Kent and Keene capture the Tasty Tiger

Racing up and down the ridges along Rock Creek, Sean Kent ran 19:06 to win the fifth annual Tasty Tiger Trot 5K in Dothan, Alabama on Saturday morning, 22 July 2017. Eden Keene was the first woman in the race, placing eighth overall in 23:05. 71 athletes finished the 5K.


Kent, a recent alumnus of the Troy University track and cross-country teams, had won the Tasty Tiger 5K in 2014, when the race was still a cross-country run. But in 2016, the first year that the Tasty Tiger moved to roads, Kent had finished fourth in a race won by Donalsonville, Georgia master runner Myles Gibson. Both Kent and Gibson were on the starting line in 2017. This time, Kent came out on top, finishing 140 meters ahead of Gibson. Gibson was second in 19:39. Master runner Bob Walker was third in 20:10, and Will Scott, a sophomore on the Headland High cross-country team, was fourth in 20:40.


Kate Smith, a frosh year cross-country runner at Dothan High, was second in the women's standings and seventeenth overall in 25:25. Roxanne Cook was the third woman and 23rd overall in 26:40. Kristi Holland was the top woman master and sixth female finisher, 27th overall in 27:23.


The Tasty Tiger 5K is an annual fundraiser for the Dothan High cross-country team.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Tasty Tiger Trot 5K, Dothan, Alabama

1. 19:06, Sean Kent (M, 22)
2. 19:39, Myles Gibson (M, 51)
3. 20:10, Bob Walker (M, 46)
4. 20:40, Will Scott (M, 15)
5. 21:06, Dale Thomas (M, 54)
6. 22:24, Michael Houston, Jr (M, 18)
7. 22:44, Ben Stansell (M, 19)
8. 23:05, Jimmy Russell (M, 53)
9. 23:07, Jay Wrenn (M, 53)
10. 23:29, Jordan Beck (M, 17)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Tasty Tiger Trot 5K, Dothan, Alabama

1. 23:05, Eden Keene (F, 35)
2. 25:25, Kate Smith (F, 14)
3. 26:40, Roxanne Cook (F, 32)
4. 26:42, Katie Sheppard (F, 14)
5. 27:03, Emily Benefield (F, 17)
6. 27:23, Kristi Holland (F, 40)
7. 27:47, Dana Whitehurst (F, 48)
8. 28:02, Amy Chambers (F, 35)
9. 28:09, Loretta Shapiro (F, 44)
10. 28:59, Rosie Oates (F, 65)

Tasty Tiger Trot 5K Trail Run winners, 2013 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
27 July 2013	16:41, Brian Morenus	20:20, Jennifer MacGibbon	119
26 July 2014	17:27, Sean Kent	22:32, Missy Sexton	93
25 July 2015	18:37, Maxwell Collins	23:16, Cheyenne Andrew	77
30 July 2016	19:09, Myles Gibson	20:23, Ann Centner	114
22 July 2017	19:06, Sean Kent	23:05, Eden Keene	71

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Tasty Tiger Trot 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zpr49aOcrGNdgJ1VwDSufbH56BpTjPVZL8Jwr32xqbk/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Myles Gibson and Ann Centner take the Tiger”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/tasty-tiger-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Collins flops and Andrew kicks to victory at the Tasty Tiger Trot”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/tasty-tiger-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kent and Sexton take titles at Tasty Tiger Trot Trail Race”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/tasty-tiger-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “West Point alums Morenus and MacGibbon gobble up the Tasty Tiger titles”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/tasty-tiger-2013.html
  
  
• Upcoming races named after lions, tigers, and bears (oh, my!) on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2040

When Sean Kent is a repeat winner, he's really a repeat winner

Here's a story that has an eerie, time-travel feeling to it. Maybe the SyFy channel would be interested.


A runner wins a cross-country race in his hometown, finishing 31 seconds ahead of the next runner. It's an annual race, but he doesn't return the next year, or the next. The years roll by. Then, after a six-year absence, he returns to the race and wins again, by the same 31 second margin. His time is even the same both years. Is he caught in a time loop? Are we caught in a time loop?


The runner was Sean Kent and the race was the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K Trail Race in Dothan, Alabama during 2011 and 2017. Admittedly, Kent didn't log exactly the same winning times both years; he ran 18:50 in 2011 and 18:49 in 2017. Or maybe his performances actually were the same, and the one-second difference is a timing error.


Uncanny.


Sean Kent did win the 17th annual Brian Dowling 5K in Westgate Park on Saturday morning, 3 June 2017, though. And although he was a junior on the Northview High cross-country team when he ran the race in 2011, in 2017 Kent's win came just three weeks after he ran his last race for Troy University, a 10:28.89 in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Conference Championships. There was no loop; time marches on.


Jason Teitloff was second in the Dowling 5K, running 19:20. Will Scott, a rising-sophomore on the Headland High cross-country team, placed third in 21:21. Dale Thomas was the first master runner, placing fourth overall in 21:37. Thomas was also in that 2011 race.


Charlotte Haberstroh was the first woman in the race, placing tenth overall in 26:43. Kristi Holland was the top woman master and second female finisher, thirteenth overall in 27:29. Master runner Carol Goguen placed third in the women's standings and 22nd overall in 32:11.


41 athletes finished the 2017 Brian Dowling Memorial 5K Trail Race. The event has been presented annually by the Dothan Runners Club since 2001.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Brian Dowling Memorial 5K Trail Race

1. 18:49, Sean Kent (M, 21)
2. 19:20, Jason Teitloff (M, 35)
3. 21:21, Will Scott (M, 14)
4. 21:37, Dale Thomas (M, 53)
5. 22:01, Trevor Shaw (M, 15)
6. 23:16, Charles Uptain (M, 40)
7. 24:33, Patrick Childers (M, 43)
8. 24:51, Bruce Hall (M, 49)
9. 26:14, Greg Wellman (M, 30)
10. 26:43, Phillip Dixon (M, 35)

Top Ten Women, 2017 Brian Dowling Memorial 5K Trail Race

1. 26:43, Charlotte Haberstroh (F, 27)
2. 27:29, Kristi Holland (F, 40)
3. 32:11, Carol Goguen (F, 55)
4. 33:07, Sutherlin Williams (F, 13)
5. 34:09, Susan Anderson (F, 54)
6. 36:09, Stephanie Jetton (F, 29)
7. 36:20, Rene Jordan (F, 52)
8. 37:28, Julia Moss (F, 32)
9. 41:21, Jennifer Lewis (F, 47)
10. 41:23, Laney Gresco (F, 12)

Past winners of the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K, 2001 - 2017
Date	Men	Women
7 April 2001	20:05, Jerry Armstrong	24:08, Piper Stockman
13 April 2002	19:12, Jonathan Braun	21:57, Piper Stockman
12 April 2003	18:58, Shane Gingrich	24:04, Chris Fox
1 May 2004	18:59, Douglas Holt	24:19, Amy Padgett
7 May 2005	19:12, Brian Hickey	22:21, Teresa Lafleur
6 May 2006	18:39, Matt Fechan	23:24, Lou Ellen Jayroe
28 April 2007	18:13, Gabe Mitchell	23:08, In-Mi Matsunaga
17 May 2008	18:44, Zalin Smith	23:20, Lou Ellen Jayroe
25 April 2009	19:08, Nick Vance	26:06, Kristina Bennett
22 May 2010	19:10, Theron Carter	24:35, Amber Hodor
23 April 2011	18:50, Sean Kent	20:46, Megan Howell
7 April 2012	20:05, Jeff Dasinger	24:40, Abby Rogers
18 May 2013	21:00, Justin Cagle	24:21, Carolyn Houston
10 May 2014	20:32, Dale Thomas	24:45, CJ Parrish
16 May 2015	18:26, Myles Gibson	24:25, CJ Parish
21 May 2016	21:17, Michael Warner	23:12, Natalie Warner
3 June 2017	18:49, Sean Kent	26:43, Charlotte Haberstroh
In 2000 Dothan Runners Club member Brian Dowling was killed during a training run, struck by a hit-and-run driver. The Woofstock 5K was started in his memory in 2001. In 2002 DRC officially renamed the race the Brian Dowling Memorial 5K. Kudos and a big thank you to Larry Dykes for much of the information in this table!

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Brian Dowling Memorial 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ni8HdgM8U52ZjGyecHOOg25igEzDiL088KjQ829uXos/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Gibson and Parrish keep on winning at the Brian Dowling 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/dowling-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Thomas and Parrish triumph on the trail at Brian Dowling 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/dowling-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Cagle and Houston add Brian Dowling 5K wins to their running resumés”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/dowling-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Kent and Howell hit the trail at Brian Dowling 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/dowling-2011.html
  
  
• Find upcoming trail runs in Dothan and other cities in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar:
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1994

Kent and Sexton take titles at Tasty Tiger Trot Trail Race

In 2013 Sean Kent finished third at the inaugural Tasty Tiger Trot 5K Trail Race in Dothan, Alabama. Kent spent the following year as a distance runner at Troy University, running cross country and track for the Trojans. On Saturday morning, 26 July 2014, he was back in Westgate Park for the second annual Tiger Trot. This time around he ran 10 seconds faster, and his 17:27 was fast enough to win the race. Fort Rucker's David Seymour was runner-up for the second year in a row, posting a 17:45. Donalsonville master runner Myles Gibson edged Byron Critchfield for third place, 18:20 to 18:22.


Dothan master runner Missy Sexton was the first woman in the second annual Tiger Trot, placing 10th overall in 22:32. More than 100 meters behind Sexton, Carmel Cammack was second in the women's standings, finishing 14th overall in 23:06. Anna Bergmark (18th, 23:18) was third in the women's competition and master runner Margaret Winkler (19th, 23:31) was fourth.


93 athletes finished the race. The Tasty Tiger Trot 5K Trail Run was a fundraiser for the Dothan High School cross country program.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Tasty Tiger Trot 5K, Dothan, Alabama

1. 17:27 ~ Sean Kent (M, 19)
2. 17:45 ~ David Seymour (M, 26)
3. 18:20 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 48)
4. 18:22 ~ Byron Critchfield (M, 27)
5. 20:05 ~ John Janigian (M, 22)
6. 20:23 ~ Jeff Dasinger (M, 42)
7. 20:27 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 51)
8. 20:47 ~ Richie Fernandez (M, 36)
9. 22:17 ~ Josh Burgans (M, 33)
10. 22:39 ~ Randy Jordan (M, 54)

Top Ten Women, 2014 Tasty Tiger Trot 5K, Dothan, Alabama

1. 22:32 ~ Missy Sexton (F, 43)
2. 23:06 ~ Carmel Cammack (F, 30)
3. 23:18 ~ Anna Bergmark (F, 33)
4. 23:31 ~ Margaret Winkler (F, 40)
5. 23:57 ~ Eden Keene (F, 32)
6. 24:22 ~ Val Lichner (F, 55)
7. 25:45 ~ Kristina Bennett (F, 41)
8. 25:58 ~ Chris Fox (F, 57)
9. 26:06 ~ Veronica Taylor (F, 19)
10. 27:41 ~ Trixie Wiley (F, 46)

Tasty Tiger Trot 5K Trail Run winners, 2013-2014
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
27 July 2013	16:41 ~ Brian Morenus	20:20 ~ Jennifer MacGibbon	119
26 July 2014	17:27 ~ Sean Kent	22:32 ~ Missy Sexton	93

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Tasty Tiger Trot 5K Trail Race
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HHDzxJjBnmdDqc0J9fevv5HQo9q36IyqH3YrUNVkZNU/pubhtml
  
  
• 2013 story, "West Point alums Morenus and MacGibbon gobble up the Tasty Tiger titles"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/tasty-tiger-2013.html
  
  
• Upcoming races named after lions, tigers, and bears (oh, my!) on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1178

Sean Kent shatters Hog Wild 15K record

In the 1976 Olympic marathon in Montreal, Frank Shorter ran 2:10:45, almost a minute and a half faster than the great Abebe Bikila's 1964 Olympic marathon record of 2:12:12. The performance didn't earn Shorter either the record or a gold medal, though, because Waldemar Cierpinski had already finished the race nearly a minute earlier, running 2:09:55.


These things happen in athletics.


Likewise, in the 2013 Hog Wild 15K in Dothan, Alabama, Donalsonville master runner Myles Gibson ran 58:26, just under Cedric Gillette's 2012 course record of 58:41. But Gibson didn't get either a win or a new record, because almost two minutes earlier Sean Kent had crossed the finish line in 56:34.


Back in November, a little over two months before the 26 January 2013 Hog Wild 15K, Sean Kent had run his last high school cross-country race, placing 30th at the Alabama State Meet for Dothan Northview High. Kent may be done with high school cross country, but at Hog Wild the Northview senior served notice that his distance-running career is far from over. Shortly after 2:00 PM, when more than 300 athletes on Museum Avenue started the 31st annual Hog Wild, Kent was leading the race in a big way. Some of the runners were doing a 5K rather than the 15K--surely anyone going that much faster than the rest of the field was in the shorter event? But at the turnaround for the 5K runners, Kent kept going. Kent reached the five kilometer mark of the race a minute ahead of Myles Gibson, who was holding down second place. On the flat stretches of the course as well as on the ferocious hills of Montezuma Avenue, Kent continued to pull away. Back on Museum Avenue Kent turned on a final sprint toward the finish line in front of the Depot on Main, dashing across in a new course record of 56:34. Myles Gibson finished runner-up in 58:26, the second-best Hog Wild time ever. Darrick Coriz, a member of the National Guard Marathon Team, placed third in 61:07.


Enterprise, Alabama's Jeanne Davis led the women's field at 5K, over a minute ahead of Kayla Fox of Dothan. Davis lengthened that lead to a 70:50 to 73:29 win over Fox. It was a much narrower margin in the master women's competition, with Dothan Carolyn Houston prevailing over Jill Wofsey of Alford, Florida 77:09 to 77:22.


135 runners finished the 2013 Hog Wild 15K.


Top Ten Males, 2013 Hog Wild 15K

1. 56:34 ~ Sean Kent (M, 17) Dothan, AL
2. 58:26 ~ Myles Gibson (M, 46) Donalsonville, GA
3. 61:07 ~ Darrick Coriz (M, 34) Casa Blanca, NM
4. 64:15 ~ Jose Gomez (M, 38) Ft. Rucker, AL
5. 64:36 ~ Jeff Dasinger (M, 40) Midland City, AL
6. 66:28 ~ Wes Cantrell (M, 44) Dothan, AL
7. 68:01 ~ Alan Reed (M, 54) Auburn, AL
8. 68:45 ~ Dale Nash (M, 62) Dothan, AL
9. 69:25 ~ Josh Bergans (M, 31) Troy, AL
10. 69:48 ~ Mark Tombrink (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Females, 2013 Hog Wild 15K

1. 70:50 ~ Jeanne Davis (F, 34) Enterprise, AL
2. 73:29 ~ Kayla Fox (F, 24) Dothan, AL
3. 74:02 ~ Abby Rogers (F, 25) Dothan, AL
4. 74:08 ~ Brie Cornell (F, 37) Dothan, AL
5. 77:07 ~ Julia Dettling (F, 37) Mt. Brook, AL
6. 77:09 ~ Carolyn Houston (F, 40) Dothan, AL
7. 77:22 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 49) Alford, FL
8. 77:26 ~ Amy Schutz (F, 36) Hartford, AL
9. 80:42 ~ Kathy Gannon (F, 48) Dothan, AL
10. 81:43 ~ Mandy Collins (F, 41) Slocomb, AL

The 2012 Hog Wild 15K champion, Cedric Gillette, elected to run the 5K in 2013, but it was master runner James Frazier of Valparaiso, Florida who was the class of the field in the 3.1-mile race, winning by more than 150 meters in 17:54. Mike Musiowski placed second in 18:31, while Gilette was third in 18:42. Dothan's Lindsay Sport outran Ashlee Romani 22:45 to 23:11 for the women's 5K title.


205 athletes finished the 2013 Hog Wild 5K run.


Top Ten Males, 2013 Hog Wild 5K

1. 17:54 ~ James Frazier (M, 51) Valparaiso, FL
2. 18:31 ~ Mike Musiowski (M, 22) Warner-Robbins AFB, GA
3. 18:42 ~ Cedric Gillette (M, 31) Marianna, FL
4. 19:05 ~ Daniel Klingelhutz (M, 25) Dothan, AL
5. 19:39 ~ Justin Cagle (M, 19) Dothan, AL
6. 19:42 ~ MJ Houston (M, 13) Dothan, AL
7. 20:39 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 49) Taylor
8. 21:11 ~ Jonathan Sutton (M, 15) Dothan, AL
9. 21:39 ~ Mike Houston (M, 40) Dothan, AL
10. 22:03 ~ Jay Wrenn (M, 48) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Females, 2013 Hog Wild 5K

1. 22:45 ~ Lindsay Sport (F, 26) Dothan, AL
2. 23:11 ~ Ashlee Romani (F, 25) Ft. Rucker, AL
3. 24:16 ~ Val Lichner (F, 53) Bonifay, FL
4. 29:51 ~ Shay Harville (F, 43) Dothan, AL
5. 25:16 ~ Susie Merritt (F, 48) Slocomb, AL
6. 25:32 ~ Nancy Hein (F, 56) Dothan, AL
7. 25:46 ~ Elizabeth Bray (F, 36) Sterrett
8. 26:02 ~ Jamie Bass (F, 34) Graceville, FL
9. 26:06 ~ April Stewart (F, 41) Dothan, AL
10. 26:24 ~ Missy Sexton (F, 41) Dothan

Hog Wild 15K winners, 2010-2013
Date	Men	Women
30 Jan 2010	59:41, Brian McMahon	58:54, Anna Hallex
29 Jan 2011	59:21, Sean Kent	69:12, Dana Cody
28 Jan 2012	58:41, Cedric Gillette	66:22, Dana Cody
26 Jan 2013	56:34, Sean Kent	70:50, Jeanne Davis
From 1983 to 2009, the Hog Wild Run was a five-mile race.

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 Hog Wild 15K at dothanrunners.com
  http://dothanrunners.com/2013_hog_wild_results.htm
  
  
• More photos of the 2013 Hog Wild 15K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102665137529873.3446600.5215641&l=5239127703
  
  
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• 2012 Hog Wild 15K story, "Hog heaven for Gillette and Cody at Hog Wild"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/02/hog-wild-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 Hog Wild 15K story, "Kent and Cody go whole hog in Dothan"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/02/hog-wild-2011.html
  
  
• Looking for a race within 100 miles of Tallahassee? Look here!
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  
  

No sand, no waves, but wins for Kent and Lichner

When you have the best cross-country course in lower Alabama, it only makes sense to use it. That is exactly what Dothan has in Westgate Park's Larry and Rona Dykes Trail, and Dothan certainly uses it. It's a rare weekend when there is not a race or a high school cross-country meet on the trail. Most recently, on Saturday morning, 25 August 2012, the Dothan Runners Club staged the annual Life Is A Beach 5K on the trail.


Northview High senior Sean Kent repeated as the top male in the race, this time winning the 3.1-mile event outright with a 18:26. Kent finished nearly 200 meters ahead of the runner up, Drew Ackles, who crossed the line in 19:03. The third-place finisher was the top master runner in the race, Jeff Dasinger. Val Lichner of Bonifay, Florida was the first female and fastest female master, placing 30th overall in 24:23.


Top Ten Men, 2012 Life Is A Beach 5K

1. 18:26 ~ Sean Kent (M, 17)
2. 19:03 ~ Drew Ackles (M, 29)
3. 20:06 ~ Jeff Dasinger (M, 40)
4. 20:47 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 49)
5. 20:54 ~ MJ Houston (M, 13)
6. 21:01 ~ Al Goudzwaard (M, 56)
7. 21:03 ~ Sam Tatum (M, 16)
8. 21:07 ~ Mark McCarra (M, 47)
9. 21:12 ~ Josh Burgans (M, 31)
10. 21:25 ~ Berry Swords (M, 30)

Top Ten Women, 2012 Life Is A Beach 5K

1. 24:23 ~ Val Lichner (F, 53)
2. 24:43 ~ Carolyn Houston (F, 40)
3. 25:19 ~ Hannah Samuels (F, 15)
4. 25:22 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 49)
5. 25:34 ~ Nancy Hein (F, 56)
6. 25:37 ~ Melissa Keffe (F, 32)
7. 26:48 ~ Janet Masseth (F, 34)
8. 27:03 ~ Nina Korges (F, 53)
9. 27:31 ~ April Stewart (F, 40)
10. 27:46 ~ Kathleen Tenpenny (F, 30)

Dothan Runners' Life is a Beach 5K Trail Run Champions
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

Links

• Complete results of the 2012 Life Is A Beach 5K at dothanrunners.com
  http://dothanrunners.com/lifeisabeach12results.htm
  
  
• 2011 story, "Coach McDermott crashes Dothan's beach party"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/dothan-beach-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Ireland and Bokenfohr winners at this beach party"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/08/dothan-beach-2010.html
  
  
• Beach runs and sunny beach runs on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  
  

Kent and Romani catch titles at Pilgrim Chase 5K

Northview High's Sean Kent ended his junior year cross-country season on 12 November 2011 with a 27th place finish at the Alabama state championships. Two weeks later, though, on 26 November 2011, he was running another cross-country race--the Dothan Runners Club's Pilgrim Chase 5K on the Larry and Rona Dykes Trail in Westgate Park. You'd think Kent would be taking a break after the long season, but that's what cross-country runners do--they run cross-country.


At the Pilgrim Chase 5K Kent ran cross-country particularly well, winning by over 300 meters in 17:47, an improvement on both his time (18:21) and his place (2nd) in the 2010 Pilgrim Chase. Maj. Sean Keefe of Fort Rucker was runner-up in 19:02, while the top master spot and third place went to Theron Carter of Brundidge, Alabama in 19:22. Finishing immediately after Carter was the top woman in the race, Ashlee Romani. Ft. Rucker's Romani clocked 20:02 for the 5K tour of Westgate Park. The women's runner-up and top woman master in the race was Melissa Unrath (10th, 21:11) of Enterprise, Alabama.


112 athletes completed the 2011 Pilgrim Chase 5K, significantly more than the 73 who finished the race in 2010. Cross-country running lovers will get one more chance this year to race on the Larry and Rona Dykes Trail; on 31 December 2011 the Last Gasp 5K Trail Run starts at 9:00am CT in Westgate Park.


Top Ten Men, 2011 Pilgrim Chase 5K

1. 17:47 ~ Sean Kent (M, 16) Dothan, AL
2. 19:02 ~ Sean Keefe (M, 33) Ft. Rucker, AL
3. 19:22 ~ Theron Carter (M, 51) Brundidge, AL
4. 20:31 ~ Michael Houston (M, 12) Dothan, AL
5. 20:45 ~ Carson Warren (M, 20) Mt. Pleasant, SC
6. 21:03 ~ Xavier Clayton (M, 20) Newton, AL
7. 21:04 ~ Ric Hamic (M, 27) Dothan, AL
8. 21:08 ~ Michael Brennan (M, 26) Dothan, AL
9. 21:15 ~ William DeSchepper (M, 28) Ft. Rucker, AL
10. 21:23 ~ Dale Thomas (M, 48) Dothan, AL

Top Ten Women, 2011 Pilgrim Chase 5K

1. 20:02 ~ Ashlee Romani (F, 24) Ft. Rucker, AL
2. 21:11 ~ Melissa Unrath (F, 43) Enterprise, AL
3. 22:06 ~ Christen Luther (F, 27) Newville, AL
4. 22:22 ~ Clarissa Coe (F, 27) Vestavia, AL
5. 22:29 ~ Victoria Taylor (F, 17) Dothan, AL
6. 24:40 ~ Jill Wofsey (F, 48) Alford, FL
7. 25:09 ~ Lori Westphal (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
8. 25:24 ~ Val Lichner (F, 52) Bonifay, FL
9. 25:39 ~ Lynn Masimore (F, 33) Dothan, AL
10. 25:54 ~ Marty Kirkland (F, 59) Southport, FL

Links

• Complete results of the 2011 Pilgrim Chase 5K at dothanrunners.com
  http://dothanrunners.com/2011pilgrimchase.htm
  
  
• Photos of the 2011 Pilgrim Chase 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.207946682614956.50321.133667116709580
  
  
• 2010 story, "73 athletes chase pilgrims; none catch Hough or Latta"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/11/pilgrim-chase-2010.html
  
  
• All about the 2011 Last Gasp 5K Trail Run
  http://dothanrunners.com/RaceGen.htm/Race%20Info.htm/Last%20Gasp%2001.htm
  
  
• Find upcoming races near Dothan or any other city within 100 miles of Tallahassee
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1