less than 100 meters behind Skiles was the women's runner-up, Southland Academy rising junior Chris Shattles, eighth overall in 19:45. Another Shattles, Trina Shattles, was the ninth female finisher and first woman master in the 2014 Loop-the-Lake, placing 37th overall in 24:14.


312 athletes were recorded crossing the finish line by Event Tech, the timing company for the 2014 Loop-the-Lake 5K. Despite the name of the event, the runners did not go entirely around Lake Blackshear, but still caught some beautiful views of the water as they ran through Georgia Veterans State Park.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Lake Blackshear Loop-the-Lake 5K
  1. 15:31.67 ~ David Marley (M, 27) Columbus, GA
  2. 16:39.63 ~ Victor Chicas (M, 21)
  3. 16:53.94 ~ Wright Calhoun (M, 16)
  4. 18:03.76 ~ Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 28)
  5. 18:23.31 ~ Jared Hammond (M, 33)
  6. 19:21.69 ~ Ed Shattles (M, 51)
  7. 19:45.35 ~ Dennis Moore (M, 45)
  8. 20:09.45 ~ Kurt Anthony (M, 48)
  9. 20:11.22 ~ Warren Juster (M, 47)
  10. 20:14.62 ~ Patrick Calcutt (M, 49)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Lake Blackshear Loop-the-Lake 5K
  1. 19:22.53 ~ Brittany Skiles (F, 25)
  2. 19:44.07 ~ Christine Shattles (F, 15)
  3. 21:42.89 ~ Paula Rogers (F, 31)
  4. 22:13.83 ~ Amelia Gibbs (F, 36)
  5. 22:15.03 ~ Jessica Childers (F, 28)
  6. 22:36.01 ~ Sydney Hayes (F, 14)
  7. 23:29.45 ~ Ashley Barrow (F, 33)
  8. 23:43.74 ~ Ryleigh Bell (F, 12)
  9. 24:13.09 ~ Trina Shattles (F, 44)
  10. 24:14.25 ~ Alisa Tuanina (F, 17)
  11. 24:15.45 ~ Madelyn Carter (F, 36)
  12. 24:17.90 ~ Rachel Drumm (F, 21)

Lake Blackshear Loop-the-Lake 5K champions, 2006-2014
DateMenWomen
27 May 200616:29, David Marley20:15, Maria Duemler
19 July 200816:20, David Marley19:45, Brittney Skiles
18 July 200916:59.81, Marc Kushinka21:09.71, Alecia Beck
26 June 201015:51.85, David Marley21:23.20, Molly Smith
11 June 201117:00.58, Adam Ross21:16.64, Beth Young
9 June 201215:06.87, David Marley20:30.73, Chris Shattles
1 June 201316:45.49, Wright Calhoun21:49.76, Ashlee Golden
31 May 201415:31.67, David Marley19:22.53, Brittany Skiles

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