Swampers 5K Results

The Swampers 5K took place in Muscle Shoals Saturday, April 25 with 381 finishers.
The Top 3 male finishers were:
Josh Whitehead, 30, Madiosn, 16:09
Hirbo Hirbo, 22, Russellville, 16:21
Robert Whitaker,50, Owens Crossroads, 18:44

The Top 3 females were:
Lilli Mook, 20, Florence, 20:30
Ari Stephenson, 17, Moulton, 22:29
Samantha Black, 14, Moulton, 22:45

Female Master was Pam Berry, 52, Hartselle, 24:51
Male Master was David McKinney, 50, Baldwyn, MS, 19:45
Female Grand Master was Jan Woods, 60, Savannah, TN, 26:02
Dewayne Key, 60, Moulton, 20:14

NAR finishers include:
Bert Gangl, 44, Madison, 20:19 first in AG
Joey Butler, 40, Madison, 20:30 second in AG
Bud Bowen, 59, Elkmont, 20:31 first in AG
Ronnie Nelson, 47, Madison, 20:38 second in AG
Glen King, 48, Athens, 21:15 third in AG
Auburn Wilson, 47, Killen, 23:04
James Cheek, 37, Hamilton, 26:11
Joy Harbin, 51, Muscle Shoals, 31:14 third in AG
Jessica Dunnavant, 43, Athens, 35:11
Phillip Jhin, 45, Muscle Shoals, 40:35
Tina Jhin, 39, Muscle Shoals, 46:04

Click here for complete AG results.

The Swampers 1-miler boasted an astounding 304 finishers.

Top 3 Males were:
Jonah Casteel, 14, Muscle Shoals, 5:50.69
Slaton Zills, 15, Muscle Shoals, 5:55.44
Andrew Duff, 14, Florence, 5:59.51

Top 3 Females were:
Cassidy Russell, 9, Tuscumbia, 7:18.46
Victoria Schafer, 10, Florence, 7:22.66
Olivia Johnson, 15, Muscle Shoals, 7:51.08

NAR finishers in the 1-miler include:
Braden Jhin, 8, Muscle Shoals, 8:11.87
Kimberly West, 26, Athens, 8:19.95
Daylon Jhin, 10, Muscle Shoals, 11:28.52

Click here for complete 1-miler results.

Little Red School House 5K Results

The Little Red School House 5K took place Saturday, April 18 in Florence with 52 finishers.
Josh Whitehead, 30, of Moulton took the overall win with a 16:28 finish.
Cheryl Self, 39, of Muscle Shoals was the women's winner in 22:51.
Click here for full AG results.
In this race, awards were presented to the top 3 overall male and female so rounding that out are
Males:
Nathan Graham, 35 Moulton, 19:26
Stacey Lemay, 46 Florence, 20:21
Females:
Jamie Bragwell, 46 Florence, 24:39
Cyndi Foster, 29, Athens, 26:40

NAR finishers include:

Gabriel Belue, 24, Athens, 20:26 (first in AG)
Andrew Bailey, 47, Harvest, 21:33 (male masters winner)
Justin Watson, 12, Athens, 22:19 (first in AG)
Auburn Wilson, 47, Killen, 22:58 (first in AG)
Jeff Webster, 42, Athens, 28:31
Rese Stevens, 27, Athens, 30:06
Jessica Dunnavant, 43, Athens,32:38 (first in AG)
Kellie Belue, 26, Anderson, 33:35
Jaci Burgess, 31, Anderson, 37:41 (first in AG)
Vanessa Freeman, 52, Anderson, 38:44 (first in AG)
Audrey Belue 24, Anderson, 39:14 (first in AG)

The event also featured a one-mile fun run with 41 finishers.

NAR finishers in the one-miler include:

Noah Watson, 11, Athens, 7:12.06
Mickey Watson, 14, Athens, 7:15.32
Mandy McConnell, 38, Anderson, 11:27.67
Georgia McConnell, 9, Anderson, 11:44.76
Diane Jackson, 63, Anderson, 14:35.07
Renae Smith, 26, Athens, 17:46.17
Robyn McElyea, 25, Elkmont, 17:46.44

Boston!

Click here to go to the Boston Athletic Association results search page for the 2009 Boston Marathon, held Monday, April 20. You can find the 66 Alabama finishers by filling out only the "state" criteria. ALSO: Be sure to scroll to the bottom and change the results limit to at least 100 if you want to find all 66 state finishers.

North Alabama has quite a showing among Boston 2009 finishers!
Let's take a look:

Todd White, 44, Huntsville, 2:46:41
Dink Taylor, 43, Hampton Cove, 2:50:55
Zachary Koch, 23, Huntsville, 2:51:11
Eric Charette, 33, Huntsville, 2:56:17
Donald Bowman, 41, Madison, 2:58:11
Jim Clemens, 41, Madison, 2:58:42
Edward Blankenship, 44, Madison, 3:18:18
Sandy Lynch, 39, Florence, 3:18:56
John Aiken, 56, Florence, 3:28:51
Paige Dorr, 31, Decatur, 3:31:23
Emily Johnson, 29, Huntsville, 3:34:29
Kimberly Whitman, 38, Cullman, 3:44:10
Jeff Hager, 46, Madison, 3:53:14
Craig Kelly, 60, Huntsville, 3:54:12
Dorothy Holder, 38, Huntsville, 4:02:39
Melissa Booth, 38, Madison, 4:08:19
Wayne Manord, 60, Cullman, 4:09:44
Tom Smith, 55, Hampton Cove, 4:17:58

Woohoo! Applause, applause, applause, applause!

Cookie Dash 5K Results

The Cookie Dash 5K (formerly the ReCreation 5K) took place in Huntsville Saturday, April 18 with 413 finishers. Click here for age-group results.
Overall winner was David Purinton, 41, of Huntsville, 17:22.
Overall female was Candace Jacobs, 28, of Huntsville, 18:48.
Marty Clark, 47, of Huntsville was male master in 17:48 and
Whitney Hollingsworth, 45, of Elkmont was female master in 21:25.

Limestone/NAR finishers included:

Eric Patterson, 36, of Athens, 19:26 (second in AG) click here for Eric's Cookie Dash blog entry
Bud Bowen, 59, of Elkmont, 20:34 (first in AG)
Linda Scavarda, 25, of Toney, 20:50 (first in AG)
Joey Butler, 40, of Madison, 20:51 (second in AG)
Glen King, 48, of Athens, 22:04
Phillip Stewart, 53, of Athens, 22:42
Tammy Hull, 35, of Athens, 22:48 (2nd in AG)
John Thacker, 30, of Athens, 23:17
Wendell Sandlin, 66, of Madison, 24:55 (1st in AG)
Jennifer Pitts, 28, of Tanner, 25:16
David Fanning, 45, of Athens, 25:57
Sara Shults, 22, of Athens, 26:30 (2nd in AG)
Elizabeth Scavarda, 23, of Toney, 27:50
Mike McCammon, 47, of Athens, 28:15
Bill Chubb, 77, of Harvest, 28:15 (2nd in AG)
Brian Merriweather, 38, of Huntsville, 28:19
Susan Sims, 34, of Athens, 30:24
Lyman Jackson, 77, of Madison, 30:40
Jonnie Johnson, 28, of Athens, 31:56
Laura Carey, 27, of Athens, 32:26
Christy Marchel, 40, of Harvest, 33:05
Amy Duncan, 32, of Harvest, 34:01
Sharon Connealy, 47, of Athens, 35:16
Lacey Miller, 21, of Athens, 41:32
Wendy Owens, 37, of Athens, 41:46
Denice Hargrove, 35, of Athens, 41:49

Senior-most finisher was Gene Simonson, 84, of Huntsville, 42:53
Junior-most finisher was Casey Whisenant 3, of Huntsville, 1:00:16

3M River City 10K Results

The 3M River City 10K took place April 11 in Decatur with 248 finishers.

David Riddle, 27, of Huntsville, took first place in 32:04.8
Marty Clarke, 47, of Huntsville, took the male masters title in 36:50.7
Robert Whitaker, 50, of Hampton Cove, was male grand master in 38:49.0
Emily Hardin, 25, of Madison, was the first female in 37:36.0
Madelyn Patton, 46, of Madison, took the female master title in 44:57.7
Ovella Jesse, 51, of Hampton Cove was female grand master in 47:23.6

Click here for AG results.

North Alabama Runner finishers include:

Tyrone Harris, 29, of Athens, 33:30.4 (1st in AG; 3rd overall)
Eric Charette, 33, of Huntsville, 34:54.6 (2nd in AG; 5th overall)
Eric Patterson, 36, of Athens, 40:57.7 (2nd in AG; 24th overall)
Tim McNeill, 38, of Athens, 46:52.6
Tom Holt, 43, of Athens, 44:23.5
Barry Pugh, 41, of Elkmont, 45:20.4
David Quinn, 43, of Athens, 46:51.5
Mark Swanner, 40, of Athens, 48:12.4
Glen King, 48, of Athens, 44:06.2
John Ricci, 48, of Madison, 44:36.8
Chip Patton, 46, of Madison, 48:06.2
Tim Fogg, 47, of Athens, 49:37.2
Phillip Stewart, 53, of Athens, 46:49.4
Denny Thornton, 55, of Athens, 45:19.6 (3rd in AG; 59th overall)
Tom Smith, 55, of Hampton Cove, 47:59.4
Ronnie Dukes, 60, of Decatur, 55:48.0
Wendell Sandlin, 66, of Madison, 51:39.7 (1st in AG; 110 overall)

Senior-most finisher was Frank Key, 78, of Madison, 1:29:41.2
Junior-most finisher was Gavin Donald, 9, of Huntsville, 1:08:14.5