Monday, March 18, 2019

Justin Tracy and Katelyn Lancaster cut to the chase at the "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K

At Sallas Mahone Elementary School in Valdosta, Georgia on Saturday morning, 16 March 2019, athletes assembled at the starting line of the tenth annual "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K. Among them were Justin Tracy and Ryan Kelly, ready for a rematch of their duel in the ninth annual race, where Tracy outran Kelly 18:07 to 18:25. This time it wasn't as close. Tracy blew away the field with a 17:36, while Kelly was runner-up in 18:51. Katelyn Lancaster edged Morgan Long for the women's title, 22:47 to 22:52.


It was Tracy's second straight win at the "Scissors" race, and his 17:36 was very nearly a new event record. Only Scott Gardner has posted a faster 5K at the "Scissors," a 17:33 winning time at the inaugural race in 2010. Runner-up Ryan Kelly, the Valdosta High cross-country coach, has four "Scissors" wins to his credit, but this was his first time winning top master runner honors at the race. Behind Tracy and Kelly, Chase Meade outkicked Josh Davis for third place, 19:46 to 19:47.


Katelyn Lancaster, a junior on the cross-country team at Valdosta High, had placed third in the women's standings of two previous "Scissors" races, once in 2016 and again in 2018. 22:47 in 2019 was fast enough to put Lancaster on top of the "Scissors" women's division for the first time. In the 2018 race, Morgan Long had been over a minute behind Lancaster. She trimmed that margin to a few seconds in 2019, finishing as the women's runner-up and tenth overall in 22:52. Tracy Cole was the third woman and eleventh overall in 23:07. Angie Davis was the top woman master and fifth female finisher, sixteenth overall in 24:35.


183 athletes finished the 2019 "Don't Run With Scissors!" 5K. The race is an annual fundraiser for the art department of Sallas Malone Elementary School.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K
  1. 17:35.15, Justin Tracy (M, 24)
  2. 18:50.53, Ryan Kelly (M, 40)
  3. 19:45.56, Chase Meade (M, 28)
  4. 19:46.25, Josh Davis (M, 23)
  5. 20:32.47, Kasey Taylor (M, 33)
  6. 21:19.38, Rafael Balleza (M, 29)
  7. 21:51.28, Adi Jovovic (M, 33)
  8. 22:50.59, Steve Plymale (M, 69)
  9. 23:18.09, Daniel Zenibia (M, 36)
  10. 23:47.34, Alan Sanderson (M, 44)

Top Ten Women, 2018 Don't Run With Scissors 5K
  1. 22:46.41, Katelyn Lancaster (F, 16)
  2. 22:51.58, Morgan Long (F, 24)
  3. 23:06.58, Tracey Cole (F, 39)
  4. 24:14.59, June Richards (F, 29)
  5. 24:34.25, Angie Davis (F, 40)
  6. 25:21.41, Jill Clark (F, 34)
  7. 25:30.31, Mary Sue Thompson (F, 36)
  8. 26:05.06, Penny Bell (F, 45)
  9. 27:33.54, Karina Amundson (F, 49)
  10. 27:43.00, Darlene Henry (F, 42)

Don't Run With Scissors 5K champions, 2010 - 2019
DateMenWomenFinishers
20 March 201017:33, Scott Gardner20:56, Ashley Powell247
12 March 201118:03, Masked Avenger23:23, Angel Godwin250
17 March 201218:29, Ryan Kelly21:24, Alice Smoot285
16 March 201318:09, Ryan Kelly22:19, Kelsey Morse279
15 March 201419:00, David Burnett21:36, Makenzee Page235
14 February 201518:24, Ryan Kelly21:10, Sandra Griffin219
19 March 201618:23, Ryan Kelly21:48, Alice Smoot139
18 March 201719:31, Dan Butzin21:39, Elizabeth Smith136
17 March 201818:07, Justin Tracy21:46, Elizabeth Smith195
16 March 201917:36, Justin Tracy22:47, Katelyn Lancaster183


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