Saturday, September 15, 2018

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

Bulldog MascotIn 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
DateMenWomenFinishers
28 June 201418:50, Ryan Kelly22:25, Danielle Jarnagin60
27 June 201522:26, Billy Taylor22:17, Anne Price56
25 June 201618:38, Dan Butzin26:02, Katie Presler73
24 June 201719:10, Morgan Bolmer22:08, Vanessa Spry78
15 September 201818:49, Brandon Vigil26:43, Jacinta Howell48


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