Matt Triick and Ashlee Golden tops at ABAC Fitness 5K

Once a regular on the roads of south Georgia, Matt Triick has since moved to Perry, Georgia. But on 26 January 2013 Triick ventured down from middle Georgia to Tifton, where he faced many of the athletes from his old stomping grounds in the fourth annual ABAC Fitness 5K. And a stomping is what Triick dealt to the south Georgia field, winning the 3.1-mile race around Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in 18:05. Ryan Kelly of Lake Park was runner-up in 18:22, while Lowndes High cross-country runner Tyler Thurman took third in 19:57.  For the second time in a row and the third time in four years, Tifton's Bret Wagenhorst was the fastest master runner in the field. This time around, Wagenhorst took top master honors by placing fourth overall in 20:03.


In the female competition, twelve-year-old Ashlee Golden upheld the honor of the region as well that of her hometown of Tifton by winning the women's division with a 22:46, finishing 19th overall. Audrey Williams, and undergraduate at Valdosta State University, was the second female finisher, placing 25th overall in 23:48. Valdosta's Martha Mazurkiewicz (27th, 24:38) was third in the women's division, adding another women's master title to the many she has already collected.


92 athletes finished the 2013 ABAC Fitness 5K.


Top Ten Males, 2013 ABAC Fitness 5K

1. 18:04.5 ~ Matt Triick (M, 29) Perry, GA
2. 18:21.1 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 34) Lake Park, GA
3. 19:56.1 ~ Tyler Thurman (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
4. 20:02.4 ~ Bret Wagenhorst (M, 49) Tifton, GA
5. 20:24.7 ~ Marton Kozma (M, 44) Tifton, GA
6. 20:30.0 ~ Frank Davis (M, 52) Tifton, GA
7. 20:42.5 ~ Artemio Gomez (M, 19) Omega, GA
8. 20:48.5 ~ Jacob Bearrentine (M, 20) Valdosta, GA
9. 20:50.4 ~ Lorenzo Gomez Jr (M, 26) Omega, GA
10. 20:54.9 ~ Joshua Curry (M, 15) Tifton, GA

Top Ten Females, 2013 ABAC Fitness 5K

1. 22:45.6 ~ Ashlee Golden (F, 12) Tifton, GA
2. 23:47.7 ~ Audrey Williams (F, 22) Valdosta, GA
3. 24:37.4 ~ Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 45) Valdosta, GA
4. 24:55.4 ~ Debbie Green (F, 46) Valdosta, GA
5. 25:13.3 ~ Penny Peters (F, 45) Tifton, GA
6. 25:52.3 ~ Becky Arnold (F, 44) Tifton, GA
7. 26:00.8 ~ Ashley Luke (F, 23) Valdosta, GA
8. 26:43.6 ~ Nicole Stevenson (F, 18) Hiram, GA
9. 27:08.3 ~ Judy Lindsey (F, 48) Sylvester, GA
10. 27:11.8 ~ Heather Kelly (F, 34) Lake Park, GA

ABAC Fitness 5K champions, 2010-2013
Date	Men	Women
16 Jan 2010	16:51, Austin McDonald	19:16, Caitlyn Asbell
22 Jan 2011	18:51, Masked Avenger	22:07, Alice Smoot
21 Jan 2012	18:28, Mark McLeod	22:47, Katherine McGarr
26 Jan 2013	18:05, Matt Triick	22:46, Ashlee Golden

Links

• Complete results of the 2013 ABAC Fitness 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdFFmaW10bC1tV0pTWHFDNzJLSFJkQ1E
  
  
• 2011 story, "Avenger and Smoot fittest of the 5K field at ABAC"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/abac-fitness-5k-2011.html
  
  
• Find more events in the Tallahassee region for your racing schedule at Trouble Afoot!
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1