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The duo of Craig Evans and Dustin Greer topped the Pro pairs for the second year at the Dirt, Sweat and Gears 12-hour MTB race in Fayatteville, TN on May 3, 2008.  The two were the only group to accomplish 12 laps.  (Avg. Speed 11.461; fastest lap 55:29)

Wade Comb’s 4-person team accomplished seven laps and placed 16 out of 25. (Avg. speed 8.331; fastest lap 1:16:20)

Tom Spence placed second in the solo non-pro male competitors.  He actually broke a deraileur in the first lap and ran 5.5-miles carrying his bike.  He proceeded with Rick Harmon’s bike and hammered out seven laps.  (Avg. speed 8.018; fastest lap 1:19:19)

Angela Brown rode in the only all-girl 4-person team called “Muddy Sisters.”  Their team placed 20 out of 25 teams and completed six laps.  (Avg speed 7.188; fastest lap 1:28:29)

Chris Hartsfield rode solo and called it quits after four laps.  Nonetheless this was good enough for 20th out of 35 starters.  (Avg speed 6.247; fastest lap 1:41:48

Kenny Marshall participated in Friday’s “Trifecta of Singleness,” a single speed competition.  A flat hindered his advancement into the final round.

My favorite team name in the results list is “Team Real Sore Rears.”

Before Ft. Yargo XterraFt. Yargo MTB race

Jeff Yeager and son, Dylan, ventured 300 miles with me to Ft. Yargo State Park near Atlanta, Georgia, on April 26 and 27 for an off-road double. The Ft. Yargo Xterra Triathlon race was Saturday followed by a SERC/Georgia series MTB race on Sunday. It was Jeff Yeager’s first off-road triathlon, and his first MTB race as a Beginner. Dylan was only going to race the MTB event on Sunday.

Although Jeff has been swimming on a Master’s swim team, the open water swim did not go swimmingly for him. Jeff learned that he does not swim straight without lane lines. Having pre-ridden the course on Friday, he had a good bike time on the “awesome trail” (however the results for his two splits were missed).

Within five minutes of unloading bikes on arrival on Friday, Dylan fell with the bike and injured his wrist. The Xterra rep later gave Dylan an Xterra shirt as a reward for his impressive scrapes. He was well enough to pre-ride on Saturday and then race Sunday’s MTB event, his first as a Beginner.

These races were timed by Gone Riding, so the times on the MTB race are in minutes followed a hundred-based fraction of a minute.  The Xterra times are converted to normal times.

XTERRA TRIATHLON:            
Place TtlDiv Lname Fname Swim Bike Run Time  Class
1 1 EVANS CRAIG 10:27 47:31 29:49 1:27:47 Pro
5 12 LEACH DUANE 16:57 59:01 41:03 1:57:01 45-49
13 17 YEAGER JEFF     48:36 2:19:55 40-44
MTB RACE:              
Place TtlDiv     Lap1 Lap2 Lap3 Time Class
2 11 EVANS CRAIG 46.68 47.69 50.79 145.16 Exp. 19-29
12 18 GREER DUSTIN 48.49 48.51 50.72 147.42 Pro
16 22 LEACH DUANE 60.02 63.31   123.33 Sport 40-49
9 11 YEAGER JEFF 74.60     74.60 Beg. 40-49
13 15 YEAGER DYLAN 78.43     78.43 Jr. 11-14

Craig Evans won the Xterra race handily over 2nd place Bruce Gennari in the 1/2-mile swim/11-mile MTB/5-mi. run event. This picture of Bruce and Craig shows how much of a lead in the water they had.

Jerry Miracle placed 5th and Gale Moore, 6th in their respective age groups at the Country Music Half Marathon on April 26. There were 21,398 participants running in this race alongside the 4373 full marathoners. The following local participants are in order of age grade which is a percentage comparison to the best runners worldwide in the respective age and sex.

FName LName Age Sex ChipTime DivPl Ttldiv Pace AgeGrade
Gale Moore 48 F 1:44:07 6 1133 7:57 71.8%
Jerry Miracle 60 M 1:49:21 5 222 8:21 66.9%
Tiffany Hill 39 F 1:44:59 48 2051 8:01 64.9%
Melanie White 47 F 1:55:43 53 1133 8:50 63.8%
Steve Hoelscher 59 M 1:57:17 60 402 8:57 61.8%
Charles Norman 54 M 1:55:28 115 627 8:49 60.0%
Kimberly Heyning 38 F 1:53:00 137 2051 8:38 59.9%
Larry Woody 53 M 1:55:45 120 627 8:50 59.4%
Floyd White 44 M 1:48:36 145 935 8:18 58.6%
Lucy Kuykendall 27 F 1:52:58 208 2950 8:38 58.3%
Ashlee Claytor 30 F 1:58:55 300 2269 9:05 55.4%
Lauren Buckner 18 F 2:01:46 404 1978 9:18 54.9%
Philip Barmer 53 M 2:05:25 214 627 9:34 54.8%
Stephanie Robinette 38 F 2:03:56 343 2051 9:28 54.6%
Stacey Connelly 31 F 2:01:17 358 2269 9:16 54.4%
Heather Mullen 26 F 2:02:23 549 2950 9:21 53.8%
Jennifer Fleming 33 F 2:03:17 419 2269 9:25 53.7%
John Stelter 24 M 1:51:17 224 700 8:30 53.2%
John Davidson 47 M 2:06:01 388 828 9:37 51.8%
Jennifer Hultgren 35 F 2:09:16 479 2051 9:52 51.6%
Mark Smith 27 M 1:55:56 502 1385 8:51 51.1%
Joe Paterniti 52 M 2:14:00 289 627 10:14 50.8%
Chesney Shand 32 F 2:09:57 632 2269 9:55 50.8%
Sarah Cook 31 F 2:10:40 654 2269 9:59 50.5%
William Handy 59 M 2:23:54 192 402 10:59 50.4%
Jackie Sullivan 24 F 2:12:14 807 1978 10:06 49.8%
Carolyn Davis 28 F 2:12:41 1034 2950 10:08 49.6%
Brittany Mealer 21 F 2:14:23 884 1978 10:15 49.0%
William Holden 38 M 2:04:01 578 1249 9:28 49.0%
Amanda Farmer 27 F 2:14:34 1148 2950 10:16 48.9%
Ashley Pratt 33 F 2:16:06 844 2269 10:23 48.6%
Teresa Matthews 49 F 2:36:05 465 1133 11:55 48.5%
Bronwen Pope 32 F 2:17:28 891 2269 10:30 48.0%
Courtney Alexander 27 F 2:22:32 1531 2950 10:53 46.2%
Jacob Bolton 21 M 2:09:20 480 700 9:52 46.0%
Willa Hagan 54 F 2:55:32 364 789 13:24 46.0%
Ann Mullen 51 F 2:49:58 308 789 12:58 45.7%
Kimberly Willis 51 F 2:50:34 313 789 13:01 45.5%
Hayni Blue 53 F 2:56:28 375 789 13:28 45.2%
Keith Davis 31 M 2:12:13 788 1283 10:06 44.8%
Noelle Willingham 33 F 2:32:24 1348 2269 11:38 43.4%
Amy Maguire 36 F 2:35:27 1187 2051 11:52 43.1%
Jessica Jones 28 F 2:33:35 1939 2950 11:43 42.9%
Shelli Golden 38 F 2:38:10 1226 2051 12:04 42.8%
Tommy Hight Jr 47 M 2:34:48 645 828 11:49 42.2%
Daniel Johns 28 M 2:21:40 1053 1385 10:49 41.8%
Jim Matthews 51 M 2:42:34 465 627 12:25 41.5%
Pamela Jones 50 F 3:08:54 448 789 14:25 40.6%
Leanne Whitehead 48 F 3:04:59 733 1133 14:07 40.4%
Shannon Stofel 37 F 2:47:19 1397 2051 12:46 40.2%
Terry Sullivan 51 M 2:51:42 502 627 13:06 39.3%
Susan Haban 57 F 3:35:05 319 440 16:25 39.1%
Joie McMeen 48 F 3:18:27 840 1133 15:09 37.7%
Lynette Sullivan 47 F 3:19:20 850 1133 15:13 37.0%
Meagan Featherstone 42 F 3:11:13 1087 1450 14:36 36.5%
Kathy Momany 48 F 3:32:47 945 1133 16:14 35.1%
Debra Phillips 48 F 3:32:47 946 1133 16:14 35.1%
Deborah Johns 51 F 3:42:49 680 789 17:00 34.8%
Lindsey Jones 25 F 3:08:55 2614 2950 14:25 34.8%
Andy Haban 61 M 3:35:05 200 222 16:25 34.4%
Amber Bardwell 22 F 3:13:50 1844 1978 14:48 34.0%
Roxanne Worthy 47 F 3:48:53 1040     32.3%
Tina Marcy 36 F 3:30:53 1847 2051 16:06 31.8%
Jamey Schmidt 25 F 3:28:32 2784 2950 15:55 31.6%
Marcus Davis 26 M 3:09:39 1325 1385 14:28 31.2%
Jill Dahrens 36 F 3:36:22 1882 2051 16:31 30.9%
Adam Hileman 20 M 3:14:52 682 700 14:52 30.7%
Stephanie Borden 30 F 3:37:43 2129 2269 16:37 30.2%
Stacie Finley 30 F 3:38:01 2135 2269 16:38 30.2%
Melissa Cromer 37 F 3:46:32 1948 2051 17:17 29.7%
Daniel Marcy 41 M 3:30:52 908 935 16:06 29.5%
Cara Henson 29 F 3:58:13 2916 2950 18:11 27.6%
Tom Dahrens 34 M 3:36:22 1253 1283 16:31 27.5%
Jason Sutherland 23 M 3:58:10 699 700 18:11 24.9%

Of the Columbia area runners at the Country Music full marathon (26.2-mi.) on April 26, 2008, Ray Garrett came out on top in terms of age grade. An “Age Grade” is assigned to runners based on how they compare to the best runners in their respective age in their sex. Garrett had a goal of beating Oprah’s marathon time. He did that by 15 minutes. The results website lists 4373 participants in the 26.2-mile event. The following are in order of his or her respective age grade.  These have also been added to the Marathon Stats Page—>

FName LName Age Sex Time DivPl Ttldiv Pace
Ray Garrett 53 M 4:15:41 83 210 9:46
Takeyoshi Nagaoka 38 M 4:01:29 157 404 9:13
Alida Jacob 30 F 4:32:30 151 327 10:24
Nathan Scaife 38 M 4:21:43 236 404 9:59
Laurie Pewitt 30 F 4:53:36 213 327 11:12
Loraine Baker 56 F 6:25:12 30 36 14:42
Christian Cahill 37 M 4:39:58 290 404 10:41
Monya Hunter 39 F 5:26:19 217 265 12:27
Travis McKnight 34 M 4:53:07 326 427 11:11
Samantha Whitwell 34 F 5:25:26 275 327 12:25
Melissa Meador 37 F 5:37:10 226 265 12:52
Blake Gilbreath 33 M 6:05:43 421 427 13:57

On April 30, 2008, Columbia Cycling Club members raced at the White Lightning Cross Country (MTB) race.  The 11.3-mile course at Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky offers a good variety.  Wood N Wave hosted the race and it is a part of the TBRA series this year.

Name Place Class Time
Tom Spence 4th Expert 30-39 3:02:19
Bill Moore 4th Expert 19-29 3:07:06
Todd Clifton 5th Expert 40-49 3:16:02
2 LAPS:
Corey Blair 4th Single Speed 2:00:35
Francis Fessler 2nd Sport 40-49 2:08:31
Angela Brown 1st Sport 30-39 F 2:44:26

Kenny Marshall experience mechanical difficulties at this race.

On April 19, Columbia Cycling Club members raced at Wood N Wave’s White Lighting Time Trial MTB competition.  This year’s race was included as a Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association (TBRA) event even though it was located in Kentucky at Land Between the Lakes. 

Name Place Class Time
Bill Moore 3rd Expert 19-29 10:42
Francis Fessler 2nd Sport 40-49 10:54
Corey Blair 3rd Single Speed 10:58
Todd Clifton 2nd Expert 40-49 10:59
Kenny Marshall 1st Expert 50+ 10:59
Tom Spence 2nd Expert 30-39 11:00
Angela Brown 1st Sport 30-39 F 14:39

Robert Hendon, 36, of Nashville won Culleoka’s first 5K on April 19, 2008 in a time of 19:31 (6:18 pace).  A Google search on Hendon seems to indicate that he very rarely races. 

The second and third runners struggled with the nasty hill at the end of this event. Tommy Nettleton of Columbia briefly stopped to puke on the hill and Roger Brady of Murfreesboro just briefly stopped.  Tommy passed him at this point and heard him say, “What am I doing?” and he took off again, passing Tommy back, and getting second place overall (Tommy third).

The overall female winner, Jamiee Renolds, is from Culleoka and is on the PTA Board that hosted the race. She posted a time of 24:24 (7:52 pace).  Jamiee ran the Fun Run afterwards pushing her two small kids in a double stroller.

I’ll post some pictures when I get them in.  Full Results are posted here on a Page in the right column—->

Dials first at CCC 15K

Jamie and Wendi Dial of Franklin were the overall winners at CCC’s second annual 15K Trail Run on March 29, 2008.  Jamie’s time of 58:30 is a pace of 6:17 per mile.  Wendi’s time was 1:07:04.  She was fourth overall, meaning, there were only two males between Jamie and Wendi.  

This isn’t the first time the Dials have been up front at a Chickasaw Trace Park race. The two were the first place mixed team in the 2005 Jailbreak.  Wendi received the award for the fastest individual female. Jamie was second fastest male.

As soon as I get the cities of the participants from the director, I’ll post some more local participation results here.  Full results

Overall winner at Mule Day Kick 5K 2008Central High School’s cross country and track coach, Bill Fanning, couldn’t keep up with his younger brother, Scott Fanning of Lebanon TN, at the Mule Day Kick 5K on April 5, 2008. Scott placed first with a course record time of 16:42 and a pace of 5:24/mile. Bill came in fourth overall with a time of 17:36. Scott Fanning is in top condition recently winning the open male division of the Tennessee Run the Parks point series.

Central High’s cross country and track star, Michael Wood, came in four seconds behind Scott Fanning. Last year’s overall winner, Brandon Harmon, ran 1.5 minutes faster than last year, but settled for third this year. Anna Kate Chance came within about 10 feet of repeating a win at the young age of 13. However she was overtaken at the finish line. See blog entry with pictures of the pass below.

The race was blessed with a record 430 registered runners and walkers, 100 more than our previous best. Nashville Striders did the chip timing, and this year the Striders included this race in their Grand Prix point series. This is like a big invitation to all middle Tennessee fast runners. Twenty-four runners appeared to come for this reason and populated some of the top spots. Nonetheless some of our locals placed very well. Here are the top six males and females from the Columbia area:  (Full results)

Overall Name In Age Age Time Pace
2 Michael Wood 1 18 16:48 5:25
3 Brandon Harman 1 22 16:52 5:27
4 Bill Fanning 1 39 17:36 5:41
8 Tommy Nettleton 1 47 19:05 6:10
13 Kelly Powell 1 52 20:10 6:31
16 Mark Seago 2 38 20:42 6:41
Overall Females
2 Anna Kate Chance 1 13 21:24 6:54
5 Jessica Rodgers 1 18 22:57 7:25
8 Stephanie Robinette 1 38 23:12 7:29
11 Kim Heyning 3 37 24:02 7:45
12 Jenny Adcox 2 33 24:08 7:47
14 Carrie Moran 3 33 24:22 7:52

Thirteen year-old Anna Kate Chance of Columbia was leading the 8th annual Mule Day Kick 5k right up to within about three yards of the finish line. Chance won this race last year as a 12 year-old. With one-tenth of a mile to go, 26 year-old Christine Blundred of Brentwood, TN, was about 50 yards behind and charging hard. Although locals were screaming of the charging Blundred, Chance was not able to pull it out. The pass came only a few feet ahead of the finish line as depicted in these pictures. Congratulations to the Miss Blundred. We can see from her face that she worked hard for the win.  Full Results

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