Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Kelly and Elam tops on the trail at Quail Trail

Quail Trail 5KSouth of Thomasville, Georgia, on Saturday morning, 27 September, Valdosta High cross-country coach won the sixth annual Quail Trail 5K, racing around the grounds of Pebble Hills Plantation in 17:40. Tallahassee's Jay Smith was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing runner-up in 18:54. Just behind Smith, Bainbridge, Georgia, master runner Greg Waddell placed third in 19:11. Valdosta master runner Nancy Elam was the first woman finisher, coming in 18th overall in 24:03. About a hundred meters back, Amy Zboralski was the women's runner-up, finishing 21st overall in 24:40. Destiny Roe of Valdosta's Viking Runners Club was third in the women's standings, placing 23rd overall in 24:59. Roe would race again that morning, returning to finish fourth in the middle school girls' 3K race.


Since 2009, the Quail Trail 5K has been the opening event in the Quail Trail Invitational, part of a program that includes high school and middle school races. Coach Kelly was at the Quail Trail with his Valdosta Middle School Team in 2012 when he won the race, and again in 2013 when he finished second to Lowndes High sophomore Chance Roe.


101 athletes finished the 2014 Quail Trail 5K.


Ryan KellyTop Ten Men, 2014 Quail Trail 5K
  1. 17:39.61 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 35) Lake Park, GA
  2. 18:53.13 ~ Jay Smith (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
  3. 19:10.25 ~ Greg Waddell (M, 48) Bainbridge, GA
  4. 19:30.73 ~ Chip Nix (M, 38) Bainbridge, GA
  5. 19:50.12 ~ Gareth Pyle (M, 35) Thomasville, GA
  6. 19:56.96 ~ Tad David (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
  7. 20:10.95 ~ Marcus Watson (M, 27) Thomasville, GA
  8. 21:00.33 ~ Duane Joiner (M, 38) Ochlocknee, GA
  9. 21:07.30 ~ Jason Jacobs (M, 38) GA
  10. 21:24.99 ~ Derek Cuming (M, 36 ) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2014 Quail Trail 5K
  1. 24:02.52 ~ Nancy Elam (F, 51)
  2. 24:39.18 ~ Amy Zboralski (F, 32)
  3. 24:58.65 ~ Destiny Roe (F, 14)
  4. 25:26.45 ~ April Aldridge (F, 41)
  5. 25:53.79 ~ Nancy Herring (F, 59)
  6. 26:02.16 ~ Lori Nurmi (F, 34)
  7. 26:11.24 ~ Melinda Owens (F, 35) Thomasville, GA
  8. 26:15.03 ~ Sky Feller (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
  9. 26:34.75 ~ Julie Harris (F, 49)
  10. 29:07.04 ~ Jamie Brown (F, 30) Valdosta, FL

Quail Trail 5K winners, 2009 - 2014
DateMenWomenFinishers
26 September 200922:01, Steven Cox24:38, Nancy Stedman155
25 September 201015:41, Kevin Cook18:40, Kara Taylor236
24 September 201117:30, Giovanni Sanchez23:54, Kimberlee Lawson118
29 September 201218:38, Ryan Kelly24:29, Melanie Jackson157
28 September 201316:59, Chance Roe19:47, Jacki Pinkerton92
27 September 201417:40, Ryan Kelly24:03, Nancy Elam101
The Quail Trail 5K has always been run on USATF certified course GA09026WC,
except in 2009 when the lead vehicle took the runners off course.


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