Winning is the prescription for Ryan Kelly and Allie Brown at the Barnes 5K

In a match-up of two South Georgia master runners, Ryan Kelly edged Myles Gibson 18:50 to 18:53 for the top spot in Valdosta, Georgia's eleventh annual Barnes 100 Years 5K. Allie Brown of Cordele, Georgia took the women's title in the Saturday morning, 13 July 2019 race, placing fifth overall in 21:19.


As in each of the eleven years of the race's history, the 2019 Barnes 5K started from the downtown Valdosta headquarters of Barnes Healthcare. Kelly, the coach of the Valdosta High cross-country team, took the lead almost immediately. Donalsonville, Georgia's Gibson was able to keep Kelly in sight, but could never close with the leader.


"He had a much better kick at the end," admitted Gibson.


Kelly's kick earned him his fourth Barnes 5K victory. He has also won the race in 2013, 2016, and 2018, but 2019 was his first Barnes title as a master runner. Gibson improved on his own previous Barnes 5K showing, a 19:06 third-place performance in the 2018 race. Behind Kelly and Barnes, Chad Northcutt of Quitman, Georgia took third with a 20:29.


In contrast to the ages of the master runners who led the men's competition, women's champ Allie Brown is a sixteen-year-old rising junior on the Crisp High cross-country team. The first master runner on the women's side was Tracey Cole of Pinetta, Florida, the second female finisher and tenth overall in 23:20. Mary Alice Smoot placed third in the women's standings and eighteenth overall in 24:20--well off the 20:12 she had posted in the 2013 Barnes 5K, where she had finished first on the women's side.


118 athletes finished the 2019 Barnes Healthcare 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Barnes 100 Years 5K

1. 18:50.0, Ryan Kelly (M, 40) Lake Park, GA
2. 18:53.0, Myles Gibson (M, 53) Iron City, GA
3. 20:28.8, Chad Northcutt (M, 35) Quitman, GA
4. 21:06.5, Scott Chandler (M, 28) Alpharetta, GA
5. 21:18.8, David Delgado (M, 39) Hahira, GA
6. 21:29.0, Michael Lestock (M, 45) Lake City, GA
7. 22:32.0, Connor Lites (M, 14) Hahira, GA
8. 22:57.8, Jay Vinehout (M, 26) Valdosta, GA
9. 23:23.7, John Hughes (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
10. 23:25.5, Gabriel Sears (M, 13) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Barnes 100 Years 5K

1. 21:18.1, Allie Brown (F, 16) Cordele, GA
2. 23:19.1, Tracey Cole (F, 40) Pinetta, FL
3. 24:19.3, Mary Alice Smoot (F, 23) Valdosta, GA
4. 24:40.5, Amanda Grover (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
5. 26:13.8, Traci Ferris (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
6. 27:01.0, Kiley Matheson (F, 16) Valdosta, GA
7. 27:15.7, Karisa Zickus (F, 40) Valdosta, GA
8. 27:38.2, Cassie O'Neal (F, 30) Valdosta, GA
9. 27:50.7, Libra Moses-Holland (F, 42) Hahira, GA
10. 28:09.2, Abby Patterson (F, 22) Sylvester, GA

Barnes 100 Years 5K Champions, 2009 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 July 2009	19:05, Masked Avenger	20:18, Angelina Horne	96
17 July 2010	16:45, Daniel Broadhead	20:31, Angelina Horne	119
16 July 2011	18:02, Masked Avenger	20:54, Alice Smoot	67
14 July 2012	18:29, Nathan Norton	23:23, Lauren Tosky	80
13 July 2013	18:13, Ryan Kelly	20:12, Mary Alice Smoot	72
19 July 2014	18:04, Andrew Elam	20:12, Mackenzie Morse	74
18 July 2015	18:12, Dan Butzin	21:54, Alice Smoot	88
16 July 2016	18:29, Ryan Kelly	23:04, Debbie Green	96
15 July 2017	19:44, Courtland Buntin	21:44, Vanessa Spry	65
14 July 2018	18:21, Ryan Kelly	21:30, Kelly Lunceford	115
13 July 2019	18:50, Ryan Kelly	21:19, Allie Brown	118

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Barnes 100 Years 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTp_YF-jmiT513Yzxilcvabn1C6iXYVYE7KQBvZcfqMxIk7L-6-J08zNZ6zEVqsjl1s2IzZwPmwTnwF/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Ryan Kelly and Kelly Lunceford take first in the tenth Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/barnes-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “The battle at Barnes goes to Buntin and Spry”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/barnes-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kelly and Green lead the march through Barnes Healthcare's second century”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/barnes-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Butzin and Smoot headline another year of Barnes 5K history”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/barnes-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Elam and Morse warm-up for cross country with Barnes 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/barnes-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly leads the way and Smoot sets record at the fifth Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/barnes-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Norton and Toskey beat 'em all at Barnes”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/barnes-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “No settling for second for Avenger and Smoot at 2011 Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/barnes-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Broadhead breaks record and Horne builds streak at Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/barnes-5k-2010.html
  
  
• Find another centennial race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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