Dana Overton and Andrew Bustos put some fire into the Monte Sano State Park trails to win the Frozen Goat 30K Saturday morning.
The veteran trail runners, both of Huntsville, claimed the year’s opening local event with fine times to top the 72-runner field. Running Lane Events put on the event. Running Lane’s next event is Eagle Ridge in February at Guntersville State Park.
Many runners use the Frozen Goat events as a warmup for the 30th Mountain Mist 50K on Jan. 27. Among the trails in both are Sinks, Goat, Mist, McKay Rest Shelter and Death Trail. Mountain Mist has many more, making it one of the toughest and best-known ultras in the country.
Bustos won the overall title in 2:51:04, with Matthew Mullins second in 2:57:56. Adrian Gonzales was just steps behind, for third, in 2:57:59.
Overton won the women’s title in 3:38:20. She was 18th overall. Lindsay Shady was second (19th) in 3:39:19, and Christy Scott was third (23rd) in 3:51:41.
Zachary Rogers was the youngest finisher, at age 13. He was 65th, in 5:23:24. Roy Thomas was the oldest, at age 63, in 5:43:44. He was 70th.
For all of the results, click here.
Smith, Zou Win Frozen Goat 15K
Craig Smith of Madison and Vivian Zou of Huntsville won the Frozen Goat 15K titles.
Smith won easily in 1:21:04, ahead of Matt Thompson (1:25:08) and Billy McMahan (1:26:45).
Zou won the women’s title in 1:48:38 and finished 21st. Mary Kendrick Christiansen was second (24th) in 1:50:22, and Mary Whitley was third (33rd) in 1:53:37.
For all of the 15K results, click here.
Cunningham, Spillers Win 4-Mile
Daniel Cunningham and Audrey Spillers won the Frozen Goat 4-Mile titles.
Cunningham sped to the win in 35:11. Spillers, 13, waved the banner for the teen brigade with a 6th-place finish in 40:05.
For all of the 4-Mile results, click here.
