Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Neither Gary Rowan nor Kelly Lunceford were loafing at the Bun Run

Bun RunValdosta, Georgia is built on the South Georgia alluvial plain, a level expanse made of the pulverized remains of ancient mountains far to the north. The flatness is interrupted here and there by river valleys; in Valdosta, that of the Withlacoochee River. The Wood Valley neighborhood is situated on those slopes, and on Saturday morning, 8 June 2024, the thirteenth annual Break Bread Bun Run 5K was run in Wood Valley. The runners rose to the challenge of the hills, particularly Gary Rowan. An Adel, Georgia athlete, Rowan won the 3.1-mile contest, running 18:08. Valdosta's Kelly Lunceford was the first woman in the race, placing seventeenth overall in 23:35.


High school track season had ended a few weeks earlier and high school cross-country season wouldn't begin for more than two months. But running never ends, and the next two runners who followed Gary Rowan over the finish line were both high school athletes. The first of those was Brandon Reyes, a rising senior on the Valdosta High cross-country team. Reyes took theGary Rowan runner-up spot in 18:16. Another senior-to-be from Valdosta High, David Boatright, was third in 18:19. The Valdosta High cross-country coach, Ryan Kelly of Lake Park, Georgia, was the first master runner in the race, coming in seventh overall in 20:09. A past champion of the Bun Run, Kelly had won the race in 2013 and 2014.


Ryan Kelly Kelly Lunceford hadn't won the Bun Run women's title before, but she had been runner-up in 2023 with a 23:45. She improved that mark ten seconds to get the win in 2024. Lydia Chambers, a Hahira Middle School athlete, grabbed second in the women's standings with a 24:21, placing eighteenth overall. Tamara Martin of Valdosta was the first woman master in the race and the third female finisher, twentieth overall in 24:29.


85 athletes finished the 2024 Break Bread Bun Run 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2024 Break Bread Bun Run 5K
  1. 18:07.3, Gary Rowan (M, 36) Adel, GA
  2. 18:15.3, Brandon Reyes (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
  3. 18:18.1, David Boatright (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
  4. 18:34.1, Jacob Howington (M, 17) Hahira, GA
  5. 19:15.0, River Thurston (M, 14) Valdosta, GA
  6. 20:00.3, Geavon Tribble (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
  7. 20:08.4, Ryan Kelly (M, 45) Lake Park, GA
  8. 21:39.7, David Jones (M, 28) Valdosta, GA
  9. 21:55.5, Aaron Farris (M, 38) Hahira, GA
  10. 22:08.1, Ridge Cole (M, 15) Dahlonega, GA

Top Ten Women, 2024 Break Bread Bun Run 5K
  1. 23:35.0, Kelly Lunceford (F, 34) Valdosta, GA
  2. 24:20.8, Lydia Chambers (F, 13) Hahira, GA
  3. 24:28.8, Tamara Martin (F, 46) Valdosta, GA
  4. 25:39.2, Alex Wetherill (F, 25) Valdosta, GA
  5. 26:39.6, Allison Tolman (F, 29) Hahira, GA
  6. 26:43.7, Kelsey Ricci (F, 27) Hahira, GA
  7. 27:43.7, Reagan Barker (F, 29) Adel, GA
  8. 27:53.2, Logan Cole (F, 26) Valdosta, GA
  9. 31:27.0, Rachel Rouland (F, 24) Moody A F B, GA
  10. 31:33.8, Tia Oleary (F, 36) Adel, GA

Break Bread Bun Run 5K champions, 2010 - 2024
DateMenWomenFinishers
24 July 201018:28, Scott Gardner24:16, Nicole Kump49
23 July 201118:47, Masked Avenger23:07, Minerva Arreguin78
21 July 201218:21, Mark McLeod21:11, Alice Smoot56
20 July 201318:54, Ryan Kelly22:30, Alison Peters71
12 July 201418:19, Ryan Kelly21:20, Makenzee Page49
11 July 201517:49, Matthew Baun21:10, Erica Schloemer38
23 July 201618:58, Jackson Green23:10, Debbie Green65
22 July 201718:55, Brishen House22:58, Vanessa Spry87
21 July 201818:45, Alec Munger23:39, Brenna Clark88
20 July 201917:51, Alec Munger22:53, Sandra Griffin76
4 June 202217:36, Isaac Chambers25:33, Bella Weyand51
10 June 202317:13, Adam Mastrobuono23:36, Stella McClain70
8 June 2024
18:08, Gary Rowan23:35, Kelly Lunceford85


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