Nestor couldn't stop Myles Gibson, Macy Batchelor, or the Rejoice Run

In Donalsonville, Georgia on Saturday afternoon, 19 October 2019, an old race got a new name. After twelve years, 2007 to 2018, Joyce's Jog 5K became the Rejoice Run. The event also got a new starting time, courtesy of Tropical Storm Nestor. Because the storm was threatening the region, the race was delayed a few hours, starting at 4:00 PM instead of at 8:00 AM as originally scheduled. But the Rejoice Run retained its original winner. Master runner Myles Gibson, who had won the first Joyce's Jog back in 2007, won the 2019 Rejoice Run by well over a hundred meters, running 19:12. Macy Batchelor, a junior on the Seminole High cross-country team, was the first woman in the race, placing eleventh overall in 24:49.


A resident of the Donalsonville area, Gibson had also won the race in 2011. Larry King, a senior-year member of the Seminole High cross-country squad, finished runner-up to Gibson in 19:44. Dustin Richardson took third in 20:13. Another Seminole High harrier, senior Baylor Williams, was fourth in 21:53.


Macy Batchelor didn't have Gibson's history of winning, but she had been seventh in the women's division in the 2017 race and second in 2018. Second in 2019 went to Mary Hunt, the 2018 women's champ. Hunt was thirteenth overall in 25:24. Allison Thursby was the third woman and eighteenth overall in 26:27. Master runner Stephanie Odom placed fourth on the women's side and 24th overall in 27:35.


66 athletes finished the 2019 Rejoice Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Rejoice Run 5K

1. 19:11.97, Myles Gibson
2. 19:43.20, Larry King
3. 20:12.63, Dustin Richardson
4. 21:52.69, Baylor Williams
5. 22:31.86, Terryan Bryant
6. 22:38.75, Matthew Smith
7. 22:40.38, Zachery King
8. 22:52.72, Michael Hopson
9. 24:08.96, James Knowles
10. 24:09.32, Hugh Scarborough

Top Ten Women, 2019 Rejoice Run 5K

1. 24:48.88, Macy Batchelor
2. 25:23.95, Mary Hunt
3. 26:26.85, Allison Thursby
4. 27:34.81, Stephanie Odom
5. 28:05.18, Klaire Mims
6. 28:26.06, Bridget Harrell
7. 29:22.32, Gypsy Glover
8. 29:24.25, Melissa Richardson
9. 29:31.31, Pamela Earp
10. 29:55.00, Adrian Parker

Rejoice Run 5K winners, 2007 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 October 2007	18:50 Myles Gibson	26:18 Deborah Ansley	33
18 October 2008	16:33 Jessie Close	23:15 Erika Pemberton	52
17 October 2009	18:20 Alex Close	22:20 Debbie Wittmer	59
16 October 2010	16:53 Jessie Close	22:14 Debbie Wittmer	59
15 October 2011	18:10 Myles Gibson	25:10 Ashley Merritt	67
20 October 2012	20:03, Mark McCarra	21:49, Debbie Witmer	110
19 October 2013	18:51, Davey Reynolds	22:21, Margaret Winkler	132
18 October 2014	16:53, Ben Pleak	22:16, Margaret Winkler	129
17 October 2015	17:51, Dustin Reynolds	21:20, Macy Williams	152
15 October 2016	16:57, Dustin Reynolds	22:54, Masey Tabb	143
21 October 2017	18:40, Tanner Norman	22:48, Masey Tabb	97
29 December 2018	18:25, Dustin Reynolds	24:31, Mary Hunt	49
19 December 2019	19:12, Myles Gibson	24:49, Macy Batchelor	49

Links:

• Complete results of the 2019 Rejoice Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSilRtBdfpn_mivLdCmM9-13v4uO_6UZ5eSRtc_qGWRXKaPnzKgUD70np65FfZcvFzQCH7UNxQWhwmb/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Dustin Reynolds and Mary Hunt had the lead roles when the curtain closed on Joyce's Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/joyces-jog-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “High school cross-country standouts Norman and Tabb win Joyce's Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/joyces-jog-2017.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “High school cross-country standouts Norman and Tabb win Joyce's Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/10/joyces-jog-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Dustin Reynolds goes 16:57 to get his second Joyce's Jog 5K title”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/10/joyces-jog-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Reynolds and Williams lead the youth brigade at Joyce's Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/joyces-jog-2015.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Close and Wittmer run away with Joyce's Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/joyces-jog-2010.html
  
  
• Upcoming jogs, runs, and races in Donalsonville and elsewhere in the Tallahassee region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2623

Myles Gibson rides again at the Trot With S.W.A.T.

Racing 6.2 miles through the neighborhood streets on the west side of Dothan, Alabama, Myles Gibson posted a winning 20:10 in the thirteenth annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K on Saturday morning, 21 September 2019. Master runner Anna Haberzettl was the first woman in the 10K, placing thirteenth overall in 49:26.


Gibson, a Donalsonville, Georgia master runner, has now won the Trot With S.W.A.T. four times, including the first race in 2007. There was a Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K concurrent with the longer race, and Gibson's 40:10 was run at a faster average pace than anyone in the 5K that morning. Michael Warner, runner-up to Gibson in 43:43, ran faster than all but the winner of the 5K. Warner was formerly a standout on the Enterprise High cross-country team. Master runner Richie Fernandez took third in 43:53.


Amber Hayghe finished a few steps ahead of Molly Crawford to take second in the women's standings, 50:58 to 51:02. Hayghe and Crawford were fifteenth and sixteenth overall.


56 athletes finished the 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 40:10, Myles Gibson (M, 53)
2. 43:43, Michael Warner (M, 20)
3. 43:53, Richie Fernandez (M, 41)
4. 44:02, Eric Bernard (M, 40)
5. 44:13, Taylor Johnson (M, 32)
6. 47:03, John Eiland (M, 43)
7. 47:41, Jeremy Andrews (M, 32)
8. 47:41, Robb Cleveland (M, 49)
9. 48:33, Blake Mills (M, 34)
10. 48:44, Mark Nichols (M, 45)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 49:26, Anna Haberzettl (F, 48)
2. 50:58, Amber Hayghe (F, 34)
3. 51:02, Molly Crawford (F, 28)
4. 52:00, Libby Mills (F, 35)
5. 52:03, Elizabeth Bray (F, 42)
6. 53:31, Jessica McLean (F, 37)
7. 56:58, Wendy Jones (F, 50)
8. 57:43, Jana Sledge (F, 38)
9. 58:20, Ashley Gibbs (F, 32)
10. 59:13, Karen Clenney (F, 41)

Myles Gibson may have won the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K four times, but master runner Dale Thomas has won the Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K four times in a row (plus a 10K win in 2014). Thomas' latest win was in the 2019 race, where he finished more than 400 meters ahead of the next runner in 20:49. Eleven-year-old Eli Butler took second in the 5K with a 22:44. Dothan master runner Mike Houston was third in 22:53.


Natalie Warner has her own streak going in the Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K. Warner, the ace of the Enterprise High girls' cross-country team, won the women's 5K title at the Trot for the second year in a row, running 23:11 and placing fourth overall. Carolyn Houston of Dothan was the first woman master in the 5K and the second female finisher, seventh overall in 23:30. Elizabeth Gunter nabbed third in the women's division, placing eleventh overall in 26:05.


102 athletes finished the 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 20:49, Dale Thomas (M, 56)
2. 22:44, Eli Butler (M, 11)
3. 22:53, Mike Houston (M, 47)
4. 23:14, Mark McCarra (M, 54)
5. 23:19, Daniel Gunter (M, 28)
6. 24:33, Tom Warner (M, 45)
7. 25:28, Jimmy Sims (M, 65)
8. 25:37, Steven Smith (M, 49)
9. 26:34, Rhett Davis (M, 47)
10. 26:34, Mark Sheehan (M, 60)

Top Ten Women, 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 23:11, Natalie Warner (F, 15)
2. 23:30, Carolyn Houston (F, 47)
3. 26:05, Elizabeth Gunter (F, 24)
4. 28:13, Rebecca Jewel (F, 40)
5. 29:05, Besty Liddo (F, 42)
6. 30:05, Annabelle Warner (F, 17)
7. 30:16, Blair Peterman (F, 37)
8. 31:24, Melanie Ellison (F, 47)
9. 31:33, Angie Thomas (F, 48)
10. 31:56, Wesley Angeloff (F, 46)

Trot With S.W.A.T. winners, 2007 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 September 2007	10K	37:05, Myles Gibson	46:39, Dawn Hersman	107
27 September 2008	10K	37:10, Ryan Overstreet	46:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe	101
19 September 2009	10K	40:44, Jay Shipman	47:46, Kristina Bennett	68
	5K	23:00, Michael Brennon	23:54, Debbie Wittmer	75
11 September 2010	10K	44:23, Joe Ferguson	52:20, Reyna Johnson	86
	5K	19:51, Theron Carter	21:36, Jo-Ann VanAswegen	159
17 September 2011	10K	43:01, Cedric Gillette	43:30, Dana Cody	86
	5K	19:54, Cody Causey	24:05, Ami Heath	99
22 September 2012	10K	36:23, Nicholas Dason	42:41, Megan Howell	79
	5K	19:54, Michael Brennan	23:09, Debbie Wittmer	141
21 September 2013	10K	36:03, David Seymour	41:34, Ali Christoph	59
	5K	20:29, John Halton	21:18, Dana Cody	93
20 September 2014	10K	42:41, Dale Thomas	52:30, Kristina Bennett	48
	5K	19:32, John Helton	20:49, Dana Cody	77
19 September 2015	10K	38:26, David Seymour	50:33, Kimberly Floyd	86
	5K	19:43, Michael Bond	19:44, Ann Centner	120
17 September 2016	10K	39:53, Myles Gibson	54:14, Courtney Helms	58
	5K	21:42, Dale Thomas	24:45, Heather Perry	94
23 September 2017	10K	39:39, Myles Gibson	49:10, Kate Smith	58
	5K	20:13, Dale Thomas	23:37, Carolyn Houston	103
22 September 2018	10K	36:25, Chris Boyle	49:27, Kayla Carpenter	47
	5K	20:08, Dale Thomas	22:16, Natalie Warner	89
21 September 2019	10K	40:10, Myles Gibson	49:26, Anna Haberzett	56
	5K	20:49, Dale Thomas	23:11, Natalie Warner	102
The Trot with S.W.A.T. did not include a 5K prior to 2009. A thank you to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners Club for his help in researching the past winners of The Trot With S.W.A.T.

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T.
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQlSU1rkCWHUG4YfmMLY2hC1a5ewZRcItE959lxTqD9iw-pKYO1pFSmRfcD7SMmoqHnE9fVf72HtTOj/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 Trot With S.W.A.T. course maps
  
  • 10K: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTQIuLytAEPUzLXGXh6MU33jPzIgz_g_9aqDNx6m-Bgy_swpSu68Mh4kW3fPwqEjU1sht8iOknYcUEgsmTW34l_bt4vN1h-R_VVW5SPQ0ny3UIJoVwC54BcQ39zlnOrSaE93v9oNtNv3T/s1600/2019-09-21+Dothan+AL+13th+annual+Trot+With+SWAT+10K+course+map.jpg
    
  • 5K: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFgKuyutlKMJftHh07ow3o3QgLdkanoE5JGxuKyYVyDikOE7ZD8UIGlIXxyklTSCZblBBIKEAb6415qUR6pkz_-yt1rteTgCzej6EeOwAFuxVz2FigpgD1caeUw_yO5oLQ0CPnLUrQrjj/s1600/2019-09-21+Dothan+AL+13th+annual+Trot+With+SWAT+5K+course+map.jpg
    
  
  
• 2018 story, “Chris Boyle saddles up at the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/swat-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Gibson and Smith gallop to victory at the Trot With S.W.A.T.”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/swat-2017.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Seymour and Christoph trot to new records at Trot With S.W.A.T.”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/swat-2013.html
  
  
• Looking for another race within 100 miles of Tallahassee? Look here!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2601

No one will forget Elizabeth Funderburk at the Run To Remember

On Saturday morning, 10 August 2019, five miles into the Run To Remember 10K, Myles Gibson was leading the race. It wasn't the first time. Gibson was the course record holder of the Moultrie, Georgia event. He was also the defending champion, having won the 10K in 2018 as well as 2015 and 2016. But the Donalsonville, Georgia master runner wasn't going to collect his fourth Run To Remember title that day.


"Elizabeth Funderburk passed me in the last mile," reported Gibson. "And beat me by about 10 seconds."


After blowing by Gibson, Funderburk went on to finish the race in a winning 39:05, finishing first overall as well as collecting the women's crown. Gibson was the first male finisher, second overall in 39:16.


Like Gibson, Funderburk was no stranger to the Run To Remember, having won women's titles in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Those wins were in the 5K rather than the 10K, but Funderburk had been a schoolgirl in those years. Since then, she had won a Georgia High School State Championship in girls' cross-country, graduated Colquitt High, and in 2018 moved on to collegiate competition with the Seminoles of Florida State University. As a frosh, Funderburk had run varsity in both cross-country and track while pushing her personal bests down to 16:14.82 in the 5,000 meters and 33:31.05 in the 10,000. So it was not suprising that Funderburk was able to go 39:05 on the streets of Moultrie, her hometown--lowering the 10K record at the Run To Remember by more than ten minutes. Not surprising, but still impressive.


Behind Gibson, Mark Niday of Moultrie was second in the men's standings and third overall in 47:46. Camilla, Georgia master runner Bo Moore was the third man and fourth overall in 51:39.


Lindsay Colson finished the 10K as runner-up on the women's side and fifth overall in 53:14. Rhonda Barrett was the top woman master and third female finisher, twelfth overall in 63:20.

Elizabeth Funderburk at the 2014 Run To Remember

Top Ten Women, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 10K

1. 39:05, Elizabeth Funderburk (F, 19) Moultrie, GA
2. 53:14, Lindsay Colson (F, 34)
3. 63:20, Rhonda Barrett (F, 47)
4. 64:00, Patience Lawson (F, 39)
5. 64:26, Davina Lee (F, 46)
6. 74:56, Karina Amundson (F, 49)
7. 84:17, Jordyn Grizzard (F, 14)
8. 96:32, Faryn Hackett (F, 32)
9. 96:33, Kennedy Hackett (F, 7)
10. 1:40:22, Kathryn Blaylock (F, 51)

Top Ten Men, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 10K

1. 39:16, Myles Gibson (M, 53) Iron City, GA
2. 47:46, Mark Niday (M, 35) Moultrie, GA
3. 51:39, Bo Moore (M, 45) Camilla, GA
4. 53:55, Jody Jordan (M, 50) Omega, GA
5. 54:51, Julian Strickland (M, 54)
6. 55:40, Shane Smith (M, 51)
7. 58:16, David Griner (M, 50)
8. 59:15, Gw Jenkins (M, 33) Moultrie, GA
9. 60:04, Bill Bootz (M, 51)
10. 63:36, Marty Mathis (M, 50)

In the 2014 Run To Remember 5K, Elizabeth Funderburk posted a 20:12, finishing first overall. Since then, that had stood as the fastest time run on the course by anyone, woman or man. The fastest time, that is, until the 2019 race, when Will Brewster won the 5K in 18:09. Hayes Lightsey also went under Funderburk's mark, placing second overall in 19:46. Chad Northcutt was third in 20:48. Chris Stroh was the fastest master runner in the race, coming in fourth overall in 22:20.


Isabella Grayson, a senior on the cross-country team at Brookwood School, was the first woman in the 5K, placing eighth overall in 24:18. April Mathis was the first woman master and second female finisher, tenth overall in 25:18. Mary Sue Thompson of Moultrie was third in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 25:25.


23 athletes finished the 2019 Run To Remember 10K, with another 71 completing the 5K. Event Technical Services, Inc., of Sylvester, Georgia chip-timed both races.


Top Ten Men, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 5K

1. 18:09, Will Brewster (M, 25)
2. 19:46, Hayes Lightsey (M, 15)
3. 20:48, Chad Northcutt (M, 35)
4. 22:20, Chris Stroh (M, 49)
5. 23:03, Luis Vargas (M, 24)
6. 23:10, Cam Ook (M, 14)
7. 23:54, Kent Grayson (M, 13)
8. 25:04, Ed Norman (M, 39)
9. 26:14, John Owens (M, 16)
10. 26:21, Will Phillips (M, 32)

Top Ten Women, Sha Missions' 2019 Run To Remember 5K

1. 24:18, Isabella Grayson (F, 17) Thomasville, GA
2. 25:18, April Mathis (F, 50) Moultrie, GA
3. 25:25, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 36) Moultrie, GA
4. 25:28, Jodi Stuckey (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
5. 27:59, Maggie Murphy (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
6. 32:21, Sarah Gatzemeier (F, 33) Hahira, GA
7. 29:47, Anna Hartley (F, 24)
8. 30:07, Ashleigh Childs (F, 24)
9. 31:07, Shana Murphy (F, 47)
10. 31:04, Leah Brsnell (F, 34)

Run 2 Remember 5K winners, 2012 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 August 2012	10K	54:04, Dale Pate	54:32, Lori Richardson	34
	5K	20:30, Matt Collmar	29:38, Christy Cherry	178
17 August 2013	10K	44:40, Jose Trejo	50:26, Tiffany Powell Nunnally	20
	5K	21:05, Lucas Trejo	22:03, Elizabeth Funderburk	81
2 August 2014	10K	39:16, Dale Pate	52:49, Jennifer Bendewish	20
	5K	22:14, Baylen Young	20:12, Elizabeth Funderburk	59
8 August 2015	10K	37:56, Myles Gibson	55:06, Heather Grantham	18
	5K	20:16, Colby Bearden	20:51, Elizabeth Funderburk	67
1 October 2016	10K	38:19, Myles Gibson	46:48, Amelia Chassevent	20
	5K	23:39, Margarito Moctezuma	25:45, Yasmin Moctezuma	31
12 August 2017	10K	46:44, Case Gregory	53:41, Laura Solomon	15
	5K	22:16, Austin Hunnicutt	25:44, Jodi Stuckey	48
4 August 2018	10K	45:09, Myles Gibson	52:52, Laura McMermott	24
	5K	19:52, Case Gregory	24:33, Jodi Beth Stuckey	82
10 August 2019	10K	39:16, Myles Gibson	39:05, Elizabeth Funderburk	23
	5K	18:09, Will Brewster	24:18, Isabella Grayson	71

Links

• Complete results of Sha Missions' 2019 "Run To Remember"
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTKlTy1wAYdbROVJjVH1dnUh4TQHd-YUUZWWEx7M2GCidW4gHCzP6bSR2DbX3pkq3Ja5vjtxOgUxqaU/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Gregory and Solomon win at the Run To Remember 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/remember-sha-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Myles Gibson has a record race in Moultrie's Run To Remember”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/remember-sha-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Dale Pate says goodbye to Southwest Georgia with a record race at Run To Remember”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/remember-sha-2014.html
  
  
• Sha Missions
  http://shamissions.org/
  
  
• Find your next race in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2570

Myles Gibson and Brittney Barnes win one under the lights at Run 2-1-1

“I haven’t seen this kind of cheering section since the time I ran the Boston Marathon,” said Myles Gibson. “The band, and all the people.”

Myles Gibson

There was a brass band at the sixth annual Run 2-1-1 5K on Saturday evening, 1 June 2019. And there might not have been as many people cheering in Tallahassee, Florida as in Boston, but they were vocal. They were also definitely cheering when Gibson finished, because the Donalsonville, Georgia master runner won the race, covering the 3.1 miles in 18:56. There were cheers as well for the first woman in the race, Brittney Barnes of Tallahassee, who placed fifth overall in 20:29.


Since 2014 and the first Run 2-1-1, the event organizers at 2-1-1 Big Bend haven’t been shy about changing the race. In 2015 they added a 10K. In 2017 they changed the season of the event, going from a winter race to a June race. In 2018 they dropped the 10K and moved from Southwood to Railroad Square. And in 2019, after five years of morning running, the Run 2-1-1 5K became a night race, with a start scheduled for 8:30 PM.

Bobby Duggleby

The change of time worked out well for Myles Gibson, who works as a crop inspector. In the popular imagination, farmers work from sunup to sundown. That may or may not be the case, but it seems like those are the hours for crop inspectors during growing season.


“I worked today and got home in just enough time to walk the dog and drive over here for the race,” said Gibson.

Paul Guyas

The race started a few minutes after 8:30, with Bobby Duggleby leading the field east along FAMU Way on the Capital Cascades Trail, toward the lights of the Cascade Park Bridge. Paul Guyas was next after Duggleby, with Gibson following. After overtaking Guyas, Gibson thought he could make a race of it if he could just stay close to Duggleby. He did.


“I passed him with just under a mile to go,” said Gibson.


Gibson finished up the last mile to win in 18:56, while Duggleby took second in 19:28. Guyas held off Tristan LaNasa for third, 19:53 to 19:54.

Brittney Barnes

Brittney Barnes led the women’s field early in the race, but incoming high school frosh Maya Tang was right with her. Jamila Allen was a few steps back.


“Maya started out with me but after the first mile she was gone,” said Barnes. “I heard Jamila behind me around two miles.”

Jamila Allen

Neither caught Barnes while she ran home in 20:29 for the women's title. Allen overtook Tang to place second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 21:01. Tang was the third woman and tenth overall in 22:31. The top woman master was Kelly El-Urfali of Crawfordville, Florida, the seventh female finisher and 32nd overall in 25:09.


The change to a sundown race didn’t discourage athletes from running. 159 athletes finished the 2019 Run 2-1-1 5K, more than in any previous year. Five Star NTP of Dawsonville, Georgia timed the race.

Maya Tang

Top Ten Men, 2019 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K

1. 18:56, Myles Gibson (M, 52) Donalsonville, GA
2. 19:28, Robert Duggleby III (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
3. 19:53, Paul Guyas (M, 41) Tallahassee, FL
4. 19:54, Tristan LaNasa (M, 26) Tallahassee, FL
5. 20:35, Gavin Dunn (M, 29) Tallahassee, FL
6. 20:54, Brent Moody (M, 34) Tallahassee, FL
7. 21:54, Matt Hohmeister (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
8. 22:31, Gabriel Boyd (M, 23) Tallahassee, FL
9. 23:01, Robbie Robinson (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
10. 23:03, Joshua Barber (M, 36) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, 2019 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K

1. 20:29, Brittney Barnes (F, 31) Tallahassee, FL
2. 21:01, Jamila Allen (F, 30) Tallahassee, FL
3. 22:31, Maya Tang (F, 14) Tallahassee, FL
4. 24:13, Brittany Bevis (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
5. 24:20, Adrienne Capeless (F, 29) Tallahassee, FL
6. 24:50, Helena Reid (F, 25) Tallahassee, FL
7. 25:09, Kelley Elurfali (F, 55) Crawfordville, FL
8. 25:35, Martha Guyas (F, 34) Tallahassee, FL
9. 26:13, Wendy Rude (F, 44) Tallahassee, FL
10. 26:26, Holly O'Toole (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL

Run 2-1-1 Big Bend winners, 2014 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 January 2014	5K	16:55, Justin Martin	18:44, Emily Ness	99
31 January 2015	10K	48:07, Isabel Anderson	50:18, Craig Asselin	33
	5K	20:53, Mike Weyant	19:33, Stephanie Liles-Weyant	65
13 February 2016	10K	38:14, Myles Gibson	47:21, Emma Spencer	66
	5K	21:42, Michael Weyant	21:31, Jillian Heddaeus	80
3 June 2017	10K	41:16, Paul Guyas	43:27, Kat Sack	41
	5K	19:42, Scott Wallace	22:50, Kristin Halley	48
2 June 2018	5K	18:26, Kurt Dietrich	22:01, Laura McDermott	98
1 June 2019	5K	18:56, Myles Gibson	20:29, Brittney Barnes	159

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRATmHeIEVmJBeZ-u7RW4fDj1kdvuoqXYVXsW0_Hdrjoza_cIp6ZVkpW9Q1fTpLZ78hZz4TSnaXTwp2/pubhtml
  
  
• More photos of the 2019 2-1-1 Big Bend 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10113674428527463
  
  
• 2018 story, “Kurt Dietrich and Laura McDermott take first at Run 2-1-1”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/06/211-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Guyas and Sack run one-two at Run 2-1-1”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/211-2017.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Anderson and Liles-Weyant lead a women's sweep of Run 2-1-1”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/211-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Hot times in Southwood for Martin and Ness”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/211-2014.html
  
  
• 2-1-1 Big Bend
  http://211bigbend.net/
  
  
• Find your next race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2531

Myles Gibson plays beat the Devil in Dothan

In Dothan, Alabama an old race got a new name. After seventeen years as the Life Is A Beach 5K, the Dothan Runners rebranded their event as the Run Like The Devil 5K. The Dothan runners also moved the race date from August to September. It was still the same course, though, the 3.1-mile route on the Dykes Trail at Westgate Park. Many of the runners were also the same--Myles Gibson, for example. The Donalsonville, Georgia master runner won the race as the Life Is A Beach 5K in 2003, 2007, 2014, and 2015. Unfazed by the name change, Gibson returned to win again on Saturday morning, 15 September 2018, running 20:42. Master runner Kristi Holland, back after finishing second in the women's standings at the 2017 Life Is A Beach 5K, was the first overall female runner in the Run Like The Devil 5K, placing eighth overall in 26:26.


Dale Thomas finished second overall for the second year in a row, this time running 21:33. Master runner Jay Wrenn was third overall in 23:22.


Mariah Self was the second woman finisher and twelfth overall in 28:54. Katie Barrentine took third in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 31:23.


32 athletes finished the 2018 Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race

1. 19:42, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
2. 21:33, Dale Thomas (M, 55)
3. 23:22, Jay Wrenn (M, 54)
4. 23:29, Jimmy Russell (M, 54)
5. 24:03, Wes Cantrell (M, 50)
6. 25:01, Brooks Newell (M, 32)
7. 26:16, Ricardo Farias (M, 30)
8. 26:42, Darrel Baxter (M, 45)
9. 28:47, Micah Pendleton (M, 22)
10. 28:50, Alex Crockett (M, 25)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race

1. 26:26, Kristi Holland (F, 42)
2. 28:54, Mariah Self (F, 27)
3. 31:23, Katie Barrentine (F, 34)
4. 31:52, Carol Goguen (F, 56)
5. 33:20, Susan Anderson (F, 56)
6. 34:04, Patty Potter (F, 44)
7. 35:29, Sandra Binford (F, 60)
8. 36:02, Chandler Closson (F, 13)
9. 37:06, Mary Willis (F, 61)
10. 44:34, Graciela Rosario (F, 62)

Dothan Runners' Run Like The Devil 5K Trail Race Champions, 2001 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
11 August 2001	18:18, Matt Parker	24:09, Piper Stockman	68
18 August 2002	18:55, Shawn Latshaw	22:05, Teresa Lafleur	75
16 August 2003	18:04, Myles Gibson	21:09, Sandy Ebanks	71
14 August 2004	17:24, Nicholas Ireland	23:18, Ali Keith	74
13 August 2005	20:42, Dale Thomas	24:40, Nancy Hein	60
12 August 2006	18:15, Gabe Mitchell	25:45, Cassie Logan	72
11 August 2007	18:39, Myles Gibson	24:18, Amelia Carter	86
16 August 2008	17:54, Ryan Overstreet	23:20, Lou Ellen Jayroe	71
15 August 2009	20:37, Brian Hickey	23:00, Kristina Bennett	62
21 August 2010	17:52, Nicholas Ireland	21:50, Katrina Bokenfohr	113
27 August 2011	18:57, Sean Kent	17:55, Casey McDermott	82
25 August 2012	18:26, Sean Kent	24:23, Val Lichner	119
24 August 2013	20:26, Cliff Rogers	22:29, Brooke Hoopert	81
23 August 2014	18:46, Myles Gibson	24:38, Val Lichner	46
22 August 2015	18:40, Myles Gibson	23:49, Kimberly Floyd	54
13 August 2016	22:06, Will Scott	20:44, Ashlee Romani	44
19 August 2017	20:42, Will Scott	23:11, Kate Smith	39
15 September 2018	19:42, Myles Gibson	26:26, Kristi Holland	32
From 2001 to 2017 the name of the event was the Life Is A Beach 5K.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Life Is A Beach 5K Trail Run
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vS0BU_kHCamU9wtEVuvwDNDvUOY42PVoOSftu-HpBOtXQbEyEow10hjwqFKdi0GVpu9FPAlA2GYW9ad/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Scott and Smith blast by the Beachgoers in Dothan”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/08/dothan-beach-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Ashlee Romani takes the whole pile of sand at the Life Is A Beach 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/08/dothan-beach-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Life Is [still] A Beach for Gibson and Floyd”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/08/dothan-beach-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Nothing to beach about for either Gibson or Lichner”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/dothan-beach-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Rogers and Houppert win for Team RWB at Life Is A Beach 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/dothan-beach-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “No sand, no waves, but wins for Kent and Lichner”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/dothan-beach-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, "Coach McDermott crashes Dothan's beach party”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/dothan-beach-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ireland and Bokenfohr winners at this beach party”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/dothan-beach-2010.html
  
  
• The Dothan Runners Club
  http://www.dothanrunners.com
  
  
• Beach runs and sunny beach runs on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2344

Myles Gibson motors to victory at Daylily City

"18:17 at the Daylily City 5K," reported Myles Gibson after racing in Adel, Georgia on Saturday morning, 19 May 2018. "It's a flat, quick course."


What the Donalsonville, Georgia master runner didn't mention was that his 18:17 was the winning time in the race. That mark put him across the finish line of the ninth annual Daylily City 5K nearly 200 meters ahead of the next athlete. Another master runner--Char Davidson of Nashville, Georgia--was the first woman in the race, placing ninth overall in 24:31.


Norman Park, Georgia's Steven Scott Johnson took the runner-up spot with an 18:58. Cody Pezent, a rising senior on the Cook County High cross-country team, was third in 19:58, eight seconds faster than he had run in the 2017 Daylily City 5K. Another Cook County High athlete, incoming frosh Joseph Pezent, placed fourth in 20:58.


Sarah Lashley of Adel was second in the women's standings and twelfth overall in 24:42. Adel master runner Angela Pezent was the third woman and fourteenth overall in 26:06.


47 athletes finished the 2018 Daylily City 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Daylily City 5K

1. 18:16.7, Myles Gibson (M, 51) Donalsonville, GA
2. 18:57.4, Steven Scott Johnson, II (M, 22) Norman Park, GA
3. 19:57.1, Cody Pezent (M, 17) Adel, GA
4. 20:57.8, Joseph Pezent (M, 14) Adel, GA
5. 21:21.0, Will O'Quinn (M, 14) Adel, GA
6. 21:23.7, Phil Wynent (M, 34) Valdosta, GA
7. 22:30.4, Karl Brown (M, 42) Alapaha, GA
8. 23:57.7, William Garcia (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
9. 24:38.0, Bradley Hines (M, 22) Adel, GA
10. 24:38.5, Zach Mims (M, 23) Norman Park, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Daylily City 5K

1. 24:30.5, Char Davidson (F, 64) Nashville, GA
2. 24:41.8, Sarah Lashley (F, 32) Adel, GA
3. 26:05.4, Angela Pezent (F, 44) Adel, GA
4. 26:17.6, Victoria Garcia (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
5. 26:34.3, Shonna O'Quinn (F, 43) Adel, GA
6. 27:39.8, Marlee Futch (F, 23) Adel, GA
7. 28:47.1, Karina Amundson (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
8. 32:16.5, Kim Souther (F, 57) Hahira, GA
9. 32:18.5, Becky Spikes (F, 36) Alapaha, GA
10. 33:01.3, Katherine Freeman (F, 34) Valdosta, GA

Adel Daylily Festival 5K champions, 2010 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
5 June 2010	18:58, John Seppala	25:34, Becky Thompson	38
4 June 2011	18:18, Masked Avenger	21:28, Alice Smoot
2 June 2012	18:33, Masked Avenger	21:54, Jacki Pinkerton	74
17 May 2013	18:19, Ryan Kelly	26:03, Heather Kelly	32
17 May 2014	17:58, Ryan Kelly	24:04, Shonna O'Quinn
16 May 2015	17:50, Ryan Kelly	21:29, Amber Elam	50
21 May 2016	18:06, Dan Butzin	22:27, Riley O'Linn	66
20 May 2017	18:41, Ryan Kelly	21:59, Annie Price	70
19 May 2018	18:17, Myles Gibson	24:31, Char Davidson	47
Prior to the first 5K race in 2010, there was a 10K Blossom Trot in 2009.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Daylily City 5K (Courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRDQetcGjOWYVV8YF_g2aFCvlencaPRewyNj97-1MIpBTtFK7mWLfjQEAX7nTxQVVmNO7Yys0h-C3SM/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Kelly and Price had their day at the Daylily City 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/adelily-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin and O'Linn take the Daylily City 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/adelily-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Fast runs in the Daylily City for Kelly and Elam”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/adelily-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “No toiling, no spinning, just running for Kelly and Kelly”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/adelily-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Avenger and Pinkerton win a bloomin' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/06/adelily-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Seppala and Thompson win at Adel”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/06/adelily-2010.html
  
  
• If there's a race in the region for your favorite flower, then you'll find it here
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2276

Myles Gibson has a record Run For The Ranch in Moultrie

The long race at the Moultrie, Georgia Run For The Ranch is 10K, 10,000 meters. On Saturday morning, 21 April 2018, things were going well for Donalsonville master runner Myles Gibson in that long race. Or at least they were going well for the first 9,600 meters. With the finish line nearly in sight, Gibson was leading the race by almost 3,000 meters. Then things went wrong.


"My left calf pulled real sharp with 400 meters remaining," reported Gibson.


Nevertheless, Gibson made it to the end, winning the third annual Run For The Ranch 10K in 38:38. It was faster than the 38:42 he had clocked seven weeks earlier at the Bainbridge River Run 10K. It was also more than two minutes better than the previous Run For The Ranch 10K record, set in 2017 by Colin Prinsloo. Mary Sue Thompson of Moultrie was the top woman in the race, placing third overall in 53:43.


Moultrie's Jason Pittman was runner-up in the 10K, posting a 53:17. Valdosta, Georgia master runner Rodney Elam was the third male finisher and fifth overall in 57:21.


Just ahead of Elam, Laura Little of Doerun, Georgia was the second woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 57:18. Whitney Pilgrim of Moultrie took third in the women's standings and seventh overall in 58:55. Tammy Curran of Tifton, Georgia was the first woman master and fifth female finisher, ninth overall in 61:25.


Eleven athletes finished the 2018 Run For The Ranch 10K.


Top Five Men, 2018 Run For The Ranch 10K

1. 38:38, Myles Gibson (M, 51) Donalsonville, GA
2. 53:17, Jason Pittman (M, 35) Moultrie, GA
3. 57:21, Rodney Elam (M, 54) Valdosta, GA
4. 58:42, Patrick Bius (M, 44) Moultrie, GA
5. 64:57, Marty Mathis (M, 48) Moultrie, GA

Top Five Women, 2018 Run For The Ranch 10K

1. 53:43, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 35) Moultrie, GA
2. 57:18, Laura Little (F, 27) Doerun, GA
3. 58:55, Whitney Pilgrim (F, 29) Moultrie, GA
4. 59:57, Sara Bass (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
5. 61:25, Tammy Curran (F, 46) Tifton, GA

The 10K is the longest race at the Run For The Ranch, but the 5K is the oldest, going back to 2016, the first year of the event. Taylor Azar won the shorter race, running 21:59. Jodi Beth Stuckey was the women's champ, finishing second overall in 24:31. Stuckey had been the women's runner-up in the 2017 Run For The Ranch 5K.


Sixteen athletes finished the 2018 Run For The Ranch 5K.


Top Four Men, 2018 Run For The Ranch 5K

1. 21:59, Taylor Azar (M, 15) Moultrie, GA
2. 25:08, Harold Benton (M, 61) Leesburg, GA
3. 27:26, Tucker Sewell (M, 7) Hahira, GA
4. 33:51, Jake Medders (M, 9) Moultrie, GA

Top Five Women, 2018 Run For The Ranch 5K

1. 24:31, Jodi Beth Stuckey (F, 33) Moultrie, GA
2. 27:12, Maggie Murphy (F, 33) Moultrie, GA
3. 28:06, Robin Cartright (F, 41) Thomasville, GA
4. 28:42, April Mathis (F, 49) Moultrie, GA
5. 28:53, Britt Demott (F, 30) Hartsfield, GA

Run For The Ranch winners, 2016 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
16 April 2016	5K	20:54, Gregory Case	24:23, Rebecca Toman	42
15 April 2017	10K	40:50, Colin Prinsloo	47:32, Brianna Prinsloo	28
	5K	21:28, Doug Yarbrough	24:42, Rebecca Toman	20
21 April 2018	10K	38:38, Myles Gibson	53:43, Mary Sue Thompson	11
	5K	21:59, Taylor Azar	24:31, Jodi Beth Stuckey	16

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Run For The Ranch 10K & 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTMxBdmlGoTZhf9if-2K-AFqmNeS9Njpqv733pJJdp1mVI6uI6f6l1ApOJbJs53731MB6Q5Db7tgpiF/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Prinsloo and Prinsloo win at Moultrie's Run For The Ranch”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/moultrie-ranch-2017.html
  
  
• Titus Ranch
  http://www.titusranch.org/
  
  
• Find upcoming races in Moultrie and other cities in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2258

Yoder and Yesian yield to no one at Dothan's SACF Half-Marathon

A half-marathon is 13.1 miles. At the seventh annual Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon, John Yoder had finished those 13.1 miles before all but one of the other runners had gone even twelve miles. Yoder won that race in Dothan, Alabama on Saturday morning, 27 January 2018, in 1:25:23. Master runner Bonnie Yesian of Austin, Texas--an eleven-time finisher of the Boston Marathon--won the women's title, placing sixth overall in 1:35:55. 86 athletes finished the half marathon.


David Perales was second in the race at 1:31:22. Tracey Burch was the fastest master runner in the half marathon, placing third overall in 1:32:40. Master runner Bobby Sattaahn took fourth in 1:34:16, and Sean Kent was fifth in 1:34:35. Kent was the overall winner of the SACF Half-Marathon in 2012 and 2014.


Master runner Olga Elliott was the second woman and nineteenth overall in 1:50:43. Alexandi McCambell was third in the women's standings and twentieth overall in 1:51:05.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon

1. 1:25:22.7, John Yoder (M, 34)
2. 1:31:21.2, David Perales (M, 25)
3. 1:32:39.8, Tracey Burch (M, 49)
4. 1:34:15.4, Bobby Sattaahn (M, 45)
5. 1:34:34.1, Sean Kent (M, 22)
6. 1:37:51.4, Blake Johnson (M, 28)
7. 1:38:10.1, Allan Flores (M, 14)
8. 1:40:49.6, Mark Hickman (M, 45)
9. 1:42:55.0, Bernard Eric (M, 28)
10. 1:44:40.5, Doug Davidson (M, 26)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon

1. 1:36:54.4, Bonnie Yesian (F, 42)
2. 1:50:42.7, Olga Elliott (F, 42)
3. 1:51:04.8, Alexandi McCambell (F, 26)
4. 1:52:42.3, Libby Mills (F, 33)
5. 1:52:50.9, Christina Wingerter (F, 26)
6. 1:55:03.7, Natalie Gowen (F, 38)
7. 1:55:58.1, Karen Wilson (F, 50)
8. 1:56:43.0, Tabatha Murdock (F, 32)
9. 1:57:55.4, Meg Lyons (F, 20)
10. 2:03:07.3, Gina Graham (F, 45)

Southeast Alabama Community Foundation Half Marathon winners, 2012 - 2018
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
27 January 2018	1:25:23, John Yoder	1:36:55, Bonnie Yesian	85

Fifteen minutes after the 8:00 AM start of the Half Marathon, the SACF 5K got under way. Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson won the shorter race by more than 300 meters, running 19:11. Trevor Shaw, a sophomore on the Dothan High cross-country team, was second in 20:29. Another cross-country runner, Wicksburg High eighth-grader William Speigner, placed third in 21:43.


Kayla Carpenter was the first woman in the 5K, eighth overall in 23:06. Carolyn Houston was the first woman master in the race and the second female finisher, tenth overall in 23:15. Master runner Mary Lise Patterson was third in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 24:07.


104 athletes finished the 5K. About Time Events, LLC, of Prattville, Alabama provided chip timing and race management for the Southeast Alabama Community Foundation races.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation 5K

1. 19:10.3, Myles Gibson (M, 51)
2. 20:28.8, Trevor Shaw (M, 16)
3. 21:42.5, William Speigner (M, 14)
4. 21:45.2, Mills Blake (M, 33)
5. 22:02.8, Eli Butler (M, 10)
6. 22:08.7, Jay Wrenn (M, 53)
7. 22:46.8, Justin Trawick (M, 13)
8. 23:07.2, Dave Durbin (M, 58)
9. 23:16.7, Joey Harvey (M, 56)
10. 23:29.3, Chad Harrison (M, 36)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Southeast Alabama Community Foundation 5K

1. 23:05.8, Kayla Carpenter (F, 22)
2. 23:14.7, Carolyn Houston (F, 45)
3. 24:06.3, Patterson Mary Lise (F, 59)
4. 25:01.3, Loretta Shapiro (F, 44)
5. 25:11.7, Aubrey Toole (F, 25)
6. 26:12.8, Micha McElderry (F, 39)
7. 26:34.2, Kim Chosie (F, 54)
8. 27:20.8, Hope Boyd (F, 39)
9. 27:31.3, Bernard Kelsey (F, 31)
10. 27:33.3, Ansley Flowers (F, 16)

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 SACF Half Marathon
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRPV65DAKjjaVTORflIcZ-QF3e4MDqeqNZR6ns_fhbJyUgCEEh4ebtLi_WTBZhXiiEXc-D12RpJ1Vxs/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Ainsworth repeats and Reynolds wins at the SACF Half Marathon”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/sacf-2017.html
  
  
• 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
  
  

#2190

Gibson and Smith gallop to victory at the Trot With S.W.A.T.

The annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K was back in Dothan, Alabama's Poplar Head Park on Saturday morning, 23 September 2017, and so was Myles Gibson. Running 39:39, the Donalsonville, Georgia master runner won the race for the second year in a row. Kate Smith took the women's title, placing tenth overall in 49:10.


Gibson was so far ahead of the rest of the field that he might have been getting lonely on the streets of Dothan; by the time he finished the ten-kilometer race he had a lead of nearly a kilometer and a half on the next runner. It was Gibson's third Trot With S.W.A.T. win; in addition to the 2016 race he had also won the inaugural Trot in 2007.


Eric Bernard was second in the 10K in 46:23. Master runner Bernardo Defarro was third overall in 46:33.


Tabatha Murdock edged Krystal Sheerun for the runner-up spot in the women's standings, 55:03 to 55:04. Murdock and Sheerun placed nineteenth and twentieth overall. Kristi Holland was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, 21st overall in 55:44.


58 athletes finished the eleventh annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 39:39, Myles Gibson (M, 51)
2. 46:23, Eric Bernard (M, 38)
3. 46:33, Bernardo Defarro (M, 49)
4. 47:02, Jeremy Andrews (M, 30)
5. 47:02, Mike Marchman (M, 56)
6. 47:30, Cade Wells (M, 34)
7. 48:00, Trevor Shaw (M, 15)
8. 48:36, Jay Wrenn (M, 53)
9. 48:43, Matt Pollard (M, 39)
10. 49:12, Kevin Morgan (M, 52)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 49:10, Kate Smith (F, 29)
2. 55:03, Tabatha Murdock (F, 32)
3. 55:04, Krystal Sheerun (F, 34)
4. 55:44, Kristi Holland (F, 41)
5. 55:51, Nina Korges (F, 58)
6. 59:20, Esther Williams (F, 47)
7. 59:21, Amy Chambers (F, 35)
8. 59:32, Becky Ward (F, 18)
9. 60:14, Toloria Carroll (F, 36)
10. 60:31, Sandy Andrade Jones (F, 49)

The Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K has been around since 2007, but the 5K wasn't added to the event till 2009. Master runner Dale Thomas won the shorter race for the second year in a row in 2017, running 20:13. Richie Fernandez was second in 21:25, and master runner Mark Nichols third in 22:25.


Master runner Carolyn Houston was the women's champion in the 5K, placing fifth overall in 23:37. Rebecca Jewell was the women's runner-up and eighth overall in 25:14. Rachel David was third in the women's standings and fourteenth overall in 26:26.


103 athletes completed the 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 20:13, Dale Thomas (M, 54)
2. 21:25, Richie Fernandez (M, 34)
3. 22:25, Mark Nichols (M, 43)
4. 23:32, Blake Coskrey (M, 12)
5. 24:38, Justin Trawick (M, 12)
6. 24:40, Mike Houston (M, 45)
7. 25:15, Bubba Ott (M, 45)
8. 25:25, Chris Summerlin (F, 33)
9. 26:04, Matthew Hosey (M, 18)
10. 26:22, David Forrester (M, 38)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 23:37, Carolyn Houston (F, 45)
2. 25:14, Rebecca Jewell (F, 38)
3. 26:26, Rachel David (F, 39)
4. 27:00, Robyn Harrison (F, 23)
5. 27:16, Jamie Trawick (F, 39)
6. 27:59, Loretta Shapiro (F, 44)
7. 28:28, Sarah Houston (F, 15)
8. 28:29, Betsy Liddon (F, 40)
9. 28:49, CiJi Serdula (F, 32)
10. 29:38, Katherine Westbrook (F, 22)

Trot With S.W.A.T. winners, 2007 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
29 September 2007	10K	37:05, Myles Gibson	46:39, Dawn Hersman	107
27 September 2008	10K	37:10, Ryan Overstreet	46:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe	101
19 September 2009	10K	40:44, Jay Shipman	47:46, Kristina Bennett	68
	5K	23:00, Michael Brennon	23:54, Debbie Wittmer	75
11 September 2010	10K	44:23, Joe Ferguson	52:20, Reyna Johnson	86
	5K	19:51, Theron Carter	21:36, Jo-Ann VanAswegen	159
17 September 2011	10K	43:01, Cedric Gillette	43:30, Dana Cody	86
	5K	19:54, Cody Causey	24:05, Ami Heath	99
22 September 2012	10K	36:23, Nicholas Dason	42:41, Megan Howell	79
	5K	19:54, Michael Brennan	23:09, Debbie Wittmer	141
21 September 2013	10K	36:03, David Seymour	41:34, Ali Christoph	59
	5K	20:29, John Halton	21:18, Dana Cody	93
20 September 2014	10K	42:41, Dale Thomas	52:30, Kristina Bennett	48
	5K	19:32, John Helton	20:49, Dana Cody	77
19 September 2015	10K	38:26, David Seymour	50:33, Kimberly Floyd	86
	5K	19:43, Michael Bond	19:44, Ann Centner	120
17 September 2016	10K	39:53, Myles Gibson	54:14, Courtney Helms	58
	5K	21:42, Dale Thomas	24:45, Heather Perry	94
23 September 2017	10K	39:39, Myles Gibson	49:10, Kate Smith	58
	5K	20:13, Dale Thomas	23:37, Carolyn Houston	103
The Trot with S.W.A.T. did not include a 5K prior to 2009. A thank you to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners Club for his help in researching the past winners of The Trot With S.W.A.T.

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T.
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQmAA8Bx-30-xXg2zse3drrePU-9pXgQaXGPJ17dvGufzV--gpyeQCWIqGOKmU-nKGFrruu-4wKG6C1/pubhtml
  
  
• 2013 story, “Seymour and Christoph trot to new records at Trot With S.W.A.T.”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/swat-2013.html
  
  
• Looking for another race within 100 miles of Tallahassee? Look here!
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2086

No one puts up much of a fight against Gibson at Fit-To-Fight

It's not true that Myles Gibson always wins the Fit-To-Fight 10K.


In fact, Gibson didn't win during the first four years, 2009 to 2012, of the annual Dothan, Alabama road race. Since 2013, though, it's true that Gibson had all but owned the Fit-To-Fight. The Donalsonville master runner won the race once again on Saturday morning, 6 May 2017, in 38:28. It wasn't his fastest winning time ever at the Fit-To-Fight, but it was fast enough to put him across the finish line more than two kilometers ahead of next runner. That's right; Gibson went the full ten kilometers before anyone else had gone as far as eight.


Master runner Dale Nash was second in the 10K at 48:23. David Forrester took third in 50:08.


Amanda Pybus won the women's title, placing tenth overall in 59:35. Close behind Pybus, Barbara Wade was the first woman master and second female finisher, eleventh overall in 59:43. Master runner Tracy Reeves was third in the women's standings and thirteenth overall in 61:33.


28 athletes finished the 2017 Fit-To-Fight 10K, while another 108 completed the 5K. The fastest of those in the shorter race was Nevada Parker, a former Northside Methodist cross-country runner. Parker covered the course in 18:41, finishing well over 300 meters ahead of the runner-up, a frosh on the cross-country team at Dothan High, ran 21:09. Not far behind Shaw, nine-year-old Eli Butler was third in 21:14. Thomas Britain was the first master runner and fourth overall in 21:35.


Elizabeth Johnson was the top woman in the 5K, placing eleventh overall in 24:17. Katie Sheppard, a frosh on the Southwest Georgia Academy cross-country team, was second in the women's standings and fifteenth overall in 25:53. Rachel David placed third on the women's side and seventeenth overall in 26:11. Nineteenth overall in 26:34, Kristi Holland was the first woman master and fourth female finisher.


As I wrote in 2015, the Fit To Fight races started in 2009 as a fundraiser for the Dothan Fire Department to buy exercise equipment for their firefighters. Couch potatoes don't make good firemen--you have to be fit to fight fire. The event continues to this day, with the races starting and finishing at Dothan's central Fire Station.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Fit To Fight 10K

1. 38:28, Myles Gibson (M, 50)
2. 48:23, Dale Nash (M, 66)
3. 50:08, David Forrester (M, 38)
4. 51:01, Harrison Jordan (M, 20)
5. 51:01, Neil Guess (M, 45)
6. 52:24, Randy Jordan (M, 56)
7. 57:24, Cliff Morrison (M, 45)
8. 57:42, Rozeallan Smith (M, 65)
9. 58:58, Josh Cox (M, 38)
10. 61:13, Gary Thien (M, 62)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Fit To Fight 10K

1. 59:35, Amanda Pybus (F, 29)
2. 59:43, Barbara Wade (F, 49)
3. 61:33, Tracy Reeves (F, 45)
4. 64:20, Susan Anderson (F, 54)
5. 64:58, Jodi Thore (F, 48)
6. 66:01, Debbie Geiger (F, 45)
7. 71:05, Julia Moss (F, 32)
8. 72:13, Angie Chambliss (F, 50)
9. 76:51, Kristen Hyde (F, 34)
10. 76:51, Lindsey Barton (F, 34)

Top Ten Men, 2017 Fit To Fight 5K

1. 18:41, Nevada Parker (M, 19)
2. 21:09, Trevor Shaw (M, 15)
3. 21:14, Eli Butler (M, 9)
4. 21:35, Thomas Britain (M, 41)
5. 23:08, Joey Harvey (M, 55)
6. 23:40, Robert Dickard (M, 25)
7. 23:40, Justin Trawick (M, 12)
8. 23:45, Jeremy Alley (M, 30)
9. 24:06, Benjamin Henderson (M, 19)
10. 24:12, David Bennett (M, 46)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Fit To Fight 5K

1. 24:17, Elizabeth Johnson (F, 38)
2. 25:53, Katie Sheppard (F, 14)
3. 26:11, Rachel David (F, 39)
4. 26:34, Kristi Holland (F, 40)
5. 26:55, Olivia Beck (F, 15)
6. 26:59, Jamie Trawick (F, 39)
7. 27:29, Jeanine Beck (F, 44)
8. 27:39, Rebecca Binford (F, 27)
9. 27:49, Sibel Yilmaz (F, 40)
10. 28:11, Rebecca Jewell (F, 38)

Fit To Fight winners, 2009 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
23 May 2009	10K	41:17, Shannon McCook	49:02, Vicki Graf	48
	5K	20:11, Michael Kiefer	26:39, Lisa Roberson	99
8 May 2010	10K	38:35, Brad Jones	47:41, Vicki Graf	61
	5K	18:46, Theron Carter	23:19, Kacie Rogers	110
14 May 2011	10K	39:43, Sean Kent	43:26, Dana Cody	40
	5K	21:25, Mike Houston	25:03, Jill Wofsey	19
5 May 2012	10K	38:11, Austin Fox	45:06, Dana Cody	48
	5K	18:29, Drew Ackles	21:52, Melissa Unrath	91
4 May 2013	10K	37:25, Myles Gibson	44:15, Debbie Wittmer	30
	5K	21:16, Justin Whiddon	24:12, Ami Heath	61
3 May 2014	10K	38:10, Myles Gibson	50:46, CJ Parrish	41
	5K	18:12, Ben McLain	23:39, Carolyn Houston	102
2 May 2015	10K	37:00, Myles Gibson	47:16, Carolyn Houston	49
	5K	18:44, Michael Houston Jr.	22:56, Carmel Rogers	81
7 May 2016	10K
	5K
6 May 2017	10K	38:28, Myles Gibson	59:35, Amanda Pybus	28
	5K	18:41, Nevada Parker	24:17, Elizabeth Johnson	106
Many,many thanks to Larry Dykes of the Dothan Runners Club for much of the information in this table.

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Fit To Fight 10K and 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1APed3bFIytGqXq5I6AJVrvPLkeu6WhK-YgNBFbXZWmc/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Gibson and Houston are fit to win at Fit To Fight”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/fit-to-fight-2015.html
  
  
• More races in Dothan and other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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