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
  
  
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Chris Boyle saddles up at the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

Finishing 800 meters ahead of his nearest challenger, Chris Boyle won Dothan, Alabama's twelfth annual Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K on Saturday morning, 22 September 2018, running 36:25. Kayla Carpenter was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 49:27.


Boyle's winning 36:25 was the third fastest time in Trot With S.W.A.T. history, just 22 seconds off the course record of 36:03 posted in 2013 by David Seymour. Jason Teitloff finished runner-up to Boyle in 39:48. Myles Gibson, the defending champion and three-time winner of the Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K, was the top master runner in the race and third overall in 41:22.


Libby Mills placed second to Carpenter in the women's standings, running 54:16. At 56:25, Kristi Holland was the first woman master and third female finisher.


47 athletes finished the 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 36:25, Chris Boyle (M, 23)
2. 39:48, Jason Teitloff (M, 37)
3. 41:22, Myles Gibson (M, 52)
4. 41:40, Daniel Hamilton (M, 30)
5. 48:24, Scott Childers (M, 44)
6. 49:35, Blake Mills (M, 33)
7. 49:51, Randy Jordan (M, 58)
8. 58:08, Brooks Newell (M, 32)
9. 54:07, Josh Hall (M, 28)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K

1. 49:27, Kayla Carpenter (F, 23)
2. 54:16, Libby Mills (F, 34)
3. 56:25, Kristi Holland (F, 42)
4. 57:45, Jana Sledge (F, 37)
5. 59:52, Christine Boyle (F, 22)
6. 61:08, Abby Albritton (F, 28)
7. 61:15, Christine Allums (F, 46)
8. 62:27, Jennifer Pace (F, 34)
9. 65:49, Heather Bovyer (F, 35)
10. 65:49, Jessica McLean (F, 36)

Myles Gibson didn't get a repeat win in the 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 10K, but master runner Dale Thomas certainly did in the 5K. Thomas won the shorter race for the third year in a row, running 20:08--his fastest winning time yet at the event. Thomas is also the only athlete with wins in both the 5K and the 10K at Trot With S.W.A.T.; he took the 10K title in 2014. Tristin Decroo, a senior on the Dothan High cross-country team, took second behind Thomas in 20:40. Blake Granberry was third in 21:57.


Natalie Warner, a frosh-year athlete on the Enterprise High cross-country team, won the women's title in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 22:16. Carolyn Houston, the 2017 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K women's champ, was the first woman master and second female finisher at 23:53. Macy Benton, a Dothan High junior, was third in the women's standings with a 27:08.


89 athletes finished the 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 20:08, Dale Thomas (M, 55)
2. 20:40, Tristen Decroo (M, 18)
3. 21:57, Blake Granberry (M, 37)
4. 22:35, Paul Turner (M, 55)
5. 22:52, Gabriel Simmons (M, 15)
6. 23:15, Zander McClure (M, 15)
7. 23:24, Jay Wrenn (M, 54)
8. 23:27, Xavier Clayton (M, 27)
9. 24:19, Tom Warner (M, 44)
10. 24:20, Christopher Tew (M, 36)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Trot With S.W.A.T. 5K

1. 22:16, Natalie Warner (F, 14)
2. 23:53, Carolyn Houston (F, 46)
3. 27:08, Macy Benton (F, 16)
4. 27:09, Toby Murray (F, 43)
5. 27:33, Wilma Watt (F, 56)
6. 28:04, Rebecca Jewell (F, 39)
7. 29:23, Sarah Houston (F, 16)
8. 29:32, Mallory Richardson (F, 30)
9. 30:14, Kimberly Nichols (F, 62)
10. 30:33, Candice Traylor (F, 34)

Trot With S.W.A.T. winners, 2007 - 2018
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
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

• 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!
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#2334

Pearson and Warner were fast at the Last Gasp

Dothan, Alabama's William Pearson knows the Westgate Park Trail. During years of racing cross-country for Northview High and Campbellsville University, Pearson still managed to return to Dothan's Westgate Trail every now and then to run in the Life Is A Beach 5K or the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K. With those years behind him, Pearson came back to Westgate again on Saturday morning, 31 December 2016, where he won the Dothan Runners' Last Gasp 5K Trail Run. Natalie Warner, an eighth-grader on the Enterprise High cross-country squad, won the women's title in the race, placing eighteenth overall in 24:08. 90 athletes finished the 2016 edition of the annual 3.1-mile cross-country race.


Geb Kiros of Tallahassee, Florida was the top master runner in the Last Gasp 5K; the Florida A&M University biostatistics professor was second overall in 17:59. Another Tallahassee runner, Paul Guyas, took third in 18:11. Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson was fourth in 18:48.


Not far behind women's champ Natalie Warner, second place in the women's standings went to another high school cross-country runner, Ella Richards. The Headland High seventh grader was nineteenth overall in 24:16. Meg Lyons edged Enterprise High frosh Annabelle Warner for third on the women's side, Lyons placing 21st overall in 24:37 and Warner 22nd overall in 24:42. Kristin Atwell of Slocomb, Alabama was the first woman master and sixth female finisher in the Last Gasp 5K, 30th overall in 27:09.


The Last Gasp 5K was Westgate Park's last race in 2016, but far from the last race in Westgate's Park. The park will see more than a dozen races during 2017. The Dothan Runners alone have several races scheduled on the trail, including the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K, the Life Is A Beach 5K, the Pilgrim Chase 5K, and, of course, the 2017 Last Gasp 5K.


Top Ten Men, Dothan Runners' 2016 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race

1. 17:20, William Pearson (M, 22) Dothan, AL
2. 17:59, Geb Kiros (M, 50) Tallahassee, FL
3. 18:11, Paul Guyas (M, 39) Tallahassee, FL
4. 18:48, Myles Gibson (M, 50) Donalsonville, GA
5. 19:19, Adam McPherson (M, 33) Samson, AL
6. 19:34, Michael Warner (M, 17) Enterprise, AL
7. 20:12, Bob Walker (M, 45) Baker, FL
8. 21:02, Alan Flores (M, 13) Dothan, AL
9. 21:25, Juan Rios (M, 18) Dothan, AL
10. 21:32, Dale Thomas (M, 53) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Women, Dothan Runners' 2016 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race

1. 24:08, Natalie Warner (F, 13) Enterprise, AL
2. 24:16, Ella Richards (F, 12) Midland City, AL
3. 24:37, Meg Lyons (F, 19) Dothan, AL
4. 24:42, Annabelle Warner (F, 14) Enterprise, AL
5. 26:07, Kimberly Floyd (F, 38) Enterprise, AL
6. 27:09, Kristin Atwell (F, 41) Slocomb, AL
7. 28:10, Chandra Hanson (F, 49) Marianna FL,
8. 28:37, Alicia Tatem (F, 53) Panama City, FL
9. 28:48, Cassie Logan (F, 53) Headland, AL
10. 29:07, Marty Kirkland (F, 64) Southport, FL

Dothan, Alabama, Last Gasp 5K Trail Race winners, 1999 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 December 1999	16:23, Matt Tillman	19:57, Jennifer Hanley	75
23 December 2000	18:16, Matt Parker	24:56, Sherry Creel	69
22 December 2001	19:55, Brian Hickey	22:21, Piper Stockman	69
21 December 2002	19:23, Brian Hickey	24:15, Chris Fox	75
20 December 2003	18:32, Brian Hickey	23:53, Piper Stockman	68
18 December 2004	19:40, Brian Hickey	24:13, Nancy Hein	51
17 December 2005	19:21, Gabe Mitchell	23:10, Lou Ellen Jayroe	42
23 December 2006	17:35, Aubrey Darnell	22:23, Sara Jackson	92
22 December 2007	18:08, Nick Vance	23:56, Lou Ellen Jayroe	86
27 December 2008	20:17, Terrion Williams	23:59, Daphne Cook	85
26 December 2009	18:07, Austin Fox	25:29, Cameron Irwin	63
11 December 2010	20:28, Michael Brennan	24:51, Julie Harris	59
31 December 2011	17:40, Stephen Robbins	20:26, Dana Cody	145
29 December 2012	17:59, Sean Kent	22:17, Jeanne Davis	65
28 December 2013	16:56, Kyle Harris	23:01, Missy Sexton	68
27 December 2014	17:33, Austin Fox	21:41, Kayla Fox	62
26 December 2015	17:19, Austin Fox	21:45, Kayla Dauphin (nee Fox)	67
31 December 2016	17:20, William Pearson	24:08, Natalie Warner	90

Links

• Complete results of Dothan's 2016 Last Gasp 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14Fsmo-Fqa_PfCmEZ3NnKmVEe31Kl0wek8cninYCcd4U/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Fox and Dauphin take one more Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/last-gasp-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Fox & Fox win Dothan's 2014 running finale”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/last-gasp-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Kent and Davis are good to the Last Gasp”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/last-gasp-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Robbins and Cody end 2011 with wins at Dothan's Last Gasp 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/last-gasp-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Brennan and Harris find victory at the end of the trail in Dothan”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/last-gasp-2010.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Dothan and other cities in the Trouble Afoot! region
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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