Fulp and Lohr race through two counties to win the Little River 5K

The Little River Run 5K is run entirely inside Georgia's Reed Bingham State Park, but the race still takes place in two different counties. The park straddles the Little River, which marks the boundary between Colquitt County and Cook County. So the race starts in Colquitt County, but most of the running is done in Cook County before the runners return to the west side of the river and finish back in Colquitt County.


Cook and Colquitt had to each take a back seat to another county, though, on Saturday morning, 21 April 2018, when Lowndes County resident Cavan Fulp won the Little River Run 5K in 20:25. Fulp, a student at Lowndes High, lives in Hahira, Georgia. Melanie Lohr, a master runner from Elkton, Florida, won the women's title, placing sixth overall in 25:48.


Finishing less than 30 meters behind Fulp, Cook High cross-country runner Cody Pezent took second in the race, running 20:31. Daniel Carver of Hahira was third in 21:35.


Adel, Georgia master runner Angela Pezent was the second woman and eighth overall in 26:35. Langley Wooten, a frosh-year member of the Thomas County Central cross-country team, was third in the women's standings and twelfth overall in 27:54.


Allen Wooten of Thomasville, Georgia was the first male master runner in the race, placing eighth in the men's standings and tenth overall in 26:52.


40 athletes finished the 2018 Little River Run 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Little River Run 5K

1. 20:24.4, Cavan Fulp (M, 15) Hahira, GA
2. 20:31.0, Cody Pezent (M, 17) Adel, GA
3. 21:35.0, Daniel Carver (M, 33) Hahira, GA
4. 23:05.8, Joseph Pezent (M, 14) Adel, GA
5. 25:06.9, Caleb Pezent (M, 11) Adel, GA
6. 26:32.8, Casey Cheshire (M, 33) Adel, GA
7. 26:35.9, Riley Moseley (M, 16) Fort White, FL
8. 26:51.7, Allen Wooten (M, 44) Thomasville, GA
9. 27:02.1, Luke Closson (M, 51) Hahira, GA
10. 29:08.5, Miles Stalvey (M, 16) Hahira, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Little River Run 5K

1. 25:47.3, Melanie Lohr (F, 56) Elkton, FL
2. 26:34.2, Angela Pezent (F, 44) Adel, GA
3. 27:53.5, Langley Wooten (F, 15) Thomasville, GA
4. 28:53.3, Jessie Burton (F, 37) Barney, GA
5. 29:21.7, Brittany Hudson (F, 28) Fort White, FL
6. 32:41.8, Kim Souther (F, 57) Hahira, GA
7. 33:13.3, Donna Alford (F, 60) Nashville, GA
8. 34:34.3, Allison Story (F, 14) Tifton, GA
9. 38:09.0, Lisa Wagner (F, 49) Valdosta, GA
10. 38:30.5, Kayla Helton (F, 29) Fort White, FL

Recent Road Kill Run 5K winners, 2012 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
19 May 2012	18:34, Masked Avenger	24:24, Christy Cherry	71
18 May 2013	18:43, Chance Roe	22:28, Eryn Wilkey	65
22 February 2014	18:51, Ryan Kelly	21:25, Makenzee Page	33
25 April 2015	17:59, Ryan Kelly	25:26, Anne Price	54
23 April 2016	18:10, Dan Butzin	25:57, Traci Newton	50
22 April 2017	18:59, Dan Butzin	20:56, Annie Price	31
21 April 2018	20:25, Cavan Fulp	25:48, Melanie Lohr	40
Prior to 2012, the Road Kill Run was a 10K and a 5K held on the trails in Reed Bingham State Park. In 2012 the Road Kill Run became a 5K held on the park's roads on USATF certified course #GA11076WC.

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Road Kill Run 5K, courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRucVlRLaoE7WnFKZzhf0VM1s_dF8pS1_Oq83F2xCERZloA_Het2qoMl9gCKNh_lNmxdh_BwB7EMZJy/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Butzin and Price repeat in Reed Bingham”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/road-kill-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin and Newton are champion Road Killers”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/road-kill-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Kelly and Price were too quick for the buzzards in the Road Kill 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/04/road-kill-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kelly and Page winners in Buzzard Day 5K at Reed Bingham State Park”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/02/road-kill-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Roe and Wilkey make their rivals look like buzzard bait”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/road-kill-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Avenger and Cherry leave 'em behind for the buzzards”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/road-kill-2012.html
  
  
• Road Kill Run 5K course certification map (USATF #GA11076WC)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=GA11076WC
  
  
• Reed Bingham State Park
  http://www.gastateparks.org/ReedBingham
  
  
• Look for an upcoming race with a more charismatic mascot on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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