September is the right month for Brandon Vigil and Jacinta Howell at the GMC Valdosta 5K

In Valdosta, Georgia from 2014 to 2017, the Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K was contested each year on the last Saturday of June. The fifth annual GMC Valdosta 5K, though, found a new home on the third Saturday in September--the race had moved from early summer to late summer. So on Saturday morning, 15 September 2018, Valdosta's Brandon Vigil ran 18:49 to win the GMC Valdosta 5K by more than 200 meters. Jacinta Howell of Valdosta was the top woman in the race, placing twelfth overall in 26:43.


Lake Park, Georgia's Ryan Kelly finished runner-up to Vigil in 19:39. Kelly, the Valdosta High cross-country coach, had won the first GMC Valdosta 5K in 2014. Daniel Carver of Jacksonville, Florida was third in 20:01 and recent Valdosta High graduate Deshon Taylor was fourth in 20:29. Jim O'Connor of Hahira, Georgia was the first master runner in the race, placing fifth overall in 22:34.


Gina Purvis edged Pollyanna Bass of Pavo, Georgia for the first woman master spot, 26:58 to 27:01. Purvis and Bass were the second and third female finishers, coming in fifteenth and sixteenth overall.


48 athletes finished the 2018 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K

1. 18:48.2, Brandon Vigil (M, 34) Valdosta, GA
2. 19:38.5, Ryan Kelly (M, 39) Lake Park, GA
3. 20:00.9, Daniel Carver (M, 34) Jacksonville, FL
4. 20:28.3, Deshon Taylor (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
5. 22:33.6, Jim O'Connor (M, 55) Hahira, GA
6. 23:46.9, Karl Brown (M, 42) Valdosta, GA
7. 24:50.7, Kenneth Howell Jr. (M, 35) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:02.0, Adam Gutzemeier (M, 41) Hahira, GA
9. 25:25.3, David Pollock (M, 54) Tifton, GA
10. 25:29.1, Jay Prince (M, 47) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K

1. 26:42.3, Jacinta Howell (F, 34) Valdosta, GA
2. 26:57.3, Gina Purvis (F, 59) Tifton, GA
3. 27:00.3, Pollyanna Bass (F, 46) Pavo, GA
4. 27:43.9, Traci Ferris (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
5. 28:43.8, Karina Amundson (F, 48) Valdosta, GA
6. 28:53.7, Robin Cartright (F, 41) Thomasville, GA
7. 29:14.3, Zoey Layton (F, 18) Live Oak, FL
8. 29:31.4, Talisha Jeffries (F, 29) Valdosta, GA
9. 30:33.3, Heather Kelly (F, 40) Lake Park, GA
10. 31:06.3, Beth Ford (F, 50) Valdosta, GA

Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K winners, 2014 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
28 June 2014	18:50, Ryan Kelly	22:25, Danielle Jarnagin	60
27 June 2015	22:26, Billy Taylor	22:17, Anne Price	56
25 June 2016	18:38, Dan Butzin	26:02, Katie Presler	73
24 June 2017	19:10, Morgan Bolmer	22:08, Vanessa Spry	78
15 September 2018	18:49, Brandon Vigil	26:43, Jacinta Howell	48

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 Georgia Military College Valdosta 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQYdTRcg7OhH1Ol50WrE3wN_Ekl3uBrqVObx63JDnjon8XurjMCn1Rkyget4eT6QhEE5uKRn862Fmtd/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “No substitute for victory needed by either Bolmer or Spry at the Georgia Military College 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/06/gmcv-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin and Presler win the battle at the Georgia Military College 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/06/gmcv-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Anne Price takes it all at Dollars For Scholars”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/06/gmcv-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kelly and Jarnigan cash in at Dollars For Scholars”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/06/gmcv-2014.html
  
  
• Georgia Military College Valdosta
  http://valdosta.gmc.cc.ga.us/
  
  
• Find your next race in the region using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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