Ben Barwick and Traci Ferris hustle through Hahira at the Get-A-Mammy 5K

Regular mammograms are vital for the early detection of breast cancer. The mission of the non-profit Get-A-Mammy, Inc., is to make sure that all women have the wherewithal to get mammograms. To this end, in 2011 Get-A-Mammy started holding an annual fundraising road race, the Get-A-Mammy 5K.


Ben Barwick won the ninth annual Get-A-Mammy 5K in Hahira, Georgia on Saturday morning, 28 September 2019. A second-year engineering student at Valdosta State University, Barwick ran the 3.1-mile race in 17:38, finishing nearly 100 meters ahead of the next runner. Traci Ferris of Valdosta, Georgia was the first woman in the race, placing sixth overall in 22:49.


Another Valdosta State undergrad, first-year student Rio Espinoza, took second behind Barwick in 17:38. Caleb Watson, a Valdosta State senior, was third in 18:15.


Women's champ Traci Ferris had run the Get-A-Mammy 5K two years earlier, finishing ninth in the women's standings in the 2017 race. At her return in 2019, though, she ran more than two minutes faster than she had in that first appearance. Valdosta State frosh MacKenzie Sullivan was the women's runner-up in the 2019 race, coming in seventh overall in 23:41. The 2018 women's champ, Darby Jones of Hahira, was the third woman and ninth overall in 25:19.


Tifton, Georgia athlete David Pollock was the fastest master runner in the 5K, placing tenth overall and seventh in the men's standings at 25:28. Valdosta's Mary Scott Lincoln was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, eleventh overall in 25:33. Lincoln had been the second in the women's division in the 2018 Get-A-Mammy.


71 athletes finished the 2019 Get-A-Mammy 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Get-A-Mammy 5K

1. 17:37.6, Ben Barwick (M, 20) Valdosta, GA
2. 17:56.2, Rio Espinoza (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
3. 18:14.4, Caleb Watson (M, 21) Valdosta, GA
4. 19:57.3, Michael Kelly (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
5. 20:23.0, Pate King (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
6. 25:12.4, Brett Thomas (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
7. 25:27.3, David Pollock (M, 55) Tifton, GA
8. 29:20.9, Jim Hall (M, 69) Valdosta, GA
9. 29:35.3, Rodney Elam (M, 56) Valdosta, GA
10. 32:17.1, Holden Hendricks (M, 28) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Get-A-Mammy 5K

1. 22:48.3, Traci Ferris (F, 37) Valdosta, GA
2. 23:40.2, MacKenzie Sullivan (F, 18) Valdosta, GA
3. 25:18.4, Darby Jones (F, 22) Hahira, GA
4. 25:33.0, Mary Scott Lincoln (F, 40) Valdosta, GA
5. 27:39.0, Cassie O'Neal (F, 31) Hahira, GA
6. 28:02.2, Jennifer Denham (F, 41) Valdosta, GA
7. 28:53.1, Karina Amundson (F, 49) Valdosta, GA
8. 28:54.5, Megghan Brooks (F, 39) Jacksonville, FL
9. 29:05.9, Alison Thomas (F, 31) Valdosta, GA
10. 29:39.2, Gina Purvis (F, 60) Tifton, GA

Get-A-Mammy 5K winners, 2011 - 2019
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
1 October 2011	18:14, David Burnett	20:59, Alice Smoot	142
29 September 2012	21:43, Jackson Williams	23:38, Audrey Williams	165
28 September 2013	25:05, Nate Simmons	22:28, Makenzee Page	78
27 September 2014	19:47, Kyle Leisey	22:04, Elizabeth Smith	87
26 September 2015	24:39, Kaden Leisey	26:29, Julie Prine	75
24 September 2016	19:03, Dan Butzin	22:53, Kelly Davis	101
30 September 2017	20:08, Dan Butzin	22:25, Vanessa Spry	138
29 September 2018	19:31, Parker Childree	25:17, Darby Jones	101
28 September 2019	17:38, Ben Barwick	22:49, Traci Ferris	71
The Get-A-Mammy 5K was run in Valdosta from 2011 to 2014 and in Hahira from 2015 to 2019.

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Get-A-Mammy 5K via A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSBI_SJvyQfoFJiurYQPWttQMluEFM2UrxZ4Y7mDgyNFcDiuUnWNHPBhywPJidCtBmHTFQ6KVcaI4A0/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Parker Childree wins the eighth annual Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/09/getamammy-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Butzin repeats and Spry wins at Hahira's Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/09/getamammy-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “In Hahira, Butzin and Davis lead the race to Get-A-Mammy”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/09/getamammy-2016.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Leisey and Smith get wins at Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/10/getamammy-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Makenzee Page wins it all at the Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/09/getamammy-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Williams and Williams winners at a growing Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/10/getamammy-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Burnett and Smoot tops at Valdosta's Get-A-Mammy 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/10/getamammy-2011.html
  
  
• Find an upcoming breast-cancer awareness race or any race at all at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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