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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Leonardo Canete and Sharon Sason depart Ozark with Alabama State Games titles

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Ozark, Alabama hosted the Alabama State Games 5K in 2021. The race made an encore appearance in Ozark on Saturday morning, 11 June 2022. Tallahassee, Florida master runner Leonardo Canete won that 2022 event, running 17:56 near the shores of Ed Lisenby Lake. Sharon Sason of Enterprise, Alabama was the first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 23:55.


For Canete, it was his sixth win during seven straight Saturdays of racing in three different states--Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. That string had included a win at the Nesmith 5K in Tallahassee on April 30, a win at the Tails and Trails Half Marathon in Tallahassee on May 7, a win at the Soul Of The Southside 5k In Tallahassee on May 14, a win at the Backwoods 5K in Fort Braden on May 21, a runner-up finish at the Swamp Forest Trail Race in Tallahassee on May 28, a win at the Home Run 5K in Americus on June 4, and now another win at the Alabama State Games 5K.


Paul Gonzalez of Fort Rucker, Alabama finished runner-up to Canete in the State Games 5K with a 21:19. Chancellor, Alabama master runner Jimmy Russell was third in 22:56.


Sharon Sason's women's title in the State Games 5K came after a second-place showing in the 2021 race, also in Ozark. Ginny Gunn of Troy, Alabama was second in the women's standings, taking eighth overall with a 28:56. Sendy Alamonte of Fort Rucker was the third woman and eleventh overall in 35:54.


The Alabama State Games are a qualifier for the 2022 State Games Of America, slated for 27-31 July 2022 in Ames and Des Moines, Iowa. Although there is no road race at the State Games of America, there are track and field events as well as a 4K and an 8K cross-country race.


Fourteen athletes finished the 2022 Alabama State Games 5K. River Region Timing timed the race.


Results, 2022 Alabama State Games 5K Road Race
  1. 17:56, Leonardo Canete (M, 43) Tallahassee, FL
  2. 21:19, Paul Gonzales (M, 26) Fort Rucker, AL
  3. 22:56, Jimmy Russell (M, 58) Chancellor, AL
  4. 23:55, Sharon Sason (F, 34) Enterprise, AL
  5. 24:54, Dale Landefeld (M, 66) McCalla, AL
  6. 28:10, Mark Sheehan (M, 64) Spanish Fort, AL
  7. 28:23, Duane Gunn (M, 56) Troy, AL
  8. 28:56, Ginny Gunn (F, 20) Troy, AL
  9. 30:14, Jessie Parker (M, 36) Dothan, AL
  10. 33:51, Joey Dotson (M, 41) Fort Rucker, AL
  11. 35:54, Sendy Almonte (F, 25) Fort Rucker, AL
  12. 36:43, Thomas Haygood (M, 45) Enterprise, AL
  13. 38:40, Jody Creamer (M, 49) Gainesville, FL
  14. 43:21, Dianne Henderson (F, 38) Troy, AL

Alabama State Games 5K Road Race Champions, 2019 - 2022
DateCityMenWomenFinishers
9 June 2019Huntsville, AL21:42, Matthew Tucker22:57, Eugenie Candon21
12 June 2021Ozark, AL17:24, Ken Martin22:11, Karrie Hart43
11 June 2022Ozark, AL17:56, Leonardo Canete23:55, Sharon Sason14


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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Summer rules, and so do Samuel Hinga and Sharon Sason at Another Crowdis Run

Crowdis Run bannerTwo Doctor Crowdis Runs in Blakely, Georgia during 2021? Was it a compensation for 1996 to 2011 when the race wasn't held at all? Was it an anomaly due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Whatever the reasoning, Another Doctor Crowdis 5K was contested on the streets of Blakely on Saturday morning, 31 July 2021, and Samuel Hinga outkicked Walker Elrod for first, 19:41 to 19:42. Sharon Sason was the winning woman, placing sixth overall in 22:33.


The Doctor James Crowdis Run goes back to 1981. Since 2017 it has been a January race, but it was held in July from 2012 to 2016, so there's precedent for a summer Crowdis. Of course, Crowdis races has also been held in March, May, and September, so the calendar is clearly no obstacle to the athletes of Blakely.


Neither the calendar nor southwest Georgia's hot and sticky July weather were obstacles to hard racing between Samuel Hinga and Walker Elrod. Hinga couldn't entirely shake off Elrod, a thirteen-year-old from Bainbridge, Georgia, but he did manage to make it across the finish line at Blakely United Methodist Church a couple of steps ahead of the youngster in a winning 19:41. Elrod was a close second in 19:42. Both Hinga and Elrod had raced the Crowdis 10K on a much cooler morning, 9 January 2021, where Hinga had taken third in 40:01 and Elrod fifth in 42:25.

Landon Watts, a senior on the Bainbridge High cross-country team, was third in 19:57. Julio Garcia was the first master runner in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 21:09.


Hinga had a close race with Elrod, but in the women's competition Sharon Sason had no need to look back. And if she had she wouldn't have seen anyone--Sason's winning 22:33 put her more than 800 meters ahead of the next woman. Stephanie Odom was the first woman master in the race and the second female finisher, twelfth overall in 26:59. Patty Hamilton took third in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 31:53.


30 athletes finished 2021's Another Doctor Crowdis 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2021 Another Doctor Crowdis 5K
  1. 19:40.1, Samuel Hinga (M, 28)
  2. 19:41.5, Walker Elrod (M, 13)
  3. 19:56.3, Landon Watts (M, 17)
  4. 21:08.4, Julio Garcia (M, 43)
  5. 21:50.0, Myles Gibson (M, 55)
  6. 23:55.0, Alahn Woodard (M, 32)
  7. 24:04.2, Kris John Ramos (M, 29)
  8. 24:18.5, C. J. Champion (M, 37)
  9. 24:49.6, Mark Sheehan (M, 63)
  10. 26:49.0, Christian Freeman (M, 12)

Top Ten Women, 2021 Another Doctor Crowdis 5K
  1. 22:32.3, Sharon Sason (F, 33)
  2. 26:58.9, Stephanie Odom (F, 48)
  3. 31:52.9, Patty Hamilton (F, 38)
  4. 39:13.7, Rene Jordan (F, 56)
  5. 44:28.8, Susan Hand (F, 69)
  6. 45:50.2, Kali Wentzel (F, 11)
  7. 46:27.7, Mackenzie Sapp (F, 11)
  8. 47:03.5, Lily Lancaster (F, 10)
  9. 47:23.5, Trina Strickland (F, 54)
  10. 49:12.1, Amber Sapp (F, 37)

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Saturday, November 30, 2019

Fort Rucker athletes Wendell Grouby and Sharon Sason catch some wins at the Pilgrim Chase

PilgrimsThey came from Fort Rucker.


Wendell Grouby and Sharon Sason--they came to Westgate Park in Dothan, Alabama on Saturday morning, 30 November 2019. They came from Fort Rucker and the were the overall winner of the Dothan Runners' twentieth annual Pilgrim Chase 5K Cross-Country Race. Grouby was the first man in the race, placing first overall in 20:35. Sason was the first woman, coming in fifth overall in 23:26.


Grouby didn't go unchallenged in the 5K. Nathan Handley crossed the finish line a single second behind Grouby, placing second overall in 20:36. Handley had logged some racing time on the Westgate Park course back in 2014 as a senior on the Dothan High cross-country team. Fairhope, Alabama's Ray Hix outkicked Marc Peters of Southside, Alabama for the top master runner's spot in the race, 22:04 to 22:06. Hix and Peters were third and fourth overall.


The first woman master in the race was Kim Jones of Valparaiso, Florida, the second female and fifteenth overall in 27:33. Dothan master runner Kristi Holland placed third in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 27:56.


51 athletes finished the 2019 Pilgrim Chase 5K. Look for the 21st annual Pilgrim Chase 5K to return to Westgate Park on 28 November 2020.


Top Ten Men, Dothan Runners' 2019 Pilgrim Chase 5K
  1. 20:35, Wendell Grouby (M, 33) Fort Rucker, AL
  2. 20:36, Nathan Handley (M, 23) Dothan, AL
  3. 22:04, Ray Hix, Jr. (M, 45) Fairhope, AL
  4. 22:06, Marc Peters (M, 46) Southside, AL
  5. 23:26, Jackson Barrett (M, 12) Newton, AL
  6. 23:37, Sean Wilson (M, 46) Donalsonville, GA
  7. 24:19, David Calhoun (M, 35) Dothan, AL
  8. 25:02, Mark McCarra (M, 54) Quitman, MS
  9. 25:03, Ronan Brackin (M, 16) Geneva, AL
  10. 25:20, Dale Eiriksson (M, 63) Valparaiso, FL

Top Ten Women, Dothan Runners' 2019 Pilgrim Chase 5K
  1. 23:26, Sharon Sason (F, 32) Fort Rucker, AL
  2. 27:33, Kim Jones (F, 56) Valparaiso, FL
  3. 27:56, Kristi Holland (F, 43) Dothan, AL
  4. 28:33, Cori Walters (F, 32) Fort Rucker, AL
  5. 29:27, Rita Pena (F, 24) Greenville, SC
  6. 29:36, Sarah Barrett (F, 13) Newton, AL
  7. 30:37, Olivia Abrego (F, 10) Slocomb, AL
  8. 30:51, Tamara Hudson (F, 48) Marianna, FL
  9. 31:20, Kara Whitehead (F, 16) Dothan, AL
  10. 31:41, Georgia Wilson (F, 51) Donalsonville, GA

Dothan Runners' Pilgrim Chase 5K Trail Race winners, 2000 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
4 November 200018:22, Matt Parker24:00, Nancy Hein60
3 November 200118:23, David Robinson22:38, Karen Kenney68
23 November 200216:59, Ben Fish22:38, Rachel Zent56
22 November 200319:26, Al Goudzwaard22:17, Donna Dowd61
20 November 200419:14, Brian Hickey23:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe38
26 November 200519:44, Gabe Mitchell22:57, Lou Ellen Jayroe69
25 November 200617:36, Aubrey Darnell22:43, Lou Ellen Jayroe66
24 November 200718:24, Gabe Mitchell23:54, Lou Ellen Jayroe73
29 November 200819:01, Myles Gibson24:11, Lou Ellen Jayroe54
28 November 200918:05, Ashley Folkes21:58, Kayla Fox81
27 November 201016:24, Christopher Hough24:10, Emily Anne Latta73
26 November 201117:47, Sean Kent20:02, Ashlee Romani112
24 November 201217:10, David Seymour22:50, Kayla Fox127
30 November 201317:14, Austin Fox19:27, In-Mi Matsunaga96
29 November 201418:41, Adam McPherson23:07, Val Lichner97
28 November 201517:28, Austin Fox19:36, Ginna Reid78
26 November 201619:19, Rob Oates22:36, Ella Richards59
25 November 201717:47, Austin Fox20:53, Rory Claussen64
24 November 201818:47, James Middlebrooks21:57, Cori Harrell63
30 November 201920:35, Wendell Grouby23:26, Sharon Sason+


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