Cruz and Marto headline the Moultrie YMCA's 11th annual Race Of The South 10K

On Saturday morning, 21 September 2013, Moultrie, Georgia, runner Paulino Cruz ran 40:45 for 6.2 miles on the streets of his hometown to win the Race Of The South 10K. Cruz crossed the finish line just 12 seconds ahead master runner Sean McConnell of Adel, Georgia; McConnell was second in 40:57. Noah Harrison, a member of the cross-country team at Colquitt County High School,  finished third in 41:56. The first female finisher in the 10K was master runner Nancy Marto of Lake City, Florida. Marto placed tenth overall in 50:00. There were 50 finishers in the 10K.


The Race Of The South had been an annual fixture on the south Georgia racing scene from 1980 to 1996, but the event vanished from 1997 to 2002. The race was taken up again in 2003 by the Moultrie YMCA, and one of the changes that the "Y" made was the addition of a 5K. This was the 11th year of the revival, and Colquitt County HS senior Steven Johnson ran in the 11th annual Race Of The South 5K. Johnson had tried his hand in the 10K at the 2010 Race Of The South, coming in fourth in 42:48. In 2011 he dropped to the 5K and came away with a win, running 18:59. At the 2012 Race Of The South, though, Johnson was foiled in his attempt to defend his title. That year Colquitt County High's Jorge Villalobos ran 17:22 for the win, while Johnson finished sixth in 19:44. Nevertheless, Johnson was back in 2013, and he was first to the finish line of the 5K with a winning 19:07. Luke Brinson, another Colquitt County HS cross-country runner, was second in 19:23. Ten-year-old Baylen Young was third in 19:28. The first female finisher in the 5K was Tiffany Smith, a sophomore cross-country runner at Colquitt County High. Smith came in 15th overall in 25:19. The second female finisher and first female master was Moultrie athlete Shannon Hall, 20th overall in 26:31. 78 athletes finished the 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2013 Race of the South 10K

1. 40:45 ~ Paulino Cruz (M, 24) Moultrie, GA
2. 40:57 ~ Sean McConnell (M, 42) Adel, GA
3. 41:56 ~ Noah Harrison (M, 16) Moultrie, GA
4. 47:09 ~ Mark Niday (M, 29) Moultrie, GA
5. 47:17 ~ Jimmy Allegood (M, 61) Moultrie, GA
6. 48:17 ~ Patrick Bius (M, 39) Moultrie, GA
7. 48:34 ~ Holman Bolen (M, 54) Moultrie, GA
8. 48:55 ~ Charlie Florencio (M, 19) Moultrie, GA
9. 49:51 ~ Jerry Yates (M, 57) Moultrie, GA
10. 50:32 ~ Judd Lasseter (M, 36) Moultrie, GA

Top Ten Women, 2013 Race of the South 10K

1. 50:00 ~ Nancy Marto (F, 40) Lake City, FL
2. 53:01 ~ Mariela Gonzalez (F, 24) Moultrie, GA
3. 54:03 ~ Lisa DeMott (F, 51) Moultrie, GA
4. 56:35 ~ Kellie Smith (F, 44) Moultrie, GA
5. 61:05 ~ Carrie Lasseter (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
6. 62:22 ~ Maura Bryant (F, 49) Moultrie, GA
7. 62:42 ~ Kay Powell (F, 56) Moultrie, GA
8. 63:42 ~ Angela Castellow (F, 54) Moultrie, GA
9. 63:50 ~ Susan Gibbs (F, 57) Moultrie, GA
10. 66:28 ~ Crystal McGhin (F, 31) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Men, 2013 Race of the South 5K

1. 19:07 ~ Steven Johnson (M, 17) Norman Park, GA
2. 19:23 ~ Luke Brinson (M, 15) Moultrie, GA
3. 19:28 ~ Baylen Young (M, 10) Moultrie, GA
4. 22:01 ~ Ishmael Moreno (M, 19) Moultrie, GA
5. 22:06 ~ Brad Ruis (M, 34) Norman Park, GA
6. 22:43 ~ Elijah Gomez (M, 18) Moultrie, GA
7. 22:56 ~ Steven Johnson (M, 36) Norman Park, GA
8. 22:58 ~ Morgan Hart (M, 16) Moultrie, GA
9. 23:13 ~ Zack Ulakovitz (M, 18) Moultrie, GA
10. 24:03 ~ P.B. Henry (M, 15) Doerun, GA

Top Ten Women, 2013 Race of the South 5K

1. 25:19 ~ Tiffany Smith (F, 15) Norman Park, GA
2. 26:31 ~ Shannon Hall (F, 43) Moultrie, GA
3. 26:35 ~ Yonaris Turro (F, 34) Moultrie, GA
4. 27:06 ~ Yasmin Moctezuma (F, 15) Moultrie, GA
5. 27:08 ~ Donna Conger (F, 45) Moultrie, GA
6. 27:35 ~ Adrianna Drusko (F, 17) Moultrie, GA
7. 28:20 ~ Brittany Bennett (F, 25) Moultrie, GA
8. 28:39 ~ Beth Rosales (F, 37) Moultrie, GA
9. 29:30 ~ Hannah Smith (F, 14) Meigs, GA
10. 29:30 ~ Beth Bates (F, 31) Moultrie, GA

Known winners of Moultrie's Race of the South
Date	Race	Men	Women	Finishers
22 March 1980	10K	32:33, Gary Slayton	45:25, Becky Grubbs	200+
1981	10K
20 March 1982	10K	34:58, Rusty Jones
16 April 1983	10K	31:32, Adam Pinkston	41:37, Diane Rivering
14 April 1984	10K	31:33, Rick Miller
13 April 1985	10K	31:59, Jeff Milliman
19 April 1986	10K	33:39, Danny Daniels	38:16, Janice Hochstein
11 April 1987	10K	31:26, Greg Thompson	38:39, Janice Hochstein
16 April 1988	10K	Jessie Close
15 April 1989	10K
21 April 1990	10K	Louis Floyd
20 April 1991	10K	Louis Floyd
18 April 1992	10K	35:08, Paul Wilder
10 April 1993	10K
16 April 1994	10K
22 April 1995	10K	James Lee
1996	10K	James Lee
No race held, 1997-2002
6 September 2003	10K	39:42, Imie Mark	45:26, Cindy Barkley	73
	5K
2004	10K	40:31, Imie Mark	44:23, Amy Sharon	45
	5K
17 September 2005	10K	39:37, Ian Cooper	50:08, Tracy McClure	37
	5K			20
16 September 2006	10K	37:58, Todd Smoot	48:37, Shelby Levy	57
	5K
15 September 2007	10K	37:33, Todd Smoot	47:02, Judy Alexander	39
	5K	23:51, Donald Fairbanks	26:04, Charmaine Johnson	23
20 September 2008	10K	38:28, Heath Lamb	45:21, Kristen Kinsley
	5K	19:24, Craig Dabdoub	18:29, Amy Paine
19 September 2009	10K	John Seppala	Amy Hines
	5K	Jason Ewing	22:04, Allison Peters
18 September 2010	10K	41:29, Ben Hoover	50:07, Dawn Montooth	32
	5K	20:18, Landon Rehberg	23:12, Kim Luque	57
17 September 2011	10K	40:00, Mark McLeod	50:03, Thesdee Randon
	5K	18:59, Steven Johnson	22:31, Searra Johnson
15 September 2012	10K	39:44, Matt Kuhns	46:24, Laura Lofton Weldon	58
	5K	17:22, Jorge Villalobos	22:35, Elizabeth Funderburk	121
21 September 2013	10K	40:45, Paulino Cruz	50:00, Nancy Marto	50
	5K	19:07, Steven Johnson	25:19, Tiffany Smith	78
Prior to its revival in 2003, the Race of the South was held annually from 1980 to 1996. I'd deeply appreciate results from any of the years missing from the above table!

Links

• Complete results of the Moultrie YMCA's 2013 Race of the South
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdHVSeW9lVFUtWWgzUERjZmt4cDNUeGc
  
  
• Photos of the Moultrie YMCA's 2013 Race of the South
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151736713818423.1073741847.114993683422
  
  
• 2012 story, "Runaway wins for Kuhns, Weldon at Race Of The South 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/race-of-south-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, "Hoover and Montooth win the Race of the South 10K"
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/race-of-south-2010.html
  
  
• Upcoming races in Moultrie and elsewhere in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1