20:20 ~ Rob Kindrick (M, 50) Pine Mountain, GA.20:17 ~ Tony Burkett (M, 48) Midland, GA.20:16 ~ Mason Hargrove (M, 12) Smith Station, AL.

19:15 ~ Christopher Schintgen (M, 17) Fortson, GA.16:47 ~ Aaron Totten-Lancaster (M, 40) Hamilton, GA.The Lakebottom Park 5K was fifth and final race in the Columbus Road Runners' 2015 Summer Series. Susan Lancaster of Hamilton, Georgia, was the first woman master and third female finisher, placing 32nd overall in 22:52.Ģ39 athletes finished the race. Columbus High senior cross country runner Alina Salgado was second in the women's competition, coming in 20th overall in 21:37. The Georgia Regents University cross country runner and Northside Columbus alumna placed tenth overall in 20:42. Likewise, John Orosz just got by master runner Duane Patin to take fourth, 19:41 to 19:42. Columbus High sophomore Alex Salgado edged Columbus Northside junior Chris Schintgen for the runner-up spot, both athletes clocked in 19:15. Hamilton, Georgia, master runner Aaron Totten-Lancaster won the Lakebottom Park 5K by more than 600 meters, covering the 3.1 miles in Columbus' historic midtown in 16:47. Thus when the Columbus Road Runners held a race there on Saturday morning, 8 August 2015, it was the Lakebottom Park 5K. The rest became Weracoba Park, which everyone called Lakebottom Park. The city bought the park, drained the lake, and built a new Columbus High building on sixteen acres of the land. By 1924 Columbus High School needed a new home. In 1890 the Columbus Railroad Company built a dam on Weracoba Creek forming a lake, the focus of Wildwood Park. Weracoba is Muscogee for 'Big Water,' which seems incongruous unless you're looking at Weracoba Creek during a flood event. The Muscogee, from which the county derives its name, were banished from Columbus a long time ago, but many of their place names still appear on maps of the area. Columbus, Georgia, is the county seat of Muscogee County.

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