On Saturday morning, 24 September 2016, for the third year in a row athletes came to the Brookwood School Lanigan Track and Field Complex in Thomasville, Georgia for the annual Warrior Run. This time the crowd of competitors was over a hundred strong. The fastest legs in the crowd, though, belonged to seventeen-year-old Samuel Moore, who won the 5K race in 19:04.Twelve-year-old Joy Kendrick--a seventh-grader at Sherwood Christian in Albany, Georgia--was first in the women's standings, running 21:38. Another Sherwood cross-country runner, senior Samantha Pappas, was the second female finisher, running 22:33. Sherwood sophomore Ana Kendrick was third on the women's side with a 23:08.
Mark Saussy was the first master runner and 25th male in the Warrior Run 5K; Saussy ran the 3.1 mile course in 24:20. At 26:01 Leigh Saussy was the top woman master and tenth female finisher.
108 athletes finished Brookwood School's third annual Warrior Run 5K. Proceeds of the race and the associated one-mile fun run support the Oak Street Episcopal Mission's Camp Hope, a summer camp for children six to twelve years old who live in the Oak Street Community of Thomasville, Georgia.
Top Ten Men, 2016 Brookwood Warrior Run 5K
- 19:04 ~ Samuel Moore
- 19:36 ~ Jordan Roberts
- 19:47 ~ Parker Dixon
- 19:50 ~ Walt Cochran
- 20:07 ~ Collin Phillips
- 20:14 ~ Josh Kendrick
- 20:21 ~ Chad Johnson
- 20:22 ~ Christian Bell
- 20:44 ~ Caleb Thompson
- 20:47 ~ Nathan Roberts
Top Ten Women, 2016 Brookwood Warrior Run 5K
- 21:38 ~ Joy Kendrick
- 22:33 ~ Samantha Pappas
- 23:08 ~ Anna Kendrick
- 23:16 ~ Caroline Mathis
- 24:02 ~ Alexis Kelley
- 24:08 ~ Beverly Johnson
- 24:12 ~ Tiffany Nunnally
- 25:24 ~ Caitlyn Santiago
- 25:26 ~ Blair Pollock
- 26:01 ~ Lee Saussy
| Known winners of the Brookwood Warrior Run, 2014 - 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 4 October 2014 | |||
| 10 October 2015 | |||
| 24 September 2016 | 19:04, Samuel Moore | 21:38, Joy Kendrick | 108 |
Links
- Complete results of the 2016 Brookwood Warrior Run 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WrtZqvX-0yj_n5cL-YiW86EtofOFUW5s1F2BG69ZQkM/pubhtml
- Find upcoming races in Thomasville and other cities in the Tallahassee region on Trouble Afoot!
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
