Cody Case and Shelby Benton posted record times in their Wild Thangs Chupacabra half-marathon trail win Aug. 19 at Monte Sano State Park.
Also, Gabriella Wolf of Enfield, Conn., broke the Chupacabra 10K women’s course record with a stellar time of 50:35.
Case, 42, of Nashville, put his name in the event record book for the third time with his winning time of 1:57:17. He was the only finisher of 154 to cross the line in less than two hours. The time was the third-best in the event’s Top 10. Case holds the men’s record, set in 2018, of 1:48:14.
Benton, 31, of Huntsville, finished 14th overall and first in the women’s division with her time of 2:23:37. Her time is fourth-best in the women’s Top 10.
The half-marathon and 10K events were the final ones of the Running Lane Wild Thangs summer series that began in June. The first year for the series was 2018. Running Lane is working on a Wild Thangs winter series, with more to come soon about it.
Runners from nine states including Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah, along with one from England, competed in the half-marathon. The course took runners on some of the more technical trails in the state park, including a dip down into McKay Hollow and up to Trough Springs before finishing with a climb up Death Trail.
See all the results of the Chupacabra half-marathon and record times here.
Chupacabra 10K
Gabriella Wolf of Enfield, Conn., set the Chupacabra 10K course record with a stellar time of 50:35, good for the women’s title and fourth overall.
Wolf, 24, broke the event record held for three years by Anna Pierce, who set it at age 14 in 2020. Pierce won the Run Dirty for Donuts title recently with a zippy 2-mile jaunt at John Hunt Park.
Victoria Tkacs, 28, of Madison, finished second in 54:26, the fifth-best time in event history.
Mark Ridley, 58, of Owens Cross Roads, won the overall 10K in a time of 49:17. Joseph Brantley, 46, of Atmore, was second in 50:06, and Drew Bell, 57, of Madison, was third in 50:33.
The 10K had 219 finishers from 12 states including California, Connecticut and New Mexico.
See all the results and records of the Wild Thangs Chupacabra 10K here.
MAIN PHOTO: Ryan Snowden powers to his third-place finish in the Wild Thangs Chupacabra half-marathon Aug. 19 at Monte Sano State Park.
Watch the start of the Half-Marathon here:
Watch the start of the Chupacabra 10K here:
