Baun and Smoot set the streets afire in Valdosta's Fire Up 5K

Matthew Baun got another 5K victory and Valdosta, Georgia, got another road race with the first running of the Fire Up 5K on 7 June 2014. Baun, a rising sophomore on the cross-country team at Valdosta High School, won the race by about half a kilometer, running 18:06. Colquitt County High graduating senior Steven Johnson II was second in 20:10. Third place went to Gareth Pyle of Thomasville, Georgia, in 22:01. Valdosta's Quin McGlanery took fourth in 22:55.


Valdosta master runner Alice Smoot was the fastest woman in the Fire Up 5K, placing fifth overall in 23:07. Debbie Sizemore Green, another Valdosta master runner, was second in the women's standings, coming in seventh overall in 23:30. Eleanor Clark edged Leigh Jordan for the third woman's spot, both runners clocked in 27:18. Clark and Jordan were tenth and eleventh overall respectably.


33 athletes finished the 3.1-mile race, which started and finished at Valdosta's McKey Park. Race proceeds went to support the start up of the Scintilla Charter Academy.


Top Ten Men, 2014 Fire Up 5K

1. 18:05.2 ~ Matthew Baun (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
2. 20:09.8 ~ Steven Johnson II (M, 18) Norman Park, GA
3. 22:00.7 ~ Gareth Pyle (M, 35) thomasville, GA
4. 22:54.7 ~ Quin McGlanery (M, 14) Valdosta, GA
5. 23:23.5 ~ Steven Johnson (M, 36) Norman Park, GA
6. 25:09.8 ~ Stephen McLeod (M, 25) Valdosta, GA
7. 25:56.9 ~ Billy Taylor (M, 65) Valdosta, GA
8. 27:33.9 ~ Lase' Perez (M, 16) Hahira, GA
9. 30:07.3 ~ Jamie Metts (M, 37) Hahira, GA
10. 30:34.3 ~ Wesley Blanchard (M, 62) Naylor, GA

Top Ten Men, 2014 Fire Up 5K

1. 23:06.3 ~ Alice Smoot (F, 56) Valdosta, GA
2. 23:29.7 ~ Debbie Sizemore Green (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
3. 27:17.5 ~ Eleanor Clark (F, 33) Valdosta, GA
4. 27:17.7 ~ Leigh Jordan (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
5. 28:54.5 ~ Tammy Hatton (F, 41) Lakeland, GA
6. 29:39.8 ~ Carolyn Dow (F, 35) Hahira, GA
7. 33:47.5 ~ Sara Warren (F, 21) Valdosta, GA
8. 34:47.1 ~ Laura Burns (F, 44) Valdosta, GA
9. 35:17.3 ~ Sandra Blanchard (F, 60) Naylor, GA
10. 35:18.6 ~ Courtney Bateman (F, 23) Valdosta, GA

Links

• Complete results of the 2014 Fire Up 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AuBsYKIIn3TCdFJkQXlQRkZXckJtajVGOUJ4Wi1JOWc
  
  
• More upcoming races involving earth, air, fire, or water on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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