South of Thomasville, Georgia, on Saturday morning, 27 September, Valdosta High cross-country coach won the sixth annual Quail Trail 5K, racing around the grounds of Pebble Hills Plantation in 17:40. Tallahassee's Jay Smith was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing runner-up in 18:54. Just behind Smith, Bainbridge, Georgia, master runner Greg Waddell placed third in 19:11. Valdosta master runner Nancy Elam was the first woman finisher, coming in 18th overall in 24:03. About a hundred meters back, Amy Zboralski was the women's runner-up, finishing 21st overall in 24:40. Destiny Roe of Valdosta's Viking Runners Club was third in the women's standings, placing 23rd overall in 24:59. Roe would race again that morning, returning to finish fourth in the middle school girls' 3K race.Since 2009, the Quail Trail 5K has been the opening event in the Quail Trail Invitational, part of a program that includes high school and middle school races. Coach Kelly was at the Quail Trail with his Valdosta Middle School Team in 2012 when he won the race, and again in 2013 when he finished second to Lowndes High sophomore Chance Roe.
101 athletes finished the 2014 Quail Trail 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2014 Quail Trail 5K- 17:39.61 ~ Ryan Kelly (M, 35) Lake Park, GA
- 18:53.13 ~ Jay Smith (M, 40) Tallahassee, FL
- 19:10.25 ~ Greg Waddell (M, 48) Bainbridge, GA
- 19:30.73 ~ Chip Nix (M, 38) Bainbridge, GA
- 19:50.12 ~ Gareth Pyle (M, 35) Thomasville, GA
- 19:56.96 ~ Tad David (M, 45) Tallahassee, FL
- 20:10.95 ~ Marcus Watson (M, 27) Thomasville, GA
- 21:00.33 ~ Duane Joiner (M, 38) Ochlocknee, GA
- 21:07.30 ~ Jason Jacobs (M, 38) GA
- 21:24.99 ~ Derek Cuming (M, 36 ) Valdosta, GA
Top Ten Women, 2014 Quail Trail 5K
- 24:02.52 ~ Nancy Elam (F, 51)
- 24:39.18 ~ Amy Zboralski (F, 32)
- 24:58.65 ~ Destiny Roe (F, 14)
- 25:26.45 ~ April Aldridge (F, 41)
- 25:53.79 ~ Nancy Herring (F, 59)
- 26:02.16 ~ Lori Nurmi (F, 34)
- 26:11.24 ~ Melinda Owens (F, 35) Thomasville, GA
- 26:15.03 ~ Sky Feller (F, 41) Tallahassee, FL
- 26:34.75 ~ Julie Harris (F, 49)
- 29:07.04 ~ Jamie Brown (F, 30) Valdosta, FL
| Quail Trail 5K winners, 2009 - 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Men | Women | Finishers |
| 26 September 2009 | 22:01, Steven Cox | 24:38, Nancy Stedman | 155 |
| 25 September 2010 | 15:41, Kevin Cook | 18:40, Kara Taylor | 236 |
| 24 September 2011 | 17:30, Giovanni Sanchez | 23:54, Kimberlee Lawson | 118 |
| 29 September 2012 | 18:38, Ryan Kelly | 24:29, Melanie Jackson | 157 |
| 28 September 2013 | 16:59, Chance Roe | 19:47, Jacki Pinkerton | 92 |
| 27 September 2014 | 17:40, Ryan Kelly | 24:03, Nancy Elam | 101 |
| The Quail Trail 5K has always been run on USATF certified course GA09026WC, except in 2009 when the lead vehicle took the runners off course. | |||
Links
- Complete results of the 2014 Quail Trail 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zMgsRvpUTOYd3uVHzjyCcLiSv1HGMKcwYcUGtfjyw_E/pubhtml
- 2010 story, "Tales from the Trail, the second annual Quail Trail"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/09/quail-trail-2010.html
- 2009 story, "Lost on the Quail Trail"
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/09/lost-on-quail-trail.html
- USATF course certification map GA09026WC for the Quail Trail 5K
http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA09026WC
- Quail, partridge, duck, or ptarmigan, find your favorite bird race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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