On a frosty Saturday morning, 28 January 2017, Avery Ainsworth won Dothan's sixth annual Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon, first in a field of 104 finishers. It was not only the second year in a row that Ainsworth had won the 13.1-mile race, it was also the second straight year that the Montgomery, Alabama athlete set a new course record. Ainsworth traversed the course in 1:14:50, trimming exactly one minute off the mark he established in 2016. Jae Reynolds of Anadalusia, Alabama took the women's title, placing overall in 1:39:20.Behind Ainsworth's record-setting 1:14:50, Richard Ford was second in 1:26:18. Alex Swanson placed third in 1:32:13, and Enterprise High sophomore cross-country runner Josh Crawford grabbed fourth with a 1:34:44.
Edna Keene was the women's runner-up, placing tenth overall in 1:43:40. Kathy Gannon was the top master and third female finisher in the half marathon, placing eleventh overall in 1:44:15.
David Anderson was the first male master and fourteenth overall in 1:45:40.
Top Ten Men, 2017 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon
- 1:14:49.476, Avery Ainsworth (M, 38)
- 1:26:17.476, Richard Ford (M, 24)
- 1:32:12.471, Alex Swanson (M, 23)
- 1:34:43.920, Josh Crawford (M, 16)
- 1:38:02.049, Jeremy Andrews (M, 30)
- 1:39:07.221, Eric Bernard (M, 37)
- 1:40:02.787, Casey Masters (M, 35)
- 1:42:33.275, Thomas Newell (M, 30)
- 1:45:31.458, Michael Brooks (M, 26)
- 1:45:39.396, David Anderson (M, )
Top Ten Women, 2017 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon
- 1:39:19.032, Jae Reynolds (F, 33)
- 1:43:39.750, Edna Keene (F, 34)
- 1:44:14.397, Kathy Gannon (F, 52)
- 1:44:43.814, Dana Cody (F, )
- 1:48:55.495, Kelley Unsicker (F, 42)
- 1:52:02.998, Sarah Timberlake (F, 41)
- 1:52:37.117, Iris George (F, 31)
- 1:54:48.394, Sarah Walker (F, 38)
- 1:54:58.103, Kimberly Barcelona (F, 44)
- 1:56:45.166, Laura Tamburin (F, 44)
| Dothan, Alabama SACF Half Marathon winners, 2012 - 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 18 February 2012 | 1:21:02, Sean Kent | 1:42:05, Ashley Maddox | 184 |
| 9 February 2013 | 1:21:51, Hunter Potts | 1:34:54, Amberly Glitz | 97 |
| 1 February 2014 | 1:20:28, Sean Kent | 1:37:53, Amberly Glitz | 96 |
| 7 February 2015 | 1:27:02, Dan Enos | 1:35:59, Aleasha Liddle | 108 |
| 30 January 2016 | 1:15:50, Avery Ainsworth | 1:40:56, Fran New | 120 |
| 28 January 2017 | 1:14:50, Avery Ainsworth | 1:39:20, Jae Reynolds | 104 |
Another 101 athletes finished a 5K race contested during the half marathon. Tanner Norman, a junior on the Early County High cross-country team, won the 3.1-mile event, running 18:20. Fawad Safi was second in 18:31, and Houston Academy sophomore Chris Tamburin placed third in 20:05.
Jackie Birge was the first woman in the shorter race, and seventh overall in 22:00. Dothan master runner Carolyn Houston was the second female finisher and twelfth overall in 23:22. In a match of two more master runners, Mary Lise Patterson edged Loretta Shapiro for third, 24:39 to 24:45. Patterson and Shapiro finished eighteenth and nineteenth overall.
Top Ten Men, 2017 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation 5K
- 18:19.098, Tanner Norman (M, 17)
- 18:30.785, Fawad Safi (M, 28)
- 20:04.788, Chris Tamburin (M, 16)
- 20:20.180, Michael Shaw (M, 38)
- 20:54.882, Terry Hodge (M, 32)
- 21:45.049, Eli Butler (M, 9)
- 22:17.123, Blake Mills (M, 32)
- 22:28.548, Andrew Tamburin (M, 16)
- 22:45.926, Scott Bowers (M, 40)
- 22:59.252, Richard Siracusano (M, 28)
Top Ten Women, 2017 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation 5K
- 21:59.486, Jackie Birge (F, 28)
- 23:21.939, Carolyn Houston (F, 44)
- 24:38.719, Mary Lise Patterson (F, 58)
- 24:44.876, Loretta Shapiro (F, 43)
- 25:41.375, Katie Ercen (F, 29)
- 25:51.667, Dawn Cleveland (F, 46)
- 26:09.090, Jo Johnson (F, 28)
- 27:23.140, Betsy Liddon (F, 39)
- 27:55.546, Andrea Forehand (F, 36)
- 28:06.156, Samantha Braswell (F, 28)
About Time Events, LLC, of Prattville, Alabama provided chip timing and race management for the event.
Links
- Complete results of the 2017 SACF Half Marathon
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17SE5d6RG-saIxBOuYMqgziTUO8hqtZoPvu1RstgbkvA/pubhtml
- 2016 story, “Ainsworth wins in a record run at Dothan's SACF Half Marathon”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/sacf-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Enos and Liddle win the half marathon in Dothan”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/sacf-2015.html
- Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon
http://www.sacfhalfmarathon.org/
- Find upcoming half and full marathons in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
