2011 Harvest Run Results 1/2 Marathon - Female 1 Katie Dunn, Flowery Branch 1:43:25 2 Loraine Hillard, Flowery Branch 1:48:07 3 Corinne Loomis, Marietta 1:51:18 4 Rebecca Stuart, Hayesville NC 1:52:34 5 Becky Dyer, Blairsville 1:57:28 6 Shelby Sisk, Eastanollee 2:03:18 7 Menley McPhaul, B'gham AL 2:12:50 8 Thuy-Linh Tran, Alvin TX 2:14:40 9 Marie Cline, Blairsville 2:17:52 10 Stephanie Loomis, Marietta 2:32:52 11 Gaye Orisini, Marietta 2:33:31 12 Lisa Howard, Blairsville 2:52:21 1/2 Marathon - Male 1 Blake Beardon, Ball Ground 1:31:03 2 Greg Childs, Murphy NC 1:34:01 3 Ricardo Acevedo, S Clara CA 1:41:53 4 Eric Rigoli, Beaufort SC 1:49:29 5 Jerrod Poppe, Beaufort SC 1:56:33 6 -Stawart Reitmire, Beaufort SC 2:21:15 7 Dan Vining, Demorest 2:03:44 8 Kevin Layne, Okatie SC 2:05:11 9 Brian Baker, Linton IN 2:10:25 10 Steve McPhaul, Birg'ham AL 2:12:52 11 Nathan Osterc, Morganton 2:16:45 12 Joseph Miller, Okatie SC 2:26:02 13 James Kowalski, Blairsville 2:32:26 5K Race - Female 1 Shawnda Martin, Fontana Dam 21:52 2 Sharon Arnold, Blairsville 23:05 3 Alyssa Arnold, Blairsville 24:12 4 Stephanie Phelps, Marietta 24:30 5 Kim Rhodes, Morganton 26:06 6 Kimberly Clark, Macon 27:57 7 Kim Hamer, Young Harris 28:23 8 Nikki Shamblin, Morganton 28:25 9 Natalee Palmer, Murphy NC 28:35 10 Judie Kean, Blairsville 28:36 11 Aladriel Arnold, Blairsville 30:09 12 Angie Pollard, Blairsville 30:24 13 Laura Sisk, Eastonollee 30:25 14 Karen Matthews, Young Harris 30:26 15 Sheri Hardin, Hiawassee 30:36 16 Sue Griffin, Morganton 30:51 17 Victoria Newell, Blairsville 31:05 18 Karen Matthews, Young Harris 31:39 19 Candice Gaston, Duluth 31:56 20 Connie Huff, Morganton 33:22 21 Kandace Murphy, Toccoa 33:53 22 Nicky Stepp, Blairsville 34:12 23 Susanne Wise, Hayesville NC 34:29 24 Pat Tomczyk, Blairsville 34:42 25 Lynda Kozlowski, Parma OH 34:57 26 BJ Foster, Blairsville 35:13 27 Caty Loomis, Marietta 35:49 28 Jennifer Gibby, Mount Airy 35:51 29 Judi Rhodes, Blairsville 36:42 30 Susan Atwell, Blairsville 37:57 31 Jamie Jones, Blairsville 38:22 32 Tammy Vaughun, Blairsville 38:22 33 Susan Deryke, Morganton 38:50 34 Corma McCranie, Blairsville 39:00 35 Linda Dodge, Morganton 42:15 36 Peggy Drennan, Buford 42:54 37 Catherine Williams, Blairsville 42:56 38 Haley Grizzle, Blairsville 51:22 39 Isabella Pollard, Blairsville 51:22 5K Race - Male 1 Frank Cline, Robbinsville NC 17:30 2 Irvin Portugual, Robbinsville NC 18:11 3 Jeremy Webb, Blairsville 18:38 4 Alex Drost, Blairsville 19:46 5 Kevin Barger, Dawsonville 20:36 6 Collin Griggs, Blairsville 21:45 7 Hunter Childs, Murphy NC 22:18 8 Russell Shannon, Blairsville 22:19 9 Don Cummings, Blairsville 22:33 10 Aaron Stafford, Blairsville 22:47 11 Jensen Brovon, Young Harris 22:54 12 Scott Freeman, Sylva NC 24:02 13 Justin Davenport, Blairsville 24:07 14 Brian Wilson, Hiawassee 24:10 15 Bob Buckner, Blairsville 24:42 16 Calvin Peters, Marietta 25:29 17 Al Granto, Blairsville 25:41 18 Wally Smith, Flowery Branch 25:50 19 Greg Abernathy, Epworth 25:56 20 Don Burkett, Mineral Bluff 25:59 21 Rob Raff, Orlando FL 26:33 22 Dave Arnold, Blairsville 26:48 23 Aaron Groves, Blairsville 27:20 24 George Roberson, Morganton 27:23 25 Randy Reagan, Dawsonville 27:34 26 Scott Rich, Blairsville 27:54 27 Murphy Miller, Young Harris 27:57 28 Gregory Williams, Blairsville 28:03 29 Russell Brauskopf, Blairsville 28:18 30 Mitchell Owenby, Blairsville 29:34 31 Jim Phelps, Marietta 30:04 32 Brian Williams, Blairsville 31:44 33 Ron Tomczyk, Blairsville 32:25 34 Kevin Barger, Dawsonville 34:20 35 Kieth Prentice, Young Harris 34:55 36 Brian Loomis, Marietta 35:48 37 Steve Jones, Blairsville 39:12 38 Mike Vaughn, Blairsville 39:12 1/2 Marathon Overall Female Male 1st Place Katie Dunn Blake Beardon 2nd Place Loraine Hillard Greg Childs 3rd Place Corinne Loomis Ricardo Acevedo 5K Race Overall Female Male 1st Place Shawnda Martin Frank Cline 2nd Place Sharon Arnold Irvin Portugual 3rd Place Alyssqa Arnold Jeremy Webb 1/2 Marathon, Age Division, Female Age 1st Place 2nd Place 16-19 Corinne Loomis Shelby Sisk 20-29 Katie Dunn Marie Cline 30-39 Becky Dyer none 40-49 Rebecca Stuart Stephanie Loomis 50-59 Loraine Hillard Gaye Orisini 1/2 Marathon, Age Division, Male Age 1st Place 2nd Place 20-29 Ricardo Acevedo Eric Rigoli 30-39 Blake Beardon Nathan Osterc 40-49 Greg Childs Kevin Lyne 50-59 Steve McPhaul none 60-Up Dan Vining James Kowalski 5K Race, Age Division, Female Age 1st Place 2nd Place 15-Un Shawnda Martin Alyssa Arnold 16-19 Natalee Palmer Victoria Newell 20-29 Stephanie Phelps Candice Gaston 30-39 Kim Hamer Angie Pollard 40-49 Sharon Arnold Kimberly Clark 50-59 Kim Rhodes Sue Griffin 60-Up Judie Kean BJ Foster 5K Race, Age Division, Female Age 1st Place 2nd Place 15-Un Frank Cline Hunter Childs 16-19 Irvin Portugual Jeremy Webb 20-29 Collin Griggs Brian Wilson 30-39 Russell Shannon Scott Freeman 40-49 Al Granto Rob Raff 50-59 Don Cummings Bob Buckner 60-Up Don Burkett Ron Romczyk NEGA Harvest Run 2011 5K Female Overall & age division winners NEGA Harvest Run 2011 5K Male Overall & age division winners NEGA Harvest Run 2011 1/2M Male Overall & age division winners NEGA Harvest Run 20111/2M Female Overall & age division winners negarun.com Running one of the most scenic running race routes in the entire southeastern United States, the Northeast Georgia Harvest Run 2011 reached a record number of participants in the event that featured a 1/2 Marathon, 5K Road Race, and a 1-mile fun walk in Union County - Blairsville. The start and finish line for each event was in Meeks Park, the site for the 5th race in a series of NEGA runs that began in the Fall 2009. Runners from the All Marine Corps Airstation (Beaufort, SC) were part of the 122 participants. The 1st Place runners were: Blake Beardon in the 1/2 male marathon (1 hour, 31 minutes, 3 seconds - 1:31:03), Katie Dunn in the female 1/2 Marathon (1:45:25), Frank Cline in the male 5K Race (17 min- utes, 30 seconds - 17:30) and Shawnda Martin in the Northeast Georgia Harvest Run 2011 Meeks Park, Blairsville, Union County, Georgia - Sept 24, 2011 female 5K Race (21:52). The runners were from Ball Ground, Flowery Branch, Robbinsville (NC), and Fontana Dam respectively. A Blairsville mother and daughter, Sharon and Alyssa Arnold, took 2nd Place and 3rd Place in the 5K. In the male 5K, Irvin Portugual of Robbinsville was 2nd and Jeremy Webb was 3rd. In the female 1/2 marathon, 2nd Place went to Loraine Hillard of Flowery Branch and 3rd Place was captured by Corinne Loomis of Marietta. In the male 1/2 marathon, Greg Childs of Murphy (NC) took the 2nd Place trophy and Ricardo Acevedo (Marine Corps Airstation) of S. Clara (CA) claimed the 3rd Place trophy. The NEGA Spring Run is the 1st Saturday of April and the NEGA Harvest Run is the 4th Saturday in Sep- tember. By Norm Cooper, Race Director Runners at the beginning fo the 5K Race at the NEGA Harvest Run 2011 Photo/Norm Cooper Platinum Sponsors Union County Recreation Dept Meeks Park Blairsville Gold Sponsors Season's Inn Grace Mountain Builders Aviation Safety Products St. Francis of Assisi Engineering Management Inc. House of Prayer Mens Ministry Mike Kelley Realty Union County Sheriff's Office Silver Sponsors Pat's Hallmark Store Union General Hospital Jones Insurance Agency Papa's Pizza Fatz Cafe Mike's Seafood Support Sponsors Foodland Grocery Union Power Sports Special Thanks to the following NGA Run Committee Union County Recreation Dept Meeks Park Union County Government North Georgia News West Printing Company Commissioner Lamar Paris UC Fire Chief Charles Worden, Capt. Richard Jones UC Sheriff Scott Stephens, Chief Dep. Scott Deyton UC Facilities Director Larry Garrett UC Road Dept. Joe Edwards Tommy Tanner Meeks Park Director Duff Conley Union County Fire & Rescue Union County Road Department Union County Sheriff's Explorers Dept. Juvenile Justice T-Shirt Design - Norm Cooper Northeast Georgia Run Committee Norman Cooper, Crystal Dockery, Scott Nanney, Duff Conley Karen Roxbury, Susie Rose, Alice Patterson, Ron Borr, Rick Landerss, Tony Hodgkins, Ginger Carey, Kristin Stroud NEGA Run Committee [email protected] P.O.Box 2814, Blairsville, Ga 30514 * 706-781-9401 Explorers volunteered at the event Trophies were presented by Union County Sheriff Scott Stephens, Race Director Norman Cooper, Union County Commissioner Lamar Paris, and Meeks Park Director Duff Conley Some of the runners in the 5K race See photo album on neganews.com Selet "Photo Album" then select "Harvest Run 2011" Race listings on the following sites Runners from the All Marine Corps Airstation (Beaufort, SC)