Henry Plowden and Alli Hay would run fast at the Will Run For S'Mores 5K

Henry Plowden wrapped up his cross-country season with Westover High School at the GHSA State Championship on 3 November 2018, finishing ninth in the 4A boys 5K. Alli Hay finished her cross-country season with Columbus State University at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional on 17 November 2018, finishing 43rd in the women's 6K. Cross-country season may have been over, but running season never ends. On Saturday morning, 15 December 2018, both of those athletes were on the streets of Albany, Georgia for Wild Side Running's sixth annual Will Run For S'Mores 5K. Plowden was the overall winner, going 17:59. Hay was the first woman in the race, placing second overall in 18:39.


Courtland Buntin took second in the men's standings, coming in third overall in 19:25. Austin Thaxton was the third man and fourth overall in 19:30. Carl Plowden was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing as the eighth man and tenth overall in 20:52.


Just ahead of Carl Plowden, Amanda An finished ninth overall in 20:51, the second woman in the race. Twelve-year-old Trace Bridges, a seventh-grader on the Deerfield Windsor School middle school cross-country team, placed third in the women's standings and eighteenth overall in 22:38. Sara Ostrander, the women's winner of the 2017 S'Mores 5K, was the top woman master and fifth female finisher in the 2018 race, placing twentieth overall in 22:51.


129 athletes finished the 2018 Will Run For S'Mores 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Will Run For S'Mores 5K

1. 17:58.8, Henry Plowden (M, 16)
2. 19:24.7, Courtland Buntin (M, 19)
3. 19:29.1, Austin Thaxton (M, 39)
4. 20:02.8, Edward Ostrander (M, 15)
5. 20:10.8, Will Tomlinson (M, 16)
6. 20:22.5, Jaren Hill (M, 21)
7. 20:35.6, Seth Tomlinson (M, 16)
8. 20:51.6, Carl Plowden (M, 49)
9. 21:05.0, Aiden Thaxton (M, 12)
10. 21:56.4, Patrick Feely (M, 13)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Will Run For S'Mores 5K

1. 18:38.9, Alli Hay (F, 19)
2. 20:50.7, Amanda An (F, 31)
3. 22:37.2, Trace Bridges (F, 12)
4. 22:46.5, Tori Bridges (F, 13)
5. 22:50.6, Sara Ostrander (F, 45)
6. 23:01.7, Alma Ostrander (F, 13)
7. 23:40.7, Karen McNally (F, 54)
8. 24:18.5, Caroline Taylor (F, 17)
9. 24:36.7, Donielle Powell (F, 29)
10. 24:52.4, Maryann Plowden (F, 48)

Will Run For S'Mores 5K winners, 2013 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 December 2013	18:53, Jack Plowden	19:35, Elena Oslund	85
13 December 2014	16:49, Patrick Whitehead	19:14, Brittney Skiles	132
12 December 2015	16:44, Patrick Whitehead	23:29, Elizabeth Montgomery	92
17 December 2016	17:03, Wright Calhoun	20:08, Allison Hay	68
16 December 2017	16:21, Josh Grant	21:41, Sara Ostrander	98
15 December 2018	17:59, Henry Plowden	18:39, Alli Hay	129

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 "Will Run For S'Mores" 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSXWgpRqJwve8NJi8U2tOEIcPmXGb46dR3oF2OQFNq4EcQOO74aJ1h1oGgCX7sp213Eg95DlfZa3nO8/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Grant crushes the field with a record-setting performance at the S'Mores 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/smores-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Calhoun and Hay get S'more wins in Albany”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/smores-2016.html
  
  
• Wild Side Running, hosts of the "Will Run For S'Mores" 5K
  http://www.wildsiderunning.com/
  
  
• Find upcoming cookie-themed events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2386

Henry Plowden and Ann Centner both ring the bell a second time in the Jingle Bell Jog 10K

Saturday, 8 December 2018, was a morning for defending champions in Albany, Georgia's 30th annual Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Henry Plowden won the 6.2-mile race for the second year in a row, running 37:44--over a minute faster than his winning time in 2017. Ann Centner of Blakely, Georgia successfully defended her title as the top woman in the 10K, placing second overall in 39:13.


Plowden was coming off a successful high school cross-country season; just five weeks earlier the Westover High junior had taken ninth in the GHSA-4A boys' race at the State Championships. The top master runner in the Jingle Bell Jog 10K was Carl Plowden, second in the men's standings and third overall in 45:12. Jaren Hill of Americus, Georgia was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 45:38.


Cordele, Georgia's Stacey McGarr was the first woman master in the 10K and second female finisher, eighth overall in 47:05. Danice Roberts of Leesburg, Georgia took third on the women's side, placing thirteenth overall in 49:16.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 37:44, Henry Plowden (M, 16) Albany, GA
2. 45:12, Carl Plowden (M, 49) Albany, GA
3. 45:38, Jaren Hill (M, 21) Americus, GA
4. 46:27, Jaquez Jones (M, 15)
5. 46:30, Patrick K Feely (M, 13) Baconton, GA
6. 46:49, Chris Phillips (M, 39) Leesburg, GA
7. 48:39, Julian Strickland (M, 53) Leesburg, GA
8. 48:52, Robert Pilcher (M, 62) Leesburg, GA
9. 48:57, Braden Miller (M, 45) Leesburg, GA
10. 49:04, Oscar Viquez (M, 49) Albany, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 39:13, Ann Centner (F, 27) Blakely, GA
2. 47:05, Stacey McGarr (F, 46) Cordele, GA
3. 49:16, Danice Roberts (F, 37) Leesburg, GA
4. 49:27, Laura Sullivan (F, 31) Camilla, GA
5. 49:36, Jessica Phillips (F, 27)
6. 49:41, Patricia Smith (F, 28)
7. 50:09, Karen McNally (F, 54) Albany, GA
8. 51:56, Judy Lindsey (F, 54) Sylvester, GA
9. 52:20, Guna Gunawan (F, 46) Tifton, GA
10. 52:31, Mary Ann Plowden (F, 48) Albany, GA

Back before Henry Plowden won his first Jingle Bell Jog 10K, he was the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 5K champ. In the 2018 edition of the shorter race, Edward Ostrander of Leesburg, Georgia took first. A frosh runner on the Lee County High cross-country team, Ostrander ran the 3.1-mile race in 20:27. Amanda An of Ellicott City, Maryland was the women's champ, placing second overall in 20:48.


Right behind An, Bill Fricks of Leesburg, Georgia was the top master runner in the 5K, placing third overall in 20:49. Conner Mullen, an eighth-grader on the Worth County Middle School cross-country team, was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 21:05.


Ramsay Miller, a first-year athlete on the Point University cross-country team, was the women's runner-up in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 21:55. Leesburg's Sara Ostrander was the first woman master and third female finisher, eighteenth overall in 23:28.


129 athletes finished the 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 10K, while another 386 completed the 5K. Both races were timed by Orion Racing of Atlanta, Georgia. All proceeds of the Jingle Bell Jog go to the beneift of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 20:27, Edward Ostrander (M, 15) Leesburg, GA
2. 20:49, Bill Fricks (M, 47) Leesburg, GA
3. 21:05, Conner Mullen (M, 14) Doerun, GA
4. 21:30, Ben Phillips (M, 16) Leesburg, GA
5. 21:30, Walker Pinson (M, 17) Leesburg, GA
6. 21:36, Michael Trammell (M, 49) Albany, GA
7. 21:50, Jacob Beard (M, 15)
8. 22:04, Samuel Williamson (M, 15)
9. 22:26, Timothy Ellis (M, 13)
10. 22:28, Ward Wright (M, 13)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 20:48, Amanda An (F, 31) Ellicott City, MD
2. 21:55, Ramsay Miller (F, 18)
3. 23:28, Sara Ostrander (F, 45) Leesburg, GA
4. 23:38, DeAnn Reid (F, 52) Americus, GA
5. 24:02, Alma Ostrander (F, 13) Leesburg, GA
6. 24:05, Caroline Taylor (F, 17) Leesburg, GA
7. 24:07, Rebecca Bowers (F, 16)
8. 24:27, Stacie Byrd (F, 29) Albany, GA
9. 24:31, Katie Sheppard (F, 15)
10. 24:43, Gail Morris (F, 37) Newton, GA

Winners of the Albany Jingle Bell Jog, 2004 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2004	10K
	5K	18:40, Warren Juster	20:37, Wendy Donnan	311
3 December 2005	10K	37:25, Robert Feldman	43:34, Ashley Elam	104
	5K	18:06, Cooper Browning	19:47, Brittney Skiles	236
2 December 2006	10K	37:42, Brandon Skiles	45:45, Wendy Donnan	155
	5K	16:43, Bruce Skiles	21:06, Kelly Conway	241
1 December 2007	10K	*26:00, Roman Drankin	*35:13, Jennifer Pollock	132
	5K	16:19, David Marley	19:22, Brittney Skiles	332
6 December 2008	10K	35:54, Josh Fix	46:14, Andrean Edwards	160
	5K	15:52, David Marley	20:11, Brittney Skiles	325
5 December 2009	10K	36:12, Adam Ross	47:03, Brenna Waack	149
	5K	16:59, Brandon Skiles	19:07, Brittney Skiles	242
4 December 2010	10K	35:51, Adam Ross	45:23, Karen Hamby	194
	5K	19:57, Will Howell	22:49, Katherine McGarr	351
3 December 2011	10K	36:24, Nathan Norton	43:50, Jane Spetoskey	229
	5K	17:06, Heath Lamb	21:28, Beth Young	485
1 December 2012	10K	37:28, Josh Fix	46:30, Anne Cheek	271
	5K	17:49, Wright Calhoun	23:00, Charlene Pennymon	616
7 December 2013	10K	41:22, Duncan Moore	47:15, Heidi Taylor	217
	5K	17:12, Austin Stewart	19:23, Brittney Skiles	590
6 December 2014	10K	34:35, Patrick Whitehead	46:35, Julia Rittenhouse	206
	5K	16:45, David Thornton	19:35, Brittney Skiles	452
5 December 2015	10K	36:15, Patrick Whitehead	45:52, Juia Rittenhouse	154
	5K	18:05, Ethan Merritt	19:48, Brittney Skiles	378
10 December 2016	10K	38:14, Jerome Scales	45:22, Jennifer Perkins	165
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	20:58, Camryn Bridges	355
9 December 2017	10K	38:51, Henry Plowden	39:50, Ann Centner	141
	5K	19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus	21:44, Sara Ostrander	372
9 December 2018	10K	37:44, Henry Plowden	39:13, Ann Centner	129
	5K	20:27, Edward Ostrander	20:48, Amanda An	386

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Albany Jingle Bell Jog
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRw5k78UU7AVBbuDENoCY6gMYI-CWVIWqU4h-tc7BYDHtaCo-5eX3Rkk_8iIuszmNmXCi0-6vdjJshy/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Henry Plowden and Ann Centner lead Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/albany-jingle-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Scales and Perkins top the 10K at Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/albany-jingle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse ring the bell a second time at the Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/albany-jingle-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse jingle all the way to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/albany-jingle-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Mathematician Fix adds a Jingle Bell Jog title to his resumé”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/albany-jingle-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ross and Hamby ring up wins at Albany's Jingle Bell 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/albany-jingle-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2018 Jingle Bell Jog
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16073WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16046WC
    
  
  
• Find more races in Albany or other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2383

Henry Plowden and Ann Centner lead Albany's Jingle Bell Jog

In 2016, Henry Plowden won the 5K at Albany, Georgia's 28th annual Jingle Bell Jog. On Saturday morning, 9 December 2017, Plowden returned to Tift Park for the 29th annual Jingle Bell Jog, but this time the sophomore cross-country runner from Westover High was racing 10K. He was just as successful at the longer distance, winning in 38:51. Blakely, Georgia's Ann Centner continued her habit of winning women's title all over Southwest Georgia, running 39:50 in her first Jingle Bell Jog 10K to place first in the women's standings and second overall.


Dennis Moore of Leesburg, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K, placing third overall and second in the men's standings at 41:56. Three years earlier, Moore had been the top master runner in the 2014 Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Ashton Donahue, a senior on the Baconton High cross-country team, was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 42:00. Two-time Jingle Bell Jog 10K champion Patrick Whitehead was the fourth man and sixth overall with a 43:46.


Also clocked in 43:46 but finishing just ahead of Whitehead, Jennifer Perkins was the second woman and fifth overall. Perkins had been the top woman in the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Sarah Harris was the third woman and eleventh overall in 46:25. Lynn Varner was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 23rd overall in 51:14.


141 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 38:51, Henry Plowden (M, 15)
2. 41:56, Dennis Moore (M, 49)
3. 42:00, Ashton Donahue (M, 18)
4. 43:46, Patrick Whitehead (M, 31)
5. 46:01, Chris Phillips (M, 38)
6. 46:09, Ben Phillips (M, 15)
7. 46:14, Sergio Farias (M, 32)
8. 46:23, William Hancock (M, 55)
9. 47:28, Oscar Viquez (M, 48)
10. 49:11, Jim Tully (M, 71)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 39:50, Ann Centner (F, 26)
2. 43:46, Jennifer Perkins (F, 37)
3. 46:25, Sarah Harris (F, 30)
4. 48:21, Laura Ashcraft (F, 24)
5. 48:38, Katherine McGarr (F, 20)
6. 49:14, Jessica Phillips (F, 26)
7. 50:25, Bourlakov Delaney (F, 25)
8. 51:14, Lynn Varner (F, 53)
9. 52:27, Amelia Gibbs (F, 40)
10. 53:09, Catherine Jones (F, 58)

While the defending champion of the Jingle Bell Jog 5K, Henry Plowden, was racing the 10K, Arnoldo De Jesus was winning the shorter race, running 19:30. Trevor Boeckman took second in the 5K with a 19:41. Jon Durham, an eight-grader on the Deerfield Windsor cross-country team, was third overall in 19:49.


Sara Ostrander was the fastest master runner as well as the first woman in the 5K, placing tenth overall in 21:44. Kristen Scheuter took second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 22:29. Meghan Pate was the third female finisher, coming in twentieth overall in 23:56.


Gordy Bonner was the first male master and fourteenth male finisher in the 5K, sixteenth overall in 23:18.


372 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K. Both the 10K and the 5K were timed by Orion Racing of Atlanta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 31)
2. 19:41, Trevor Boeckmann (M, 29)
3. 19:49, Jon Durham (M, 14)
4. 20:39, Walker Pinson (M, 16)
5. 20:47, Will Tomlinson (M, 15)
6. 20:55, Michael Burrows (M, 37)
7. 21:06, Edward Ostrander (M, 14)
8. 21:11, Shyam Patel (M, 28)
9. 21:24, Seth Tomlinson (M, 15)
10. 22:38, Ben Prinua (M, 15)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 21:44, Sara Ostrander (F, 44)
2. 22:29, Kristen Scheuter (F, 35)
3. 23:56, Meghan Pate (F, 31)
4. 24:04, Caitlin Mixon (F, 28)
5. 24:16, Michelle Cossins (F, 32)
6. 24:42, Alea Bochette (F, 14)
7. 25:06, Bailey Irvin (F, 13)
8. 25:42, Mandy Phillips (F, 40)
9. 25:53, Alma Ostrander (F, 12)
10. 25:57, Gail Morris (F, 36)

Winners of the Albany Jingle Bell Jog, 2004 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2004	10K
	5K	18:40, Warren Juster	20:37, Wendy Donnan	311
3 December 2005	10K	37:25, Robert Feldman	43:34, Ashley Elam	104
	5K	18:06, Cooper Browning	19:47, Brittney Skiles	236
2 December 2006	10K	37:42, Brandon Skiles	45:45, Wendy Donnan	155
	5K	16:43, Bruce Skiles	21:06, Kelly Conway	241
1 December 2007	10K	*26:00, Roman Drankin	*35:13, Jennifer Pollock	132
	5K	16:19, David Marley	19:22, Brittney Skiles	332
6 December 2008	10K	35:54, Josh Fix	46:14, Andrean Edwards	160
	5K	15:52, David Marley	20:11, Brittney Skiles	325
5 December 2009	10K	36:12, Adam Ross	47:03, Brenna Waack	149
	5K	16:59, Brandon Skiles	19:07, Brittney Skiles	242
4 December 2010	10K	35:51, Adam Ross	45:23, Karen Hamby	194
	5K	19:57, Will Howell	22:49, Katherine McGarr	351
3 December 2011	10K	36:24, Nathan Norton	43:50, Jane Spetoskey	229
	5K	17:06, Heath Lamb	21:28, Beth Young	485
1 December 2012	10K	37:28, Josh Fix	46:30, Anne Cheek	271
	5K	17:49, Wright Calhoun	23:00, Charlene Pennymon	616
7 December 2013	10K	41:22, Duncan Moore	47:15, Heidi Taylor	217
	5K	17:12, Austin Stewart	19:23, Brittney Skiles	590
6 December 2014	10K	34:35, Patrick Whitehead	46:35, Julia Rittenhouse	206
	5K	16:45, David Thornton	19:35, Brittney Skiles	452
5 December 2015	10K	36:15, Patrick Whitehead	45:52, Juia Rittenhouse	154
	5K	18:05, Ethan Merritt	19:48, Brittney Skiles	378
10 December 2016	10K	38:14, Jerome Scales	45:22, Jennifer Perkins	165
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	20:58, Camryn Bridges	355
9 December 2017	10K	38:51, Henry Plowden	39:50, Ann Centner	141
	5K	19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus	21:44, Sara Ostrander	372

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Albany Jingle Bell Jog
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSBjZKrnpa799d_MLlnrxYVOaFnNZ5sZOtpFOfehnsIXpAoF1VBjPMj-IiyfkdsC8I_23rC9kjTSXe8/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Scales and Perkins top the 10K at Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/albany-jingle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse ring the bell a second time at the Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/albany-jingle-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse jingle all the way to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/albany-jingle-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Mathematician Fix adds a Jingle Bell Jog title to his resumé”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/albany-jingle-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ross and Hamby ring up wins at Albany's Jingle Bell 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/albany-jingle-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16073WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16046WC
    
  
  
• Find more races in Albany or other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2128

Patrick Whitehead posts a Harvest Run three-peat

The Leesburg, Georgia Harvest Run started out in 2014 as a September race. In the three years since, though, it became established as an annual Thanksgiving Day 10K. Also during those three years, Patrick Whitehead established himself as the perennial winner of that 10K. Dr. Whitehead notched his third Harvest Run 10K victory in a row on Thursday morning, 23 November 2017, running 37:31. Danice Roberts captured the women's crown, placing tenth overall in 48:00.


2014 Harvest Run champion Dennis Moore was the top master runner in the race for the fourth year in a row, placing second overall in 41:09. Jaren Hill, an alumbus of the Americus-Sumter High cross-country team, took third in 42:02.


Amy Sliwinski was second in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 49:32. Char Davidson was the top woman master and third female finisher, seventeenth overall in 50:58.


38 athletes finished the fourth annual Harvest Run 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 37:30.2, Patrick Whitehead (M, 31)
2. 41:09.0, Dennis Moore (M, 49)
3. 42:01.9, Jaren Hill (M, 20)
4. 43:18.4, Eric Crump (M, 46)
5. 45:05.8, Cesareo Esteban (M, 39)
6. 45:07.9, Carl Plowden (M, 48)
7. 45:23.7, Sergio Farias (M, 32)
8. 45:33.8, Gilberto Rojo (M, 46)
9. 46:46.6, William Hancock (M, 55)
10. 48:17.2, Jose Trejo (M, 39)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 47:59.1, Danice Roberts (F, 36)
2. 49:32.0, Amy Sliwinski (F, 26)
3. 50:57.7, Char Davidson (F, 64)
4. 52:50.2, Maryann Plowden (F, 47)
5. 52:55.2, Ramsay Miller (F, 17)
6. 52:56.1, Caroline Taylor (F, 16)
7. 53:40.3, Angela Gattie (F, 36)
8. 53:58.8, Cherie McDonald (F, 51)
9. 54:09.8, Sue Hite (F, 61)
10. 56:52.0, Jamie Swainn (F, 40)

The Harvest Run has always included a 5K option. Henry Plowden won the shorter race as a thirteen-year-old in 2015, setting an event record of 18:46. Brian Miller bettered that record the next year, winning the 2016 5K in 18:34. Plowden returned in 2017. Now a sophomore on the Westover High cross-country team, Plowden reclaimed the Harvest Run 5K record, winning the race in 17:44. Luke Stocks finished runner-up in 18:01. Aaron Pinckard, a Schley County High cross-country runner, took third place overall in 18:24.


Bonnie Zimmerman took the women's title in the 5K, placing twelfth overall in 22:35. Less than fifty meters back, Alisa Simonover was the second woman and thirteenth overall in 22:48. Kayla Sanseverino, the 2016 Harvest Run 5K women's champ, was third in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 23:09. Jennifer Romano was the top woman master, the fourth female finisher and seventeenth overall in 23:27.


100 athletes finished the fourth annual Harvest Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 17:43.6, Henry Plowden (M, 15)
2. 18:00.6, Luke Stocks (M, 26)
3. 18:23.2, Aaron Pinckard (M, 14)
4. 18:29.4, Silas Stocks (M, 21)
5. 18:57.3, Corey Fowler (M, 17)
6. 18:59.1, Austin Fowler (M, 21)
7. 19:00.6, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 31)
8. 19:20.7, Seth Tomlinson (M, 15)
9. 19:38.6, Will Tomlinson (M, 15)
10. 20:07.4, Mark Stocks (M, 56)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 22:34.3, Bonnie Zimmerman (F, 32)
2. 22:47.7, Alisa Simonover (F, 20)
3. 23:09.0, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 16)
4. 23:26.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 43)
5. 25:13.5, Morgan Burney (F, 22)
6. 25:54.7, Emilie Malone (F, 13)
7. 25:57.7, Ashley Bagwell (F, 29)
8. 26:04.6, Donielle Chittick (F, 28)
9. 26:20.4, Anna Plowden (F, 13)
10. 26:53.8, Nancy Stocks (F, 55)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
27 September 2014	10K	41:19, Dennis Moore	41:32, Jennifer Perkins	25
	5K	21:36, Carl Sagasser	25:01, Carmen Rodriguez	36
26 November 2015	10K	36:11, Patrick Whitehead	47:58, Allison Cauthen	46
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	22:09, Ryleigh Bell	96
24 November 2016	10K	36:45, Patrick Whitehead	44:47, Jennifer Perkins	44
	5K	18:34, Brian Miller	22:27, Kayla Sanseverino	76
23 November 2017	10K	37:31, Patrick Whitehead	48:00, Danice Roberts	38
	5K	17:44, Henry Plowden	22:35, Bonnie Zimmerman	100

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQnJq-5KymCgTQFThF_ZDcM1crruPeeEsT_DxhnJalXYYK1AwVsN_oBWMnTy1RDGGqJAKtqIrqCQ9P5/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Repeat wins for Harvest Run record-holders Whitehead and Perkins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/11/leesburg-harvest-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Cauthen reap victory at the Harvest Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/11/leesburg-harvest-2015.html
  
  
• Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
  
  
• Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2149

Scales and Perkins top the 10K at Albany's Jingle Bell Jog

They came from the north, they came from the south, but they all came to Albany, Georgia's Tift Park on Saturday morning, 10 December 2016 for the 29th annual Jingle Bell Jog. From the north, master runner Jerome Scales came from McDonough, Georgia to win the 10K race in 38:14. Grigory Bourlakov came from the south--Mary Esther, Florida--to take second in the 6.2-mile event, running 44:37. And from Albany itself, Ashton Donahue, a junior on the Baconton Charter cross-country team, was third in 44:59. His Baconton Charter teammate, Gregory Manning, was fourth in 45:10.


Jennifer Perkins of Albany took the women's title, placing fifth overall in 45:22. Leesburg, Georgia's Alicia Murphy was the women's runner-up and tenth overall in 47:53. Vienna, Georgia athlete Caitlin Mixon was third in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 49:15. Maryann Plowden of Albany was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, fourteenth overall in 49:21.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 38:13.76, Jerome Scales (M, 45) McDonough, GA
2. 44:36.46, Grigory Bourlakov (M, 23) Mary Esther, FL
3. 44:58.15, Asthon Donahue (M, 16) Albany, GA
4. 45:09.15, Gregory Manning (M, 16) Baconton, GA
5. 45:50.36, David Evans (M, 23) Albany, GA
6. 46:39.54, Andrew Feagans (M, 16) Leesburg, GA
7. 46:38.78, Oscar Viquez (M, 47) Dawson, GA
8. 46:45.57, Daniel Gyorfi (M, 15) Leesburg, GA
9. 48:09.58, Hunter Odom (M, 36) Dawson, GA
10. 48:22.19, Braden Miller (M, 43) Leesburg, GA

Top Ten Women, 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 45:21.05, Jennifer Perkins (F, 36) Albany, GA
2. 47:52.14, Alicia Murphy (F, 30) Leesburg, GA
3. 49:14.83, Caitlin Mixon (F, 27) Vienna, GA
4. 49:20.30, Maryann Plowden (F, 46) Albany, GA
5. 49:46.64, Naomi Donaldson (F, 38) Atlanta, GA
6. 50:08.78, Janie Plowden (F, 17) Albany, GA
7. 50:05.35, Rachael Nagy (F, 19) Leesburg, GA
8. 50:14.91, Kelli Kilpatrick (F, 49) Leesburg, GA
9. 51:10.28, Kelly Roberson (F, 37) Leesburg, GA
10. 51:08.65, Laura Sullivan (F, 29) Camilla, GA

2015 Jingle Bell Jog 5K runner-up Henry Plowden returned to the race in 2016. This time, though, the Westover High freshman cross-country runner won the race in 18:46. Trevor Cleveland, a junior on the Lee County High cross-country team, took second in 19:57. Gian Kerlegon, a junior on the Albany High cross-country team, was third in 20:08.


The top five athletes in the men's standings of the 5K were all high school cross-country runners. The women's standings started out much the same way, with Deerfield-Windsor junior Camryn Bridges taking the title in 20:58, good for eleventh overall. Deerfield-Windsor frosh Charlotte Augenstein was the second woman and twelfth overall in 21:06. Leesburg, Georgia's Chris Phillips interrupted the parade of schoolgirls, taking third on the women's side in 21:20 and placing seventeenth overall.


The Jingle Bell Jog races moved to new routes this year, with USATF certified courses for both the 10K (GA16073WC) and the 5K (GA16046WC). Proceeds from the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog will fund the purchase of a Giraffe bed for the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital NICU.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 18:45.27, Henry Plowden (M, 14) Albany, GA
2. 19:56.58, Trevor Cleveland (M, 16) Leesburg, GA
3. 20:07.20, Gian Kerlegon (M, 16) Albany, GA
4. 20:12.80, Colin Spivey (M, 15) Newnan, GA
5. 20:17.19, Gray Frederick (M, 14) Newnan, GA
6. 20:18.07, Robert Nolasco (M, 41) Albany, GA
7. 20:46.65, Ben Phillips (M, 14) Leesburg, GA
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Top Ten Women, 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 20:57.69, Camryn Bridges (F, 16) Leesburg, GA
2. 21:05.65, Charlotte Augenstein (F, 14) Albany, GA
3. 21:19.87, Chris Phillips (F, 37) Leesburg, GA
4. 22:37.95, Delaney Bourlakov (F, 24) Albany, GA
5. 22:46.87, Ramsay Miller (F, 16) Leesburg, GA
6. 23:33.37, Gail Morris (F, 31) Newton, GA
7. 23:35.33, Deann Reid (F, 50) Americus, GA
8. 23:49.12, Charlene Pennymon (F, 52) Americus, GA
9. 24:10.58, Caroline Taylor (F, 15) Leesburg, GA
10. 24:17.50, Donielle Chittick (F, 27) Leesburg, GA

Winners of the Albany Jingle Bell Jog, 2004 - 2016
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2004	10K
	5K	18:40, Warren Juster	20:37, Wendy Donnan	311
3 December 2005	10K	37:25, Robert Feldman	43:34, Ashley Elam	104
	5K	18:06, Cooper Browning	19:47, Brittney Skiles	236
2 December 2006	10K	37:42, Brandon Skiles	45:45, Wendy Donnan	155
	5K	16:43, Bruce Skiles	21:06, Kelly Conway	241
1 December 2007	10K	*26:00, Roman Drankin	*35:13, Jennifer Pollock	132
	5K	16:19, David Marley	19:22, Brittney Skiles	332
6 December 2008	10K	35:54, Josh Fix	46:14, Andrean Edwards	160
	5K	15:52, David Marley	20:11, Brittney Skiles	325
5 December 2009	10K	36:12, Adam Ross	47:03, Brenna Waack	149
	5K	16:59, Brandon Skiles	19:07, Brittney Skiles	242
4 December 2010	10K	35:51, Adam Ross	45:23, Karen Hamby	194
	5K	19:57, Will Howell	22:49, Katherine McGarr	351
3 December 2011	10K	36:24, Nathan Norton	43:50, Jane Spetoskey	229
	5K	17:06, Heath Lamb	21:28, Beth Young	485
1 December 2012	10K	37:28, Josh Fix	46:30, Anne Cheek	271
	5K	17:49, Wright Calhoun	23:00, Charlene Pennymon	616
7 December 2013	10K	41:22, Duncan Moore	47:15, Heidi Taylor	217
	5K	17:12, Austin Stewart	19:23, Brittney Skiles	590
6 December 2014	10K	34:35, Patrick Whitehead	46:35, Julia Rittenhouse	206
	5K	16:45, David Thornton	19:35, Brittney Skiles	452
5 December 2015	10K	36:15, Patrick Whitehead	45:52, Julia Rittenhouse	154
	5K	18:05, Ethan Merritt	19:47, Brittney Skiles	378
10 December 2016	10K	38:14, Jerome Scales	45:22, Jennifer Perkins	164
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	20:58, Camryn Bridges

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Albany Jingle Bell Jog at active.com
  https://results.active.com/events/2016-jingle-bell-jog
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse ring the bell a second time at the Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/albany-jingle-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse jingle all the way to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/albany-jingle-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Mathematician Fix adds a Jingle Bell Jog title to his resumé”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/albany-jingle-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ross and Hamby ring up wins at Albany's Jingle Bell 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/albany-jingle-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16073WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16046WC
    
  
  
• Find more races in Albany or other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1830

More love in Albany for Plowden and McNally

Henry Plowden came to the third annual Love Run 5K with the mission to defend his 2015 title in the Albany, Georgia race.


Mission accomplished.


On Saturday morning, 6 February 2016, the Westover Middle School eighth-grader ran 19:21 to finish in front of a field of 96 athletes. Arnoldo DeJesus finished second behind Plowden, running the 3.1-mile race in 19:40. Carl Plowden was the top master runner in the Love Run 5K, placing third overall in 20:53. Lee County Middle School cross country runner Ben Phillips, an eighth grader, was fourth in 21:08.


Karen McNally, an Albany master runner, took the women's title in the Love Run, finishing seventh overall in 23:25. Angela Gattie was runner-up on the women's side, twelfth overall in 24:10. Anna Champion (13th, 24:21) edged Ansley Cain (14th, 24:27) for third in the women's standings. Cain is a junior on the Lee County High cross country team. Emily Phillips, the 2015 women's champ, was the fifth female finisher this year, coming in sixteenth overall in 24:49.



Top Ten Men, 2016 Albany, Georgia, Love Run 5K

1. 19:20.2 ~ Henry Plowden (M, 13)
2. 19:40.0 ~ Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30)
3. 20:52.4 ~ Carl Plowden (M, 46)
4. 21:07.1 ~ Ben Phillips (M, 13)
5. 22:33.0 ~ William Tomlinson (M, 13)
6. 22:46.0 ~ William Brown (M, 29)
7. 23:28.0 ~ Braden Miller (M, 42)
8. 23:31.6 ~ Oscar Viquez (M, 46)
9. 23:38.3 ~ Gabe Knight (M, 17)
10. 24:01.7 ~ Nick Cardoba (M, 18)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Albany, Georgia, Love Run 5K

1. 23:24.1 ~ Karen McNally (F, 51)
2. 24:09.3 ~ Angela Gattie (F, 34)
3. 24:20.3 ~ Anna Champion (F, 33)
4. 24:26.3 ~ Ansley Cain (F, 16)
5. 24:48.4 ~ Emily Phillips (F, 11)
6. 24:54.3 ~ Amy Cain (F, 45)
7. 25:27.8 ~ Ramsay Miller (F, 16)
8. 25:32.3 ~ Jennifer Bradley (F, 33)
9. 25:47.6 ~ Maryann Plowden (F, 45)
10. 26:08.0 ~ Madelyn Carter (F, 38)

Albany, Georgia, Love Run 5K winners 2014 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
8 February 2014	17:42, Wright Calhoun	19:52, Elena Oslund	293
7 February 2015	19:52, Henry Plowden	24:02, Emily Phillips	126
6 February 2016	19:21, Henry Plowden	23:25, Karen McNally	96

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Love Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18a4KDGlzP-k3bohX_SOkswf70ZcrMOhPbwJXZcKjpEM/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Plowden and Phillips succeed in the second Love Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/yeiser-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Victories in Albany for Calhoun and Oslund in the Love Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/yeiser-2014.html
  
  
• Find more upcoming affectionate events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1614

Whitehead and Cauthen reap victory at the Harvest Run

The Thanksgiving holiday in the United States is at least in part a harvest festival, so it was entirely appropriate to hold Leesburg, Georgia's second annual Harvest Run on Thanksgiving morning--Thursday, 26 November 2015. Darton State professor Patrick Whitehead won the Harvest Run 10K in 36:11, finishing the 6.2-mile race more than 600 meters ahead of the next runner. Allison Cauthen was the women's champ, placing tenth overall in 47:58. Westover Middle School eighth-grade cross country runner Henry Plowden won the 5K in 18:46. Another eighth grader, Southland Academy's Ryleigh Bell, took the women's title, finishing seventh overall in 22:09.


Behind Whitehead in the 10K, Dan Moffitt took second in 38:37. Dennis Moore was the fastest master runner, placing third overall in 41:12. On the women's side, Jennifer Romano was the top master runner and second female finisher, coming in twelfth overall in 48:14. Jody Hays was third in the women's standings, fifteenth overall in 50:41.


In the 5K, Southland Academy alum Alex Arnold was second to Plowden, running 19:32. Jordan Jones was third in the shorter race at 20:41. Ken Parker was the top master, coming in sixth overall in 21:26. The women's runner-up in the 5K was Ansley Cain, a junior on the Lee County High cross country team. Cain was fourteenth overall in 24:04. Westover High junior Janie Plowden was third in the women's standings, sixteenth overall in 24:25. The top woman master and fourth female finisher was Guna Gunawan, 22nd overall in 25:04.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 36:10.3 ~ Patrick Whitehead (M, 29)
2. 38:36.7 ~ Dan Moffit (M, 25)
3. 41:11.8 ~ Dennis Moore (M, 47)
4. 43:13.4 ~ Chris Phillips (M, 36)
5. 43:37.7 ~ Carl Plowden (M, 45)
6. 44:22.1 ~ Seth Tambrini (M, 39)
7. 47:11.8 ~ Case Gregory (M, 11)
8. 47:41.2 ~ Russel Crew (M, 53)
9. 47:52.1 ~ Trevor Cleveland (M, 15)
10. 48:11.5 ~ Tony Romano (M, 42)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 47:57.1 ~ Allison Cauthen (F, 26)
2. 48:13.2 ~ Jennifer Romano (F, 41)
3. 50:40.5 ~ Jody Hays (F, 36)
4. 51:02.2 ~ Ramsay Miller (F, 15)
5. 51:07.2 ~ Amy Anderson (F, 39)
6. 52:32.1 ~ Anelise Cimino (F, 24)
7. 55:46.1 ~ Karen Stewart (F, 50)
8. 56:15.8 ~ Sue Palmer (F, 43)
9. 56:42.2 ~ Nena Chancy (F, 42)
10. 56:51.8 ~ Anna Spelts (F, 23)

Top Ten Men, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 18:45.5 ~ Henry Plowden (M, 13)
2. 19:31.7 ~ Alex Arnold (M, 18)
3. 20:40.9 ~ Jordan Jones (M, 27)
4. 20:48.4 ~ Ryan Luhrs (M, 33)
5. 21:22.2 ~ Jack Plowden (M, 18)
6. 21:25.1 ~ Ken Parker (M, 49)
7. 22:28.3 ~ John Hall (M, 45)
8. 22:32.1 ~ Ben Phillips (M, 13)
9. 22:40.8 ~ Zachary Parrish (M, 16)
10. 22:59.6 ~ Harrison Bell (M, 16)

Top Ten Women, 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 22:08.7 ~ Ryleigh Bell (F, 13)
2. 24:03.1 ~ Ansley Cain (F, 16)
3. 24:24.5 ~ Janie Plowden (F, 16)
4. 24:48.3 ~ Traci Newton (F, 39)
5. 25:03.5 ~ Guna Gunawan (F, 43)
6. 25:29.2 ~ Maryann Plowden (F, 45)
7. 25:33.2 ~ Amy Cain (F, 45)
8. 25:48.0 ~ Jolie Grace (F, 44)
9. 25:48.6 ~ Emily Phillips (F, 11)
10. 26:21.7 ~ Taylor Luke (F, 16)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2015
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
27 September 2014	10K	41:19, Dennis Moore	41:32, Jennifer Perkins	25
	5K	21:36, Carl Sagasser	25:01, Carmen Rodriguez	36
26 November 2015	10K	36:11, Patrick Whitehead	47:58, Allison Cauthen	46
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	22:09, Ryleigh Bell	96

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dyv8evE6LsoNACQNcm7K4WTlXxQzh3A1GEKpWOHzN5Q/pubhtml
  
  
• Photos of the 2015 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  
  • https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.632577540217827.1073741832.384694011672849
    
  • https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.632600653548849.1073741837.384694011672849
    
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  • https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.633336653475249.1073741838.384694011672849
    
  
  
• Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
  
  
• Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1563

Krueger leads Lincoln and Wolfenden leads Lowndes to victories in Bainbridge

Bainbridge High School moved in 2009. The new building is well outside of Bainbridge, Georgia, and is actually closer to the village of Climax. Being that far from the city, though, makes the school's location well-suited for cross-country running--enough so that Bainbridge High's Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational was moved to the school. And that's where the 16th annual Bearcat Invitational took place on Saturday morning, 26 September 2015.


The high school girls' 5K race started at 8:00 AM, the first event of the meet. Lincoln senior Juliana Krueger, up from Tallahassee, won the race in 21:10, finishing close to 150 meters ahead of the next runner. Fitzgerald frosh Karen Garcia was second in 21:48, and Bainbridge sophomore Uriyah Davis (21:59) outkicked Thomas County Central sophomore Cara Eaton (22:00) and Pataula Charter junior Alli Hay (22:01) for third.


Krueger was joined by Lincoln's other four scorers--frosh Jirah Arnold (10th, 23:01) and sophomores Shayla Nguyen (14th, 23:16), Arianna Neely (15th, 23:19), and Asta Hemenway (29th, 24:19)--giving the Tallahassee team 60 points and first place. Lee County was second with points, led by junior Ashley Bennett (16th, 23:20). Thomas County Central placed third in the thirteen-team field with 86 points.


2015 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Lincoln, 60
2. Lee County, 74
3. Thomas County Central, 86
4. Westover, 94
5. Tift County, 94
6. Bainbridge, 125
7. Fitzgerald, 203
8. Lowndes, 230
9. Pelham, 252
10. Worth County, 262
11. Berrien County, 285
12. Baconton Charter, 293
13. Thomasville, 306

Top 15 High School Girls, 2015 Bearcat Invitational

1. 21:09.39 ~ Juliana Krueger (Lincoln) 12
2. 21:47.18 ~ Karen Garcia (Fitzgerald) 9
3. 21:58.09 ~ Uriyah Davis (Bainbridge) 10
4. 21:59.06 ~ Cara Eaton (Thomas County Central) 10
5. 22:00.94 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula Charter) 11
6. 22:18.68 ~ Angela Cipriani (Thomas County Central) 11
7. 22:19.88 ~ Perra Harrell (Grace Christian) 12
8. 22:25.08 ~ Janie Plowden (Westover) 11
9. 22:38.59 ~ Ashlee Golden (Tift County) 10
10. 23:00.11 ~ Jirah Arnold (Lincoln) 9
11. 23:07.46 ~ Jinglei Horchler (Thomas County Central) 10
12. 23:10.08 ~ Harley Stephens (Tift County) 11
13. 23:11.69 ~ Ramsay Miller (Lee County) 10
14. 23:15.76 ~ Shayla Nguyen (Lincoln) 10
15. 23:18.79 ~ Arianna Neely (Lincoln) 10

At the Cougar Cross Country Challenge in Tallahassee on 29 August 2015, Bainbridge sophomore Poncherella Leonard had finished seventh in 17:30--one place and seven seconds ahead of Lowndes High junior Kaleb Wolfenden. But two weeks later, Wolfenden won the Lee County Invitational and Poncherella was sixth. Wolfenden won again on 19 September 2015 at the Quail Trail Invitational, running 16:48 while Poncherella finished second in 17:09. The two met again on Poncherella's home course in the Bearcat Invitational high school boys' 5K. It was close, but Wolfenden edged Poncherella for the win, 16:52 to 16:56. Lowndes senior Chance Roe was third in 17:05.


Bainbridge frosh Caleb Harris was sixth in 17:32, giving the host Bearcats two runners in the top ten. But Lowndes had a total of four in the top ten, with junior Daniel Swilley taking ninth in 17:37 and frosh Hayden Bills tenth in 17:53. Senior runner Dylan Rogers was the fifth Lowndes scorer, 20th in 18:48, and the boys from Valdosta had 43 points and the team championship. Bainbridge was second with 61 points. Tallahassee Lincoln was third with 81 points after putting two runners in the top ten--sophomore Clayton Carlson (7th, 17:34) and junior Josh Liles (8th, 17:34).


2015 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Lowndes, 43
2. Bainbridge, 61
3. Lincoln, 81
4. Thomas County Central, 111
5. Lee County, 128
6. Seminole County, 183
7. Tift County, 236
8. Westover, 237
9. Berrien County, 239
10. Fitzgerald, 270
11. Cairo, 309
12. Worth County, 343
13. Albany, 350
14. Thomasville, 397
15. Baconton Charter, 399
16. Early County, 428
17. Grace Christian, 496

Top 15 High School Boys, 2015 Bearcat Invitational

1. 16:51.48 ~ Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
2. 16:55.46 ~ Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge) 10
3. 17:04.40 ~ Chance Roe (Lowndes) 12
4. 17:09.80 ~ Robert Grooms (Lee County) 12
5. 17:25.21 ~ Sam Gelabert (Thomas County Central) 12
6. 17:31.57 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 9
7. 17:33.40 ~ Clayton Carlson (Lincoln) 10
8. 17:33.60 ~ Josh Liles (Lincoln) 11
9. 17:36.35 ~ Daniel Swilley (Lowndes) 11
10. 17:52.84 ~ Hayden Bills (Lowndes) 9
11. 17:54.02 ~ Salvado Alonzo (Cairo) 12
12. 18:07.16 ~ Bennett Enfinger (Bainbridge) 12
13. 18:17.64 ~ Demetrius Gilliard (Westover) 12
14. 18:25.96 ~ Noah Owens (Thomas County Central) 10
15. 18:26.80 ~ Matthew Fisher (Tift County) 12

The distance for high school cross-country races has become more or less set at five kilometers, but the middle schools in the region sometimes race at two miles and other times at three kilometers. Tift eighth-grader Emily Golden has proven capable of winning at either distance, with victories at the Pelham Hornet Invitational on 22 August 2015, the Lee County Invitational on 12 September 2015, and the Quail Trail Invitational on 19 September 2015. Golden won again in the middle school girls' two-mile race at the Bearcat Invitational, running 13:04. Seminole County eighth-grader Macy Williams outkicked Worth County eighth-grader Brianna Zupko for second, both runners clocked in 13:19.


In addition to Golden, Tift had three more runners in the top ten, seventh-grader Noelia Sandoval (6th, 13:53), eighth-grader Caroline Vickers (8th, 14:12), and eighth-grader Rebekah Larger (9th, 14:13). Sixth-grader Ainsley Toews (11th, 14:30) finished the scoring for Tift, giving the team a winning total of 31 points. Led by eighth-grader Victoria Natoli (7th, 14:06) Lee County scored 85 points and placed second among the eleven teams in the race. Berrien County was third with 106 behind top-scorer Maddie Harper (15th, 14:59).


2015 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Tift, 31
2. Lee County, 85
3. Berrien County, 106
4. Seminole County, 129
5. Thomas County, 130
6. Whigham, 184
7. MacIntyre Park, 193
8. Baconton Charter, 199
9. Bainbridge, 200
10. Pataula Charter, 211
11. Grace Christian, 243

Top 15 Middle School Girls, 2015 Bearcat Invitational

1. 13:03.55 ~ Emily Golden (Tift) 8
2. 13:18.10 ~ Macy Williams (Seminole County) 8
3. 13:18.68 ~ Brianna Zupko (Worth County) 8
4. 13:38.31 ~ Anna James (Thomas County) 7
5. 13:49.35 ~ Meg Houston (Pataula Charter) 7
6. 13:52.86 ~ Noelia Sandoval (Tift) 7
7. 14:05.72 ~ Victoria Natoli (Lee County) 8
8. 14:11.13 ~ Caroline Vickers (Tift) 8
9. 14:12.43 ~ Rebekah Larger (Tift) 8
10. 14:23.69 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 6
11. 14:29.99 ~ Ainsley Toews (Tift) 6
12. 14:53.58 ~ Megan Curry (Thomas County) 8
13. 14:57.81 ~ Willa Dyer (Lee County) 8
14. 14:57.98 ~ Katie McMillan (Tift) 7
15. 14:58.65 ~ Maddie Harper (Berrien County) 7

In the middle school boys' two-mile race, Henry Plowden also logged his fourth win of the 2015 season. The Westover eighth-grader already had wins at the Mid State Cross Country Classic on 22 August 2015, the Cougar Cross Country Challenge on 29 August 2015, and the Lee County Invitational on 12 September 2015. At the Bearcat Invitational Plowden ran away from the field, posting a time of 11:39 and finishing nearly 150 meters ahead of the next runner.


But Plowden was Westover's only entry in the race, so he didn't figure into the team scoring. The next two runners did, and they were both from Lee County--eighth-grader Benjamin Phillips was second in 12:11 and sixth-grader Josh Macklin third in 12:18.


Lee County also had a third runner in the top ten, eighth-grader Walker Pinson (10th, 12:55). Add seventh-grader Will Tomlinson (17th, 13:27) and eighth-grader Noah Bain (18th, 13:27), and Lee County had 40 points and the team title. Led by eighth-grader Morgan Bolmer (8th, 12:44), Berrien County scored 61 points and placed second among the twelve teams in the race. Tift put two runners in the top ten--seventh-graders Bryce Stephens (5th, 12:26) and Beau Bengston (7th, 12:29)--on their way to third-place showing with 71 points.


2015 Bearcat Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Lee County, 40
2. Berrien County, 61
3. Tift, 71
4. Bainbridge, 113
5. Thomas County, 134
6. MacIntyre Park, 152
7. Worth County, 154
8. Baconton Charter, 248
9. Seminole County, 249
10. Pataula Charter, 269
11. Whigham, 343
12. Pelham, 352

Top 15 Middle School Boys, 2015 Bearcat Invitational

1. 11:38.38 ~ Henry Plowden (Westover) 8
2. 12:10.29 ~ Benjamin Phillips (Lee County) 8
3. 12:17.23 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 6
4. 12:21.21 ~ Stokes Moore (Bainbridge) 8
5. 12:25.81 ~ Bryce Stephens (Tift) 7
6. 12:28.01 ~ Gabe Parker (Grace Christian) 8
7. 12:28.43 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 7
8. 12:43.87 ~ Morgan Bolmer (Berrien County) 8
9. 12:45.92 ~ Lawson Brinkley (MacIntyre Park) 7
10. 12:54.78 ~ Walker Pinson (Lee County) 8
11. 12:57.59 ~ Wyatt Carpenter (Grace Christian) 8
12. 13:00.77 ~ Kenyatta Bennett (Berrien County) 8
13. 13:09.94 ~ Michael Brickle (Worth County) 6
14. 13:15.88 ~ Jeremiah Thomas (Tift) 7
15. 13:17.38 ~ Joe Emmons (Bainbridge) 8

Timing of the 2015 Bearcat Invitational was provided by Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida.

Bainbridge High School Bearcat Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2000 - 2015
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Tift County, 39	22:28, Demonessa Pyle (Berrien County)
24 September 2005	Tift County, 32
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Bainbridge, 39	21:06, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 10
19 September 2009	Westover, 45	19:31, April Thomas (Bainbridge) 11
18 September 2010	Lee County
17 September 2011	Tift County, 36	21:50, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 11
22 September 2012	Thomasville, 64	21:05, Ericka Taylor (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Thomas County Central, 55	19:56, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
20 September 2014	Maclay, 35	19:11, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 9
26 September 2015	Lincoln, 60	21:10, Juliana Krueger (Lincoln) 12
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
27 September 2003	Westover, 41	17:47, David Marley (Westover)
24 September 2005	Bainbridge, 54
23 September 2006
22 September 2007
20 September 2008	Tift County, 37	17:13, David Daniel (Thomasville) 11
19 September 2009	Tift County, 49	16:04, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 10
18 September 2010	Westover
17 September 2011	Tift County, 55	16:48, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County) 12
22 September 2012	Bainbridge, 77	16:40, Josh Mason (Westover) 12
14 September 2013	Bainbridge, 65	16:15, Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11
20 September 2014	Maclay, 51	16:59, Bryce Swindell (Lassiter) 12
26 September 2015	Lowndes, 43	16:52, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
Additions and corrections to this table will be accepted gratefully. ~HW

Links

• Results of the 2015 Bainbridge High Bearcat Cross Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M9LTzRTsZkF41NONY1gs9GnMePMdA6KRUUB9eM52MUo/pubhtml
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of running in Bainbridge, Georgia
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Bainbridge
  
  
• Stop playing on the computer and run a race! You can find one here:
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1505

Boland and Jones County, Wolfenden and Lowndes victorious at Lee County Invite

In 1979 I traveled to Limerick, Ireland, for the World Cross Country Championships. It was in March, and for the week before the event it was the usual wretched weather that you could expect of an Irish springtime. On Thursday, two days before the races, it started raining. It was still raining on Friday, and it continued to rain through the day of the Championships. I don't remember if it stopped afterwards, so maybe it's still raining in Limerick.


The Championships went on though. The mud was so slippery that defending champion John Treacy fell down twice on his way to a win, but the races went on. Whatever the weather, cross country goes on. So on Saturday morning, 12 September 2015, when the rain went on an on and on in Leesburg, Georgia, so did the Lee County High School Cross Country Invitational.


Competition at the 2015 Lee County High Invitational started at 9:00 AM ET with the high school girls' 5K. Jones County was first in a field of 16 teams, scoring a nearly unbeatable 29 points. The Greyhounds were led by senior Kate Boland, who outran the defending champion, Colquitt County sophomore Elizabeth Funderburk to win the race in 20:43. Funderburk took second in 20:51. Jones County also put three other runners in the top ten--frosh Erin Leonard (3rd, 21:08) and juniors Kaitlyn Holder (6th, 23:00) and Frannie Pittman (7th, 23:03)--then closed out their scoring with sophomore McKinleigh Stripling (12th, 23:36). Behind the 21:47 fourth place finish of junior Tiffany Mountin, Perry placed second in the team standings with 71 points. Colquitt County was third with 111.


Team Standings, High School Girls, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. Jones County, 29 points
2. Perry, 71
3. Colquitt County, 111
4. Lowndes, 127
5. Westover, 127
6. Lee County, 149
7. Tift County, 184
8. Bainbridge, 209
9. Fitzgerald, 264
10. Thomasville, 296
11. Berrien County, 304
12. Marion County, 323
13. Pelham, 344
14. Americus-Sumter, 356
15. Baconton Charter, 363
16. Schley County, 437

Top Ten High School Girls, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. 20:42.77 ~ Kate Boland (Jones County) 12
2. 20:50.52 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 10
3. 21:07.26 ~ Erin Leonard (Jones County) 9
4. 21:46.92 ~ Tiffany Mountin (Perry) 11
5. 21:51.86 ~ Alyssa Mountin (Perry) 9
6. 22:59.46 ~ Kaitlyn Holder (Jones County) 11
7. 23:02.36 ~ Frannie Pittman (Jones County) 11
8. 23:10.16 ~ Phoebe Bills (Lowndes) 10
9. 23:25.78 ~ Kaitlyn Mitchell (Colquitt County) 9
10. 23:27.12 ~ Lydia Bills (Lowndes) 9

Lowndes had the first two runners in the high school boys race with junior Kaleb Wolfenden (1st, 17:42) and senior Chance Roe (2nd, 17:50). Add junior Daniel Swilley (8th, 19:17), frosh Hayden Bills (9th, 19:18), and sophomore Nathan Storey (35th, 21:18), and Lowndes had 52 points, the best score in the field of 20 teams. Perry's top runner finished ahead of Jones County's fastest when Perry sophomore Tanner Reid finished third in 17:52 while Jones County junior Ethan Oulsnam placed fifth in 18:51. Nevertheless, Jones County took second with 67 points while Perry was third with 71.


Team Standings, High School Boys, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lowndes, 52 points
2. Jones County, 67
3. Perry, 71
4. Bainbridge, 89
5. Valdosta, 210
6. Lee County, 221
7. Seminole County, 230
8. Berrien County, 266
9. Fitzgerald, 275
10. Tift County, 280
11. Westover, 298
12. Baconton Charter, 339
13. Americus-Sumter, 367
14. Colquitt County, 381
15. Hawkinsville, 389
16. Albany, 391
17. Thomasville, 399
18. Marion County, 519
19. Pelham, 540
20. Schley County, 588

Top Ten High School Boys, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. 17:41.37 ~ Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 11
2. 17:49.77 ~ Chance Roe (Lowndes) 12
3. 17:51.67 ~ Tanner Reid (Perry) 10
4. 17:52.50 ~ Matthew Baun (Valdosta) 11
5. 18:40.51 ~ Ethan Oulsnam (Jones County) 11
6. 18:54.78 ~ Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge) 10
7. 19:00.02 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 9
8. 19:16.92 ~ Daniel Swilley (Lowndes) 11
9. 19:17.82 ~ Hayden Bills (Lowndes) 9
10. 19:36.48 ~ Chandler Evans (Perry) 11

When Tift Middle School eighth-grader Emily Golden is in a race, the question is usually not whether or not she's going to win but by how much. At the 2015 Lee County Invitational Middle School Girls' Two Mile, the answer to "how much" was "a lot." Golden was first by nearly 200 meters, winning the race in 14:18. Tift put three more runners in the top ten--eighth graders Rebekah Larger (4th, 15:27) and Caroline Vickers (5th, 15:28) plus seventh-grader Noelia Sandoval (7th, 15:48). Once their fifth runner, sixth-grader Ainsley Toews (14th, 17:00) crossed the finish line, Tift had 29 points and the team title. Seminole County was second in the team standings with 66 points, led by a 15:03 second-place run by eighth-grader Macy Williams. Lee County totalled 73 points to take third in the eleven-team field.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. Tift, 29 points
2. Seminole County, 66
3. Lee County, 73
4. Berrien County, 131
5. MacIntyre Park, 161
6. Schley County, 171
7. Bainbridge, 181
8. Colquitt County, 203
9. Baconton Charter, 209
10. Ben-Hill, 224
11. Marion County, 275

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. 14:17.07 ~ Emily Golden (Tift) 8
2. 15:02.51 ~ Macy Williams (Seminole County) 8
3. 15:21.00 ~ Masey Tabb (Seminole County) 8
4. 15:26.63 ~ Rebekah Larger (Tift) 8
5. 15:27.07 ~ Caroline Vickers (Tift) 8
6. 15:27.72 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 6
7. 15:47.26 ~ Noelia Sandoval (Tift) 7
8. 16:12.57 ~ Lydia Hardy (Mossy Creek) 8
9. 16:15.57 ~ Sarah Andrews Rucker (Pulaski) 8
10. 16:22.29 ~ Victoria Natoli (Lee County) 8

In the middle school boys' two mile, Westover eighth-grader Henry Plowden won by more than 200 meters. It was Plowden's third win of the 2015 season, coming after victories at the Mid State Cross Country Classic in Perry, Georgia, on 22 August 2015 and the Cougar Cross Country Challenge in Tallahassee, Florida, on 29 August 2015. Lee County took the next two places in the race with eighth-grader Ben Phillips finishing second in 13:18 and sixth-grader Josh Macklin third in 13:22. Those were the first five points in Lee County's team total of 53, good for the team title. Berrien County edged MacIntyre Park 74 to 81 for the second spot in the thirteen-team field.


Timing and scoring of the 2015 Lee County High Invitational were provided by Miles and Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lee County, 53 points
2. Berrien County, 74
3. MacIntyre Park, 81
4. Tift, 110
5. Seminole County, 142
6. Bainbridge, 188
7. Ben-Hill, 205
8. Schley County, 222
9. Pulaski, 257
10. Baconton Charter, 269
11. Colquitt County, 274
12. Marion County, 325
13. Pelham, 333

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2015 Lee County High Invitational

1. 12:25.83 ~ Henry Plowden (Westover) 8
2. 13:17.52 ~ Benjamin Phillips (Lee County) 8
3. 13:21.48 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 6
4. 13:24.24 ~ Bryce Stephens (Tift) 7
5. 13:24.57 ~ Garrett Taylor (Seminole County) 8
6. 13:46.39 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 7
7. 13:53.89 ~ Baylen Young (MacIntyre Park) 7
8. 13:56.67 ~ Mitchell Kallam (Berrien County) 8
9. 14:11.24 ~ Morgan Bolmer (Berrien County) 8
10. 14:19.70 ~ Lawson Brinkley (MacIntyre Park) 7

Lee County High School Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2008 - 2015
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
13 September 2008	Westover, 28 points	20:34, Moneque English (Westover)
12 September 2009	Westover, 32	18:27, Megan Breitbach (Houston County)
11 September 2010
10 September 2011	Thomasville, 53	20:31, Megan Asadian (Houston County)
8 September 2012	Thomasville, 72	23:16, Erica Taylor (Westover)
21 September 2013	Jones County, 78	20:26, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge)
13 September 2014	Jones County, 61	19:33, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County)
12 September 2015	Jones County, 29	20:43, Kate Boland (Jones County)
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
13 September 2008	Tift County, 51 points	16:27, Hunter Hunneycutt (Tift County)
12 September 2009	Houston County, 25	16:45, Kasib Abdullah (Houston County)
11 September 2010
10 September 2011	Tift County, 73	15:38, Hunter Honeycutt (Tift County)
8 September 2012	Westover, 57	18:51, Josh Mason (Westover)
21 September 2013	Bainbridge, 61	16:04, Chase Harris (Bainbridge)
13 September 2014	Westover, 38	17:46, Matthew Baun (Valdosta)
12 September 2015	Lowndes, 52	17:42, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Lee County High School Cross Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uE_GPk_itv7Mw9USTHasdsBL6oUhwNUwxB9DR_ZojTg/pubhtml
  
  
• Wet or dry, find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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