Kelly and Purvis win the Jog With The Generals

Some 900 people live in Dasher, Georgia--fewer than a thousand. Somehow, that tiny city hosts four races each year, a pair of 5K runs, a 10K, and a half marathon. Measured either my miles or by events, that's a lot of racing per capita. But if you drive past Dasher on US 41, you might notice that the center of town is marked by a two-lane running track. Running seems to be in the soul of Dasher.


Two of those races, a 10K and a 5K, took place on Saturday morning, 3 February 2018, during Georgia Christian School's sixth annual Jog With The Generals. Lake Park, Georgia's Ryan Kelly won the 10K for the third time in four years, covering the 6.2 miles in 38:41. Tifton, Georgia master runner Gina Purvis won the women's title, placing ninth overall in 55:05.


Rick Mazurkiewicz of Valdosta, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the 10K as well as the overall runner-up, running 41:31. Alan Sanderson, another Valdosta master runner, took third in 46:52.


Before winning the women's division in the 2018 race, Purvis had been second in the women's standings in 2017. Naylor, Georgia master runner Lina Smidt had been the eighth woman in the Jog With The Generals 5K in 2017; in 2018 she moved up to the 10K where she was the second woman and eleventh overall in 58:04. Julia Florack of Valdosta was the third woman and twelfth overall in 58:15.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Jog With The Generals 10K

1. 38:40.4, Ryan Kelly (M, 39) Lake Park, GA
2. 41:30.2, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 50) Valdosta, GA
3. 46:51.4, Alan Sanderson (M, 43) Valdosta, GA
4. 49:24.9, Jim Tully (M, 71) Lamont, FL
5. 50:09.9, Johnathan Miller (M, 18) Quitman, GA
6. 50:58.2, Renaldas Smidtas (M, 53) Naylor, GA
7. 52:13.4, Lukas Smidtas (M, 17) Naylor, GA
8. 54:51.9, Carl Brown (M, 42) Alapha, GA
9. 56:21.6, Edward Florack (M, 34) Valdosta, GA
10. 58:32.6, Daniel Badillo (M, 28) Tifton, GA

Top Four Women, 2018 Jog With The Generals 10K

1. 55:04.4, Gina Purvis (F, 58) Tifton, GA
2. 58:03.7, Lina Smidt (F, 53) Naylor, GA
3. 58:15.0, Julia Florack (F, 31) Valdosta, GA
4. 62:25.0, Tammy Curran (F, 45) Tifton, GA

As an eleven-year-old, Parker Jackson had won the Jog With the Generals 5K in 2016. He finished third in the 2017 race, but in 2018 Jackson won again. An eighth-grader on the Valdosta Middle School cross-country team, this time Jackson ran 19:41, his best mark at the Jog With The Generals in four years. Bryce Jackson, a sophomore on the Valdosta High cross-country team, was just a few steps behind Parker Jackson, placing second in 19:44. Colton Baldwin, a frosh cross-country runner at Valdosta High, took third in 20:19.


Fourteen-year old Jacey Gaiss of Valdosta was the women's champ in the 5K, coming in twelfth overall in 27:37. Valdosta master runner Michelle Itturalde was the second woman and thirteenth overall in 27:53. Valdosta's thirteen-year-old Victoria Garcia was third in the women's division and fifteenth overall in 28:49.


Seventeen athletes finished the 2018 Jog With The Generals 10K and 64 finished the 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the races and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Jog With The Generals 5K

1. 19:40.3, Parker Jackson (M, 13) Valdosta, GA
2. 19:43.2, Bryce Jackson (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
3. 20:19.0, Colton Baldwin (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
4. 22:37.7, Landon Jackson (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
5. 22:57.4, Mac Bowling (M, 10) Lake Park, GA
6. 24:31.0, Rowan Lawson (M, 10) Valdosta, GA
7. 24:40.0, Jett Guilliams (M, 11) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:45.6, William Garcia (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
9. 25:55.7, Reagan Lawson (M, 12) Valdosta, GA
10. 26:19.1, Miles Grimes (M, 16) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Jog With The Generals 5K

1. 27:37.0, Jacey Gaiss (F, 14) Valdosta, GA
2. 27:52.5, Michelle Itturalde (F, 43) Valdosta, GA
3. 28:48.4, Victoria Garcia (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
4. 29:06.6, Kyla Watson (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
5. 31:29.0, Sharon Anderson (F, 60) Valdosta, GA
6. 33:29.0, Teresa Greene (F, 56) Valdosta, GA
7. 34:16.6, Brenda McCurdy (F, 54) Lake Park, GA
8. 35:24.0, Katie Moss (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
9. 35:24.4, Amber Drew (F, 14) Quitman, GA
10. 36:03.1, Maureen Gunsolus (F, 62) Lake Park, GA

Georgia Christian School Jog With The Generals champions, 2013 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
9 February 2013	5K	17:48, Steven Cary	22:57, Makenzee Page	161
8 February 2014	5K	18:51, Scott Gordon	21:02, Makenzee Page	126
7 February 2015	10K	36:53, Ryan Kelly	51:43, Lauren Bewley	24
	5K	18:42, Brian Rohrbach	26:13, Sonja Reed	91
6 February 2016	10K	38:37, Ryan Kelly	49:06, Lauren Bewley	23
	5K	20:39, Parker Reid Jackson	25:43, Alison Thornhill	68
4 February 2017	10K	42:17, Rob McGhin	48:36, Alison Thornhill	26
	5K	19:53, Jonathan Miller	27:13, Alicia Parker	83
3 February 2018	10K	38:41, Ryan Kelly	55:05, Gina Purvis	17
	5K	19:41, Parker Jackson	27:37, Jacey Gaiss	64
No 10K race was contested at the Jog With The Generals until 2015.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Jog With The Generals 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTFpG0s8UxNLtXL21Wyy9v2uB4Pf18e5GYAHC9VKf1CI0R3h2lb8y2efA9MthKvXR6tA7dS06A-k_sw/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “McGhin and Thornhill notch wins in the 10K at Jog With The Generals”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/generals-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kelly and Bewley each add a second star at Jog With The Generals”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/generals-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kelly and Bewley earn stars at Jog With The Generals”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/generals-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Gordon and Page earn salutes at the Jog With The Generals”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/generals-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Cary and Page outrank the field at the Generals 5K”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/02/generals-2013.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming commissioned or non-commissioned race in the region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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