Camilla, Georgia is well south of the gnat line. No amount of swatting or spraying could ever rid Camilla of the insects, so the town celebrates them instead with an annual festival, Gnat Days. Since 1988 the festival has included a road race, the Gnat Days 5K.
Coming from Bonaire, Georgia, just south of the gnat line, Jared Hammond won the 30th annual Gnat Days 5K on Friday evening, 12 May 2017, running 18:22. Another south-of-the-gnat-line athlete, Ramsay Miller of Leesburg, Georgia, took the women's title, placing twelth overall in 21:30.
Jake Merritt, a junior on the Colquitt County High cross-country team, was runner-up in the race, going the 3.1-miles in 18:46. Trevor Boeckmann of Albany, Georgia was third in 19:29. Thomasville, Georgia's Chad Johnson was the first master runner and fourth overall in 19:40. Ben Phillips, a frosh on the Lee County High cross-country squad, grabbed fifth with a 19:54.
Women's champ Ramsay Miller also studies at Lee County High, where she is a junior on the cross-country team. Kimberly Dove of Byron, Georgia was second to Miller in the women's standings, placing fourteenth overall in 22:31. Caitlin Santiago, a frosh on the cross-country team at Westwood High in Camilla, was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 23:23. Albany's Karen McNally was the top woman master and fourth female finisher, nineteenth overall in 23:43.
145 athletes finished the 2017 Gnat Days 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2017 Gnat Days 5K
- 18:21.06, Jared Hammond (M, 36) Bonaire, GA
- 18:46.00, Jake Merritt (M, 17) Moultrie, GA
- 19:28.91, Trevor Boeckmann (M, 28) Albany, GA
- 19:39.50, Chad Johnson (M, 46) Thomasville, GA
- 19:53.64, Ben Phillips (M, 15) Leesburg, GA
- 20:01.94, John Kilpatrick (M, 46) Leesburg, GA
- 20:15.92, Ashton Donahue (M, 16) Baconton, GA
- 20:28.88, Justin Williams (M, 39) Cairo, GA
- 20:50.56, Jaques Jones (M, 13) Baconton, GA
- 21:18.81, Tyler Williams (M, 19) Cairo, GA
Top Ten Women, 2017 Gnat Days 5K
- 21:29.92, Ramsay Miller (F, 17) Leesburg, GA
- 22:30.71, Kimberly Dove (F, 29) Byron, GA
- 23:22.91, Caitlin Santiago (F, 15) Camilla, GA
- 23:42.52, Karen McNally (F, 53) Albany, GA
- 23:43.72, Donica Williams (F, 37) Cairo, GA
- 23:45.83, Arber Elan (F, 28) Columbus, GA
- 24:07.49, Emily Phillips (F, 12) Leesburg, GA
- 24:11.29, Jill Hope (F, 36) Camilla, GA
- 25:03.34, Kelli Kilpatrick (F, 49) Leesburg, GA
- 25:56.50, Elizabet Mentha (F, 15) Albany, GA
Gnat Days 5K Champions, 2005 - 2017 | ||
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Date | Men | Women |
12 May 2017 | 18:22, Jared Hammond | 21:30, Ramsay Miller |
13 May 2016 | 17:04, Chase Harris | 20:32, Melissa Thompson |
1 May 2015 | 16:11, Patrick Whitehead | 22:13, Beverly Hamilton |
2 May 2014 | 18:32, Arnoldo DeJesus | 18:50, Elena Oslund |
3 May 2013 | 19:06, James Taylor | 24:33, Ashtin Banks |
4 May 2012 | 17:51, Stephen Robbins | 19:47, Mary Anne Grayson |
6 May 2011 | 17:35, Masked Avenger | 23:53, Jenna Willingham |
30 April 2010 | 17:36, Kyle Harris | 19:59, Mary Anne Grayson |
1 May 2009 | 17:39, Nathan Norton | 19:51, Mary Anne Grayson |
2 May 2008 | 18:12, Todd Smoot | 22:35, Diane Johnson |
4 May 2007 | 16:59, Todd Smoot | 22:49, Diane Johnson |
5 May 2006 | 17:27, Clint Watkins | 22:02, Lori Rawlings |
6 May 2005 | 17:06, Dr. Robert Feldman | 21:12, Debbie Wittmer |
1 May 2004 | ||
3 May 2003 | ||
14 May 1994 | ||
12 June 1993 | ||
13 June 1992 | ||
8 June 1991 | 15:33, Louis Floyd | 18:20, Vikki Saga |
9 June 1990 | ||
10 June 1989* | ||
11 June 1988** | 14:14.7, John Tuttle | 16:28, Carla Borovicka |
Links
- Complete results of the 2017 Gnat Days 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mcuyxB1-Fsa6qu09Tnunifj1bd0IR6yxSt77_Rh5F8E/pubhtml
- 2016 story, “Harris and Thompson have their day at Gnat Days”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/gnat-days-2016.html
- 2015 story, “Whitehead and Hamilton outrun everyone but the gnats in Camilla”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/gnat-days-2015.html
- 2014 story, “De Jesus and Oslund flit through Gnat Days 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/gnat-days-2014.html
- 2013 story, “No flies on Taylor or Banks in Camilla”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/gnat-days-2013.html
- 2012 story, “Robbins and Grayson beat the swarm in Camilla”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/gnat-days-2012.html
- 2011 story, “Avenger and Willingham in a cloud of...gnats”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/gnat-2011.html
- Find races not requiring insect repellent on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
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