Northside’s Wainwright among Goose Creek run winners

Published 9:36 pm Monday, November 11, 2024

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Runners participated in four different competitions at last Saturday’s Goose Creek Trail Run & Hike at Goose Creek State Park.

Participants took part in a 10K hike, 10K trail race, half marathon trail race and 50K trail race. Runners came from all over Eastern North Carolina with several from Beaufort County winning and doing well.

10K hike

Jacob Petty of Greenville won the race in 1:17.43.99, beating out 21 other runners. The rest of the runners to complete the top five were:

2. Macie Williford, Oxford, 1:35.32.10

3. Tanya Hiller, Greensboro, 1:42.29.14

4. Micky Haywood, Greensboro, 1:42.31.75

5. Julie Linder, Blounts Creek, 1:45.11.08

10K trail race

Blake Wainwright of Northside High School, who lives in Bath, won the race in 46:27.22 to best Samantha Karwacki of Bethlehem, Pa. (47:31.27). The other runners to finish out the top five included Charlie Justice, the former ECU track coach, who came in at 47:46.29. The rest of the top five were:

4. Dawson Williford, Oxford, 49:35.54

5. Owen Chrisman, Washington, 52:06.27

Half marathon

Micah McKinney of Greenville took home first place in 44:04. He beat out Rocky Mount’s Mauricio Morales (50:15) for top honors. Other runners in the top five were:

3. Joseph Jernigan, Dunn, 50:41

4. Dustin Easley, no city listed, 52:58

5. Ray Butts, Dunn, 52:18

50K run

Aaron Gerlach of Greenville completed the race in 4:20.22.49. The rest of the top five included:

2. James Norris, Benson, 4:25.49.62

3. Seth McDaniel, Dayton, Ohio, 4:54.25.31

4. Stephen Ball, Newport, 4:55.12.61

5. Kevin Closson, Rolesville, 5:14.41.92

Click here for a link to all of the results.