Fleet Feet Racing Team dominates at Winter Winds
If the snow on Sunday morning would not have been melted by the sun, it would surely would have been after the scorching performances by the Racing Team at the Huntsville Track Club's Winter Winds.
In the 2 mile race, Eric Charette took the lead before the 1/2 mile mark and held on for the overall win. Charette managed a negative split on the rolling hill course, running 5:21 in the first mile and 5:17 in the second mile. Rob Youngren made it very interesting with a surge up the Double Tree Lane hill and finished just two seconds behind for 2nd place. Fleet Feet Racing captured the top 5 overall spots with George DeWitt, Donald Bowman and Kevin Betts finishing 3-4-5.
On the female side. Candace Jacobs broke the 12 minute mark, finishing at 11:59 and taking the overall win by 40 seconds over her nearest competitor.
Racing Team Results
1. Eric Charette - 10:38
2. Rob Youngren - 10:40
3. George DeWitt - 10:48 (State age record by 43 seconds)
4. Donald Bowman - 10:54
5. Kevin Betts - 10:58
10. Candace Jacobs - 11:59
11. Conrad Meyer - 12:07
12. Joe Francica - 12:11
23. Kathy Youngren - 12:49
24. Rick Maehlmann - 12:54
42. Katie Maehlmann - 14:16
49. Joey Butler - 15:02
Official Results
The 4 mile race started just 30 minutes after the 2 mile race started, so runners doubling up had just 15 minutes at most to get ready to race again.
Lucas Sieb of Scottsboro proved to be too much for anyone to handle as he ran away with the victory in 21:14. George DeWitt came back and was top male masters runner, finishing 4h overall. Candace set a state age record with her 25:10, making it a perfect two for two on wins for the day.
Racing Team Results
4. George DeWitt - 22:34 (State Age Record by 2 minutes and 2 seconds)
5. Donald Bowman - 23:07
6. Eric Charette - 23:19
8. David Purinton - 23:19
10. Candace Jacobs - 25:10 (State Age Record by 1 minute and 26 seconds)
15. Conrad Meyer - 26:29
22. Rick Maehlmann - 27:10
36. Katie Maehlmann - 28:49
80. Kathy Youngren - 33:41
81. Joey Butler - 33:41
83. Ron Youngren 33:44
Official Results