Benjamin Phillips was unperturbed by either the weather or by Camilla's notorious swarms of gnats. A sophomore cross-country runner at Lee County High in Leesburg, Georgia, Phillips won the race by nearly 60 meters, crossing the finish line at Courthouse Square in 20:06. Donica Williams of Cairo, Georgia was the first woman in the race, placing twelfth overall in 22:54.
Kerry Underwood of Ty Ty, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the Gnat Days 5K, finishing runner-up to Phillips in 20:20. Cairo master runner Justin Williams took third in 20:40, and John Coleman of Decatur, Georgia was fourth in 20:52.
Ramsay Miller, a graduating senior on the Lee County High cross-country team, was second in the women's standings and sixteenth overall in 23:14. Miller had won the women's title in the 2017 Gnat Days 5K. Victoria Feyedelem of Albany, Georgia was the first woman master and third female finisher, nineteenth overall in 23:56. Thirteen-year-old Camilla athlete Hannah Glass was fourth in the women's standings and 21st overall in 24:15.
164 athletes finished Camilla's 2018 Gnat Days 5K.
Top Ten Men, 2018 Gnat Days 5K
- 20:05.10, Benjamin Phillips (M, 16) Leesburg, GA
- 20:19.19, Kerry Underwood (M, 54) Ty Ty, GA
- 20:39.80, Justin Williams (M, 40) Cairo, GA
- 20:51.10, John Coleman (M, 35) Decatur, GA
- 21:02.75, Michael McGahee (M, 41) Camilla, GA
- 21:26.30, Chris Holt (M, 36) Thomasville, GA
- 21:55.28, David Lewis (M, 31) Camilla, GA
- 21:58.49, Walt Cochran (M, 16) Baconton, GA
- 22:22.96, Chris Phillips (M, 38) Leesburg, GA
- 22:24.65, Phillip Morris (M, 52) Pelham, GA
Top Ten Women, 2018 Gnat Days 5K
- 22:54.00, Donica Williams (F, 38) Cairo, GA
- 23:13.48, Ramsay Miller (F, 18) Leesburg, GA
- 23:55.08, Victoria Feyedelem (F, 46) Albany, GA
- 24:14.99, Hannah Glass (F, 13) Camilla, GA
- 24:32.71, Penny Peters (F, 50) Tifton, GA
- 25:14.72, Caroline Taylor (F, 17) Leesburg, GA
- 25:46.61, Gunawati Gunawan (F, 46) Tifton, GA
- 26:09.36, Sharanda Hurst (F, 36) Camilla, GA
- 26:26.62, Juli Degrummond (F, 48) Tallahassee, FL
- 26:31.63, Ashley Coleman (F, 33) Decatur, GA
Gnat Days 5K champions, 2005 - 2018 | ||
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Date | Men | Women |
11 May 2018 | 20:06, Benjamin Phillips | 22:54, Donica Williams |
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 2018 Gnat Days 5K
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQAzkXjNtucmZ6MUHejRHJnAcrfK2aUaRD54qXw7Faep8fmXHU6QF3A7UzC0bcwQAaoh3Q4ewmqh3fV/pubhtml
- 2017 story, “Hammond and Miller swat the competition at Camilla's Gnat Days 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/gnat-days-2017.html
- 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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