Quarles 5th in Brazosport Memorial Hospital 5K
Brazoswood freshman second in 5K race
By Bill Shaw, The Facts
Published October 9, 2005
LAKE JACKSON — Brazoswood freshman Lauren Smith and Houstonian Carlo Deason jumped out to a swift start in the 21st annual Brazosport Memorial Hospital 5K, outdistancing the pack and posting decisive wins over their closest competitors.
Deason finished the 3.1-mile course around the hospital and out to the Sea Center and back in 17:28, a 5:38 mile pace. Trailing Deason by 2:12, Smith finished second overall in 19:40, a 6:21 race pace.
The younger Smith, 14, led the older Deason, 35, up to the first turn in the race at about a quarter-mile.
“She started off fast, and I picked it up at the quarter mile,” said Deason, who finished second in last year’s BMH 5K in a faster 16:41. “I just kept on going and tried to keep up an even pace.”
Deason was well off the 15:32 race record pace posted by former Brazoswood runner Jeremy Dye in 1999.
The temperature in the mid-60s made the day almost perfect for racing, but runners faced a stiff headwind of more than 10 mph.
“The wind was kicking up pretty good,” Deason said. “I didn’t think it would be that hard to run against the wind, but it was.”The wind didn’t seem to bother Smith. She posted a personal record in the 5K distance.
“My time was 18 seconds better than the Mosquito Chase, my last 5K race,” Smith said. “The wind felt kind of good.”
Smith’s finish was 1:24 short of the 18:16 open female record posted by Melissa Hurta of Jones Creek in 2000.
No one pressured Deason, but Smith sensed someone on her heels.
That someone was Michael Bayer, 50, who finished third overall and first in the male masters (40 plus) competition in 20:10, a 6:30 pace, well off the male masters record of 17:18 set by Scott Boyd of Dickinson in 2000.
“There was this one man behind me,” Smith said, “so I ran faster so he couldn’t catch up with me.”
Bayer himself listened for footsteps and heavy breathing behind him. He thought friends and fellow masters runners A.C. Moldenhauer and Bob Bowden had him in their sights.
“I pulled away from Allen and Bob at the mile and a quarter and ran pretty much by myself,” Bayer said. “I kept looking over my shoulder because we usually run the same speed, and I don’t know what happened to them.”
“I had hopes of Mick slowing down, but he didn’t,” said Moldenhauer, 50, who finished fourth overall in 20:27, 17 seconds behind Bayer for second place in the masters competition. “He ran a good race.”
Closing in on Moldenhauer in the last quarter mile of the race, Edwin Quarles, 39, thought he could catch him.
“I knew someone was back there,” Moldenhauer said. “Edwin is a very quiet runner, so I didn’t know how far back he was. I just gave it my all at the end.”
“I tried to catch Allen,” Quarles said. “I sprinted after him. I thought I had him, but he held me off at the finish and had a little bit more than I had.”
Quarles finished fifth overall in 20:28, just a second behind Moldenhauer, and placed second in the open male (39 and younger) competition. Bowden finished sixth overall and third in the masters competition in 20:44 behind Quarles.
Hushang Bakhtiari finished seventh overall in 22:32 to round out the open male competition.
Liz Shuster, 28, and Kelly Colosimo, 39, finished 12th and 18th overall and second and third in the open female competition, respectively, in 23:52 and 25:29, for mile paces of 7:42 and 8:13.
“This was pretty fast for me,” Shuster said, “the fastest I’ve done this year.”
“I just saw Liz briefly at the starting line today,” Colosimo said. “Six months ago before an injury, I could have kept up with her.”
In the female masters competition, Janice Moody, 41, of Freeport finished first in 28:17, Rhonda Jones, 41, finished second in 34:47, and Mary Deason, mother of the overall winner Carlo, finished third in 35:36.
Regina Schuetze set the 19:53 female masters record in 1998.
The top male and female finishers in the open and masters competition received trophies, and the top male and female finishers in the open competition received cash awards, respectively, of $75, $50 and $25.
However, because University Interscholastic League rules prohibit high school athletes from receiving cash awards, Smith donated her cash award to the Brazosport cross-country team.
The top walkers in the pack of 40 participants were Gary Leinhart, 59, for the men in 30:02 and Judy Bowman, 53, in 47:43 and Alysia Bucci, 36, in 47:44 for the women.
The race turnout was lower than last year.
“Probably because we changed the date,” race director Owen Huett said. “The race is usually in May, and we’ll probably go back to that date.”
The top male and female finishers in nine age brackets from 12 and under to 70 and over received medals.
At the awards presentation, Huett recognized Aramark for providing trophies, BASF for sponsoring the non-competitive Kids Run before the 5K race and the Brazosport Area Road Runners Association for technical assistance and support. He also recognized the Brazosport Memorial Hospital support and the work of his race committee and volunteers.
By Bill Shaw, The Facts
Published October 9, 2005
LAKE JACKSON — Brazoswood freshman Lauren Smith and Houstonian Carlo Deason jumped out to a swift start in the 21st annual Brazosport Memorial Hospital 5K, outdistancing the pack and posting decisive wins over their closest competitors.
Deason finished the 3.1-mile course around the hospital and out to the Sea Center and back in 17:28, a 5:38 mile pace. Trailing Deason by 2:12, Smith finished second overall in 19:40, a 6:21 race pace.
The younger Smith, 14, led the older Deason, 35, up to the first turn in the race at about a quarter-mile.
“She started off fast, and I picked it up at the quarter mile,” said Deason, who finished second in last year’s BMH 5K in a faster 16:41. “I just kept on going and tried to keep up an even pace.”
Deason was well off the 15:32 race record pace posted by former Brazoswood runner Jeremy Dye in 1999.
The temperature in the mid-60s made the day almost perfect for racing, but runners faced a stiff headwind of more than 10 mph.
“The wind was kicking up pretty good,” Deason said. “I didn’t think it would be that hard to run against the wind, but it was.”The wind didn’t seem to bother Smith. She posted a personal record in the 5K distance.
“My time was 18 seconds better than the Mosquito Chase, my last 5K race,” Smith said. “The wind felt kind of good.”
Smith’s finish was 1:24 short of the 18:16 open female record posted by Melissa Hurta of Jones Creek in 2000.
No one pressured Deason, but Smith sensed someone on her heels.
That someone was Michael Bayer, 50, who finished third overall and first in the male masters (40 plus) competition in 20:10, a 6:30 pace, well off the male masters record of 17:18 set by Scott Boyd of Dickinson in 2000.
“There was this one man behind me,” Smith said, “so I ran faster so he couldn’t catch up with me.”
Bayer himself listened for footsteps and heavy breathing behind him. He thought friends and fellow masters runners A.C. Moldenhauer and Bob Bowden had him in their sights.
“I pulled away from Allen and Bob at the mile and a quarter and ran pretty much by myself,” Bayer said. “I kept looking over my shoulder because we usually run the same speed, and I don’t know what happened to them.”
“I had hopes of Mick slowing down, but he didn’t,” said Moldenhauer, 50, who finished fourth overall in 20:27, 17 seconds behind Bayer for second place in the masters competition. “He ran a good race.”
Closing in on Moldenhauer in the last quarter mile of the race, Edwin Quarles, 39, thought he could catch him.
“I knew someone was back there,” Moldenhauer said. “Edwin is a very quiet runner, so I didn’t know how far back he was. I just gave it my all at the end.”
“I tried to catch Allen,” Quarles said. “I sprinted after him. I thought I had him, but he held me off at the finish and had a little bit more than I had.”
Quarles finished fifth overall in 20:28, just a second behind Moldenhauer, and placed second in the open male (39 and younger) competition. Bowden finished sixth overall and third in the masters competition in 20:44 behind Quarles.
Hushang Bakhtiari finished seventh overall in 22:32 to round out the open male competition.
Liz Shuster, 28, and Kelly Colosimo, 39, finished 12th and 18th overall and second and third in the open female competition, respectively, in 23:52 and 25:29, for mile paces of 7:42 and 8:13.
“This was pretty fast for me,” Shuster said, “the fastest I’ve done this year.”
“I just saw Liz briefly at the starting line today,” Colosimo said. “Six months ago before an injury, I could have kept up with her.”
In the female masters competition, Janice Moody, 41, of Freeport finished first in 28:17, Rhonda Jones, 41, finished second in 34:47, and Mary Deason, mother of the overall winner Carlo, finished third in 35:36.
Regina Schuetze set the 19:53 female masters record in 1998.
The top male and female finishers in the open and masters competition received trophies, and the top male and female finishers in the open competition received cash awards, respectively, of $75, $50 and $25.
However, because University Interscholastic League rules prohibit high school athletes from receiving cash awards, Smith donated her cash award to the Brazosport cross-country team.
The top walkers in the pack of 40 participants were Gary Leinhart, 59, for the men in 30:02 and Judy Bowman, 53, in 47:43 and Alysia Bucci, 36, in 47:44 for the women.
The race turnout was lower than last year.
“Probably because we changed the date,” race director Owen Huett said. “The race is usually in May, and we’ll probably go back to that date.”
The top male and female finishers in nine age brackets from 12 and under to 70 and over received medals.
At the awards presentation, Huett recognized Aramark for providing trophies, BASF for sponsoring the non-competitive Kids Run before the 5K race and the Brazosport Area Road Runners Association for technical assistance and support. He also recognized the Brazosport Memorial Hospital support and the work of his race committee and volunteers.
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2 Comments:
Way to go, Edwin. It's so rare to see cool and well written race reports like this in the newspapers!
-Jessica
Bill Shaw works for the Brazosport Facts and does an excellent job covering our local races. He also does our running club newsletters. He usually does a pre-race story and a story the day after the race. They used to run our results in agate (scoreboard) but they haven't lately.
thanks for the compliments.
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