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Running Journal • November, 2016

SOUTHEASTERN ROAD RACE RESULTS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 20 Masters – Carrie Smith 25:19.

10-under – Caelyn Tackett 31:06, Mallorie Rothe 31:57, Laney Smith 32:21. 11-14 – Miranda Johnson 20:53, Chloe Walden 24:24, Sydney Finch 26:35. 15-19 – Julia Grimes 27:48, Bailey Echols 28:00, Hannah Reagan 32:29. 20-24 – Nicole Stone 20:13, Katie Bender 28:53, Morgan Worley 34:08. 25-29 – Keri Brooks 28:11, Whitney Cannon 28:52, Lindsey Jones 28:59. 30-34 – Ashley Greer 31:43, Jami Cash 32:34, Rachel Wilbur-Carlyle 34:24. 35-39 – Laura Hattaway 26:08, Kristina Cersey 26:37, Mitzi Hardin 31:51. 40-44 – Carrie Smith 25:19, Danica Wright 27:57, Sara Bryant 27:57. 45-49 – Tanya Locke 27:22, Robbyn Layman 30:23, Leilani Brekke 30:31. 50-54 – Marybeth Forwood 27:16, Lisa Perkins 33:03, Cindy Price 47:39. 55-59 – Betsy Brooks 31:48, Lynn Cook 48:44, Barbara Ervin 51:54. 60-64 – Nancy Biggerstaff 38:05, Bridget Bradley 47:13, Vicki Barton 50:58. 65-69 – Lida Ludwick 33:29, Carl Quaife 41:50, Kathy Givens 42:34.

70-74 – Cheryl Vail 25:51, Linda Zeeman 50:37. 75over – Anne Patrick 50:52. – Classic Race Services Run Above The Clouds 10K/5K Suches, GA – 10/2

By Ward New On the first Saturday in October each year the Run Above the Clouds takes place in the scenic village of Suches Georgia. This challenging 5K and 10K event is the highest run (3000 feet) in Georgia. Since the course is run in mountainous terrain there are a number of elevation changes which make for an interesting run and if you add the occasional sightings of black bears makes for a unique one as well. The average high temperature on race day is 74 degrees with a low the night before of 49 degrees so when the race starts at 9:00 AM the temperature is very comfortable.

The Run Above the Clouds is held to support the scholarship fund for students graduating from Woody Gap School. The school is the smallest K-12 public

more results at running.net school in the State of Georgia and the scholarships are a community effort to ensure that Woody Gap students can continue their education. Students in good standing may receive scholarships for each year of study at four year colleges or technical schools.

While the race participants register and wait for the race to start, a group of local musicians play traditional mountain music which adds to the festive atmosphere.

It has been said that the toe tapping fiddle music is one of the best ways to warm up for a race and puts everyone in the mood to get moving. This year a local group of cloggers were practicing their routines after the race adding even more to the “down home fun’ of the event.

Each year’s race shirts are designed by a local silk screen artist and capture the unique character of this run. The shirt this year featured a scene depicting the winding course, mountains, running bears, musicians on a bench and of course clouds. The runners finishing first and second place in each age category receive a medallion which is hand crafted by a local potter. The collectible shirts and hand made medallions help to make this a popular event among North Georgia runners.

After the run, most runners venture across Highway 60 to the Indian Summer Festival at Woody Gap School.

Though pleasantly satiated by the abundant fruit furnished by the Run Above the Clouds, most find the smell of Bar B Que and smoked meats irresistible. To make this day even more meaningful, many race participants purchase a homemade pie from the Gaddistown homemakers when leaving the school.

Whether it’s the challenging course, collectible shirts, artisan awards, fiddle music, great food or just the friendly folks of this North Georgia village, everyone is sure to have a fun time at The Run Above the Clouds in Suches, GA. 10K: Top 25 – 1-Will Harkins 44:16, 2-Nathan Long 46:00, 3-Brian Williams 46:05, 4-Victor Gonzalez 47:54, 5-Thomas Mellendorf 48:12, 6-Archie Grunden 48:25, 7-Aaron Johnston 49:40, 8-Ronnie Abernathy 51:11, 9-

Lawson Haskins 53:08, 10-Paula Boyle 53:09, 11-Devin Shanyfelt 53:23, 12-Jennie Roberts 53:25, 13-Emily Winn 53:27, 14-Bruce White 53:42, 15-Teri Hilchie 54:00, 16-Bradi Barrett 54:02, 17-Rachael Moore 55:14, 18-Don Vining 55:16, 19-Jamie Sanders 55:20, 20-Jerry Bruce 57:27, 21-Rafail Adalfio 57:27, 22-Scott Wallis 57:37, 23-Shylee Grunden 57:47, 24-Neal Turner 57:59, 25-Alison Camacho 58:14.

5K: Order of Finish – 1-Jason Klauk 23:48, 2-Abbie Hilchie 25:23, 3-Sharon Arnold 26:00, 4-Pam Abernathy 27:37, 5-Jessica Varney 28:28, 6-Don Ward 28:40, 7Christy Hewatt 28:48, 8-Kristin Klaud 29:35, 9-Kelly White Bryant 31:56, 10-Stacy Clements 34:24, 11Tommy Davis 36:22, 12-Connie Miller 37:45, 13-Sam Miller 37:59, 14-Elizabeth Brannan 38:11, 15-Donna Ward 41:00, 16-Catherine Williams 43:41, 17-Betsy Pinkerton 51:13, 18-Darrin Baker 51:30, 19-David Hilton 51:36, 20-Larry Pinkerton 57:13.

MISSISSIPPI 300 Oaks 10K/5K Greenwood, MS – 9/17 Male, 10K: Overall – Luke Beissel 39:25.

Masters – Jason Bender 48:29.

Grandmasters – Stan Merryman 53:59.

10-under – Aaron Meacham 1:09:09, Caleb Meacham 1:19:58. 20-29 – Brayden Timmons 40:47, Tyler Weaver 50:02, Louis Holbrook 56:16. 30-39 – Alex Fletcher 41:47, Heston Powers 48:24, Mischa McCray 48:47. 40-49 – Mike Morgan 50:04, Jimmy Harper 55:29, Stephen Pillow 55:58. 50-59 – Chuck Lavender 54:42, Richard Byrd 1:11:53, Mike Kotecki 1:11:57. 6069 – Gerald Dye 58:17, Alan Galbraith 1:07:49. 70-over – Buddy Hardison 1:23:00.

Female, 10K: Overall – Abby Thomas 41:06.

Masters – Cheri Butzberger 52:06.

Grandmasters – Sue Bailey 52:54.

10-under – Murry Catherine 1:06:38. 20-29 – Betsy Belk 56:54, Maegan Fennell 59:02, Anna Fennell 59:05.

30-39 – Emily Roush-Elliott 54:56, Kathryn Dyksterhouse 56:19, Denise Lindsay 56:31. 40-49 – Cyndi Saia 57:33, Jamie Murrell 57:47, Tanya McDonald 1:00:16. 50-59 – Lee Johnson 56:33, Tammy Reid 1:03:50, Lane Lyon 1:05:32.

Male, 5K: Overall – John Hollis Tackett 22:46.

Masters – LC Grant 22:57.

Grandmasters – Lester Holman 26:24.

10-under – John Butler Edwards 26:15, Matthew Smith 26:15, Walker Saia 34:21. 11-19 – Jeffrey Bready 23:29, James McBryde 28:10, Tate Dubard 28:22. 2029 – Drew Hull 25:32, Will McMinn 26:20, Martin Tribble 29:46. 30-39 – Dustin Sullivan 25:56, Barren Cleark 29:18, Richard Owens 29:36. 40-49 – Michael McCoy 23:06, Ken Dubard 25:32, Harris Powers 25:37. 50-59 Mike Grimes 27:18, Lamar Liddell 44:46. 60-69 – William Jordan 36:40, Lolo Lubiani 37:34, David Pentecost 40:23.

Female, Overall – Allison Pillow 25:13.

Masters – Sherri Bready 31:12.

10-under – Kyler Phillips 33:36, Sophie O’Neal 40:39. 11-19 – Sarah O’Brien 28:20, Larkin Camp 31:37, Luci Makamson 33:53. 20-29 – Leah Delahoussaye 29:06, Anne Marie Gregory 31:00, Carrie Webster 33:52. 30-39 – Jeanne Dubard 27:31, Sloane Fair 27:31, Lizzie Powers 28:53. 40-49 – Allan Camp 31:39, Melinda Goff 32:42, Deanne Edwards 37:42.

NORTH CAROLINA

Will Harkins, male winner of the Run Above The Clouds 10K. Photos by Ward New

Paula Boyle, female winner of the Run Above The Clouds 10K. Photos by Ward New

WNC Run/Walk for Autism 5K Asheville, NC – 9/11 Male, Overall – Will Gaul 19:25, David Downing 20:27, Damian Desmond 21:41.

Masters – Blake Smith 24:00, Bob Jackson 25:39, Tom Champagne 26:41.

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19-under – David Mahan 24:27, Eli Cole 25:11, Jake Maida 26:41. 20-24 – Zak Fischer 25:28, Jesse Stubbs 33:27, Jake Johnson 42:48. 25-29 – Ross Elliott 24:22, Casey Hite 34:32, Nathan James 55:32. 30-34 – Korey Koelzer 25:09, John Ridout 26:12, Daniel Croisant 34:07. 35-39 – Brad Powers 23:55, Jon Blalock 25:34, Timothy Guzy 29:44. 40-44 – Jason Clark 30:35, Michael Lepage 31:33, Joshua Abrams 35:02. 45-49 –Scott Mahan 27:08, Mike Lewis 29:28, Jeff Wilke 33:18. 50-54 – Peter Brewer 28:47, Wynn Ellinger 31:44, Michael Matin 32:14. 55-59 – Ken Dean 28:20, David Gebbie 31:03, Chuck Bowdith 1:00:12. 60-64 – Joe Trimbach 48:23. 65-69 – Raoul Gagne 28:47, Garry Sherman 30:52, Ron Powell 1:02:08. 70-74 – Lewis Wills 50:53. 75-over – David Slobodin 43:13, Jack Shirley 43:32.

Female, Overall – Tessa Yell 21:47, Tara Desmond 25:53, Kate Guzy 27:56.

Masters – Trish Golay 30:50, Sabrina Thomas 34:10, Charlene Rumfelt 39:02.

19-under – Helena Marmolejor 28:55, Julia Matin 31:50, Chloe Hess 33:09. 20-24 – Sophia Almed 33:49, Lauren Conder 34:11, Shelby Wilson 34:57. 25-29 – Faith Alexander 28:55, Caroline Moser 32:16, Allison Neese 33:41. 30-34 – Angela Lewis-Myers 35:20, Mary-Ann Bolton 36:29, Chasity Burleson 40:35. 35-39 – Resa Darnell 31:37 Kristen Barlow 32:58, Rose Goldfarb 33:31. 40-44 – Christy Balcells 41:11, Kari Taylor Evans 43:06, Debra Ehrmann 43:34. 45-49 – Danna Grimes 41:37, SabrinaVandenberg 42:18, Beth Mahan 51:56. 50-54 – Diane Baron 42:01, Kay cole 51:51, Lea Dutton 53:47. 55-59 – Lisa Slocum 54:02, Laurie Dean 57:14, Joanne Jones 57:14. 60-64 – Christine Reagan 55:50, Veronica Gagne 1:02:16, Bonne Kelly 1:03:20. 65-69 – Katie Wills 50:55, Linda Iauch 55:50. 70-74 – Martha Marshall 46:34.

Hiddenite Festival 5K/10K/Half marathon Hiddenite, NC – 9/24 The 10th Annual Hiddenite Festival Road Race 5K/10K/Half-Marathon was held Saturday, Sept. 24 on a hot day in Alexander County. Despite near-record warm temperatures, Alex Griggs, age 24 of Statesville, broke the course record for the Hiddenite Festival Road Race Half-Marathon with a time of 1:16:06 at a clip of 5:49 per mile. Cooper Castellaw, age 15 of North Wilkesboro, captured the victory in the Hiddenite Festival 10K with a time of 41:53 (6:45 per mile pace). Dalton McGlamery, age 15 of Hickory, claimed top honors in the Hiddenite Festival 5K with a time of 19:30 (6:17 per mile pace).

There were 41 participants in the half-marathon (13.1 miles), with Alex Griggs as the winner at 1:16:06.

Griggs beat the course record of 1:19:50 set in 2009 by 3:44. Andrew Peterson, age 46 of Hickory, placed second with a time of 1:38:37, and Sara Harmon, age 34 of Kernersville, placed third with a time of 1:54:06. Harmon was also the first-place female in the event. The thirdplace male was Justin James, age 27 of Mooresville, with a time of 1:55:10 (4th overall). The second-place female was Marissa Winstead, age 38 of Taylorsville, with a time of 1:55:42 (5th overall), and the third-place female was Lara Stevens, age 28 of Lexington, with a time of 2:07:16 (11th overall). Male Masters Awards were presented to Nicolae Turcanu, age 46 of Hickory (1:56:36, 6th overall); Eric Sprinkle, age 46 of Taylorsville (1:58:17, 7th overall); and Ben Zachary (2:00:30, 8th place overall). Female Masters Awards were presented to Lisa Watkins, age 42 of North Wilkesboro (2:18:03, 18th overall); Julie McMakin, age 46 of Mooresville (2:22:23, 20th overall); and Tami Fox, age 48 of Taylorsville (2:36:19, 25th overall).

There were 33 participants in the 10K (6.2 miles), with Cooper Castellaw as the winner at 41:53. Carter Patterson, age 15 of Taylorsville, placed second with a time of 42:08, and Josh Horton, age 17 of Hickory,

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