Winners of 2017 Southeastern States Manhunt Field Trials Named

The winners of 2017 Southeastern States Manhunt Field Trials were named at the event's closing ceremony today. Twenty-one K-9 Teams from Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas competed in the event hosted by the Escambia County Road Prison from Sept.18-22.

Single Leash Division

• First place - Apalachee Correctional Institution, average time 16:33
• Second place - Jefferson Correctional Institution, average time 18:51.5
• Third place - B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center, average time 19:45
• Fourth place - Century Correctional Institution, average time 23:28

Multi-Leash Division

• First place - Jackson Correctional Institution, average time 11:16.6
• Second place - Fountain Correctional Facility, average time 11:50.5
• Third place- Wakulla Correctional Institution, average time 12:45
• Fourth place - Holmes Correctional Institution, average time 14:36

The annual event is held over three days in the Blackwater State Forest. Teams compete in one day and one night event, on tracks that are 1.5 miles long and two hours old. A combined average time is used to determine the winner. Single leash and multi-leash dog teams competed. Multiple tracks are laid for each day's sessions, and the teams draw numbers for which track they will compete. Teams have an hour and a half to complete the course, collecting up to four flags along the way. Each flag collected removes one minute from the final time, and each flag missed adds a minute.