In Adel, 2019 is 2014 all over again for Ryan Kelly and Shonna O'Quinn

It was a day for the master runners in Adel, Georgia on Saturday, 18 May 2019. That morning, Lake Park, Georgia master runner Ryan Kelly won Adel's tenth annual Daylily City 5K by just over 200 meters, running 17:54. Another master runner, Shonna O'Quinn of Adel, was the first woman in the 3.1-mile race, placing thirteenth overall in 23:34.


It was also a morning for repeat winners. Of the ten Daylily City 5K runs, this was Kelly's fifth win--the Valdosta High cross-country coach had also placed first in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017. On the women's side, O'Quinn had previously won the Daylily City 5K in 2014.


Kelly's winning time of 17:54 was just four seconds off the event record of 17:50, a record Kelly himself had set in the 2015 race. Behind that 17:54, Cody Pezent of Adel finished runner-up in 18:31. Closely following Pezent, Johnny Artiaga, another Adel athlete, was third in 18:38. Artiaga is a frosh-year cross-country runner at Cook High, where Pezent is a graduating senior.


Victoria Garcia, an eighth-grader on the track team at Hahira Middle School, took second in the women's standings, placing sixteenth overall in 25:31. Adel master runner Angela Pezent was the third woman and seventeenth overall in 26:51.


77 athletes finished the 2019 Daylily City 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta, Georgia timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Daylily City 5K

1. 17:53.9, Ryan Kelly (M, 40) Lake Park, GA
2. 18:30.7, Cody Pezent (M, 18) Adel, GA
3. 18:37.9, Johnny Artiaga (M, 15) Adel, GA
4. 19.38.3, Gabriel Ponce (M, 19) Adel, GA
5. 21:12.4, Bret Wagonhurst (M, 55) Tifton, GA
6. 21:18.2, Will O'Quinn (M, 15) Adel, GA
7. 21:26.7, Rick Martin (M, 58) Clarksville, TN
8. 21:45.9, William Garcia (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
9. 22:01.9, John Lacianese (M, 23) Hahira, GA
10. 22:02.4, Tom Daughtrey (M, 14) Adel, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Daylily City 5K

1. 23:33.4, Shonna O'Quinn (F, 44) Adel, GA
2. 25:31.0, Victoria Garcia (F, 14) Valdosta, GA
3. 26:50.7, Angela Pezent (F, 45) Adel, GA
4. 28:10.9, Jessie Burton (F, 38) Barney, GA
5. 28:23.4, Maggie Gregory (F, 14) Quitman, GA
6. 29:37.1, Delleese Collins (F, 42) Valdosta, GA
7. 30:14.1, Tanja Rogers (F, 43) Adel, GA
8. 31:42.3, Brittney McDaniel (F, 17) Adel, GA
9. 31:55.7, Marie Roof (F, 58) Adel, GA
10. 31:59.5, Sandra Di Pietro (F, 54) Valdosta, GA

Adel Daylily Festival 5K champions, 2010 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
5 June 2010	18:58, John Seppala	25:34, Becky Thompson	38
4 June 2011	18:18, Masked Avenger	21:28, Alice Smoot
2 June 2012	18:33, Masked Avenger	21:54, Jacki Pinkerton	74
17 May 2013	18:19, Ryan Kelly	26:03, Heather Kelly	32
17 May 2014	17:58, Ryan Kelly	24:04, Shonna O'Quinn
16 May 2015	17:50, Ryan Kelly	21:29, Amber Elam	50
21 May 2016	18:06, Dan Butzin	22:27, Riley O'Linn	66
20 May 2017	18:41, Ryan Kelly	21:59, Annie Price	70
19 May 2018	18:17, Myles Gibson	24:31, Char Davidson	47
18 May 2019	17:54, Ryan Kelly	23:34, Shonna O'Quinn	77
Prior to the first 5K race in 2010, there was a 10K Blossom Trot in 2009.

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Daylily City 5K (Courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRKBNU0ir1E1FGNqBZluJwNH_udwKL4Z_yKCwZ-D3_w_YvIoUzMJiodn83MEy2G7Ul-FCsrnDqfMDil/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Myles Gibson motors to victory at Daylily City”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/05/adelily-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Kelly and Price had their day at the Daylily City 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/adelily-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Butzin and O'Linn take the Daylily City 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/adelily-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Fast runs in the Daylily City for Kelly and Elam”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/adelily-2015.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “No toiling, no spinning, just running for Kelly and Kelly”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/adelily-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Avenger and Pinkerton win a bloomin' 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/06/adelily-2012.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Seppala and Thompson win at Adel”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/06/adelily-2010.html
  
  
• If there's a race in the region for your favorite flower, then you'll find it here
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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