New year, new records for Logan Kraus and Angie Cipriani

For distance running in Valdosta, Georgia, the New Year opened right. On Saturday morning, 1 January 2022, Logan Kraus won the New Year's Day 5K, blistering the course in 16:03, a new event record. Angie Cipriani likewise broke her own women's record in the event, running 18:34 for the women's title and third place overall.


Kraus' 16:03 was well under the previous record of 16:53, set by Andrew Elam in 2016. Julio Perez of Moultrie, Georgia finished runner-up to Kraus in 18:21. Third place in the men's standings went to Canaan Ponce of Adel, Georgia. A junior on the Cook County High cross-country team, Ponce ran the 3.1-mile race in 18:52, good for fourth overall. Donalsonville, Georgia's Myles Gibson was the first master runner in the race and the seventh male finisher, placing eighth-overall in 20:32.


Angie Cipriani's 18:34 was over a minute better than her previous record in the race, the 19:43 she ran in 2020. No other woman has ever broken 20:00 in the Valdosta New Year's Day 5K. Kyleigh Rice was second in the women's standings and ninth overall in 20:58. Rice was a teammate of Cipriani's on the Valdosta State University Blazer women's cross-country squad during the 2021 season. Kelly Lunceford of Valdosta was the third female finisher and fourteenth overall in 26:14.


37 athletes finished the 2022 Valdosta New Year 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Valdosta New Year 5K

1. 16:02.8, Logan Kraus (M, 21) Valdosta, GA
2. 18:20.5, Julio Perez (M, 30) Moultrie, GA
3. 18:51.2, Canaan Ponce (M, 16) Adel, GA
4. 19:31.8, Chad Northcutt (M, 37) Quitman, GA
5. 20:22.6, Alexander Ayala (M, 17) Adel, GA
6. 20:25.9, Gabriel Ponce (M, 22) Adel, GA
7. 20:31.5, Myles Gibson (M, 55) Donalsonville, GA
8. 21:18.1, Gary Jones (M, 47) Jacksonville, FL
9. 22:35.5, Dylan Dixon (M, 16) Alma, GA
10. 25:45.0, Steve Jones (M, 51) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2022 Valdosta New Year 5K

1. 18:33.8, Angie Cipriani (F, 22) Valdosta, GA
2. 20:57.8, Ky Rice (F, 19) Valdosta, GA
3. 26:13.3, Kelly Lunceford (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
4. 27:23.9, Isabella Weyand (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
5. 29:57.5, Kelli Avila (F, 33) Valdosta, GA
6. 30:34.6, Melissa Weyand (F, 43) Valdosta, GA
7. 34:19.2, Whitney Apperson (F, 31) Hahira, GA
8. 34:55.3, Hilary Willis (F, 30) Valdosta, GA
9. 37:14.0, Laci Whant (F, 10) Valdosta, GA
10. 38:31.3, Cookie Weyand (F, 65) Valdosta, GA

Valdosta, Georgia, New Year 5K winners, 2012 - 2022
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
1 January 2021	17:00, Brishen House	22:18, Brianna Prinsloo	47
1 January 2022	16:03, Logan Kraus	18:34, Angie Cipriani	37

Links

• Complete results of Valdosta's 2022 New Year 5K (Courtesy of A Course/Line, LLC)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRiBum_Z6RGDEXGcrbARuzji8ch6oi1ND-bxsU4kARoHInc4CsUjLKjrIYPruj12VAhn3YwbJHrzv_N/pubhtml
  
  
• 2020 story, “New year, new decade, new wins for Morgan Bolmer and Angie Cipriani”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2020/01/valdosta-nyd-2020.html
  
  
• 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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