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Around 65 people gathered in
the Southern Miss Gateway to the Longleaf Trace at
9:00am to participate in the first edition of the
“ACCESS Recreation 5K Run/Walk” on Saturday, March
31. Weather conditions were perfect with temperatures
in the 60’s, some wind, and cloudy skies.
After some instructions from Dr. Brent Wolf, the gun went off, and two Hispanic guys jumped out into an early lead (some people said they were two elite international runners coming from a fast race somewhere in Sumrall, MS). They kept the lead for about ¾ of a mile but ran out of gasoline. Then Donald Coats took the lead, closely followed by Leland Davis and Henry Calamari. At the turn-around, point Davis and Calamari took over. At the end Davis beat Calamari to win the race in 20:23. Third place went to Tim Blom, fourth to Donald Coats, and fifth to Pine Belt Pacer Nestor Raul Anzola. The women’s category winner was Lindsay Blom who finished six overall a couple of seconds behind Anzola. In addition to the Fastest Colombian Coach Potato who finished in 21:43, the Pine Belt Pacers were also represented by Kily Marathon-A-Month Garcia who covered the 5K in 22:13 and the PBP Young Runners of the Year, the Gaudet sisters, Cheryl and Rebecca who finished 25th and 26th overall. Their mom, Pine Belt Pacer Shelia Gaudet was also present but being part of the race organizational team.The race was very well
organized by Alpha Epsilon Delta and the USM Recreation
Major’s Association. All profits from the event go to
ACCESS Recreation, an organization within the School of
Human Performance and Recreation at Southern Miss whose goal
is to provide inclusive recreation programs for the
residents in the city of Hattiesburg and the Pine Belt 1. Leland Davis 20M 20:23 2. Henry Calamari 39M 3. Tim Blom 30M 4. Donald Coats 38M 5. Nestor Raul Anzola 42M 21:43 6. Lindsay Blom 29F (First Female Overall) 7. Kily Marathon-A-Month Garcia 33M 22:13 8. Walter McLead 32M 9. Scott Piland 33M 10. Mike Boyd 33M 11. Brad Hoefler 28M 12. Judy Hudson 28F (Second Female) 13. Bruns Clements 52M 14. Jennifer Moore 30F (Third Female) 15. Jerry Griffith 43M 16. Jerry Green 27M 17. Jeff Cook 26M 18. Tent Gould 32M 19. Lighsey Reagan 20F 20. Harley Olner 19M |
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