Nicholas Reynolds and Nicole Gobles took first at Graceville's Harvest Hustle

Saturday, 19 October 2024, was the date of Graceville, Florida's 41st annual Harvest Festival. Some people came to the event for the music. Others came for the car show. Still others came to watch the parade. But on that morning, runners came to Graceville for their own part of the Festival, the Harvest Hustle 5K. Nicholas Reynolds of Alford, Florida won the race by close to 100 meters, running 23:12. In a duel of two Fountain, Florida athletes, master runner Nicole Goble edged Victoria Ferrell for the top women's spot, 26:37 to 26:40. Goble and Ferrell were sixth and seventh overall.


Joe Holliday of Lynn Haven, Florida was the first master runner in the race, coming in second overall in 23:40. Cottondale, Florida master runner Robby Shores took third overall in 25:15.


Jennifer Nolan, a Marianna, Florida master runner, was the third woman in the 5K, seventeenth overall in 32:18.


34 athletes finished Graceville's 2024 Harvest Hustle 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K

1. 23:12, Nicholas Reynolds (M, 39) Alford, FL
2. 23:40, Joe Holliday (M, 58) Lynn Haven, FL
3. 25:15, Robby Shores (M, 48) Cottondale, FL
4. 25:31, Noah Abbott (M, 18) Graceville, FL
5. 26:37, Matt Mitchell (M, 42) Marianna, FL
6. 26:55, Hunter Nolan (M, 46) Marianna, FL
7. 26:59, Douglas Gorton (M, 66) Tallahassee, FL
8. 28:01, Louis Petrosino (M, 67) Lynn Haven, FL
9. 29:02, Ken Beckerich (M, 65) Defuniak Springs, FL
10. 29:16, Brad Faile (M, 55) Panama City, FL

Top Ten Women, 2024 Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K

1. 26:37, Nicole Goble (F, 44) Fountain, FL
2. 26:40, Victoria Ferrell (F, 25) Fountain, FL
3. 32:18, Jennifer Nolan (F, 44) Marianna, FL
4. 37:17, Yvonne Jackson (F, 48) Panama City, FL
5. 38:20, Chelsea Cline-Bunch (F, 48) Grand Ridge, FL
6. 38:32, Ashtyn Reynolds (F, 10) Alford, FL
7. 38:41, Brynleigh O'Neal (F, 9) Fountain, FL
8. 40:24, Katherine Mitchell (F, 12) Marianna, FL
9. 40:57, Susan Petrosino (F, 63) Lynn Haven, FL
10. 44:52, Jeanie Gorton (F, 68) Tallahassee, FL

Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K winners, 2022 - 2024
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
15 October 2022	17:02, Travis Boltjes	32:24, Kathy Pennington	21
21 October 2023	18:18, Lamar Sowell	23:36, Emma Whitaker	33
19 October 2024	23:12, Nicholas Reynolds	26:37, Nicole Goble	34

Links

• Complete results of Graceville, Florida's 2024 Harvest Hustle 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR1Dp-3YKvKYW4oHLad7zFgGAia0FEZT7zP8yYsowGiLxUh0kmJTad_Hgsmqcktba8aWz2Rbgzrjhai/pubhtml
  
  
• 2023 story, “Lamar Sowell and Emma Whitaker reaped wins at Graceville's Harvest Hustle”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2023/10/graceville-hustle-2023.html
  
  
• Graceville Harvest Festival
  https://www.gracevilleharvestfestival.com/
  
  
• Find another race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
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Lamar Sowell and Emma Whitaker reaped wins at Graceville's Harvest Hustle

Graceville is in Northwest Florida, the state's panhandle. It's not far enough east to be on US 231, the great north-south corridor going to Panama City's beaches. It's not nar enough south to be on US 90, the great east-west corridor connecting Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Pensacola. For four decades, though, the town has been the host of the yearly Graceville Harvest Festival. Starting in 2022, that Harvest Festival included a road race, the Harvest Hustle 5K. The second annual Harvest Hustle was contested on Saturday morning, 21 October 2022, and Lamar Sowell won the race. An alum of the Chipley High cross-country team, Sowell posted a winning time of 18:18, finishing with a lead of nearly half a kilometer. Emma Whitaker, a junior at Holmes County High, took first in the women's standings, placing fifth overall in 23:36.


Joe Holliday was the first master runner in the 5K, coming in second overall in 23:33. Nicholas Reynolds was third in 22:47, and master runner Dale Thomas was fourth in 23:29.


Second in the women's division went to another high school junior, Graceville High's Brianna Adams. Adams was eighth overall in 26:01. Lori Barton took third in the women's standings and ninth overall in 26:53. Nicole Goble was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, eleventh overall in 27:19.


33 athletes finished Graceville's 2023 Harvest Hustle 5K. Milestone Racing Authority chip-timed the race.

Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K winners, 2022 - 2023
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
15 October 2022	17:02, Travis Boltjes	32:24, Kathy Pennington	21
21 October 2023	18:18, Lamar Sowell	23:36, Emma Whitaker	33

Top Ten Men, 2023 Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K

1. 18:18, Lamar Sowell (M, 19)
2. 22:33, Joe Holliday (M, 57)
3. 22:47, Nicholas Reynolds (M, 38)
4. 23:29, Dale Thomas (M, 60)
5. 24:31, David Forrester (M, 44)
6. 24:59, David Whitaker (M, 44)
7. 26:53, Kevin Barton (M, 37)
8. 27:20, Lou Petrosino (M, 66)
9. 30:07, Raymond Roach (M, 52)
10. 35:46, Craig Romans (M, 51)

Top Ten Women, 2023 Graceville Harvest Hustle 5K

1. 23:36, Emma Whitaker (F, 16)
2. 26:01, Brianna Adams (F, 16)
3. 26:53, Lori Barton (F, 37)
4. 27:19, Nicole Goble (F, 43)
5. 29:35, Victoria Ferrell (F, 24)
6. 33:44, Aubrey Smith (F, 19)
7. 33:44, Baily Smith (F, 19)
8. 34:02, Laura Romans (F, 48)
9. 35:46, Ashtyn Reynolds (F, 9)
10. 36:54, Sara Hagy (F, 37)

Links

• Complete results of Graceville, Florida's 2023 Harvest Hustle 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT_Ed9KhR_36yRFanrun3uLuUctWoqZIJCbFnrKlOGsDSoKpAhdWCarvXIw47YgfMQ5JUE46URNelZF/pubhtml
  
  
• Graceville Harvest Festival
  https://www.gracevilleharvestfestival.com/
  
  
• Find another race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendard
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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