300-plus local runners take to Atlanta streets for PRR
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While the sun did its best to slow runners participating Monday in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race, Bartow Countians were not deterred as 350 made it to the finish line.

Brandon Davis, 19, Cartersville, finished with the best time among local men -- posting a time of 35 minutes, 48 seconds -- while Barbara Terry, 37, Cartersville, scored the top time of the Bartow women with a time of 49:21.

Kenya's Sammy Kitwara won the Peachtree Road Race for the second time in three years. Kitwara ran the 6.2-mile race in 28:05. The 24-year-old also won the race in 2009 and finished eighth last year. Kitwara's countryman Mathew Kisorio came up shy of first with a second-place producing 28:07.

Thirty-year-old Werknesh Kidane of Ethiopa was the top women's racer, finishing in 31:22.

In his first Peachtree Road Race, Ben True, 24, was the top U.S. men's racer (28:28) while Adriana Nelson, 31, was the top U.S. female finisher.

According to the AJC, an estimated 60,000 runners crossed the finish line at the end of the annual race through Atlanta's streets.

Below are the top 20 men and top 20 women from Bartow County. The breakdown for participants from Bartow cities was as follows -- Adairsville, 13; Cartersville, 250; Cassville, two; Emerson, six; Euharlee, 13; Kingston, 23; Rydal, 10; Taylorsville, 10; White, 23.

Top 20 Bartow Men

Brandon Davis, Cartersville, 35:48; David Matherne, Cartersville, 39:56; Thomas Bourdon, Cartersville, 43:04; Kevin Ingram, Cartersville, 44:32; John Cremers, Cartersville, 44:54; Brad Cowart, Cartersville, 44:57; Dewayne Wilson, Cartersville, 46:03; David Bishop, Cartersville, 46:07; Andy Womack, Cartersville, 46:41; Peter Strickland, Emerson, 47:44; Tyler Hickom, Cartersville, 48:04; Vincent Wiley, Emerson, 48:23; Jason Rogers, Cartersville, 48:48; Lloyd Taylor, Cartersville, 49:04; Russell Gunter, Cartersville, 49:39; Jimmy Hobgood, Cartersville, 49:51; Glenn Hittel, Cartersville, 50:38; Brian Peters, Cartersville, 50:41; Jim Rose, Euharlee, 50:51; and John Scifers III, 51:23.

Top 20 Bartow Women

Barbara Terry, Cartersville, 49:21; Kandace Connell, Cartersville, 50:22; Rachel Taylor, Cartersville, 50:58; Vandi White, Cartersville, 51:02; Wanda Stephenson, Cassville, 52:23; Jill Meredith, Cartersville, 53:22; Adrienne Starke, White, 55:20; Pam Crowder, Cartersville, 55:40; Kristy Dickerson, Cartersville, 57:47; Jeanine Mele, Cartersville, 58:01; Paige Miller, Cartersville, 58:09; Bethany Weightman, Cartersville, 59:22; Lindsay Scifers, Euharlee, 1:00:28; Kristin Wilbanks, Taylorsville, 1:00:42; Betty Thompson, Cartersville, 1:00:56; Colleen Ladwig, Cartersville, 1:01:04; Maureen Martin, Cartersville, 1:02:04; Julie Shrewsbury, Cartersville, 1:02:10; Kristi Rose, Euharlee, 1:02:36; and Nicole Branch, Cartersville, 1:02:53.