2017 Features Archives Index

By David Yon A brisk morning and the opportunity to color your own shirt made the 15th annual Flash 12K unique. Those who have followed this race know that race directors Joe and Nadine Dexter supply runners with a t-shirt that features a different version...

American Legion Hall By Martha Haynes (Click hyperlinked award for text of presentation.)Tears of joy turned effortlessly into peals of laughter as the 2002 Annual Awards were presented at the American Legion Hall Thursday night, Jan. 30. Annual award...

The Mountain Mist 50K, Huntsville, Alabama By Jeffery S. Bryan The Mountain Mist 50K race flyer said it all: "Expect anything." And anything is what we got. Just north of Birmingham on Friday afternoon, Gary Griffin and I started to see dustings of snow on...

By David Yon Temperatures dipped below twenty degrees on a few thermometers as Larry Mengelkock and Jane Johnson captured the men and women's titles in the first GWTC race of the year. Larry took the long lonely route to victory building a big lead over...

Come and honor your fellow runners (or give them a chance to honor you!) at the Annual Awards Ceremony Thursday, January 15 at the American Legion Hall near Lake Ella. Happy hour will be from 7 - 7:30 pm. The awards presentation will begin promptly at 7:30...

By David Yon We all know the "Wild" in the name of this event is to make sure we don't forget former GWTC member Ed Wild. However, there is a common perception that the "Mountain" in the Wild Mountain Scramble refers to a stretch of trail in the national...

By David Yon More than ten years ago GWTC tested the idea that moving one of its races to Thanksgiving Day might help the race recover from declining attendance and other problems. It was not an easy decision as many people travel, while others have family...

By David Yon On a cool gray morning while many runners remained in bed Tim Unger and Lisa Whitworth led the Veterans Day Classic 10K winning the men and women's titles in times of 36:05 and 44:25, respectively. Tim Unger led the whole way and won...

Women's Distance Festival, By David YonIt is a special sight watching 124 women take off on their own 5k quest - many with a goal to make sure that none of the men starting 10 minutes behind them catch up. Most succeeded in that goal as they all joined the...

Pine Run 2002, By David YonA warm day reinforced one of the harsh lessons of Pine Run. If you fail to respect this beautiful course, you will pay a heavy price. International Paper, Oak City Runners Club and GWTC celebrated the 25th anniversary of the...

David Yon Bonnie Wright knew she had some big shoes to fill when she agreed to take over the very successful GWTC social activities program from Sarah Docter-Williams. However instead of shrinking from the challenge, she put together an outstanding run of...

Prefontaine 5K,David Yon You of course have heard that old expression - "sell your soul to the devil for…"? Well, I count the gremlins as much better allies. Race director Jeff Nielsen was investigating a report that Jim Phillips was paid a six pack of...

By David Yon Running and music can mix quite superbly as the 2002 edition of Fall Fest demonstrated. Jim McSoley (30:48) and Carrie Weyant (35:37) brought the crowd to its feet with winning performances in the Five mile run, while Crooked Shooz and Pam...

By Bob Braman The Lady Seminoles accomplished their goal at last weekend's Great American Classic cross country race by beating several nationally ranked teams. Enroute to a 13th place finish (out of 26 teams) the ladies also knocked off three key NCAA...

By Coach Bob Braman After a low-key opening meet at Appalachian State University where both the men and women's cross country teams finished third, the Seminoles returned home for their annual showdown with the Gators. Unlike the first meet, where the...

By Jeff Bryan Yesterday in Brooksville, Florida, the RRCA held the Southeastern Regional 50K Championship. It was a day when most sane people were inside enjoying the benefits of their air conditioning units and sucking down large quantities of Ben &...

Click for complete results. Tim Unger and Jane Johnson lead the pack Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Music Mania 8K.

David Yon Friday night in Zurich at one of the years hottest meets world record holder Hicham El Guerrouj ran the 1500 in 3:26.89, the fifth-fastest time in history for the metric mile distance. I will argue that this is the toughest event in track or...

Bill McGuire Lightning lit up the nearly black skies, and winds gusted at 20-30 mph as approximately 200 runners gathered Saturday evening to warm up for the 2002 version of the Critter Run in Dothan. But somehow, the storm held off and the roads were dry...

By David Yon The heavens opened up for the Fifth Annual Great Pot Luck Bash and Open Mike Social and the skies let go a deluge of rain, laughter and good will. As the race starter yelled, "on your mark, get set, go" the falling rain intensified assuring...