Butzin repeats and Spry wins at Hahira's Get-A-Mammy 5K

Finishing just over a minute ahead of the next runner, Valdosta, Georgia's Dan Butzin ran a winning 20:08 in the seventh annual Get-A-Mammy 5K on Saturday morning, 30 September 2017. It was the second victory in a row at the Hahira, Georgia road race for Butzin. Vanessa Spry of Valdosta took the women's title, placing fifth overall in 22:25. 138 athletes finished the race.


Johathan Daniely, a Highland Christian Academy cross-country runner, was second in 21:08. A few steps behind Daniely, Thom Bateman of Winnetka, Illinois finished third in 21:11, the fastest master runner in the race.


Another Highland Christian cross-country runner, Alden Lisse was second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 22:45. Just seven days earlier, Lisse had won the women's division in the Above The Rim 5K. Pollyanna Bass of Pavo, Georgia was the top woman master and third female finisher, tenth overall in 23:09. Gabriell Mann, a frosh on the Citizen's Christian Academy cross-country team, was the fourth woman and fourteenth overall in 24:36


Proceeds of the annual event benefit Get-A-Mammy, Inc., a non-profit that provides funds for mammograms, reconstructive surgery, and cancer research. The organization also works to increase awareness of the importance of regular mammograms in the early detection of breast cancer, urging all women to "get a mammy." A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia provided timing and finish line services for the seventh annual Get-A-Mammy 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2017 Get-A-Mammy 5K

1. 20:07.3, Dan Butzin (M, 32) Valdosta, GA
2. 21:07.7, Jonathan Daniely (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
3. 21:10.7, Thom Bateman (M, 49) Winnetka, IL
4. 22:04.2, Tim Melone (M, 28) Hahira, GA
5. 22:33.1, Jake Williams (M, 13) Barney, GA
6. 22:50.8, Patrick Ingram (M, 18) Quitman, GA
7. 23:29.4, Karl Brown (M, 42) Alapaha, GA
8. 23:45.1, Elijah Barker (M, 14) Hahira, GA
9. 24:18.2, Caleb North (M, 15) Stockton, GA
10. 24:44.7, Gavin McElroy (M, 9) Nicholls, GA

Top Ten Women, 2017 Get-A-Mammy 5K

1. 22:24.8, Vanessa Spry (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
2. 22:44.5, Alden Lisse (F, 17) Valdosta, GA
3. 23:08.4, Pollyanna Bass (F, 45) Pavo, GA
4. 24:35.7, Gabriell Mann (F, 14) Wray, GA
5. 25:06.9, Makayla Ross (F, 14) Dixie, GA
6. 25:47.6, Gina Purvis (F, 58) Tifton, GA
7. 26:05.3, Brittany Gibbs (F, 26) Moultrie, GA
8. 26:49.8, Lauren Bewley (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
9. 26:52.3, Traci Ferris (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
10. 27:15.5, Mary Peacock (F, 8) Broxton, GA

Get-A-Mammy 5K winners, 2011 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 October 2011	18:14, David Burnett	20:59, Alice Smoot	142
29 September 2012	21:43, Jackson Williams	23:38, Audrey Williams	165
28 September 2013	25:05, Nate Simmons	22:28, Makenzee Page	78
27 September 2014	19:47, Kyle Leisey	22:04, Elizabeth Smith	87
26 September 2015	24:39, Kaden Leisey	26:29, Julie Prine	75
24 September 2016	19:03, Dan Butzin	22:53, Kelly Davis	101
30 September 2017	20:08, Dan Butzin	22:25, Vanessa Spry	138
The Get-A-Mammy 5K was run in Valdosta from 2011 to 2014 and in Hahira from 2015 to 2017.

Links

• Complete results of the 2017 Get-A-Mammy 5K via A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTlWDw3gC3NvlhtrkTt2fsWa8bm1AsF8tRJ-xF2AJlSsZJxJ7QJl1T_Ww3AfToO7CKrQzsXa3PlIzvM/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “In Hahira, Butzin and Davis lead the race to Get-A-Mammy”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/getamammy-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Leisey and Smith get wins at Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/getamammy-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Makenzee Page wins it all at the Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/getamammy-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Williams and Williams winners at a growing Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/getamammy-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Burnett and Smoot tops at Valdosta's Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/getamammy-2011.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming breast-cancer awareness race or any race at all at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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