It was a quiet weekend around the area, but a few big events featured top finishes from area runners in our TVO Roundup.
Locally, the 20th Dizzy 50 ultra took place at Monte Sano State Park, with James Ebert winning his first Dizzy title. This holiday week also has a full slate of Turkey Trot events throughout the TVO footprint. Whether you live here or will visit the region from Knoxville to Florence, there’s probably a trot for you.
Don’t forget about the Ditto Landing 10K on Sunday, too. Sign up so you can run or walk off all those delicious bites of turkey, taters, Aunt Maude’s green bean casserole, more turkey and that weird jello-fruit-whipped dessert with nuts that only shows up at the holidays.
On to the recap:
Huntsville Half
Frank Matte of Birmingham won the Huntsville Half Marathon on Nov. 4 with a time of 1:14, a pace of 5:43 and margin of more than five minutes.
Walker Thomas of Birmingham was second in 1:20, with Evans Kiptoo of Florence third in 1:22.
Julia Donovan of Huntsville won the women’s title in 1:31, finishing 9th overall. Nina Sillivant of Huntsville was second (14th) in 1:33, and Mandi Leonardi of Cullman was third (15th) in 1:34.
The event had 221 finishers from 12 states, Brazil and Sweden.
See all of the Huntsville Half results here.
Philadelphia Marathon
Clarissa Hell of Huntsville cruised in the Philadelphia Marathon with a solid time of 3:17.
Kevin Giardineri of Decatur finished in 4:49, and Lizzie Harrop of Huntsville crossed in 6:32.
Mike Richardson of Huntsville completed the Philadelphia Half Marathon in 1:56. Jacob Hell of Huntsville cruised in the 8K race in 32:44.
To see all the searchable results, go here and type in the appropriate prompt (bib, name, state) in the top menu.
Chickamauga Battlefield
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. — Christian Thompson of Ooltewah, Tenn., won the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon on Nov. 11 by almost eight minutes with a time of 2:40.
The event was put on by the Chattanooga Track Club. Runners from 20 states, including Washington and Colorado, were among the 352 finishers.
Michael Teter of Madison was the top local finisher, crossing in 3:29:40 to finish 44th. Tony King of Athens was right behind him in 45th in 3:30:05.
See all of the marathon results here.
Angel Mobley of Huntsville finished 13th in the half marathon, crossing in 1:25. Jonathan Boyd of Ooltewah won the half in 1:10.
See all of the half-marathon results here.
Magic City Half
BIRMINGHAM — Jacob Chontos of Huntsville paced the local finishers in the 13th Magic City Half on Sunday, finishing 111th in 1:46:07.
Among the other TVO-area finishers were Charles Caneer of Arab (212th, 1:56:47), Amy Cosgrove of Huntsville (229th, 1:58:47), Jason Deem of Huntsville (253rd, 2:01:33) and Anne Hardin of Huntsville (269th, 2:05:11).
The event had 611 finishers from numerous states including Colorado, California, Michigan, Ohio and Maryland. Event organizers bill it as “the second largest half marathon event in Alabama.”
For the full results of the Magic City Half, click here.
