Joshua Grant races to a record at the Resolution Run

Joshua Grant's first race of 2019 was the fourth annual Resolution Run 5K in Albany, Georgia. Grant finished second, just a second behind Dr. Patrick Whitehead, who won in a Resolution Run record of 18:08.


Grant wasn't having any of that at the fifth annual Resolution Run. On Wednesday morning, 1 January 2020, he won the 3.1-mile race by more than 400 meters, setting a new event record of 17:39. Master runner Sara Ostrander was the top woman for the third year in the five-year history of the race, outkicking Jennifer Perkins for the win. Both runners were clocked in 22:24.


Michael Martinez of Tallahassee, Florida was the first master runner in the race, placing second overall in 19:16. Edward Ostrander, a sophomore on the Lee County High cross-country team, took third with a 20:57.


Racing for the first women's spot, Sara Ostrander and Jennifer Perkins finished eighth and ninth overall. Alma Ostrander took third in the women's standings, placing eleventh overall in 23:18. An eighth-grader at Lee County County Middle School East, Ostrander runs on her school's girls' cross-country team.


63 athletes finished the 2020 Resolution Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K

1. 17:38.9, Joshua Grant (M, 29)
2. 19:15.2, Michael Martinez (M, 54)
3. 20:56.9, Edward Ostrander (M, 16)
4. 21:06.5, Jaren Hill (M, 22)
5. 21:41.8, Tim Ellis (M, 15)
6. 21:45.4, Antonio Walker (M, 32)
7. 22:15.8, Matthew Gresham (M, 47)
8. 22:34.5, Warren Morris (M, 14)
9. 23:41.0, Chris Phillips (M, 40)
10. 24:03.5, Julian Strickland (M, 54)

Top Ten Women, Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K

1. 22:23.7, Sara Ostrander (F, 46)
2. 22:23.8, Jennifer Perkins (F, 39)
3. 23:17.9, Alma Ostrander (F, 14)
4. 24:42.9, Karen Spicer (F, 55)
5. 26:21.1, Anna Plowden (F, 15)
6. 26:40.1, Maryanne Plowden (F, 49)
7. 27:41.6, Rebecca Bowers (F, 17)
8. 27:41.8, Emily Phillips (F, 15)
9. 28:17.9, Sandra Williams (F, 45)
10. 29:39.1, Madeline Ellis (F, 18)

Albany, Georgia, Resolution Run 5K winners, 2016 - 2020
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 January 2016	19:03, Arnoldo DeJesus	24:26, Karen McNally	61
1 January 2017	20:38, Arnoldo DeJesus	22:35, Sara Ostrander	23
1 January 2018	19:58, Arnoldo DeJesus	22:15, Sara Ostrander	49
1 January 2019	18:08, Patrick Whitehead	18:56, Ann Centner	61
1 January 2020	17:39, Joshua Grant	22:24, Sara Ostrander	63

Links

• Complete results of Albany, Georgia's 2020 Resolution Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRzx6HcRVHX-fQyfipfGheBLCK0HjzRx7kt0vGE-m1pccFkv6_zbWQ3bhk4Yo_aYjORNvfUwIWW7IAG/pubhtml
  
  
• 2019 story, “Patrick Whitehead and Ann Centner break records, not resolutions, at Albany's New Year race”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/01/albany-resolution-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “DeJesus and Ostrander do it again at the Resolution Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/01/albany-resolution-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “New Year, same old story; DeJesus wins Resolution Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/albany-resolution-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “De Jesus and McNally open 2016 with Resolution Run wins in Albany”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/albany-resolution-2016.html
  
  
• An Albany, Georgia race from an old year
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
  
  
• Resolve to run one of these events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
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#2670

DeJesus and Ostrander do it again at the Resolution Run

If there is a runner in the Albany, Georgia area who hasn't made a New Year's resolution for 2018, that runner should perhaps consider making a resolution to beat Arnoldo DeJesus in the 2019 Resolution Run 5K. It's possible that an athlete has resolved to do so in the past. If so, it hasn't worked. DeJesus won the race when it was first held in 2016 and again in the second running in 2017. When the race returned for it's third edition on Monday morning, 1 January 2018, DeJesus won it again, running 19:58. There was a repeat winner on the women's side as well when master runner Sara Ostrander successfully defended her women's title with a 22:15, good for fourth place overall.


Behind DeJesus, Edward Ostrander, an eighth-grader on the Lee County High cross-country team, was second in 20:26. Ostrander's time was more than two minutes faster than he had gone in the race the previous year, when he finished third. Eric Crump was the fastest master runner in the Resolution Run 5K, placing third overall in 21:17.


Alisa Simonova was runner-up in the women's standings for the second year in a row; this time she was seventh overall in 23:16. Amy Sliwinski was third in the women's standings and tenth overall in 23:52. Karen McNally was the top woman master and fifth female finisher, thirteenth overall in 24:43.


49 athletes finished Albany's third annual Resolution Run 5K.


Top Ten Men, Albany, Georgia's 2018 Resolution Run 5K

1. 19:57.8, Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 31)
2. 20:25.6, Edward Ostrander (M, 14)
3. 21:16.6, Eric Crump (M, 46)
4. 22:37.0, Scott Macey (M, 56)
5. 22:59.3, Oscar Viquez (M, 48)
6. 23:44.7, Josh Fix (M, 43)
7. 23:48.4, Jim Tully (M, 71)
8. 24:41.8, Budd Bramlett (M, 44)
9. 24:54.5, Julian Strickland (M, 52)
10. 25:49.8, Phillip Reed (M, 36)

Top Ten Women, Albany, Georgia's 2018 Resolution Run 5K

1. 22:14.7, Sara Ostrander (F, 44)
2. 23:15.3, Alisa Siminova (F, 20)
3. 23:52.0, Amy Sliwinski (F, 26)
4. 24:06.8, Alma Ostrander (F, 12)
5. 24:43.0, Karen McNally (F, 53)
6. 25:30.2, Ramsay Miller (F, 18)
7. 26:40.5, Cathy Jones (F, 58)
8. 26:50.7, Jennifer Bramlett (F, 44)
9. 27:00.4, Sandra Williams (F, 43)
10. 27:45.0, Rebecca Bowers (F, 15)

Albany, Georgia, Resolution Run 5K winners, 2016 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 January 2016	19:03, Arnoldo DeJesus	24:26, Karen McNally	61
1 January 2017	20:38, Arnoldo DeJesus	22:35, Sara Ostrander	23
1 January 2018	19:58, Arnoldo DeJesus	22:15, Sara Ostrander	49

Links

• Complete results of Albany, Georgia's 2018 Resolution Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ37JtmGGFZMDPQ5-W2Sq3czFh9j860KspdeuZcGuGXL7_F3TxcwguMu2vjW4E7VSiU_Ks5UNtgHzVF/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “New Year, same old story; DeJesus wins Resolution Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/albany-resolution-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “De Jesus and McNally open 2016 with Resolution Run wins in Albany”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/albany-resolution-2016.html
  
  
• An Albany, Georgia race from an old year
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
  
  
• Resolve to run one of these events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2151

Grant crushes the field with a record-setting performance at the S'Mores 5K

98 athletes finished the fifth annual Will Run For S'Mores 5K in Albany, Georgia on Saturday morning, 16 December 2017. Josh Grant was one of them, but that wasn't obvious. A runner based in Arabi, Georgia, Grant won the race with an 800-meter lead--so far ahead that it was hard to tell that he was in the same race. His winning time, 16:21, set a new record for the event, breaking the old mark of 16:44 set by Patrick Whitehead^* in the 2015 race. Sara Ostrander of Leesburg, Georgia led the women's field, placing eleventh overall in 21:41. Ostrander was also the fastest master runner in the race.


Albany athlete Arnoldo DeJesus took second, running 19:33. Ashton Donahue, a senior on the Baconton High boys' cross-country team, placed third in 19:40. Oscar Viquez was the first male master and eleventh male finisher, twelfth overall in 21:59.


Alisa Siminova finished second in the women's standings and thirteenth overall, running 22:14. In a match-up of two Lee County Middle School cross-country runners, sixth-grader Alma Ostrander edged eighth-grader Emily Phillips for third in the women's standings, 23:42 to 23:47. Ostrander and Phillips placed eighteenth and twentieth overall.


The 2017 Will Run For S'Mores 5K was hosted by Wild Side Running, an Albany running store. It's not likely that there were significant proceeds from the event, but if there were, those funds were probably spent on chocolate, marshmallows, and chocolate.


* Eschewing s'mores, Whitehead was in Helen, Georgia winning the Helen Holiday Half-Marathon.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Will Run For S'Mores 5K

1. 16:20.6, Josh Grant (M, 20-29) Arabi, GA
2. 19:33.0, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30-39)
3. 19:39.8, Ashton Donahue (M, 15-19)
4. 20:00.5, Ben Phillips (M, 15-19)
5. 20:04.2, Ed Ostrander (M, 10-14)
6. 20:13.7, Jaren Hill (M, 20-29)
7. 20:30.5, Gregory Manning (M, 15-19)
8. 20:42.3, Quaid Carroll (M, 20-29)
9. 21:30.4, Walker Pinson (M, 15-19)
10. 21:38.1, Jaquez Jones (M, 10-14)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Will Run For S'Mores 5K

1. 21:40.1, Sara Ostrander (F, 40-49) Leesburg, GA
2. 22:13.4, Alisa Siminova (F, 20-29)
3. 23:41.6, Alma Ostrander (F, 10-14)
4. 23:46.8, Emily Phillips (F, 10-14)
5. 24:13.1, Penny Peters (F, 50-59)
6. 24:21.2, Ramsay Miller (F, 15-19)
7. 24:37.5, Karen Mcnally (F, 50-59)
8. 25:00.0, Caitlin Finney (F, 10-14)
9. 25:32.1, Lily Kate Castle (F, 10-14)
10. 25:35.5, Gina Purvis (F, 50-59)

Will Run For S'Mores 5K winners, 2013 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
14 December 2013	18:53, Jack Plowden	19:35, Elena Oslund	85
13 December 2014	16:49, Patrick Whitehead	19:14, Brittney Skiles	132
12 December 2015	16:44, Patrick Whitehead	23:29, Elizabeth Montgomery	92
17 December 2016	17:03, Wright Calhoun	20:08, Allison Hay	68
16 December 2017	16:21, Josh Grant	21:41, Sara Ostrander	98

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 "Will Run For S'Mores" 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTDzuf0-BwHibO_ZS7_162P-QAQnqRzpIWzl5YksZQGC7MzMDSVCpdvJYM4XmQeB3A_hOUj7cOSzzua/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Calhoun and Hay get S'more wins in Albany”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/smores-2016.html
  
  
• Wild Side Running, hosts of the "Will Run For S'Mores" 5K
  http://www.wildsiderunning.com/
  
  
• Find upcoming cookie-themed events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2135

Henry Plowden and Ann Centner lead Albany's Jingle Bell Jog

In 2016, Henry Plowden won the 5K at Albany, Georgia's 28th annual Jingle Bell Jog. On Saturday morning, 9 December 2017, Plowden returned to Tift Park for the 29th annual Jingle Bell Jog, but this time the sophomore cross-country runner from Westover High was racing 10K. He was just as successful at the longer distance, winning in 38:51. Blakely, Georgia's Ann Centner continued her habit of winning women's title all over Southwest Georgia, running 39:50 in her first Jingle Bell Jog 10K to place first in the women's standings and second overall.


Dennis Moore of Leesburg, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K, placing third overall and second in the men's standings at 41:56. Three years earlier, Moore had been the top master runner in the 2014 Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Ashton Donahue, a senior on the Baconton High cross-country team, was the third male finisher and fourth overall in 42:00. Two-time Jingle Bell Jog 10K champion Patrick Whitehead was the fourth man and sixth overall with a 43:46.


Also clocked in 43:46 but finishing just ahead of Whitehead, Jennifer Perkins was the second woman and fifth overall. Perkins had been the top woman in the 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 10K. Sarah Harris was the third woman and eleventh overall in 46:25. Lynn Varner was the first woman master and eighth female finisher, 23rd overall in 51:14.


141 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 38:51, Henry Plowden (M, 15)
2. 41:56, Dennis Moore (M, 49)
3. 42:00, Ashton Donahue (M, 18)
4. 43:46, Patrick Whitehead (M, 31)
5. 46:01, Chris Phillips (M, 38)
6. 46:09, Ben Phillips (M, 15)
7. 46:14, Sergio Farias (M, 32)
8. 46:23, William Hancock (M, 55)
9. 47:28, Oscar Viquez (M, 48)
10. 49:11, Jim Tully (M, 71)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 10K

1. 39:50, Ann Centner (F, 26)
2. 43:46, Jennifer Perkins (F, 37)
3. 46:25, Sarah Harris (F, 30)
4. 48:21, Laura Ashcraft (F, 24)
5. 48:38, Katherine McGarr (F, 20)
6. 49:14, Jessica Phillips (F, 26)
7. 50:25, Bourlakov Delaney (F, 25)
8. 51:14, Lynn Varner (F, 53)
9. 52:27, Amelia Gibbs (F, 40)
10. 53:09, Catherine Jones (F, 58)

While the defending champion of the Jingle Bell Jog 5K, Henry Plowden, was racing the 10K, Arnoldo De Jesus was winning the shorter race, running 19:30. Trevor Boeckman took second in the 5K with a 19:41. Jon Durham, an eight-grader on the Deerfield Windsor cross-country team, was third overall in 19:49.


Sara Ostrander was the fastest master runner as well as the first woman in the 5K, placing tenth overall in 21:44. Kristen Scheuter took second in the women's standings and eleventh overall in 22:29. Meghan Pate was the third female finisher, coming in twentieth overall in 23:56.


Gordy Bonner was the first male master and fourteenth male finisher in the 5K, sixteenth overall in 23:18.


372 athletes finished the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K. Both the 10K and the 5K were timed by Orion Racing of Atlanta, Georgia.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus (M, 31)
2. 19:41, Trevor Boeckmann (M, 29)
3. 19:49, Jon Durham (M, 14)
4. 20:39, Walker Pinson (M, 16)
5. 20:47, Will Tomlinson (M, 15)
6. 20:55, Michael Burrows (M, 37)
7. 21:06, Edward Ostrander (M, 14)
8. 21:11, Shyam Patel (M, 28)
9. 21:24, Seth Tomlinson (M, 15)
10. 22:38, Ben Prinua (M, 15)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Jingle Bell Jog 5K

1. 21:44, Sara Ostrander (F, 44)
2. 22:29, Kristen Scheuter (F, 35)
3. 23:56, Meghan Pate (F, 31)
4. 24:04, Caitlin Mixon (F, 28)
5. 24:16, Michelle Cossins (F, 32)
6. 24:42, Alea Bochette (F, 14)
7. 25:06, Bailey Irvin (F, 13)
8. 25:42, Mandy Phillips (F, 40)
9. 25:53, Alma Ostrander (F, 12)
10. 25:57, Gail Morris (F, 36)

Winners of the Albany Jingle Bell Jog, 2004 - 2017
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
4 December 2004	10K
	5K	18:40, Warren Juster	20:37, Wendy Donnan	311
3 December 2005	10K	37:25, Robert Feldman	43:34, Ashley Elam	104
	5K	18:06, Cooper Browning	19:47, Brittney Skiles	236
2 December 2006	10K	37:42, Brandon Skiles	45:45, Wendy Donnan	155
	5K	16:43, Bruce Skiles	21:06, Kelly Conway	241
1 December 2007	10K	*26:00, Roman Drankin	*35:13, Jennifer Pollock	132
	5K	16:19, David Marley	19:22, Brittney Skiles	332
6 December 2008	10K	35:54, Josh Fix	46:14, Andrean Edwards	160
	5K	15:52, David Marley	20:11, Brittney Skiles	325
5 December 2009	10K	36:12, Adam Ross	47:03, Brenna Waack	149
	5K	16:59, Brandon Skiles	19:07, Brittney Skiles	242
4 December 2010	10K	35:51, Adam Ross	45:23, Karen Hamby	194
	5K	19:57, Will Howell	22:49, Katherine McGarr	351
3 December 2011	10K	36:24, Nathan Norton	43:50, Jane Spetoskey	229
	5K	17:06, Heath Lamb	21:28, Beth Young	485
1 December 2012	10K	37:28, Josh Fix	46:30, Anne Cheek	271
	5K	17:49, Wright Calhoun	23:00, Charlene Pennymon	616
7 December 2013	10K	41:22, Duncan Moore	47:15, Heidi Taylor	217
	5K	17:12, Austin Stewart	19:23, Brittney Skiles	590
6 December 2014	10K	34:35, Patrick Whitehead	46:35, Julia Rittenhouse	206
	5K	16:45, David Thornton	19:35, Brittney Skiles	452
5 December 2015	10K	36:15, Patrick Whitehead	45:52, Juia Rittenhouse	154
	5K	18:05, Ethan Merritt	19:48, Brittney Skiles	378
10 December 2016	10K	38:14, Jerome Scales	45:22, Jennifer Perkins	165
	5K	18:46, Henry Plowden	20:58, Camryn Bridges	355
9 December 2017	10K	38:51, Henry Plowden	39:50, Ann Centner	141
	5K	19:30, Arnoldo De Jesus	21:44, Sara Ostrander	372

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Albany Jingle Bell Jog
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSBjZKrnpa799d_MLlnrxYVOaFnNZ5sZOtpFOfehnsIXpAoF1VBjPMj-IiyfkdsC8I_23rC9kjTSXe8/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Scales and Perkins top the 10K at Albany's Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/albany-jingle-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse ring the bell a second time at the Jingle Bell Jog”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/12/albany-jingle-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Whitehead and Rittenhouse jingle all the way to victory”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/12/albany-jingle-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Mathematician Fix adds a Jingle Bell Jog title to his resumé”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/12/albany-jingle-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Ross and Hamby ring up wins at Albany's Jingle Bell 10K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/12/albany-jingle-2010.html
  
  
• USATF course certification maps for the 2017 Jingle Bell Jog
  
  • 10K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16073WC
    
  • 5K: http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA16046WC
    
  
  
• Find more races in Albany or other cities within 100 miles of Tallahassee!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2128

New Year, same old story; DeJesus wins Resolution Run

If you were hoping that 2017 would be different from 2016 then you might be disheartened at the running news out of Albany, Georgia. On 1 January 2017, just like on 1 January 2016, Arnoldo DeJesus won Albany's Resolution Run 5K. This time around, DeJesus won the race in 20:38. Hope for change came in the women's competition, where master runner Sara Ostrander won for the first time in 22:35, placing fourth overall. 23 athletes braved wet streets to finish the Sunday morning race.


400 meters behind DeJesus a battle brewed for second place. David Evans, Edward Ostrander, and Sara Ostrander were all clocked in 22:34.6. Evans got the nod for second, while Edward Ostrander, a seventh-grader on the Lee County Middle School cross-country team, was third.


Fourth went to the top woman, Sara Ostrander. Alisa Siminova was second in the women's standings and fifth overall in 22:50. The 2016 Resolution Run women's champ, Karen McNally, was the third female finisher and ninth overall in 26:26.


Top Ten Men, Albany, Georgia's 2017 Resolution Run 5K

1. 20:37.6, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30)
2. 22:34.6, David Evans (M, 23)
3. 22:34.6, Edward Ostrander (M, 13)
4. 23:13.9, Nick Shipley (M, 34)
5. 23:32.1, Oscar Viquez (M, 47)
6. 23:36.8, Budd Bramlett (M, 43)
7. 26:27.2, William Hancock (M, 54)
8. 27:17.9, Brian McCray (M, 14)
9. 27:24.5, Darryn Ostrander (M, 48)
10. 27:50.7, Warren Morris (M, 11)

Top Ten Women, Albany, Georgia's 2017 Resolution Run 5K

1. 22:34.6, Sara Ostrander (F, 43)
2. 22:49.2, Alisa Siminova (F, 19)
3. 26:25.8, Karen McNally (F, 52)
4. 28:00.6, Christina Rice (F, 38)
5. 28:49.2, Amy Sliwinski (F, 25)
6. 29:24.7, Kricia Morris (F, 32)
7. 30:30.1, Karen Stewart (F, 51)
8. 33:13.9, Abigail Rice (F, 10)
9. 47:22.4, Erica Henderson (F, 26)
10. 20:37.6, Arnoldo DeJesus (M, 30)

Albany, Georgia, Resolution Run 5K winners, 2016 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 January 2016	19:03, Arnoldo DeJesus	24:26, Karen McNally	61
1 January 2017	20:38, Arnoldo DeJesus	22:35, Sara Ostrander	23

Links

• Complete results of Albany, Georgia's 2017 Resolution Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BYJaf4r0-sbP1NQQ2ppZjkT7nzS_zsxUTkXtcemPOqQ/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “De Jesus and McNally open 2016 with Resolution Run wins in Albany”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/albany-resolution-2016.html
  
  
• An Albany, Georgia race from an old year
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/herald-local-marathon.html
  
  
• Resolve to run one of these events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1850