Camilla's Gnat Days 5K was all about running, not insects, for Patrick Whitehead and Phoebe Judge

In 2015, Dr. Patrick Whitehead won Camilla, Georgia's 28th annual Gnat Days 5K. Whitehead didn't return to the race the next year, or the year after that, or the year after that. But the Albany State University professor was back in Camilla on Friday evening, 10 May 2019, when he won the 32nd annual Gnat Days 5K, running 17:09 to collect his second title. Phoebe Judge was the first woman in the race, placing ninth overall in 23:06.


At 20:18, Chris Holt of Thomasville, Georgia was the Gnat Days runner-up. Ty Ty, Georgia athlete Kerry Underwood was the top master runner in the 5K for the second year in a row, placing third overall in 20:35.


Lee County High senior Caroline Taylor took second in the women's standings, coming in thirteenth overall in 24:05. Gail Morris was the third woman and fifteenth overall in 24:22. The top woman master in the 5K was Sandra Williams, the thirteenth female finisher and 34th overall in 28:24.


78 athletes finished the 2019 Gnat Days 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Gnat Days 5K

1. 17:08.9, Patrick Whitehead (M, 33) Albany, GA
2. 20:17.4, Chris Holt (M, 37) Thomasville, GA
3. 20:34.1, Kerry Underwood (M, 55) Ty Ty, GA
4. 21:11.9, Robert Brooks (M, 27)
5. 21:49.3, Walt Cochran (M, 17) Baconton, GA
6. 21:54.7, Frederick Lanier (M, 11) Pelham, GA
7. 22:08.5, David Lewis (M, 32) Camilla, GA
8. 22:11.7, Phillip Morris (M, 53) Pelham, GA
9. 23:37.1, Bo Moore (M, 45)
10. 23:47.1, Julian Strickland (M, 53) Leesburg, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Gnat Days 5K

1. 23:05.5, Phoebe Judge (F, 24)
2. 24:04.5, Caroline Taylor (F, 18) Leesburg, GA
3. 24:21.2, Gail Morris (F, 37)
4. 25:32.1, Caroline Lee (F, 11)
5. 25:54.0, Christy Ward (F, 39)
6. 26:29.2, Jessica Adams (F, 31)
7. 26:41.5, Katie Jo Dixon (F, 31) Camilla, GA
8. 27:03.0, Rebecca Bowers (F, 16)
9. 27:28.8, Crystzl Cochran (F, 33) Camilla, GA
10. 27:35.4, Heather Patrick (F, 35)

Gnat Days 5K champions, 2005 - 2019
Date	Men	Women
11 May 2018	17:09, Patrick Whitehead	23:06, Phoebe Judge
11 May 2018	20:06, Benjamin Phillips	22:54, Donica Williams
12 May 2017	18:22, Jared Hammond	21:30, Ramsay Miller
13 May 2016	17:04, Chase Harris	20:32, Melissa Thompson
1 May 2015	16:11, Patrick Whitehead	22:13, Beverly Hamilton
2 May 2014	18:32, Arnoldo DeJesus	18:50, Elena Oslund
3 May 2013	19:06, James Taylor	24:33, Ashtin Banks
4 May 2012	17:51, Stephen Robbins	19:47, Mary Anne Grayson
6 May 2011	17:35, Masked Avenger	23:53, Jenna Willingham
30 April 2010	17:36, Kyle Harris	19:59, Mary Anne Grayson
1 May 2009	17:39, Nathan Norton	19:51, Mary Anne Grayson
2 May 2008	18:12, Todd Smoot	22:35, Diane Johnson
4 May 2007	16:59, Todd Smoot	22:49, Diane Johnson
5 May 2006	17:27, Clint Watkins	22:02, Lori Rawlings
6 May 2005	17:06, Dr. Robert Feldman	21:12, Debbie Wittmer
1 May 2004
3 May 2003
14 May 1994
12 June 1993
13 June 1992
8 June 1991	15:33, Louis Floyd	18:20, Vikki Saga
9 June 1990
10 June 1989*
11 June 1988**	14:14.7, John Tuttle	16:28, Carla Borovicka

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Gnat Days 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRpHLtE4hwhf6-m49xdXnqfnEwOtJhPW24-Kwi2Q0bYpRbH8-jRFKAlZGRyBw_Y2F-KFf9EbX2tIIHE/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Phillips and Williams win the Gnat Days 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/05/gnat-days-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Hammond and Miller swat the competition at Camilla's Gnat Days 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/05/gnat-days-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Harris and Thompson have their day at Gnat Days”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/05/gnat-days-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Whitehead and Hamilton outrun everyone but the gnats in Camilla”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/05/gnat-days-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “De Jesus and Oslund flit through Gnat Days 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/05/gnat-days-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “No flies on Taylor or Banks in Camilla”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/05/gnat-days-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Robbins and Grayson beat the swarm in Camilla”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/05/gnat-days-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Avenger and Willingham in a cloud of...gnats”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/05/gnat-2011.html
  
  
• Find races not requiring insect repellent on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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