Monday, February 18, 2019

Not burnin' love, but Blazin' Love for Cameron Watson and Tracey Cole in Valdosta

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A Douglas, Georgia athlete, Watson is a sophomore on the Coffee High cross-country squad. Running for the Trojans, he won the class 6A Region 1 boys' race during the 2018 season. The cross-country connection was fitting; the Blazin' Love 5K is a benefit for the Valdosta State University cross-country program.


Justin Tracy of Lake Park, Georgia took the runner-up spot in the 5K, running 17:29. Tanner Reid, a first-year Valdosta State University student and recent alum of the Perry High cross-country team, nabbed third with a 17:43. Lake Park's Ryan Kelly, the cross-country coach at Valdosta High, was the fastest master runner in the race, placing fourth overall in 18:56.


Martha Mazurkiewicz was the top woman master in the 5K and the second female finisher, eighteenth overall in 24:30. A Valdosta runner, Mazurkiewicz is a cross-country coach at Lowndes High. The next two runners in the women's standings were just a few steps behind Mazurkiewicz--Maryann Rowe (19th, 24:33) and Natalie Chandler (20th, 24:38). Both Rowe and Chandler are junior-year athletes on the Berrien County High cross-country team.


82 athletes finished the 2019 Blazin' Love 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Blazin' Love 5K
  1. 17:15.4, Cameron Watson (M, 16) Douglas, GA
  2. 17:28.4, Justin Tracy (M, 24) Lake Park, GA
  3. 17:42.6, Tanner Reid (M, 19) Valdosta, GA
  4. 18:55.2, Ryan Kelly (M, 40) Lake Park, GA
  5. 20:07.0, Daniel Carver (M, 34) Hahira, GA
  6. 20:31.0, Nick Roberts (M, 37) Hahira, GA
  7. 20:32.5, Scott Murray (M, 48) Kennesaw, GA
  8. 20:39.8, Richard Mazurkiewicz (M, 51) Valdosta, GA
  9. 21:49.9, Andrew Elam (M, 20) Valdosta, GA
  10. 21:52.9, David Delgado (M, 39) Hahira, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Blazin' Love 5K
  1. 23:38.1, Tracey Cole (F, 39) Pinetta, FL
  2. 24:29.7, Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 51) Valdosta, GA
  3. 24:32.8, Maryann Rowe (F, 16) Adel, GA
  4. 24:38.0, Natalie Chandler (F, 16) Nashville, GA
  5. 24:49.9, Lauren Bewley (F, 37) Valdosta, GA
  6. 25:52.3, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 36) Moultrie, GA
  7. 26:32.9, Shannon Emanuel (F, 31) Ray City, GA
  8. 27:03.9, Victoria Garcia (F, 14) Valdosta, GA
  9. 27:20.1, Alyssa Eisert (F, 18) Jacksonville, FL
  10. 27:32.4, Catherine Moody (F, 14) Valdosta, GA

Blazin' Love 5K winners, 2016 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
13 February 201615:39, Connor Dalrymple19:36, Tyra Holloway123
11 February 201715:53, Jaison Morning18:47, Tyra Holloway134
10 February 201815:47, Jaison Morning23:23, Kelly Lunceford48
16 February 201917:16, Cameron Watson23:39, Tracey Cole82


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