Cyler Perkins and Lauren Bogan harvested wins at Leesburg's Harvest Run 10K

Leesburg, Georgia held its first Harvest Run 10K on Thanksgiving Day in 2014. Ten years later, on Thursday morning, 28 November 2024, the race was back for an eleventh annual running. Cyler Perkins of Albany won that morning by over 1500 meters, clocking 34:56. Vero Beach, Florida athlete Lauren Bogan was the first woman in the 10K, placing third overall in 44:17.


John Hoffpauir, a junior-year harrier on the Lee County High cross-country team, took second in the 10K, running 41:16. Leesburg master runner Jud Savelle was third in the men's standings and fifth overall in 46:34.


Jennifer Perkins of Albany was the first master runner in the race and second in the women's division, finishing fourth overall in 44:41. Perkins was a four-time winner of the Harvest Run 10K, and still holds the women's record at the race of 40:38, which she ran in 2018. Mollie McGowan of Americus, Georgia was the third woman in the 10K and eighth overall in 47:49.


31 athletes finished the 2024 Harvest Run 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 34:56, Cyler Perkins (M, 20) Albany, GA
2. 41:16, John Hoffpauir (M, 17) Leesburg, GA
3. 46:34, Jud Savelle (M, 44) Leesburg, GA
4. 46:49, Andrew Marzen (M, 54) Tifton, GA
5. 47:33, Dennis Moore (M, 56)
6. 49:10, Chadwick Hamilton (M, 36) Albany, GA
7. 50:28, Jaymes Turner (M, 32) Americus, GA
8. 52:33, Sayuj Shajith (M, 24) Suwanee, GA
9. 53:27, Carl Graap (M, 61) Warner Robins, GA
10. 54:35, Noah Gamache (M, 35) Marietta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2024 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 44:17, Lauren Bogan (F, 39) Vero Beach, FL
2. 44:41, Jennifer Perkins (F, 44) Albany, GA
3. 47:49, Mollie McGowan (F, 33) Americus, GA
4. 49:50, Joan Kiser (F, 64) Carnesville, GA
5. 50:07, Anne Chaplin (F, 33) Marietta, GA
6. 52:48, Taylor Luke (F, 25) Leesburg, GA
7. 52:58, Katrina Sokolowski (F, 46) Albany, GA
8. 53:23, Manashwee Ghimire (F, 21) Leesburg, GA
9. 54:26, Charlie Holiday (F, 38)
10. 56:54, Kim Matthews (F, 43) Jacksonville, FL

At least two past champions turned out for the 5K, the shorter race at the 2024 Harvest Run. Jake Griffith, the defending champ, was on the starting line; Griffith had set the course record of 16:48 in 2023. Courtland Buntin was also in the field; Buntin was a three-time Harvest Run champ with wins in 2018, 2019, and 2020.


Rush Hatcher handled them both. Less than three weeks before the Harvest Run, the Worth County High junior had taken second in the class 1A boys' 5K at the GHSA State Cross-Country Championship, racing for Worth County High. At the Thanksgiving Day race in Leesburg, Hatcher won by over half a minute, setting a new Harvest Run record of 16:25.


Griffith took second in 16:56. Noah Coleman, a junior on the Crisp County High cross-country team, nabbed third with a 17:50. Rusty Coleman was the first master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 18:10. Courtland Buntin took fifth in 18:47.


Tami Kochen, a Carbondale, Colorado master runner, was the first woman in the 5k, finishing twelfth overall in 20:35. Albany's Codi Mullen was runner-up for the women in 22:54, good for twentieth overall. Linlee Keese, a frosh member of the New Covenant School cross-country team, was third in the women's standings and 22nd overall in 24:30.



80 athletes finished the 2024 Harvest Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 16:25, Rush Hatcher (M, 17)
2. 16:56, Jake Griffith (M, 33) Americus, GA
3. 17:50, Noah Coleman (M, 16) Cordele, GA
4. 18:10, Rusty Coleman (M, 47)
5. 18:47, Courtland Buntin (M, 25)
6. 18:53, Jacob Bentn (M, 38)
7. 19:39, Patrick Davies (M, 46) Chula, GA
8. 19:48, Owen Davies (M, 16)
9. 19:55, Brady Perkins (M, 18) Albany, GA
10. 20:25, Terrell Washington (M, 17) Leesburg, GA

Top Ten Women, 2024 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 20:35, Tami Kochen (F, 42) Carbondale, CO
2. 22:54, Codi Mullen (F, 31) Albany, GA
3. 24:30, Linlee Keese (F, 14) Anderson, SC
4. 24:36, Maria Kilheffer (F, 18) Americus, GA
5. 25:26, Kim Moorman (F, 47) Tifton, GA
6. 27:08, Brittney Coleman (F, 35)
7. 27:51, Addison Matthews (F, 43) Jacksonville, FL
8. 28:01, Penny Peters (F, 57)
9. 28:29, Jasmine Kilheffer (F, 20) Americus, GA
10. 29:01, Crystal Kilheffer (F, 44) Americus, GA

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2024
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
22 November 2018	10K	42:39, Dennis Moore	40:38, Jennifer Perkins	38
	5K	18:55, Courtland Buntin	19:27, Jessica Sams	132
28 November 2019	10K	34:35, Joshua Grant	42:18, Talarie Hayes	64
	5K	18:12, Courtland Buntin	19:09, Jessica Sams	126
26 November 2020	10K	35:49, Russell Coleman	41:33, Jennifer Perkins	51
	5K	18:15, Courtland Buntin	20:21, Brittney Skiles	72
25 November 2021	10K	35:27, Henry Plowden	42:54, Katie Cornett	38
	5K	17:31, Lucas Stocks	19:27, Jennifer Stocks	96
24 November 2022	10K	35:54, Patrick Whitehead	45:23, Caitlin Mixon	32
	5K	19:22, Graham Harrod	20:13, Brittney Skiles	87
23 November 2023	10	33:31, Brian Miller	42:42, Caitlin Mixon	31
	5K	16:48, Jake Griffith	22:39, Taylor Luke	106
28 November 2024	10K	34:56, Cyler Perkins	44:17, Lauren Bogan	31
	5K	16:25, Rush Hatcher	20:35, Tami Kochen	80

Links

• Complete results of the 2024 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQtT93lhu2UpypIJL0ixmf2UvppQpZq1Um1rCWYVW3LJFItsPdRTWuAJmzC6u5am10B1lxqhJU-OFC8/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Patrick Whitehead posts a Harvest Run three-peat”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/11/leesburg-harvest-2017.html
  
  
• 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
  
  

#3215

Andrew McGinnis crushes a 15:21.12 at the Deerfield-Windsor Invitational

After years in Albany, Georgia, the annual Deerfield-Windsor Invitational Cross-Country Meet moved to a venue in Leesburg for the 19 September 2020 edition of the event. In spite of the new location, the athletes didn't seem to have trouble finding the meet. Andrew McGinnis, a Calvary Christian junior, not only found the meet, but won the high school boys' 5K in a stunning 15:22. The Deerfield-Windsor boys took the team title, scoring 65 points. Brookstone sophomore Kiley Murphy ran away with the high school girls' 5K, going 18:35, while the Valwood girls tallied 52 points to become the top team in the race.


The meet opened at 8:00 AM on Saturday morning at the Lee County Cross-Country Fields near Kinchafoonee Primary School--the site of the Lee County Invitational a week earlier. The high school boys' 5K was the first race. Andrew McGinnis owned it, crossing the finish line more than 200 meters ahead of the second runner with his winning 15:22. Deerfield-Windsor senior Graham Ford took second in 16:05. Another Deerfield-Windsor harrier, junior Jon Durham, placed third in 16:29.


Garrison Slaughter also cracked the top ten for Deerfield-Windsor; the frosh edged Perry junior River Livingston for fifth, 17:19 to 17:21. Charles Peeler and Jackson Belusko finished the scoring for Deerfield-Windsor, senior Peeler finishing eighteenth in 18:17 and frosh Belusko 46th in 19:34. Once Belusko finished the 5K, Deerfield-Windsor had 65 points and first place in a field of fourteen teams.


The race was on Lee County High's home course, and the Trojans put two runners in the top ten--junior Edward Ostrander (8th, 17:34) and sophomore Tim Ellis (10th, 17:43). But Lee County ended up a close second to Deerfield-Windsor, scoring 65 points.  Perry was third with 107 points, led by the sixth-place showing of River Livingston. The Perry junior covered the course in 17:21.


2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Deerfield-Windsor, 65
2. Lee County, 68
3. Perry, 107
4. Brookstone, 113
5. Schley County, 153
6. Calvary Christian, 154
7. Bainbridge, 185
8. Tift County, 195
9. Worth County, 235
10. Pelham, 278
11. Furlow Charter, 325
12. Seminole County, 340
13. Grace Christian, 350
14. Baconton Charter, 370

Top Ten High School Boys, 2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational

1. 15:21.12, Andrew McGinnis (Calvary Christian) 11
2. 16:04.61, Graham Ford (Deerfield-Windsor) 12
3. 16:28.77, Jon Durham (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
4. 17:14.00, David Williams (Schley County) 12
5. 17:18.39, Garrison Slaughter (Deerfield-Windsor) 9
6. 17:20.22, River Livingston (Perry) 11
7. 17:31.44, Joe Hilsman (Brookstone) 11
8. 17:33.67, Edward Ostrander (Lee County) 11
9. 17:41.60, Conner Mullen (Worth County) 10
10. 17:42.68, Tim Ellis (Lee County) 10

In the next race, the high school girls' 5K, Brookstone sophomore Kiley Murphy continued the theme of races won by huge margins, leaving the field behind with her 18:35 and finishing with a lead of nearly 400 meters. Brookstone frosh Elizabeth Cowley was second to her teammate in 20:06. Emma Ellis, a Perry senior, placed third in 20:29.


Valwood frosh Ella Burnett was fourth in 20:48. The Valwood Valiants had two more girls in the top ten, senior Jordan Green (7th, 21:11) and frosh Emma Burnett (8th, 21:13). Seniors Brenna Clark (16th, 22:34) and Jolie Green (20th, 22:56) completed the scoring for Valwood, totaling 52 points for the Valiants and putting them first among eleven teams. Deerfield-Windsor junior Bailey Irvin placed ninth in 21:21, leading her team to a sum of 78 points, good for second. Behind the one-two finish of Murphy and Cowley, Brookstone edged Perry for third, 92 to 95.


2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Valwood, 52
2. Deerfield-Windsor, 78
3. Brookstone, 92
4. Perry, 95
5. Lee County, 111
6. Tift County, 117
7. Baconton Charter, 216
8. Bainbridge, 216
9. Furlow Charter, 235
10. Terrell, 281
11. Schley County, 287

Top Ten High School Girls, 2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational

1. 18:34.41, Kiley Murphy (Brookstone) 10
2. 20:05.04, Elizabeth Cowley (Brookstone) 9
3. 20:28.46, Emma Ellis (Perry) 12
4. 20:47.92, Ella Burnett (Valwood) 9
5. 21:03.88, Maya Wynn (Furlow Charter) 12
6. 21:10.43, Abbie Westra (Perry) 11
7. 21:10.84, Jordan Green (Valwood) 12
8. 21:12.07, Emma Burnett (Valwood) 9
9. 21:20.86, Bailey Irvin (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
10. 21:40.28, Sophie Singleton (Deerfield-Windsor) 10

It paid to be a seventh-grader in the middle school boys' two mile, where seventh-grade athletes took the first four places. Jackson McLaughlin of Perry was first in 13:28. John Moore of Deerfield-Windsor was runner-up in 13:28, while Ethan Burnett of Valwood placed third in 13:31 and Walker Elrod of Grace Christian fourth in 13:32.


Grace Christian eighth-grader Dawson Worsley joined Elrod in the top ten, placing tenth in 14:04. Three more eighth-graders completed the scoring for Grace Christian--Keith Edison (12th, 14:09), Trey Henderson (20th, 15:02), and Owen Earnest (24th, 15:08). With Earnest's finish, Grace Christian had 70 points and the team title. Hosts Deerfield-Windsor were second in the field of fourteen with 86 points. Lee County, led by the seventh-place13:56 performance of seventh-grader Houston Hayes, was third with 119 points.


2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Grace Christian, 70
2. Deerfield-Windsor, 86
3. Lee County, 119
4. Panther Running Club, 149
5. Tift, 154
6. Colquitt County, 193
7. Southland, 194
8. Worth County, 202
9. Bainbridge, 210
10. Westwood, 254
11. Terrell, 287
12. Valwood, 293
13. Baconton Charter, 303
14. Seminole County, 306
15. Pataula Charter, 396

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational

1. 13:22.13, Jackson McLaughlin (Perry) 7
2. 13:27.39, John Moore (Deerfield-Windsor) 7
3. 13:30.46, Ethan Burnett (Valwood) 7
4. 13:31.43, Walker Elrod (Grace Christian) 7
5. 13:34.82, Dawson Mcmillan (Tift) 8
6. 13:49.38, JP Cannon (Terrell) 8
7. 13:55.91, Houston Hayes (Lee County) 7
8. 13:56.74, Colton Suggs (Baconton Charter) 6
9. 13:57.29, Brayden Walcher (Colquitt County) 7
10. 14:03.30, Dawson Worsley (Grace Christian) 8

The final race of the morning was the middle school girls' two mile. Carly Storie was a big winner in that event; the Perry seventh-grader took first in 14:50, finishing almost 200 meters ahead of the next runner. The race for second place was much closer, with Terrell eighth-grader Jenna DeBary outkicking Baconton Charter eighth-grader Gracie Morrical. Both runners were clocked in 15:31.


Lee County may not have been represented in the top three, but still put three athletes in the top ten--eighth-grader Olivia Vanderwalt (6th, 16:09), sixth-grader Madisyn Goddard (9th, 16:34) and seventh-grader Harlee Oosterveen (10th, 16:34). Two sixth-graders, Peyton Passinault and Carolina Davis, finished the scoring for Lee County, Passinault placing twentieth in 17:25 and Davis 22nd in 17:45. That gave the Lee County girls 59 points, putting them first among twelve teams. Led by sixth-grader Emily Rutledge (11th, 16:43), Deerfield-Windsor was second with 106 points. The Southland Academy girls were third with 133 points behind Brianna Brown (7th, 16:11), a seventh-grader.


2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Lee County, 59
2. Deerfield-Windsor, 106
3. Southland, 133
4. Terrell, 157
5. Baconton Charter, 160
6. Panther Running Club, 165
7. Glenwood, 170
8. Grace Christian, 180
9. Tift, 196
10. Colquitt County, 198
11. Pataula Charter, 226
12. Seminole County, 268

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational

1. 14:49.70, Carly Storie (Perry) 7
2. 15:30.24, Jenna DeBary (Terrell) 8
3. 15:30.78, Gracie Morrical (Baconton Charter) 8
4. 16:04.24, Kate Poitevint (Grace Christian) 8
5. 16:06.52, Jenna Sides (Glenwood) 8
6. 16:08.84, Olivia Vanderwalt (Lee County) 8
7. 16:10.65, Brianna Brown (Southland) 7
8. 16:31.25, Anna Kate Miller (Terrell) 7
9. 16:33.30, Madisyn Goddard (Lee County) 6
10. 16:33.59, Harlee Oosterveen (Lee County) 7

Deerfield-Windsor Invitational Champions 2013 - 2020
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
21 September 2013	Trinity Christian, 30	15:12, Kaleb McLeod (Trinity Christian)
13 September 2014	Trinity Christian, 53	15:40, Kaleb McLeod (Trinity Christian)
12 September 2015	Thomas County Central, 39	16:55, Jacob McLeod (Trinity Christian)
24 September 2016	Deerfield-Windsor, 65	17:07, Dallas Hunt (Tiftarea) 10
23 September 2017	Deerfield-Windsor, 36	16:55, Porter Hill (Deerfield-Windsor) 10
22 September 2018	Deerfield-Windsor, 23	16:29, Porter Hill (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
14 September 2019	Lee County, 44	16:19, Henry Plowden (Westover) 12
19 September 2020	Deerfield-Windsor, 65	15:22, Andrew McGinnis (Calvary Christian) 11
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
12 October 2013	Deerfield-Windsor, 33	19:23, Mary Alice Smoot (Valwood)
27 September 2014	Deerfield-Windsor, 33	20:12, Virginia Moore (Deerfield-Windsor)
12 September 2015	Deerfield-Windsor, 35	21:00, Ivie Nobles (Twiggs)
24 September 2016	Augusta Prep, 46	18:20, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 11
23 September 2017	Deerfield-Windsor, 40	19:28, Camryn Bridges (Deerfield-Windsor) 12
22 September 2018	Deerfield-Windsor, 46	19:08, Emily Golden (Tift County) 11
14 September 2019	Berrien County, 72	19:10, Emily Golden (Tift County) 12
19 September 2020	Valwood, 52	18:35, Kiley Murphy (Brookstone) 10

Links

• Complete results of the 2020 Deerfield-Windsor Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQL5CIUwvX3Zuu_f4ciwa4oiOszoTGzveFdzNx6LhFEKz7c7dryn1MVyBKm93Ax8oMtLSzWFhH4KuEo/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Elizabeth Funderburk runs a scorching 18:20 at the Deerfield Invitational”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/darton-dash-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Ivie Nobles and Jacob McLeod win at Deerfield-Windsor's Darton Dash”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/darton-dash-2015.html
  
  
• More Albany, Georgia, running news at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Albany
  
  
• Find a chance to compete on road, track, or trail using the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2708

Lowndes sweeps the high school team titles at the Lee County Invite

On Saturday morning, 12 September 2020, for the second year in a row the Lowndes High Vikings left the Lee County Invitational carrying home team titles from both the girls' 5K and the boys' 5K. But it was a Thomas County Central senior, Anna James, who nabbed the win in the high school girls' 5K, running 20:35. Deerfield-Windsor junior Jon Durham went 17:41 in the boys' 5K, winning that race for the second year straight.


No one was near Anna James when she crossed the finish line in 20:35; she won the race with a lead of more than 200 meters. It was James' second win of the season; she had an earlier first-place finish at her school's home opener, the Yellow Jacket Invitational. Allie Brown, a Crisp senior, finished runner-up to James in 21:34. Tift County junior Alexis Tucker placed third in 22:27.


Lowndes sophomore Victoria Garcia took fourth in 22:47. Garcia was the first of three Vikings in the top ten, the others being seniors Kiley Matheson (6th, 23:07) and Laura Mason (8th, 23:18). Sophomore Lindsay Whitmer (12th, 24:01) and junior Megan Gemma (22nd, 24:46) also scored for Lowndes, giving the Viking girls 47 points and their second Lee County win in two years. The Deerfield-Windsor girls were second in the twelve-team field, scoring 86 points behind the the fifth-place showing of D-W junior Bailey Irvin. Alexis Tucker and Tift County were third in the team standings with 106 points.


Team Standings, High School Girls, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lowndes, 47
2. Deerfield-Windsor, 86
3. Tift County, 106
4. Lee County, 117
5. Valwood, 140
6. Berrien County, 188
7. Thomas County Central, 191
8. Baconton Charter, 214
9. Colquitt County, 220
10. Bainbridge, 236
11. Furlow Charter, 252
12. Seminole County, 309

Top Ten High School Girls, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. 20:34.9, Anna James (Thomas County Central) 12
2. 21:33.6, Allie Brown (Crisp) 12
3. 22:26.1, Alexis Tucker (Tift County) 11
4. 22:46.2, Victoria Garcia (Lowndes) 10
5. 22:53.6, Bailey Irvin (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
6. 23:06.4, Kiley Matheson (Lowndes) 12
7. 23:13.4, Maya Wynn (Furlow Charter) 12
8. 23:18.0, Laura Mason (Lowndes) 12
9. 23:25.8, Ella Burnett (Valwood) 9
10. 23:38.3, Emily Phillips (Lee County) 11

Jon Durham ran 17:41 in the high school boys' 5K at the Lee County Invite, picking up his first win of the 2020 season. A little more than thirty meters behind the junior from Deerfield-Windsor, Lowndes sophomore Aaron Munger was runner-up in 17:48. Graham Ford, a Deerfield-Windsor senior, finished third in 18:08.


Deerfield-Windsor had a third scorer in the top ten, frosh Garrison Slaughter, who placed seventh in 19:03. But Lowndes had five Vikings in the top ten--Munger, junior Matthew Herndon (4th, 18:15), frosh Isaac Chambers (6th, 18:58), senior Andrew Francis (8th, 19:20), and junior Blake Jaramillo (9th, 19:26). That put the Lowndes boys first among fourteen teams with a score of 29 points. Host school Lee County, led by the fifth-place showing of junior Edward Ostrander (18:51), took second with 60 points. Deerfield-Windsor was third with 70 points.


Team Standings, High School Boys, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lowndes, 29
2. Lee County, 60
3. Deerfield-Windsor, 70
4. Colquitt County, 132
5. Tift County, 169
6. Bainbridge, 171
7. Berrien County, 217
8. Thomas County Central, 223
9. Worth County, 239
10. Furlow Charter, 299
11. Seminole County, 314
12. Grace Christian, 316
13. Baconton Charter, 345
14. Baker County, 382

Top Ten High School Boys, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. 17:40.9, Jon Durham (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
2. 17:48.0, Aaron Munger (Lowndes) 10
3. 18:07.6, Graham Ford (Deerfield-Windsor) 12
4. 18:14.9, Matthew Herndon (Lowndes) 11
5. 18:50.1, Edward Ostrander (Lee County) 11
6. 18:57.4, Isaac Chambers (Lowndes) 9
7. 19:02.3, Garrison Slaughter (Deerfield-Windsor) 9
8. 19:19.3, Andrew Francis (Lowndes) 12
9. 19:25.1, Blake Jaramillo (Lowndes) 11
10. 19:30.1, Tim Ellis (Lee County) 10

After winning the middle school girls' two mile back home at the Yellow Jacket Invitational two weeks earlier, Thomas County eighth-grader Cadence Curnalia won that event at the Lee County Invitational, crossing the finish line first in 13:42. Eighth-grader Gracie Morrical of Baconton Charter was second in 14:31. Another eighth-grader, Olivia Vanderwalt of Lee County, was third in 14:49. Vanderwalt had placed eleventh in the 2019 Lee County Invite and ninth in 2018.


Seventh-grader Liza Nix placed fourth in 15:03, one of two Berrien County girls in the top ten. Lee County also had two athletes in the top ten, with Vanderwalt joined by seventh-grader Harlee Oosterveen (7th, 15:14). Lee County's remaining scorers were sixth-grader Peyton Passinault (11th, 15:55), eighth-grader Samantha Stephens (23rd, 16:53), and seventh-grader Hayden Bruce (25th, 16:58)--giving the team a narrow 65-to-66 win just ahead of second place Berrien County. Deerfield-Windsor was third in the nine-team field with 84 points, led by eighth-grader Molly Fuller (9th, 15:46).


Team Standings, Middle School Girls, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lee County, 65
2. Berrien County, 66
3. Deerfield-Windsor, 84
4. Lowndes, 108
5. Tift, 141
6. Thomas County, 146
7. Grace Christian, 164
8. Baconton Charter, 178
9. Colquitt County, 192

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. 13:41.8, Cadence Curnalia (Thomas County) 8
2. 14:30.1, Gracie Morrical (Baconton Charter) 8
3. 14:48.5, Olivia Vanderwalt (Lee County) 8
4. 15:03.0, Liza Nix (Berrien County) 7
5. 15:03.2, Alyssa Youmans (Lowndes) 8
6. 15:11.8, Kate Poitevint (Grace Christian) 8
7. 15:13.2, Harlee Oosterveen (Lee County) 7
8. 15:18.4, Savannah Dodd (Thomas County) 6
9. 15:45.2, Molly Fuller (Deerfield-Windsor) 8
10. 15:47.6, Alli Butler (Berrien County) 8

In spite of first-place showings in the team scoring of the two high school races, Lowndes High didn't pick up individual wins in either of the 5K events. Lowndes Middle, however, struck gold in the middle school boys' race when eighth-grader Dylan Chambers finished first in 12:16. Charlie Wilcox, a Deerfield-Windsor eighth-grader, finished runner-up in 12:30. Close behind, Grace Christian seventh-grader Walker Elrod was third in 12:33.


Each of those top three runners was on a top three squad in the fourteen-team field. Chambers, joined by eighth-graders Gage Francis (10th, 13:04) and Corbin Young (15th, 13:26), seventh-grader Michael Gemma (18th, 13:31), and eighth-grader Patrick Whitmer (20th, 13:38), scored 64 points for Lowndes, good for first place. Wilcox and Deerfield-Windsor were second with 72 points. Elrod and his Grace Christian comrades were third with 105 points.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lowndes, 64
2. Deerfield-Windsor, 72
3. Grace Christian, 105
4. Berrien County, 122
5. Lee County, 128
6. Dodge County, 184
7. Tift, 187
8. Thomas County, 225
9. Worth County, 245
10. Colquitt County, 254
11. Bainbridge, 262
12. Valwood, 287
13. Baconton Charter, 334
14. Seminole County, 374

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2020 Lee County High Invitational

1. 12:16.0, Dylan Chambers (Lowndes) 8
2. 12:29.7, Charlie Willcox (Deerfield-Windsor) 8
3. 12:32.5, Walker Elrod (Grace Christian) 7
4. 12:36.4, Ethan Burnett (Valwood) 7
5. 12:36.8, John Moore (Deerfield-Windsor) 7
6. 12:52.9, Houston Hayes (Lee County) 7
7. 12:55.5, Ace Roberson (Dodge County) 8
8. 12:56.6, Dawson Mcmillan (Tift) 8
9. 13:00.4, Keith Eidson (Grace Christian) 8
10. 13:03.2, Gage Francis (Lowndes)

Lee County High School Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2008 - 2020
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) 9
12 September 2015	Jones County, 29	20:43, Kate Boland (Jones County)
10 September 2016	Southland, 67	18:34, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 11
9 September 2017	Deerfield-Windsor, 42	19:51, Camryn Bridges (Deerfield-Windsor) 12
6 September 2018	Tift County, 49	20:28, Emily Golden (Tift County) 11
7 September 2019	Lowndes, 54	19:43, Emily Golden (Tift County) 12
12 September 2020	Lowndes, 47	20:35, Anna James (Thomas County Central) 12
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
13 September 2008	Tift County, 51 points	16:27, Hunter Hunneycutt (Tift County) 9
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) 12
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) 11
10 September 2016	Valdosta, 63	16:22, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 12
9 September 2017	Deerfield-Windsor, 62	16:46, Henry Plowden (Westover) 10
6 September 2018	Veterans, 27	18:05, Henry Plowden (Westover) 11
7 September 2019	Lowndes, 47	16:37, Henry Plowden (Westover) 12
12 September 2020	Lowndes, 29	17:41, Jon Durham (Deerfield-Windsor) 11

Links

• Complete results of the 2020 Lee County High School Cross Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTYAoxNUOxDoafAfxMT8fHVF7r-ZzRznbPYMYSpL2l6PBTYsQjs1i5xN0JtrAgQ9l-wY4BFrsr3_C-P/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Wolfenden and Funderburk repeat at Lee County High Invite”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/lee-county-xc-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Boland and Jones County, Wolfenden and Lowndes victorious at Lee County Invite”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/lee-county-xc-2015.html
  
  
• Wet or dry, find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2706

Joshua Grant edges Brian Miller in a record-breaking Harvest Run 10K

Back in 2015, Patrick Whitehead won the second annual Harvest Run 10K in Leesburg, Georgia, setting an event record of 36:11. That record stood till Thursday morning, 28 November 2019, when both Joshua Grant and Brian Miller ran about a minute and a half faster in the sixth annual Harvest Run. Grant became the new record holder, winning the 6.2-mile race in 34:36. Miller was just behind in 34:45. Talarie Hayes was the first woman in the race, placing sixth overall in 42:19.


Julio Perez took third in the 10K with a 41:25. Carl Plowden was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in fourth overall in in 41:31.


Melanie Flege was the women's runner-up, and seventeenth overall in 45:49. Jennifer Romano was the first woman master and third female finisher, twentieth overall in 46:48. Master runner Karen McNally was fourth in the women's standings and 25th overall in 48:26.


64 athletes finished the 10K, the most ever in the six-year history of the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 34:35.4, Joshua Grant (M, 29)
2. 34:44.6, Brian Miller (M, 22)
3. 41:24.7, Julio Perez (M, 28)
4. 41:30.3, Carl Plowden (M, 50)
5. 42:01.0, Eli Bremer (M, 41)
6. 42:47.1, Dennis Moore (M, 51)
7. 43:11.3, Will Tomlinson (M, 17)
8. 43:42.5, Jaren Hill (M, 22)
9. 43:58.5, Seth Tomlinson (M, 17)
10. 44:02.4, Timothy Ellis (M, 14)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 42:18.6, Talarie Hayes (F, 34)
2. 45:48.3, Melanie Flege (F, 29)
3. 46:47.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 45)
4. 48:25.2, Karen McNally (F, 55)
5. 49:39.1, Caroline Taylor (F, 18)
6. 50:52.6, Amy Sliwinski (F, 28)
7. 51:35.5, Christina Rice (F, 41)
8. 51:49.8, Jennifer McClain (F, 39)
9. 52:18.0, Donielle Powell (F, 30)
10. 52:37.9, Char Davidson (F, 66)

The Harvest Run has always included a 5K option. 2019 10K runner-up Brian Miller got his start in the shorter race, setting a record in the 3.1-mile event in 2016. In 2019, it was Courtland Buntin who won the Harvest Run 5K, running 18:13. Jessica Sams was the first woman in the 5K, setting a new Harvest Run women's record of 19:10 while placing third overall. Both Buntin and Sams were defending 2018 title in the race.


Russell Coleman was the top master runner in the 5K, finishing runner-up to Buntin in 18:24. There was a close race for third in the men's standings between thirteen-year-old Alex Romano and Edward Ostrander, a sophomore on the Lee County High cross-country team. Romano edged Ostrander, 19:48 to 19:51. The two athletes were fifth and sixth overall.


A few seconds behind Jessica Sams, Mackenzie Taylor was the women's runner-up and fourth overall in 19:15. Brittney Skiles placed third in the women's standings and seventh overall in 20:04. Sara Ostrander took the top woman master's spot, the fifth woman and eleventh overall in 21:05.


126 athletes finished the 2019 Harvest Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 18:12.9, Courtland Buntin (M, 20)
2. 18:23.8, Russell Coleman (M, 42)
3. 19:47.3, Alex Romano (M, 13)
4. 19:50.3, Edward Ostrander (M, 16)
5. 20:33.1, Benjamin Phillips (M, 17)
6. 20:45.3, Walker Johnson (M, 29)
7. 21:38.6, Mark Stocks (M, 58)
8. 21:39.1, Silas Stocks (M, 23)
9. 22:11.4, Max Schuman (M, 25)
10. 22:27.2, Michael Morrison (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 19:09.8, Jessica Sams (F, 24)
2. 19:14.1, Mackenzie Taylor (F, 20)
3. 20:03.3, Brittney Skiles (F, 30)
4. 20:56.1, Allie Brown (F, 16)
5. 21:04.5, Sara Ostrander (F, 46)
6. 22:46.4, Trace Bridges (F, 13)
7. 22:52.8, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 18)
8. 22:54.0, Tori Bridges (F, 13)
9. 23:22.6, Carsen Taylor (F, 25)
10. 23:35.4, Laine Ellington (F, 24)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2019
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
22 November 2018	10K	42:40, Dennis Moore	40:38, Jennifer Perkins	38
	5K	18:56, Courtland Buntin	19:28, Jessica Sams	132
28 November 2019	10K	34:36, Joshua Grant	42:19, Talarie Hayes	64
	5K	18:13, Courtland Buntin	19:10, Jessica Sams	126

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR67rcqSqnJAuegmYKtJxqAKcrqWg_ZN5_hsXT82LNFK7B3wkC1z76F6uUwD7346tlu-2g5OrlViSXp/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Patrick Whitehead posts a Harvest Run three-peat”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/11/leesburg-harvest-2017.html
  
  
• 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
  
  

#2653

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

Repeat wins for Harvest Run record-holders Whitehead and Perkins

Dr. Patrick Whitehead made it two in a row, winning the Leesburg, Georgia Harvest Run 10K for the second year in a row on Saturday morning, 24 November 2016. The Darton State College professor ran 36:45 in the third annual event, finishing more than 900 meters ahead of the runner-up. On the women's side, Jennifer Perkins was also a repeat winner in the third annual event. Perkins had won the women's title in inaugural 10K in 2014; after an absence in 2015 she returned to finish as top woman in 2016, placing seventh overall in 44:47.


Behind Dr. Whitehead, Arnoldo DeJesus was second in the 6.2-mile race with a 40:31. Trailing DeJesus by 40 meters, Dennis Moore was the top master runner, placing third overall in 40:41.


Jennifer Romano was the top woman master and second female finisher, tenth overall in 46:51. Kathryn Daniel was third in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 52:08.


In addition to being repeat winners, Patrick Whitehead and Jennifer Perkins were both record holders in the event. Whitehead set the Harvest Run men's record of 36:11 in 2015, and Perkins the women's record of 41:32 in 2014. In the 2016 Harvest Run 5K Brian Miller also became a record holder. The Southland Academy alumnus won the 3.1-mile race in 18:34, eclipsing the old mark of 18:46 set by Henry Plowden in 2015. Aaron Pinckard, a distance runner on the Schley County Middle School cross-country team, was second in the 5K, running 19:18. Lee County junior-year cross-country runner Trevor Cleveland took third with a 20:32.


Kayla Sanseverino won the women's title in the 5K, placing eighth overall in 22:27. Severino is a sophomore on the cross-country team at Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. Twelve-year-old Emily Phillips was second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 23:07. Ramsay Miller, a junior on the Lee County High cross-country team, was the third female finisher and twelfth overall in 23:48. Budd Bramlett was the top master runner in the 5K, placing ninth overall in 22:46. Betsy Goslin was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, 27th overall in 27:45.


44 athletes finished the 10K and 76 the 5K at the third annual Harvest Run. Proceeds of the event benefit the Challenger League for Special Needs Youth and the Lee County Wrestling Program.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 36:44.3, Patrick Whitehead (M, 30)
2. 40:30.6, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30)
3. 40:40.8, Dennis Moore (M, 48)
4. 41:58.3, Jimmy Darnell (M, 37)
5. 42:39.1, Robert Nolasco (M, 41)
6. 43:37.8, Chris Phillips (M, 37)
7. 45:24.9, Russell Crew (M, 54)
8. 46:01.0, Drew Schiavone (M, 32)
9. 49:06.4, Chris Shook (M, 42)
10. 49:10.2, Tracy Taunton (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 10K

1. 44:46.4, Jennifer Perkins (F, 36)
2. 46:50.8, Jennifer Romano (F, 42)
3. 52:07.7, Kathryn Daniels (F, 39)
4. 52:32.6, Jennifer Bramlett (F, 43)
5. 52:37.7, Caroline Taylor (F, 15)
6. 53:29.7, Cherie McDonald (F, 50)
7. 55:32.2, Nancy Nelson (F, 54)
8. 56:05.3, Jennifer Moree (F, 60)
9. 58:30.2, Christine Owen (F, 47)
10. 58:36.8, Sarah Lukes (F, 47)

Top Ten Men, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 18:34.0, Brian Miller (M, 19)
2. 19:17.3, Aaron Pinckard (M, 13)
3. 20:31.4, Trevor Grayson Cleveland (M, 16)
4. 20:41.0, Ben Phillips (M, 14)
5. 22:06.1, Trey Griffin (M, 28)
6. 22:09.9, Chance Bowser (M, 17)
7. 22:21.7, Michael Burrows (M, 36)
8. 22:45.2, Budd Bramlett (M, 43)
9. 22:58.8, Austin Lee (M, 15)
10. 24:11.5, Nate Gross (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run 5K

1. 22:26.9, Kayla Sanseverino (F, 15)
2. 23:06.4, Emily Phillips (F, 12)
3. 23:47.4, Ramsay Miller (F, 16)
4. 25:26.2, Allison Bowser (F, 34)
5. 26:24.4, Ashley Bagwell (F, 28)
6. 27:44.2, Betsy Goslin (F, 40)
7. 27:52.6, Sandra Williams (F, 42)
8. 28:34.4, Ceci Romano (F, 8)
9. 28:36.2, Kelly Governale (F, 46)
10. 28:59.5, Sandy Knight (F, 57)

Winners of the Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run, 2014 - 2016
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

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VfbVJE912py2LRzxsVBdW4t1NQOsaotAJck-MAq6KOg/pubhtml
  
  
• 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
  
  

#1828

Wolfenden and Funderburk repeat at Lee County High Invite

The focal point for high school cross country in Southwest Georgia on Saturday, 10 September 2016, was Leesburg, where the local high school was hosting the Lee County High Invitational. Americus, Georgia's Southland Academy won the team title in the girls' 5K race, a race where Colquitt County junior Elizabeth Funderburk dominated the individual competition, running 18:34. The Valdosta High boys won their race, while Lowndes High senior Kaleb Wolfenden ran 16:22 to successfully defend his 2015 Lee County High Invitational title.


The high school girls' 5K was scheduled for 8:30 AM. Elizabeth Funderburk had won the race in 2014, but finished second to Jones County's Kate Boland in 2015. Funderburk came to the starting line in 2016 determined to recapture the title. She did, and then some. Funderburk blazed the course in 18:34, winning the five-kilometer race by almost half a kilometer. Alli Hay, a senior running for Pataula Charter School, was runner-up in 20:23. Tift County frosh Emily Golden took third in 20:46.


Team Standings, High School Girls, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. Southland, 67
2. Tift County, 88
3. Lee County, 92
4. Westover, 161
5. Thomas County Central, 166
6. Colquitt County, 180
7. Worth County, 182
8. Valdosta, 185
9. Lowndes, 195
10. Bainbridge, 205
11. Coffee, 233
12. Fitzgerald, 268
13. Pelham, 307
14. Americus-Sumter, 437

Top Ten High School Girls, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. 18:33.42 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 11
2. 20:22.94 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula Charter) 12
3. 20:45.92 ~ Emily Golden (Tift County) 9
4. 21:57.11 ~ Monica Webb (Pelham) 12
5. 22:03.57 ~ Katelyn Lancaster (Valdosta) 9
6. 22:15.50 ~ Riley O'Linn (Valwood) 11
7. 22:27.30 ~ Ryleigh Bell (Southland) 9
8. 22:29.37 ~ Ansley Cain (Lee County) 12
9. 22:35.58 ~ Calyn Fort (Southland) 10
10. 22:56.24 ~ Savyon Toombs (Lowndes) 12

Did Elizabeth Funderburk establish a theme for the morning? Winners with long leads? If so, Lowndes senior Kaleb Wolfenden was quick to adopt that theme. Wolfenden successfully defended his 2015 title in the high school boys' 5K, winning by close to 400 meters in 16:22. Colby Jones of Lee County squeaked by Lowndes' Brishen House to take second, 17:47 to 17:49.


Lowndes also put a third runner in the top ten, Daniel Swilley, who was seventh in 18:15. Their cross-town rivals, the Valdosta Wildcats, had but a single top-ten finisher, Matthew Baun (5th, 18:00). But while the Lowndes Vikings were waiting for their fourth runner, Valdosta brought home the rest of their scorers and one of their pushers--Ladarius Dumas (13th, 19:00), Noah Richards (14th, 19:03), Francisco Centeno (15th, 19:18), Will Crispin (16th, 19:22), and Deshon Taylor (19th, 19:33). The Wildcats had 63 points and the win, while Lowndes was second with 76. Lee County was third in the field of twenty teams with 103 points.


Team Standings, High School Boys, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. Valdosta, 63
2. Lowndes, 76
3. Lee County, 103
4. Bainbridge, 152
5. Seminole County, 165
6. Coffee, 170
7. Tift County, 177
8. Thomas County Central, 221
9. Southland, 260
10. Westover, 268
11. Terrell County, 277
12. Bradwell, 308
13. Worth County, 311
14. Colquitt County, 327
15. Fitzgerald, 429
16. Furlow Charter, 479
17. Brookwood, 481
18. Americus-Sumter, 518
19. Pelham, 554
20. Thomasville, 555

Top Ten High School Boys, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. 16:21.50 ~ Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes) 12
2. 17:46.60 ~ Colby Jones (Lee County) 11
3. 17:48.80 ~ Brishen House (Lowndes) 11
4. 17:55.90 ~ Henry Plowden (Westover) 9
5. 17:59.90 ~ Matthew Baun (Valdosta) 12
6. 18:00.20 ~ Billy Calcutt (Southland) 12
7. 18:14.30 ~ Daniel Swilley (Lowndes) 12
8. 18:20.20 ~ Jake Merritt (Colquitt County) 11
9. 18:28.80 ~ Hunter Hatfield (Lee County) 11
10. 18:30.50 ~ Dustin Reynolds (Seminole County) 12

After the high school races came the middle school girls' two mile. The sole entry from Coffee Middle School, eighth-grader Gracie Woods, won the race in 13:20. Jadie Burrell of Southland Academy took second in 13:38, with Anna James of Thomas County third in 13:44.


Valwood had three runners in the top ten--Madeline Castor was fourth in 13:50, Brenna Clark fifth in 13:55, and Jolie Green eighth in 14:25. Southland Academy, though, put Elizabeth Law (10th, 14:29), Reese Roland (12th, 14:33), and Georgia Torbert (13th, 14:41) across the finish line ahead of Valwood's fourth runner, and Brooke Wiesner (21st, 15:53) in front of Valwood's fifth. It was enough to give Southland 52 points and the team title, just ahead Valwood's second-place total of 59. Tift was third with 83.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. Southland, 52
2. Valwood, 59
3. Tift, 83
4. Lee County, 93
5. Valdosta, 133
6. Pataula Charter, 192
7. Thomas County, 203
8. Bainbridge, 209
9. Colquitt County, 239
10. Seminole County, 268
11. Ben-Hill, 293
12. Worth County, 320
13. Furlow Charter, 326

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. 13:19.88 ~ Gracie Woods (Coffee) 8
2. 13:37.99 ~ Jadie Burrell (Southland) 7
3. 13:43.77 ~ Anna James (Thomas County) 8
4. 13:49.76 ~ Madeline Castor (Valwood) 8
5. 13:54.55 ~ Brenna Clark (Valwood) 8
6. 14:01.25 ~ Maya Wynn (Furlow Charter) 8
7. 14:19.74 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 7
8. 14:24.31 ~ Jolie Green (Valwood) 8
9. 14:25.31 ~ Ainsley Toews (Tift) 7
10. 14:28.52 ~ Elizabeth Law (Southland) 7

Tift eighth-grader J. D. Bengston won the middle school boys' two mile in 11:39, finishing ahead of runner-up Josh Macklin of Lee County by a convincing if not comfortable margin. Macklin ran the course in 11:43. Cameron Watson of Coffee was third in 11:49.


Bengston was joined by Tift scorers Beau Bengston (4th, 12:03), Bryce Stephens (5th, 12:08), Jeremiah Thomas (8th, 12:44), and Zayne Smith (36th, 14:38), giving the team 48 points. Lee County, however, added Macklin's finish to that of Alex Collins (9th, 12:50), Seth Tomlinson (11th, 12:59), Wyatt Waddell (13th, 13:11), and Will Tomlinson (17th, 13:29), also scoring 48 points. Apparently, the NFHS tie-breaker rule was used, and the sixth runner on each team was compared. Lee County's sixth, Will Tomlinson (17th, 13:29), was faster than Tift's sixth, so Lee County was the meet champion, and Tift the runner-up. Valdosta was third with 114 points.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. Lee County, 48
2. Tift, 48
3. Valdosta, 114
4. MacIntyre Park, 137
5. Bainbridge, 165
6. Brookwood, 197
7. Worth County, 209
8. Thomas County, 219
9. Colquitt County, 224
10. Ben-Hill, 232
11. Pataula Charter, 280
12. Southland, 297
13. Furlow Charter, 345
14. Seminole County, 346

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2016 Lee County High Invitational

1. 11:38.27 ~ J.D. Bengston (Tift) 8
2. 11:42.40 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 7
3. 11:48.06 ~ Cameron Watson (Coffee) 8
4. 12:02.37 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 8
5. 12:07.23 ~ Bryce Stephens (Tift) 8
6. 12:15.06 ~ Lawson Brinkley (MacIntyre Park) 8
7. 12:42.38 ~ Max Foster (Southland) 8
8. 12:43.32 ~ Jeremiah Thomas (Tift) 8
9. 12:49.21 ~ Alex Collins (Lee County) 7
10. 12:50.14 ~ Parker Jackson (Valdosta) 7

Lee County High School Cross-Country Invitational Champions 2008 - 2016
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)
10 September 2016	Southland, 67	18:34, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt 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)
10 September 2016	Valdosta, 63	16:22, Kaleb Wolfenden (Lowndes)

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Lee County High School Cross Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SipQdsPqj5_ev8dpLpbvCP6rrywDhfWDX0LlRHfIo3I/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Boland and Jones County, Wolfenden and Lowndes victorious at Lee County Invite”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/lee-county-xc-2015.html
  
  
• Wet or dry, find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
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#1784

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
  
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• Leesburg, Georgia, Harvest Run
  https://www.facebook.com/Leesburgharvestrun
  
  
• Find other agriculturally-themed races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
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#1563

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
  
  

#1486