Michael Martinez and Rebecca Petersen led the hunt at the Wildlife Run

Opening Pelham, Georgia' annual Wildlife Festival, dozens of athletes took to the streets of that city on Friday evening, 4 October 2019, competing in the Wildlife Run 5K. Mike Martinez came out on top of that competition; posting a winning time of 18:49, the Tallahassee, Florida master runner finished more than a kilometer ahead of his closest rival. Rebecca Petersen was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 28:59.


Thirteen-year-old Riley Brown was the runner-up for the second year in a row. Brown covered the 3.1-mile course in 23:49. Caleb Busker was third in 24:04.


Elise Cox took second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 30:50. Master runner Peggy Willis was the third female finisher and thirteenth overall in 31:40.


47 athletes finished the 2019 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K. Miles & Minutes, LLC, of Tallahassee, Florida timed and scored the race.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K

1. 18:48.29, Mike Martinez
2. 23:48.78, Riley Brown
3. 24:03.91, Caleb Busker
4. 25:43.19, David Lewis
5. 26:23.11, David Pollock
6. 26:42.40, Walter Goodwin
7. 28:56.29, Chris Godwin
8. 29:27.07, Jose Contreras, Jr.
9. 29:50.39, Jason Peache
10. 30:49.23, Joshua Miller

Top Ten Women, 2019 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K

1. 28:58.73, Rebecca Petersen
2. 30:49.07, Elise Cox
3. 31:39.81, Peggy Willis
4. 32:09.93, Julia Harris
5. 32:44.64, Pam Harris
6. 32:57.84, Kimberly Cooper
7. 33:16.53, Mindy Clark
8. 35:15.30, Abby Peache
9. 35:55.92, Cristella Contreras
10. 35:59.24, Daisy Davis

Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K winners, 2008 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
4 October 2008	18:42, Kyle Harris	22:40, Mandi O'Mara	64
3 October 2009	17:56, Kyle Harris	22:38, Caylin Wakingham	80
2 October 2010	18:13, Chase Harris	22:26, Ursula Aviles	82
1 October 2011	13:26, Bryton Wenzel	16:27, Ursula Aviles	61
7 April 2012	18:40, Ryan Kelly	20:54, Alice Smoot	52
16 November 2013	??:??, Samuel Cornwell	23:18, Ashley Cochran	31
15 November 2014	18:32, Ryan Kelly	26:32, Cristella Mosqueda	26
3 October 2015	19:40, Ford Godwin	23:18, Monica Webb	36
3 October 2016
7 October 2017	21:08, Jonte Harris	22:20, Dakota McEntyre	42
5 October 2018	22:12, Caden Godwin	27:14, Heather Patrick	77
4 October 2019	18:49, Mike Martinez	28:59, Rebecca Petersen	47

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Pelham Wildlife Run, via Miles & Minutes, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQTYlnnhCcSHBf9sHPntxM4Qgwb26C1VKRn_b5RwqpauY8dpVQ0RJuWbaxBeri13L4Pu_lAv4TOio3z/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Godwin, Webb, and fast high school harriers dominate the Wildlife Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/10/pelham-wildlife-2015.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Wenzel wins while Aviles repeats at Pelham Wildlife Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pelham-wildlife-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Harris and Aviles tame the Wildlife 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pelham-wildlife-2010.html
  
  
• Run wild at an event on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
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#2618

Godwin, Webb, and fast high school harriers dominate the Wildlife Run

During cross country season you don't expect to see many high school harriers at a road race. Despite the season, though, there were mostly cross country runners at the Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K on Saturday morning, 3 October 2015--so many that the race looked like a high school meet. If it had been a meet, Pelham High boys would have won, putting six runners in the top ten. But it wasn't a Pelham High Hornet who crossed the finish line first, it was Westwood Schools sophomore Ford Godwin.


Godwin won the 3.1-mile race in 19:40, comfortably ahead of runner-up Austin Hornsby. Hornsby, a Pelham High junior, ran 19:49. He was followed across the finish line by three more Pelham Hornet harriers--senior Daniel Smith (3rd, 20:44), senior Paul Woods (4th, 21:00), and junior Jacob Watkins (5th,22:20).


It was the same situation on the women's side, but even more so. The Pelham girls would have put up a perfect 15-points score, taking the first five places. Hornet junior Monica Webb was the first female finisher, placing sixth overall in 23:18. The next four places in the women's standings also belonged to Pelham harriers--sophomore Lila Maloy (11th, 24:29), frosh Marlette Fulcher (13th, 28:35), frosh Cynthia Stokes (14th, 28:40), and junior Winter Wainwright (16th, 29:04). Leesburg master runner Leesburg master runner Anna Wade interrupted the flow of Pelham High athletes by taking the sixth spot in the women's standings; Wade was 17th overall in 30:09.


36 athletes finished the 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K

1. 19:39.2 ~ Ford Godwin (M, 15) Camilla, GA
2. 19:48.4 ~ Austin Hornsby (M, 17) Pelham, GA
3. 20:43.7 ~ Daniel Smith (M, 17) Pelham, GA
4. 20:59.6 ~ Paul Woods (M, 17) Pelham, GA
5. 22:19.8 ~ Jacob Watkins (M, 17) Pelham, GA
6. 23:18.4 ~ Walter Godwin (M, 34) Pelham, GA
7. 23:58.6 ~ Tyler Brooks (M, 13) Camilla, GA
8. 24:07.5 ~ DJ Palmer (M, 11) Pelham, GA
9. 24:19.8 ~ John Russ (M, 15) Pelham, GA
10. 28:29.0 ~ Stacy Owens (M, 17) Pelham, GA

Top Ten Women, 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run 5K

1. 23:17.3 ~ Monica Webb (F, 17) Pelham, GA
2. 24:28.6 ~ Lila Maloy (F, 15) Pelham, GA
3. 28:34.2 ~ Marlette Fulcher (F, 15) Pelham, GA
4. 28:39.6 ~ Cynthia Stokes (F, 14) Pelham, GA
5. 29:03.5 ~ Winter Wainwright (F, 17) Pelham, GA
6. 30:08.5 ~ Anna Wade (F, 47) Leesburg, GA
7. 31:32.0 ~ Marcia Harper (F, 18) Pelham, GA
8. 31:45.5 ~ Cristella Mosqueda (F, 42) TyTy, GA
9. 34:05.6 ~ Carleigh Bynum (F, 10) Camilla, GA
10. 34:44.9 ~ Katie Smith (F, 13) Pelham, GA

Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K winners, 2008 - 2015
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
4 October 2008	18:42, Kyle Harris	22:40, Mandi O'Mara	64
3 October 2009	17:56, Kyle Harris	22:38, Caylin Wakingham	80
2 October 2010	18:13, Chase Harris	22:26, Ursula Aviles	82
1 October 2011	13:26, Bryton Wenzel	16:27, Ursula Aviles	61
7 April 2012	18:40, Ryan Kelly	20:54, Alice Smoot	52
16 November 2013	??:??, Samuel Cornwell	23:18, Ashley Cochran	31
15 November 2014	18:32, Ryan Kelly	26:32, Cristella Mosqueda	26
3 October 2015	19:40, Ford Godwin	23:18, Monica Webb	36

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Pelham Wildlife Run, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I1FVb83BR9lDFx1Oz-I170A5UUVREd-Kr3yGY9yvs40/pubhtml
  
  
• 2011 story, “Wenzel wins while Aviles repeats at Pelham Wildlife Run”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/pelham-wildlife-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Harris and Aviles tame the Wildlife 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pelham-wildlife-2010.html
  
  
• Run wild at an event on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1519

Victories at the Hornet Nest for the Bainbridge boys and Thomas County Central girls

Whatever the GHSA calendar may say, high school cross country in Southwest Georgia doesn't start until the annual Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational. This year the region's harriers raced in that opener on Saturday morning, 22 August 2015. The Bainbridge High Bearcats took the boy's title for the third year in a row scoring a nearly-unbeatable 30 points, while Bearcat sophomore Poncherella Leonard won individual honors with a 17:34. On the girls' side Thomas County Central totaled 75 points to reign as the top team. Colquitt County sophomore Elizabeth Funderburk was the winning individual in the girls' 5K, running 21:04.


The high school competition at the Invitational opened with the girls' 5K. The race was all Elizabeth Funderburk's; the Colquitt County Packer sophomore's 21:04 put her more than 150 meters ahead of the next athlete. However, Funderburk was the Packer's only runner in the top 20, which didn't bode well for the Colquitt County's chances in the team standings. Meanwhile, the Thomas County Central Yellowjackets not only had sophomore Cara Eaton finish second in 21:48, but also had sophomore Jinglei Horchler crack the top ten with a 24:20 ninth-place finish. The Yellowjackets put four runners in the top fifteen, then sealed victory and a 75-point total with a 41st-place 29:14 showing from junior Logan Covington. Close behind the Yellowjackets, Tift County edged Lee County for second, 81 to 82. Tift County was led by sophomore Ashlee Golden (7th, 23:56), and Lee County by junior Ansley Cain (11th, 24:32).


Team Standings, High School Girls 5K

1. Thomas County Central, 75
2. Tift County, 81
3. Lee County, 82
4. Bainbridge, 93
5. Worth County, 107
6. Colquitt County, 110
7. Pelham, 158
8. Valdosta, 171
9. Cairo, 258

Top Ten, High School Girls 5K

1. 21:03.13 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 10
2. 21:47.23 ~ Cara Eaton (Thomas County Central) 10
3. 22:18.56 ~ Kennedy Rutherford (Worth County)
4. 22:49.05 ~ Uriyah Davis (Bainbridge) 10
5. 22:57.38 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula) 11
6. 23:11.02 ~ Jamey Medders (Worth County)
7. 23:55.56 ~ Ashlee Golden (Tift County) 10
8. 24:15.53 ~ Madeline Mathis (Valdosta) 11
9. 24:19.89 ~ Jinglei Horchler (Thomas County Central) 10
10. 24:29.69 ~ Monica Webb (Pelham) 11

The bad news for everyone in the boys' 5K was that an error by the timing company running the finish line made it impossible to compile complete results for the race. The bad news for everyone but Bainbridge was that you didn't need complete results to tell that the Bearcats had won again. Even worse news for everyone but Bainbridge was that the Bearcats took the top two places in the race with a sophomore and a freshman--Poncharella Leonard (1st, 17:34) and Caleb Harris (2nd, 18:07)--two athletes that runners in the area could be chasing for the next three years. That one-two finish started Bainbridge toward a winning total of 30 points. Behind the third-place 18:43 finish of senior Sam Gelabert, Thomas County Central placed second with 40 points.


Team Standings, High School Boys 5K

1. Bainbridge, 30
2. Thomas County Central, 40
3. Colquitt County, 101
4. Early County, 104
5. Cairo, 106

Top Ten, High School Boys 5K

1. 17:33.28 ~ Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge) 10
2. 18:06.09 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 9
3. 18:42.02 ~ Sam Gelabert (Thomas County Central) 12
4. 18:55.57 ~ Jake Merritt (Colquitt County) 10
5. 18:56.61 ~ Salvado Alonzo (Cairo) 12
6. 19:07.24 ~ Noah Owens (Thomas County Central) 10
7. 19:15.21 ~ Conley Wilhelm (Thomas County Central) 12
8. 19:36.09 ~ Bennett Enfinger (Bainbridge) 12
9. 19:42.29 ~ Perry Waddell (Bainbridge) 12
10. 20:00.09 ~ Brenden Greene (Bainbridge) 12

Tift Middle Schools' eighth-grader Emily Golden was dominating in the middle school girls' two mile, running 13:28 and finishing more than 250 meters ahead of the next runner, Brianna Zupko (2nd, 14:37) of Worth County. Aside from Golden, Tift had three other athletes in the top ten--sixth-graders Caroline Vickers (6th, 15:35) and Ainsley Toews (8th, 15:42), plus seventh-grader Noelia Sandoval (10th, 16:05). Eighth-grader Alexandria Vaughn (11th, 16:15) wasn't far behind, giving her team a total of 32 points and the win. Led by sixth-grader Emily Phillips (3rd, 14:50), Lee County was seocond in the team standings with 85 points, just ahead of the 91 scored by third-place Valdosta.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls Two Mile

1. Tift, 32
2. Lee County, 85
3. Valdosta, 91
4. Whigham, 107
5. Thomas County Central, 129
6. Bainbridge, 152
7. Pataula, 167
8. Colquitt County, 169

Top Ten, Middle School Girls Two Mile

1. 13:27.09 ~ Emily Golden (Tift) 8
2. 14:36.05 ~ Brianna Zupko (Worth County)
3. 14:49.13 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 6
4. 14:50.19 ~ Anna James (Thomas County Central)
5. 15:19.05 ~ Renn Whitley (Whigham) 8
6. 15:34.05 ~ Caroline Vickers (Tift) 6
7. 15:40.94 ~ Victoria Natoli (Lee County) 8
8. 15:41.49 ~ Ainsley Toews (Tift) 6
9. 15:48.80 ~ Meg Houston (Pataula) 7
10. 16:04.45 ~ Noelia Sandoval (Tift) 7

Valdosta eighth-grader won the boys' two mile with a 12:29, just ahead of the 12:39 posted by runner-up Bryce Stephens, a Tift seventh-grader. However, it was the Lee County boys who won the team title. Lee County put sixth-grader Josh Macklin (4th, 12:55), eighth-grader Ben Phillips (5th, 13:03), and eighth-grader Walker Pinson (8th, 13:24) in the top ten. Four more runners Lee County runners made the top twenty, including scorers Will Tomlinson (11th, 13:58) and Robbie Collins (15th, 14:17), both in the seventh grade. It was enough to give Lee County a winning total of 43 points. Valdosta was a distance second with 97 points. Bainbridge squeaked by Thomas County Central for third, 106 to 107, Bainbridge led by eighth-grader Stokes Moore (3rd, 12:49) and Central by eighth-grader Brandon Hopper (14th, 14:10).


Whether their season ends with the Georgia State Middle School Cross Country Championships in Cochran on 17 October 2015 or the GHSA State Cross Country Championships in Carrollton on 7 November 2015, all of these athletes have a lot of racing ahead of them this fall.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys Two Mile

1. Lee County, 43
2. Valdosta, 97
3. Bainbridge, 106
4. Thomas County Central, 107
5. Tift, 123
6. Early County, 140
7. Whigham, 154
8. Worth County, 203
9. Colquitt County, 238
10. Pataula, 259

Top Ten, Middle School Boys Two Mile

1. 12:28.49 ~ Ladarius Dumas (Valdosta) 8
2. 12:38.86 ~ Bryce Stephens (Tift) 7
3. 12:48.35 ~ Stokes Moore (Bainbridge) 8
4. 12:54.35 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 6
5. 13:02.94 ~ Benjamin Phillips (Lee County) 8
6. 13:08.07 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 7
7. 13:13.60 ~ Hurston Waldrep (Whigham) 8
8. 13:23.34 ~ Walker Pinson (Lee County) 8
9. 13:25.88 ~ Rand McDonald (Early County) 7
10. 13:39.39 ~ Case Gregory (Colquitt County) 6

Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational team champions, 2013 - 2015
Date	HS Boys	HS Girls
24 August 2013	Bainbridge, 27	Valdosta, 40 points
23 August 2014	Bainbridge, 30	Valdosta, 64
22 August 2015	Bainbridge, 30	Thomas County Central, 75

Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational individual champions, 2013 - 2015
Date	HS Boys	HS Girls
24 August 2013	17:48, Chase Harris (Bainbridge)	21:51, Paige Braswell (Bainbridge)
23 August 2014	16:51, Chase Harris (Bainbridge)	22:39, Janie Plowden (Westover)
22 August 2015	17:34, Poncherella Leonard (Bainbridge)	21:04, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt Co.)

Links

• Complete results of the 2015 Pelham Hornet Cross-Country Invitational
  
  • HS Girls' 5K: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384904
    
  • HS Boys' 5K: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384902
    
  • MS Girls' 2M: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384905
    
  • MS Boys' 2M: http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/214204/results/384903
    
  
  
• 2014 story, “Valdosta girls and Bainbridge boys repeat in the heat at Hornet Invitational”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/hornet-invite-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Valdosta girls, Bainbridge boys take season opener in Pelham”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/hornet-invite-2013.html
  
  
• Course maps, 2015 Pelham Hornet Cross-Country Invitational
  
  • 5K: https://app.box.com/s/swf0ka4bsnjf8msfsg6vloy4xsw01stu
    
  • 2 Mile: https://app.box.com/s/2m1u1yk2ib1egqv9i5nv74yd8j7iipb8
    
  
  
• Get out there and run one of the races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1468

Valdosta girls and Bainbridge boys repeat in the heat at Hornet Invitational

The Pelham High Hornets cross country team was back in 2014, and so was the Pelham Hornet Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning, 23 August 2014. Also returning were the Valdosta High girls, who repeated as Hornet Invitational champs. Likewise, the Bainbridge High boys were repeat winners in their race, led by the successful title defense of BHS senior Chase Harris.


It may not have been the hottest day of the year in Pelham, Georgia, but if there were a warmer morning no one wanted to remember it. Temperatures were already approaching 90 °F at 9:30 AM when the girls were scheduled to start their 5K race, and the heat index was a number guaranteed to inspire depression. Albany Westover sophomore Janie Plowden shrugged off the torrid conditions, though, and won the 3.1-mile run in 22:39. Valdosta senior Leah Michael was runner-up in 23:36, but Bainbridge High answered with a third-place 24:19 finish by frosh Uriyah Davis. Thomas County Central had its own retort--sophomore Angela Cipriani fifth in 24:40. That set the tone for what would become one of those races where cross country coaches study the results for days, adding up the scores again and again. The Valdosta Wildcats did successfully defend their 2013 team title, but their total of 64 points was just one tick better than the Bainbridge Bearcats' sum of 65, and only two better than Thomas County Central's 66. Valdosta had also won the team title by a single point in 2013, though, and even coaches know that a one-point win...is a win.


Team Standings, High School Girls 5K

1. Valdosta High School, 64
2. Bainbridge High School, 65
3. Thomas County Central High School, 66
4. Lee County High School, 86
5. Pelham High School, 97
6. Americus-Sumter High School, 135
7. Baconton Charter School, 165

Top Ten, High School Girls 5K

1. 22:38.61 ~ Janie Plowden (Westover) 10
2. 23:35.07 ~ Leah Michael (Valdosta) 12
3. 24:18.88 ~ Uriyah Davis (Bainbridge) 9
4. 24:21.97 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula) 10
5. 24:39.67 ~ Angela Cipriani (Thomas County Central) 10
6. 25:07.39 ~ Monica Webb (Pelham) 10
7. 25:09.80 ~ Ansley Cain (Lee County) 10
8. 25:21.48 ~ Alden Walker (Valdosta) 12
9. 25:27.74 ~ Jinglei Horchler (Thomas County Central) 9
10. 25:38.95 ~ Ramsay Miller (Lee County) 9

The weather was even warmer by the time the high school boys ran. In spite of the heat, Valdosta sophomore Matthew Baun ran 17:33, 15 seconds faster than the 17:48 that Bainbridge's Chase Harris had run at the 2013 Hornet Invitational. Unfortunately for Baun, Harris was also at the 2014 race and he was nearly a minute faster than the previous year, winning the race in 16:51. Baun's time was good enough for second place, though, while third went to Bainbridge senior Brad Cox in 18:07. Bainbridge put two more runners in the top ten--junior Perry Waddell (5th, 18:58) and junior Brenden Greene (10th, 19:24)--giving the Bearcats 30 points and the team title. Led by junior Jerrious Dee (6th, 19:05), Thomas County Central put up 47 points to place second in the team standings. The Valdosta Wildcats were third with 85 points.


Team Standings, High School Boys 5K

1. Bainbridge High School, 30
2. Thomas County Central, 47
3. Valdosta High School, 85
4. Lee County High School, 98
5. Americus-Sumter High School, 137
6. Pelham High School, 163
7. Early County High School, 196
8. Baconton Charter School, 199

Top Ten, High School Boys 5K

1. 16:50.11 ~ Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 12
2. 17:32.45 ~ Matthew Baun (Valdosta) 10
3. 18:06.96 ~ Brad Cox (Bainbridge) 12
4. 18:43.21 ~ Robert Grooms (Lee County) 11
5. 18:57.27 ~ Perry Waddell (Bainbridge) 11
6. 19:04.04 ~ Jerrious Dee (Thomas County Central) 11
7. 19:07.46 ~ Conley Wilhelm (Thomas County Central) 11
8. 19:11.76 ~ Deshon Taylor (Valdosta) 9
9. 19:18.13 ~ Sam Gelabert (Thomas County Central) 11
10. 19:23.10 ~ Brenden Greene (Bainbridge) 11

Madeline Posse of Valdosta Middle School won the middle school girls' two-mile event in 14:35. Lee County's Caroline Taylor was runner-up in 14:45, though, and Taylor's finish was the first two points in Lee County's winning total of 63. It was Lee County's second win in two Saturdays; they had also taken the team trophy home from the Valdosta Wildcat Invitational on 16 August 2014. Valdosta was second in the team standings with 67 points. Led by seventh-grader Sandy Baker (5th, 15:20), Bainbridge Middle School took third with 87 points.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls Two Mile

1. Lee County, 63
2. Valdosta Middle School, 67
3. Bainbridge Middle School, 87
4. Thomas County Central, 109
5. Pataula Charter Academy, 11
6. Early County Middle School, 113
7. Pelham Middle School, 134
8. Baconton Charter School, 229

Top Ten, Middle School Girls Two Mile

1. 14:34.61 ~ Madeline Posse (Valdosta) 8
2. 14:44.24 ~ Caroline Taylor (Lee County) 8
3. 14:57.64 ~ Sophia Noll (Valdosta) 7
4. 15:10.98 ~ Anna James (Thomas County Central) 6
5. 15:19.28 ~ Sandy Baker (Bainbridge) 7
6. 15:39.59 ~ Kayla Earley (Lee County) 7
7. 15:55.77 ~ Kasey Melton (Thomas County Central) 7
8. 16:19.07 ~ Haley Kintzinger (Pataula) 8
9. 16:34.55 ~ Davia Allen (Early County) 7
10. 16:34.84 ~ Mary Alyssa Willis (Thomas County Central) 7

Bainbridge Middle School's Caleb Harris won the middle school boys' two mile by almost a quarter of a mile, running 11:01. I haven't done the math yet, but when your fifth runner finishes while every other team still has their number three runner still on the course, I'd have to say that your team has a good chance of winning. That is exactly what Bainbridge Middle did, and they won the boys' title for the second year straight, scoring 41 points. Led by Reese Fye's third-place finish in 13:42, Lee County took second with 54 points.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys Two Mile

1. Bainbridge Middle School, 41
2. Lee County, 54
3. Valdosta Middle School, 70
4. Baconton Charter School, 118
5. Early County Middle School, 135
6. Thomas County Central, 156
7. Pataula Charter Academy, 178
8. Pelham Middle School, 188

Top Ten, Middle School Boys Two Mile

1. 11:00.45 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 8
2. 12:26.07 ~ Henry Plowden (Westover) 10
3. 12:41.84 ~ Reese Fye (Lee County) 7
4. 13:27.26 ~ Brandon Hopper (Thomas County Central) 8
5. 13:41.21 ~ Ben Phillips (Lee County) 7
6. 13:44.86 ~ Crane McAllister (Valdosta) 8
7. 13:45.83 ~ Ayden Knight (Early County) 8
8. 13:48.73 ~ Gage Kempton (Bainbridge) 8
9. 13:54.16 ~ Jaquez Cowart (Valdosta) 8
10. 13:56.49 ~ Smith Pinson (Baconton) 6

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Pelham Hornet Cross-Country Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11mpqL0SVkADseQa_0y6l6bmLgetONCsAArOzx3OymRo/pubhtml
  
  
• 2013 story, "Valdosta girls, Bainbridge boys take season opener in Pelham"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/08/hornet-invite-2013.html
  
  
• The previous week in S. Georgia, "South Georgia preps start cross country season in Freedom Park"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/08/wildcat-xc-2014.html
  
  
• Get out there and run one of the races on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1197

Valdosta girls, Bainbridge boys take season opener in Pelham

High school cross-country season is starting about a week earlier than usual in Florida in 2013, with opening day scheduled for August 31. But even that head start puts Florida a week behind Georgia, where the season is already under way. While the high school runners of Florida's Big Bend were looking forward to one last week of summer training, just over the state line the harriers of southwest Georgia were opening their fall campaign at the Pelham Hornet Invitational on Saturday morning, 24 August 2013.


The morning of competition at the Pelham High School Sports Complex opened with the high school girls' 5K. The Valdosta Wildcats eked out a 40 to 41 victory over the host Pelham Hornets. The margin was so close that if Valdosta's non-scoring sixth and seventh runners, Liz Kelly (14th, 29:16) and Demeonna McDuffie (16th, 31:03), hadn't finished ahead of Pelham's fifth runner, the race would have gone the other way. Top individual honors went to Paige Braswell of Bainbridge High. Braswell ran 21:51 for the 3.1 mile course, finishing nearly 800 meters ahead of runner-up Zakirra McKinnon (2nd, 25:37) of Valdosta.


Team Standings, High School Girls 5K

1. Valdosta High School, 40
2. Pelham High School, 41
3. Bainbridge High School, 75
4. Early County High School, 83
5. Americus-Sumter High School, 116

Top Ten, High School Girls 5K

1. 21:50.77 ~ Paige Braswell (Bainbridge) 12
2. 25:36.95 ~ Zakirra Mckinnon (Valdosta) 11
3. 25:53.80 ~ Leah Michael (Valdosta) 11
4. 26:11.38 ~ McKenzie Smith (Pelham) 10
5. 26:38.69 ~ Rebekah Smith (Pelham) 12
6. 27:04.19 ~ Cheyenne Brooks (Pelham) 11
7. 27:05.75 ~ Monica Webb (Pelham) 9
8. 28:02.06 ~ Jasmine Brown (Early County) 10
9. 28:08.00 ~ Jamia Powell (Bainbridge) 10
10. 28:11.30 ~ Maya Lee (Valdosta) 10

The high school boys took the stage next in this cross-country debut. It's a mathematical impossibility for a team to lose a cross-country meet with a score of 27 points, and 27 points was what Bainbridge High's Bearcats tallied in the boys' 5K, led by the one-two finish of junior Chase Harris (17:48) and senior Dre Banks (18:57). Pelham's Guthrie Edwards finished third, running 19:08 for the home team. Led by the fourth-place 19:36 of frosh runner Matthew Baun, Valdosta took second in the team standings with 68 points.


Team Standings, High School Boys 5K

1. Bainbridge High School, 27
2. Valdosta High School, 68
3. Americus-Sumter High School, 78
4. Pelham High School, 78
5. Early County High School, 102

Top Ten, High School Boys 5K

1. 17:47.24 ~ Chase Harris (Bainbridge) 11
2. 18:56.32 ~ Drevyon Banks (Bainbridge) 12
3. 19:07.53 ~ Guthrie Edwards (Pelham) 12
4. 19:35.85 ~ Matthew Baun (Valdosta) 9
5. 19:57.62 ~ Brett Bailey (Pelham) 11
6. 20:07.45 ~ Bennett Enfinger (Bainbridge) 10
7. 20:23.35 ~ Brendan Green (Bainbridge) 10
8. 20:42.08 ~ Carl Johnson (Americus-Sumter) 12
9. 21:07.22 ~ Eric Fletcher (Americus-Sumter) 12
10. 21:20.60 ~ La'quavious Williams (Early County) 12

The middle school race followed the high school races. The team competition for middle school girls mirrored that for high school girls in that Valdosta Middle School prevailed by a single point. This time it was Valdosta MS over Bainbridge MS, 32 to 33. Valdosta put a winning total together by putting three runners in the top four--Madeline Posse (1st, 13:50), Rachel Massingill (2nd, 15:16), and Sophia Noll (4th, 16:05)-- with Bainbridge's Uriyah Davis (3rd, 15:18) keeping the little Wildcats from sweeping the first three spots.


Team Standings, Middle School Girls Two-Mile

1. Valdosta Middle School, 32
2. Bainbridge Middle School, 33
3. Early County Middle School, 84
4. Pelham Middle School, 86

Top Ten, Middle School Girls Two-Mile

1. 13:49.33 ~ Madeline Posse (Valdosta) 7
2. 15:15.88 ~ Rachel Massingill (Valdosta) 7
3. 15:17.91 ~ Uriyah Davis (Bainbridge) 8
4. 16:04.83 ~ Sophia Noll (Valdosta) 6
5. 16:08.94 ~ Madison Wiggins (Bainbridge) 8
6. 16:17.86 ~ Chloe Enfinger (Bainbridge) 7
7. 16:51.48 ~ Brianna Cox (Pelham) 8
8. 17:03.73 ~ Camry Fillingame (Bainbridge) 8
9. 17:05.78 ~ Davia Allen (Early County) 6
10. 17:24.55 ~ Kiera Williams (Valdosta) 7

Led by the 11:40 first-place showing of seventh-grader Caleb Harris, Bainbridge Middle School edged out Valdosta Middle School by a single point, 35 to 36, for the title in the boys' two-mile race. It was extremely close, and the Early County Middle School runners actually tipped the balance--in a duel meet, with Early County missing, Valdosta would have beaten Bainbridge, 27 to 28. Such are the fortunes of cross-country. Noah Richards of Valdosta placed second in the individual standings with a 12:29, and Brandon Wombley of Early County was third in 12:58.


Team Standings, Middle School Boys Two-Mile

1. Bainbridge Middle School, 35
2. Valdosta Middle School, 36
3. Early County Middle School, 53

Top Ten, Middle School Boys Two-Mile

1. 11:39.17 ~ Caleb Harris (Bainbridge) 7
2. 12:28.35 ~ Noah Richards (Valdosta) 8
3. 12:57.52 ~ Brandon Womble (Early County) 8
4. 13:20.53 ~ Davis Baldwin (Valdosta) 8
5. 13:25.07 ~ Gavyn Albritton (Bainbridge) 8
6. 13:30.47 ~ Darien Rowe (Valdosta) 7
7. 13:32.98 ~ Caleb Swain (Bainbridge) 8
8. 13:48.38 ~ Preston Coolahan (Early County) 8
9. 14:10.70 ~ Will Krispen (Valdosta) 8
10. 14:54.77 ~ Kajuan Newton (Bainbridge) 7

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Pelham Hornets Invitational Cross-Country Meet at milesplit.com
  http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/149663-pelham-hornet-invitational
  
  
• Timing and finish line services were provided by Miles and Minutes, LLC
  http://www.milesandminutes.net
  
  
• Scott Phillips, "Americus-Sumter cross country takes third at Pelham Hornet Invitational"
  http://americustimesrecorder.com/sports/x250201283/Americus-Sumter-cross-country-takes-third-at-Pelham-Hornet-Invitational
  
  
• Find a race to run--road, track, or cross-country--on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

Wenzel wins while Aviles repeats at Pelham Wildlife Run

Baconton Charter School distance runner Bryton Wenzel knocked off defending champion Chase Harris 13:26 to 13:34 in the Pelham Wildlife 5K on Saturday morning, 1 October 2011 in Pelham, Georgia. Pelham High's Urssula Aviles was more successful in defending her women's title, repeating as first female with a 16:27 and placing ninth overall. Thomasville, Georgia runner Chad Johnson (8th, 16:15) was the top master, and Julie Harris (25th, 18:55) of Bainbridge, Georgia was the first woman master to finish.


As you might guess from the times, the run was somewhat short of five kilometers. The lead vehicle took the runners off-course, resulting in an abbreviated race. It was a bad weekend in the area for short courses and general mishaps. The same morning, the Hustle For Haiti 5K was held on what many suspected to be a short course, as was the Big Bend Cares AIDS Run the following day. In Panama City, Florida Run for the Renascence 5K results were annotated with the notation "Estimated Delay Adjustment for bridge delay." If it was a curse, let's hope it has been lifted.

2011 Pelham Wildlife 5K Pelham, Georgia Saturday, 1 October 2011 PLACE ATHLETE S AGE CITY ST TIME ===== =========================== = === ================ == ======= 1. Bryton Wenzel M 16 Albany GA 13:26 2. Chase Harris M 14 Bainbridge GA 13:34 3. Cullen Edwards M 17 Pelham GA 13:49 4. Guthrie Edwards M 15 Pelham GA 13:59 5. Brett Bailey M 15 Camilla GA 14:11 6. Joel Venegas M 18 Pelham GA 14:37 7. Samuel Cornwell M 14 Camilla GA 16:02 8. Chad Johnson M 40 Thomasville GA 16:15 9. Urssula Aviles F 17 Pelham GA 16:27 10. Stephen Rubendall M 34 Pelham GA 16:33 11. Matthew Hilliard M 15 Camilla GA 16:44 12. Beth Phillips F 16 Pelham GA 16:46 13. Christopher Burroughs M 15 Camilla GA 16:47 14. Caleb Finn M 13 Pelham GA 17:09 15. Dru Ford F 16 Camilla GA 17:47 16. Scott Heath M 40 Tallahassee FL 18:01 17. Morgan Godwin F 13 Camilla GA 18:07 18. Mark Glass M 12 Camilla GA 18:14 19. Ashley Cochran F 29 Sale City GA 18:22 20. Josh Reams M 35 Pelham GA 18:28 21. Gareth Pyle M 32 Thomasville GA 18:31 22. Patrick Vereen M 13 Camilla GA 18:41 23. Rebekah Smith F 15 Pelham GA 18:45 24. Eddie Parramore M 64 Camilla GA 18:52 25. Julie Harris F 46 Bainbridge GA 18:55 26. Mitt Patel M 11 Camilla GA 18:58 27. Akshay Patel M 12 Camilla GA 19:01 28. Kelly Wade F 16 Camilla GA 19:09 29. Dana Brooks F 26 Pelham GA 19:19 30. Mary Bailey F 29 Camilla GA 19:23 31. Lori Nurmi F 31 Camilla GA 19:31 32. Cheyenne Brooks F 14 Meigs GA 20:29 33. Michael Harper F 19 Pelham GA 20:29 34. Charles Parramore M 39 Valdosta GA 20:36 35. Chris Butler M 17 Pelham GA 20:42 36. Elizabeth Williams F 30 Camilla GA 21:05 37. Courtney Rubendall F 34 Pelham GA 21:25 38. Lisa Stright F 40 Tallahassee FL 21:26 39. Anna Wade F 43 Albany GA 21:26 40. Pamela Halliday F 15 Camilla GA 21:33 41. McKenzie Smith F 13 Pelham GA 21:35 42. David Moore M 48 Thomasville GA 21:42 43. Leah Hilliard F 12 Camilla GA 21:43 44. Emily Bailey F 13 Camilla GA 21:43 45. Michelle Godwin F 34 Pelham GA 22:02 46. Chandler Conine M 13 Camilla GA 23:02 47. Amanda Woodell F 37 Thomasville GA 23:03 48. Melody Harper F 17 Pelham GA 23:26 49. Salli Lehman F 34 Thomasville GA 23:33 50. Dara Creech F 28 Thomasville GA 23:34 51. Amelia Cornwell F 12 Camilla GA 23:38 52. Rob McGhin M 31 Valdosta GA 23:43 53. Lindsay Thompson F 31 Thomasville GA 23:44 54. Talarie Hayes F 25 Thomasville GA 23:49 55. Mary Jo Boutwell F 32 Climax GA 23:56 56. Marcia Harper F 14 Pelham GA 26:04 57. Melissa Cochran F 37 Baconton GA 27:18 58. Tammy Perryman F 49 Moultrie GA 27:49 59. Jenna Shiver F 19 Pelham GA 32:56 60. Amber Hall F 27 Leesburg GA 32:58 61. Jessica Edwards F 28 Pelham GA 32:59 Results courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC

Links

• 2011 story, "Harris and Aviles tame the Wildlife 5K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/10/pelham-wildlife-2010.html
  
  
• Find upcoming race in Pelham and anyplace else within 100 miles of Tallahassee
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Harris and Aviles tame the Wildlife 5K

Chase Harris of Bainbridge's Grace Christian Academy ran 18:13 to win the Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K in Pelham, Georgia on Saturday, 2 October 2010. Behind Harris, Reuben Jackson of Mitchell County High edged out Cullen Edwards of Pelham High for the runner-up spot, 19:11 to 19:12. Shelton Ansley of Cairo, Georgia was the fastest master runner of the morning, placing ninth overall in 21:33.


Urssula Aviles of Pelham High won the women's division, placing 11th overall in 22:26, while Virginia Vereen (15th, 23:28) took second for the women. Julie Harris (21st, 25:01) of Bainbridge, Georgia was the third woman in and the first woman master.


The race was part of Pelham's annual Wildlife Festival, which is held on the first Saturday in October each year.

2010 Pelham Wildlife Festival 5K Pelham, Georgia Saturday, 2 October 2010 PLACE ATHLETE S AGE CITY ST TIME ====== =========================== = === ================ == ======= 1. Chase Harris M 13 Bainbridge GA 18:13 2. Reuben Jackson M 17 Camilla GA 19:11 3. Cullen Edwards M 16 Pelham GA 19:12 4. Guthrie Edwards M 14 Pelham GA 19:42 5. Jake Ketter M 19 19:50 6. Ruben Rivera M 14 Pelham GA 20:08 7. Caleb Harris M 9 Bainbridge GA 20:09 8. Brett Bailey M 14 Pelham GA 21:10 9. Shelton Ansley M 58 Cairo GA 21:33 10 M 17 22:15 11. Ursula Aviles F 16 Pelham GA 22:26 12. Adam Kimmel M 16 Camilla GA 23:01 13. Matthew Hilliard M 14 Camilla GA 23:08 14. Brandon Butler M 13 Camilla GA 23:15 15. Virginia Vereen F 16 Camilla GA 23:28 16. Samuel Cornwell M 13 Baconton GA 23:29 17. Sean Gray M 40 23:57 18. Chris Burroughs M 14 Pelham GA 24:34 19. Reld Ford M 11 Camilla GA 24:38 20. Josh Reams M 34 Pelham GA 24:50 21. Julie Harris F 45 Bainbridge GA 25:01 22. Mark Glass M 11 Camilla GA 25:03 23. Dawn Dorpinghaus F 47 Cairo GA 25:33 24. Tim Strickland M 44 Moultrie GA 25:41 25. Ashley Palmer M 32 Thomasville GA 25:50 26. Riley Ford F 15 Camilla GA 26:11 27. Mitch Good M 14 Pelham GA 26:13 28. Cole Smith M 12 Camilla GA 26:13 29. Marquavious Heywood M 12 26:19 30. Will Wright M 12 Camilla GA 26:21 31. Charles Parramore M 38 Valdosta GA 26:40 32. Susan Glass F 39 Camilla GA 26:42 33. Beth Phillips F 15 Pelham GA 26:53 34. Kimberly Hilbig F 41 Cairo GA 27:01 35. West Rogers M 14 Camilla GA 27:12 36. Hasty F 11 Camilla GA 27:15 37. Michelle Godwin F 32 Pelham GA 27:16 38. Gail Griffin F 32 27:21 39. Deborah Ansley F 54 Cairo GA 27:26 40. Erik Lee M 37 27:35 41. Rebekah Smith F 14 Pelham GA 27:36 42. Eddie Parramore M 63 Baconton GA 27:37 43. Courtney Rubendall F 33 27:42 44. Alison Flynt F 29 28:11 45. Mary Jo Boutwell F 31 28:16 46. Dru Ford M 13 Camilla GA 28:56 47. Glenda Strickland F 42 29:05 48. Lisa Stright F 39 29:09 49. Dashuan Lewis M 13 Pelham GA 29:12 50. Yvetta Haywood F 13 Pelham GA 29:17 51. Elizabeth Delk F 13 Camilla GA 29:27 52. Merritt Daniels F 13 Camilla GA 29:30 53. Duane Bentley M 40 29:31 54. Angela Gray F 38 29:38 55. Ashley Bush F 13 29:45 56. Daisy Martinez F 15 29:51 57. Emory Bostick F 13 30:04 58. Nola Bricker F 55 30:07 59. Kimberly Wendel F 11 30:09 60. Drew Hilbig M 11 30:37 61. Ivy Foister F 15 30:42 62. Kambry Jones F 13 30:43 63. Mary Parker Westbrooke F 14 30:51 64. Melody Harper F 16 31:39 65. Danny Wall M 66 32:31 66. Kathryn Collins F 17 33:04 67. Karly Dawson F 13 33:10 68. Amelia Cornwell F 11 33:49 69. Marcia Harper F 13 34:20 70. Karen Jones F 40 35:32 71. (unknown) 36:27 72. (unknown) 36:28 73. Mary Cliff Williamson F 35 37:10 74. Hannah Teenee F 13 37:36 75. Chandler Conine M 12 Camilla GA 37:45 76. Alison Conklin F 31 37:46 77. Madison Tucker F 13 38:38 78. Octavia Kiene F 16 38:54 79. Kacy Jones F 12 39:53 80. Jenna Shiver F 18 40:36 81. Jessica Edwards F 27 40:37 82. Brenda Wall F 58 45:42

Links:

• Another recent race in Pelham, Georgia
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/hornet-2010.html
  
  
• Find the next race in Pelham or any other town within 100 miles of Tallahassee
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Edwards outruns Edwards at Hornet's Nest 5K

Dashing through the streets of Pelham, Georgia, Cullen Edwards ran 21:39 to win the second annual Hornet's Nest 5K road race on Saturday morning, 21 August 2010. Edwards is starting his junior year at Pelham High School where he runs on the cross-country team. He finished the race a scant five seconds ahead of the runner-up, Guthrie Edwards. The top master runner in the race was Terry Durham of Albany, Georgia; Durham finished sixth overall in 25:56. Another Pelham High cross-country runner, Beth Philips, was first female, placing ninth overall in 26:46. Anna Wade of Leesburg was the fastest woman master of the morning, placing 14th overall in 29:10.


The Hornet's Nest 5K is hosted by the Pelham High School cross-country team with Coach Ashley Hutto as race director. The race is a fund raiser for the team's upcoming season. 24 athletes finished this year's edition of the Hornet's Nest run, down from last year's total of 47 finishers in the inaugural running of the event.

Second annual Hornet's Nest 5K Pelham, Georgia 21 August 2010 PLACE ATHLETE S AGE CITY ST TIME ===== =========================== = === ================ == ======== 1. Cullen Edwards M 16 Pelham GA 21:38.48 2. Guthrie Edwards M 14 Pelham GA 21:43.78 3. Ruben Rivera M 14 Pelham GA 21:52.02 4. Kyle Taylor 20 22:35.27 5. Chad Johnson M 39 Thomasville GA 23:21.17 6. Terry Durham M 46 Albany GA 25:55.18 7. Josh Reams M 34 Pelham GA 25:55.31 8. ( unknown ) 9. Beth Phillips F 15 Pelham GA 26:45.32 10. Charles Parramore M 38 Valdosta GA 27:05.77 11. Michelle Godwin F 32 Pelham GA 28:00.30 12. Ashley Scott 22 28:49.58 13. Eddie Parramore M 63 Baconton GA 28:50.78 14. Anna Wade F 42 Leesburg GA 29:09.58 15. Bob Hodges M 60 Pelham GA 29:18.43 16. Chris Burroughs 14 29:42.40 17. Jeff Granberry M 51 Albany GA 30:48.58 18. David Zoellick 25 32:20.43 19. Becky Cooling F 40 Albany GA 35:24.11 20. Denise Flores F 44 Moultrie GA 36:34.35 21. Mary Cliff Williamson F 35 Camilla GA 36:35.11 22. Dorrie Drinkwater F 31 Pelham GA 38:48.28 23. Holly Phillips F 31 Sale City GA 38:53.11 24. Maria Bologna 31 38:58.39

Links:

• The Pelham High School Hornets cross-country team's page at GATFXC.com
  http://ga.milesplit.us/teams/Pelhm
  
  
• Find your next race on the Trouble Afoot! area race calendar!
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1