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The 2005 YMCA Winter
Classic 10K was held in Ocean Springs on Saturday, January
29, with 136 people completing the 10K and 5 participating
in the one-mile run. After a few instructions from Leonard
Vergunst, someone gave the signal for us to start. Cameron
Vincent and Leonard ran together for almost the entire race,
but the forty-nine year old winner of the Mississippi
Marathon took over near the end and edged out sixteen year
old Cameron by 21 seconds to take the win. Amy Hunt was the
female winner. Jennifer Bustin and Timothy McDaniel were the
Masters winners. Tony's favorite Gulf Coast runner, Ed
Wheeler, and Gail Bishop were the Grand Masters winners.
Phillip Wedgeworth was the only local person to travel to
Ocean Springs, and he finished sixteenth overall and second
in his age group. After the race several people were asking
about Jerry Worley and wondering why he didn't come down for
the race since he did so well last year. Guy Truett, who
recently ran the Dublin (that is in Ireland) Marathon, and
Timothy McDaniel seem to be the two major members of the
"Jerry Worley" fan club. After the race, we had fruit,
biscuits and jelly, coffee, hot chocolate, Gatorade, and
water. Possibly the best after race item was the
availability of showers for us to use. This is just one of
many quality races put on by the Gulf Coast Running Club.
Much thanks to everyone who helped. Any organization that
can get Bob Clark to work hard enough to be named "Race
Worker of the Year" must have good leadership.
Results are linked.
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