Hermine can't halt Butzin or Green

Very early on Friday morning, 2 September 2016, Hurricane Hermine made landfall along the coast of the Florida Panhandle. A few hours the storm went by Valdosta, Georgia. The center didn't blow right up Hill Avenue, but it was close. Over two days nearly five inches of rain were recorded in the city.


Several road races and cross country meets scheduled in the area for that Labor Day Weekend were canceled. But in Valdosta, the eighth annual Labor Day 5K went on as planned on Monday morning, 4 September 2016. Dan Butzin won the post-Hermine race through the streets of Valdosta in 18:03, while master runner Debbie Green took the women's title in 21:44, placing eleventh overall.


Half a minute behind Butzin, Deshon Taylor, a junior on the Valdosta High cross country team, was runner-up in 18:33. Nicholas Rosatti of Hahira, Georgia placed third in 18:54. John Bolmer of Nashville, Georgia was the first master runner in the race, placing ninth overall in 21:08.


Debbie Green was just ahead of the next runner in the women's standings, Elizabeth Smith of Valdosta. The second woman across the finish line, Smith was twelfth overall in 21:48.


Alden Lisse, a junior at Highland Christian Academy, edged Kelly Davis of Valdosta for third in the women's standings, 23:02 to 23:06. Lisse and Davis were eighteenth and nineteenth overall.


106 athletes finished Valdosta's eighth annual Labor Day 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2016 Valdosta Labor Day 5K

1. 18:02.7 ~ Dan Butzin (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
2. 18:32.1 ~ Deshon Taylor (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
3. 18:53.6 ~ Nicholas Rosatti (M, 19) Hahira, GA
4. 19:28.6 ~ Morgan Bolmer (M, 14) Nashville, GA
5. 19:46.5 ~ Brandon Vigil (M, 32) Valdosta, GA
6. 20:24.0 ~ Rob McGhin (M, 36) Valdosta, GA
7. 20:26.7 ~ William Danner (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
8. 20:44.8 ~ Ashanti Wiseman (M, 23) Valdosta, GA
9. 21:07.8 ~ John Bolmer (M, 40) Nashville, GA
10. 21:23.6 ~ Ryland Shipman (M, 25) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women 2016 Valdosta Labor Day 5K

1. 21:43.1 ~ Debbie Green (F, 50) Valdosta, GA
2. 21:47.1 ~ Elizabeth Smith (F, 38) Valdosta, GA
3. 23:01.8 ~ Alden Lisse (F, 16) Valdosta, GA
4. 23:05.8 ~ Kelly Davis (F, 26) Valdosta, GA
5. 23:58.2 ~ Brandy Van Jura (F, 37) Hahira, GA
6. 24:44.7 ~ Lauren Bewley (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
7. 24:48.7 ~ Pollyanna Bass (F, 44) Pavo, GA
8. 24:58.2 ~ Lauren Marshburn (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
9. 25:42.4 ~ Cathy Jones (F, 57) Thomasville, GA
10. 25:44.1 ~ Maggie Gregory (F, 12) Quitman, GA

Valdosta Labor Day 5K winners, 2009 - 2016
Date	Men	Women	Finshers
7 September 2009	18:19, Drew Dunbar	20:28, Ashley McGee	122
6 September 2010	16:18, Chris Rice	20:27, Jordanne Helton	290
5 September 2011	17:55, Masked Avenger	20:59, Mary Alice Smoot	108
3 September 2012	17:44, James Marino	22:27, Taylor Harrington	93
2 September 2013	18:15, Matthew Baun	19:48, Mary Alice Smoot	89
1 September 2014	17:07, Matthew Baun	21:58, Alice Smoot	65
7 September 2015	18:56, Ryan Kelly	22:38, Darien Andreu	87
5 September 2016	18:03, Dan Butzin	21:44, Debbie Green	106

Links:

• Complete results of the 2016 Valdosta Labor Day 5K courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19fGJBr0txVPqMgssYuuhj8QflekCFP5d-YdxmiFzVwU/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kelly and Andreu work the Valdosta roads on Labor Day”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/valdosta-labor-day-5k-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Mary Alice Smoot's 19:48 is a new mark in the Valdosta Labor Day 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/valdosta-labor-day-5k-2013.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Rain can't spoil Valdosta's Labor Day picnic on the roads”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/09/valdosta-labor-day-5k-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Valdosta Labor Day 5K, Valdosta, Georgia, 6 September 2010”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/valdosta-labor-day-5k-2010.html
  
  
• Find your next holiday road race in the region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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