New year, new decade, new wins for Morgan Bolmer and Angie Cipriani

From 2012 to 2016, each year there was a New Year's Eve 5K in Valdosta, Georgia. But there was no race in 2017, nor in 2018. 31 December 2019 also passed without a New Year's Eve 5K in Valdosta. But the next morning, Wednesday, 1 January 2020, there was a New Year's Day 5K. Morgan Bolmer got his first win of the new year as well as the new decade, running 18:19 for first. Angie Cipriani was the first woman in the race, placing second overall in 19:43.


Bolmer and Cipriani were the only two runners in the race, male or female, to run under 20:00. Bolmer is a senior on the Berrien County High cross-country team; two months earlier he took tenth in the class 2A boys' race at Georgia's high school cross-country state championships. Cipriani, a harrier for the Valdosta State University Blazers, has been tearing up the roads since the end of the NCAA cross-country season, logging an 18:44 win at the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K and a winning 19:22 at the Red Nose Run 5K--the latter race in her hometown of Thomasville, Georgia.


Chad Northcutt of Quitman, Georgia was the second man in the race, placing third overall in 20:31. Valdosta's Rick Mazurkiewicz was the first master runner in the 5K, third in the men's standings and fourth overall in 20:43.


Pavo, Georgia athlete Pollyanna Bass edged Tracey Cole of Pinetta, Florida for the top woman master's spot, 23:21 to 23:24. Bass and Cole were the second and third women finishers, placing sixth and seventh overall.


47 athletes finished the 2020 Valdosta New Year 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2020 Valdosta New Year 5K

1. 18:18.7, Morgan Bolmer (M, 17) Nashville, GA
2. 20:30.1, Chad Northcutt (M, 35) Quitman, GA
3. 20:42.6, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 52) Valdosta, GA
4. 20:54.1, Eric Castor (M, 45) Lakeland, GA
5. 24:22.1, Kevin Lunceford (M, 28) Valdosta, GA
6. 25:01.9, Billy Carson Taylor (M, 71) Valdosta, GA
7. 25:34.7, Steve Jones (M, 49) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:45.8, Alan Johnson (M, 59) Valdosta, GA
9. 26:05.9, Dusty Dorminey (M, 45) Lake Park, GA
10. 26:13.2, Michael Guilmette (M, 57) Lake Park, GA

Top Ten Women, 2020 Valdosta New Year 5K

1. 19:42.3, Angie Cipriani (F, 20) Valdosta, GA
2. 23:20.8, Pollyanna Bass (F, 47) Pavo, GA
3. 23:23.4, Tracey Cole (F, 40) Pinetta, FL
4. 24:21.8, Kelly Lunceford (F, 30) Valdosta, GA
5. 24:54.9, Jamie Brown (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
6. 26:22.7, Sarah Gatzemeier (F, 33) Hahira, GA
7. 29:24.2, Candice Arnold (F, 40) Lake Park, GA
8. 36:39.0, Rebecca Williams (F, 38) Surprise, AZ
9. 36:39.3, Angel Reynolds (F, 34) Columbus, GA
10. 38:03.8, Anita Davis (F, 66) Valdosta, GA

Valdosta, Georgia, New Year 5K winners, 2012 - 2020
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
31 December 2012	17:58, Mark McLeod	24:56, Martha Mazurkiewicz	50
31 December 2013	18:04, Ryan Kelly	22:30, Makenzee Page	75
31 December 2014	16:59, Andrew Elam	20:52, Makenzee Page	69
31 December 2015	18:01, Michael Martinez	22:59, Debbie Green	61
31 December 2016	16:53, Andrew Elam	22:48, Gracie Woods	93
1 January 2020	18:19, Morgan Bolmer	19:43, Angie Cipriani	47

Links

• Complete results of Valdosta's 2020 New Year 5K (Courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSZDRCV73wWN1eZMeaAkI6g-yzn7Gg9mK2J5oIWkasETos8u_VySFlCAH0Dv727HAcS2SDky4DW3xiE/pubhtml
  
  
• 2016 story, “Elam and Woods answer 2016's last call with a win”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/01/valdosta-nye-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “One last win in 2015 for Martinez and Green”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/01/valdosta-nye-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “New year, new records for Elam and Page”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/01/valdosta-nye-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Page headline a New Year's Runnin' Eve in Valdosta”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/valdosta-nye-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “In Valdosta, McLeod and Mazurkiewicz ring out the old year with new wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/01/valdosta-nye-2012.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races in the region during the new year using the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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