Alec Munger and Brenna Clark were on a roll at the Break Bread Bun Run

In 2017, fourteen-year-old Alec Munger had placed eighth in Valdosta, Georgia's Break Bread Bun Run 5K, running 20:37. Based on that performance, you might not have picked him for a contender in the ninth annual Bun Run on Saturday morning, 21 July 2018. But in the months following the 2017 race, Munger had put in a season on the Lowndes High cross-country team during his frosh year at the school. And just over two weeks before the Bun Run, Munger had won the Valdosta Independence Day 5K. Knowing that, you couldn't say it was a surprise that Munger won the 2018 Bun Run by close to 60 meters, going 18:45. Another high school cross-country runner, Valwood High rising sophmore Brenna Clark, took the women's title, placing fourteenth overall in 23:39.


Munger was the fourth in a string of Bun Run champs less than twenty years old. Brishen House of Lowndes High had won the race in 2017, Jackson Green of Valosta State had won in 2016, and Matthew Baun of Valdosta High had won in 2015. Ryan Kelly had been the Bun Run's last over-twenty winner, with victories in 2013 and 2014. In the 2018 race, Kelly came up second-best against Munger, finishing runner-up in 18:58. Behind Kelly, Myles Gibson of Donalsonville, Georgia was the top master runner in the Bun Run; Gibson was third overall in 19:33.


Alexandra Sayre was runner-up to Brenna Clark in the women's standings, placing seventeenth overall in 24:39. Sayre is a rising junior on the Lowndes High cross-country team. Martha Mazurkiewicz of Valdosta was the first woman master and third female finisher in the Bun Run, coming in eighteenth overall in 25:21.


88 athletes finished the 2018 Break Bread Bun Run 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2018 Break Bread Bun Run 5K

1. 18:44.7, Alec Munger (M, 15) Valdosta, GA
2. 18:57.9, Ryan Kelly (M, 39) Lake Park, GA
3. 19:32.2, Myles Gibson (M, 52) Donalsonville, GA
4. 20:19.2, Kevius Shaw (M, 19) Valdosta, GA
5. 20:31.3, David Burnett (M, 42) Valdosta, GA
6. 20:36.7, Samuel Trimble (M, 16) Lake Park, GA
7. 21:01.3, Caleb Starling (M, 16) Valdosta, GA
8. 21:15.5, Wayne Reynolds (M, 42) Valdosta, GA
9. 21:35.7, Rick Mazurkiewicz (M, 51) Valdosta, GA
10. 21:54.1, Cavan Fulp (M, 16) Hahira, GA

Top Ten Women, 2018 Break Bread Bun Run 5K

1. 23:38.3, Brenna Clark (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
2. 24:38.4, Alexandra Sayre (F, 16) Valdosta, GA
3. 25:20.1, Martha Mazurkiewicz (F, 50) Valdosta, GA
4. 25:31.3, Jolie Green (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
5. 25:55.0, Jordan Green (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
6. 27:16.1, Debbie Green (F, 52) Valdosta, GA
7. 28:08.4, Kali Carter (F, 18) Valdosta, GA
8. 28:17.2, Madeline Castor (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
9. 28:36.0, Traci Ferris (F, 35) Valdosta, GA
10. 28:39.8, Karina Amundson (F, 48) Valdosta, GA

Break Bread Bun Run 5K champions, 2010 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
24 July 2010	18:28, Scott Gardner	24:16, Nicole Kump	49
23 July 2011	18:47, Masked Avenger	23:07, Minerva Arreguin	78
21 July 2012	18:21, Mark McLeod	21:11, Alice Smoot	56
20 July 2013	18:54, Ryan Kelly	22:30, Alison Peters	71
12 July 2014	18:19, Ryan Kelly	21:20, Makenzee Page	49
11 July 2015	17:49, Matthew Baun	21:10, Erica Schloemer	38
23 July 2016	18:58, Jackson Green	23:10, Debbie Green	65
22 July 2017	18:55, Brishen House	22:58, Vanessa Spry	87
21 July 2018	18:45, Alec Munger	23:39, Brenna Clark	88

Links:

• Complete results of the 2018 Break Bread Bun Run 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRVPGgfJpFb1wNJpba9TbHRj1Do3CLFPcx2eu2ZxghsBngJgscSDi3zSM89PHXvb1_JDl2EBA28cHw2/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “House and Spry were the athletic upper crust of the Bun Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/bun-run-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Green and Green pour on some flour power at Bun Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/bun-run-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Baun and Schloemer bake some fresh records in the Bun Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/bun-run-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Kelly and Page rise to the occasion at Bun Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/bun-run-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly and Peters break away at Break Bread Bun Run”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/bun-run-2013-.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “McLeod and Smoot kick some buns in Valdosta's Wood Valley”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/bun-run-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Avenger and Arreguin emerge from the Wood Valley Hills as Bun Run Champs”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/bun-run-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Gardner conquers Valdosta's Wood Valley hills to win the Bun Run 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/break-bread-2010.html
  
  
• Find another baked good race on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2303

Temples and Clark roll to victory at the Kicking & Screaming 5K

In 2016 at Valdosta, Georgia's inaugural Kicking & Screaming 5K, Andrew Elam and Tyler Temples battled for second place, with Elam edging Temples 19:05 to 19:07 at the finish line. Both athletes were back at Lowndes High School on Saturday morning, 28 January 2017, for the second annual Kicking & Screaming 5K. This time, Temples got the better of Elam, winning the race in 18:35. Brenna Clark, an eighth-grader on the Valwood School cross-country team, hadn't been at the Kicking & Screaming 5K in 2016. Neverthless, in the 2017 race she outran several veterans of the 2016 event, winning the women's title in 23:54 and placing sixth overall.


Elam finished runner-up for the second year in a row, going 18:56. Brian Rohrbach of Valdosta was the fastest master runner in the race and third overall in 19:04.


Hahira's Mary Cochling placed second in the women's standings and eighth overall in 25:03. Melissa Roe of Valdosta, the third woman in 2016, was the third woman again in 2017, coming in tenth overall in 25:12. Amy Reese of Valdosta was the first woman master and sixth female finisher, eighteenth overall in 27:13.


61 athletes finished the 2017 Kicking and Screaming 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta provided timing and finish line services for the race.


Top Ten Men, Lowndes High School soccer team's 2017 Kicking and Screaming 5K

1. 18:34.8, Tyler Temples (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
2. 18:55.2, Andrew Elam (M, 18) Valdosta, GA
3. 19:03.8, Brian Rohrbach (M, 40) Valdosta, GA
4. 23:28.8, Karl Brown (M, ) Alapaha, GA
5. 23:42.7, Jason Bradley (M, 40) Valdosta, GA
6. 24:21.3, Rodney Elam (M, 53) Valdosta, GA
7. 25;10.3, Cameron Oglesby (M, 17) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:55.6, Brendan Bradley (M, 14) Valdosta, GA
9. 26:29.7, Curt Starling (M, 49) Hahira, GA
10. 26:52.6, Gary Symon (M, 42) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, Lowndes High School soccer team's 2017 Kicking and Screaming 5K

1. 23:53.7, Brenna Clark (F, 13) Valdosta, GA
2. 25:02.8, Mary Cochling (F, 39) Hahira, GA
3. 25:11.3, Melissa Roe (F, 39) Valdosta, GA
4. 26:52.0, Elena Symon (F, 10) Valdosta, GA
5. 27:03.8, Eryn Wilkey (F, 15) Valdosta, GA
6. 27:12.3, Amy Reese (F, 42) Valdosta, GA
7. 27:29.3, Emma Campbell (F, 15) Hahira, GA
8. 28:35.3, Jennifer Caruana (F, 39) Valdosta, GA
9. 29:14.0, Brooke Hackle (F, 37) Valdosta, GA
10. 29:16.5, Abby Harrington (F, 16) Valdosta, GA

Kicking and Screaming 5K winners, 2016 - 2017
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
30 January 2016	17:35, Chance Roe	22:37, Phoebe Bills	72
28 January 2017	18:35, Tyler Temples	23:54, Brenna Clark	61

Links

• Complete results, Lowndes High School soccer team's 2017 Kicking and Screaming 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kmwHCQQwKbRLDzker7KxhQabeqJCyTseVOny3XCm9Tc/pubhtml
  
  
• 2017 story, “Roe and Bills do the kicking at the Kicking & Screaming 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/kicking-screaming-2016.html
  
  
• Find upcoming races, with or without histrionics, on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1918

Elizabeth Funderburk runs a scorching 18:20 at the Deerfield Invitational

Maybe it's all about marketing and branding.


Because not much really changed about the Deerfield Invitational cross country meet. It was still held on the Albany, Georgia campus of Darton College. The time of year was about the same; 24 September 2016 was close to the date that the meet had been held in previous years. Deerfield-Windsor School hosted, as always. The name had changed, though, from "Deerfield-Windsor Darton Dash" to "Deerfield Invitational." And maybe that change of brand was what it took to produce the largest Deerfield Invitational ever, as more than 600 athletes and 51 teams came to Darton College to run four cross country races.


The first of the four races was the high school boys' 5K. In an exciting finish, Tiftarea sophomore Dallas Hunt held off Ethan Merritt of Deerfield-Windsor and Brishen House of Lowndes to take the title. The three finished within a few second of each other, with Hunt clocked in 17:07, Merritt in 17:10, and House in 17:11.


Merritt may have lost a close race, but he had the satisfaction of being on the winning team. Deerfield-Windsor's top five of House, Porter Hill (6th, 17:38), Graham Ford (12th, 18:30), Drew Griffin (22nd, 18:54), and Joe Tondera (23rd, 18:59) combined to give the host team 65 points and first in the team standings. Led by sophomore Collin Bertram (11th, 18:17), Augusta Prep totalled 107 points to take second. Lee County took third with 116 points behind their ace, the fourth place finish of their ace, junior Colby Jones (17:18).


2016 Deerfield Invitational Team Standings, High School Boys

1. Deerfield-Windsor, 65
2. Augusta Prep, 107
3. Lee County, 116
4. Lowndes, 124
5. Seminole County, 143
6. Bainbridge, 153
7. Tift County, 181
8. Albany, 210
9. Tiftarea, 227
10. Berrien County, 269
11. Southland, 270
12. Worth County, 292
13. Colquitt County, 343
14. Baconton Charter, 352
15. Grace Christian, 440
16. Thomasville, 456
17. Westfield, 479
18. Pelham, 501

Top Ten High School Boys, 2016 Deerfield Invitational

1. 17:06.64 ~ Dallas Hunt (Tiftarea) 10
2. 17:09.27 ~ Ethan Merritt (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
3. 17:10.47 ~ Brishen House (Lowndes) 11
4. 17:17.75 ~ Colby Jones (Lee County) 11
5. 17:20.66 ~ Dustin Reynolds (Seminole County) 12
6. 17:37.52 ~ Porter Hill (Deerfield-Windsor) 9
7. 17:42.14 ~ Billy Calcutt (Southland) 12
8. 17:46.04 ~ Jake Merritt (Colquitt County) 11
9. 17:52.25 ~ Daniel Swilley (Lowndes) 12
10. 18:05.99 ~ Hunter Hatfield (Lee County) 11

There was no drama up front in the high school girls' 5K. When Colquitt County junior Elizabeth Funderburk crossed the finish line in a winning 18:20, she was almost 400 meters ahead of the next runner. It was more than a minute faster than any other girl had run at the Deerfield Invitational in the entire four-year history of the meet. Jamie Holodak of Augusta Prep was second in 19:46, and Alli Hay of Pataula Charter was third in 20:03.


Including Holodak, Augusta Prep put three runners in the top ten, with Molly Joseph sixth in 21:07 and Katy Earwood tenth in 21:49. Grace McDonough (14th, 22:31) and Alexandria Hill (20th, 22:47) finished the scoring for Augusta Prep, giving the Cavaliers 46 points and the team title. Tift County edged hosts Deerfield-Windsor for second, 91 to 93.


2016 Deerfield Invitational Team Standings, High School Girls

1. Augusta Prep, 46
2. Tift County, 91
3. Deerfield-Windsor, 93
4. Southland, 132
5. Lee County, 136
6. Colquitt County, 190
7. Berrien County, 198
8. Bainbridge, 220
9. Worth County, 240
10. Baconton Charter, 272
11. Seminole County, 272
12. Pelham, 290
13. Tiftarea, 290

Top Ten High School Girls, 2016 Deerfield Invitational

1. 18:19.70 ~ Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County) 11
2. 19:45.88 ~ Jamie Holodak (Augusta Prep) 11
3. 20:02.86 ~ Alli Hay (Pataula Charter) 12
4. 20:21.88 ~ Emily Golden (Tift County) 9
5. 20:35.02 ~ Camryn Bridges (Deerfield-Windsor) 11
6. 21:06.65 ~ Molly Joseph (Augusta Prep) 10
7. 21:35.01 ~ Charlotte Augenstein (Deerfield-Windsor) 9
8. 21:43.73 ~ Monica Webb (Pelham) 12
9. 21:44.30 ~ Calyn Fort (Southland) 10
10. 21:48.06 ~ Katy Earwood (Augusta Prep) 9

The middle school races followed the high school races, starting with the boys' 2500 meters. Lee County seventh-grader Josh Macklin outkicked J. D. Bengston of Tift for the win, 9:16 to 9:17. Beau Bengston of Tift placed third in 9:45, just ahead of Grace Christian's Wyatt Carpenter (4th, 9:48).


Macklin was just one of four Lee County athletes in the top ten, with Alex Collins taking eighth in 10:07, Will Tomlinson ninth in 10:17, and Seth Tomlinson tenth in 10:20. When David Peppers (23rd, 11:23) crossed the finish line for Lee County, the team had 51 points and the win. Tift was second with 83 points and MacIntyre Park a close third with 87.


2016 Deerfield Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Boys

1. Lee County, 51
2. Tift, 83
3. MacIntyre Park, 87
4. Berrien County, 138
5. Deerfield-Windsor, 144
6. Bainbridge, 149
7. Grace Christian, 189
8. Colquitt County, 193
9. Worth County, 204
10. Southland, 256
11. Baconton Charter, 279

Top Ten Middle School Boys, 2016 Deerfield Invitational

1. 9:15.59 ~ Josh Macklin (Lee County) 7
2. 9:16.29 ~ J.D. Bengston (Tift) 8
3. 9:44.20 ~ Beau Bengston (Tift) 8
4. 9:47.49 ~ Wyatt Carpenter (Grace Christian) 8
5. 9:55.25 ~ Lawson Brinkley (MacIntyre Park) 8
6. 9:56.83 ~ Jeremiah Thomas (Tift) 8
7. 10:04.39 ~ Daniel Jones (Grace Christian) 8
8. 10:06.45 ~ Alex Collins (Lee County) 7
9. 10:16.34 ~ Will Tomlinson (Lee County) 8
10. 10:19.19 ~ Seth Tomlinson (Lee County) 8

In the middle school girls' 2500-meter race, eighth-grader Brenna Clark took first in 11:10 and Madeline Castor second in 11:17, giving Valwood School the first two places. Jadie Burrel of Southland was third in 11:30.


Valwood added two more spots in the top ten, with Jolie Green finishing seventh in 12:03 and Jordan Green eighth in 12:05. Thirteenth in 12:21, Alexandra Peeples was Valwood's final scorer, giving her team 30 points and first place. The Tift girls edged Lee County for second place, 68 to 70.


2016 Deerfield Invitational Team Standings, Middle School Girls

1. Valwood, 30
2. Tift, 68
3. Lee County, 70
4. Berrien County, 86
5. Southland, 111
6. Deerfield-Windsor, 141
7. Colquitt County, 185
8. Baconton Charter, 259
9. Grace Christian, 261

Top Ten Middle School Girls, 2016 Deerfield Invitational

1. 11:09.37 ~ Brenna Clark (Valwood) 8
2. 11:16.35 ~ Madeline Castor (Valwood) 8
3. 11:29.11 ~ Jadie Burrell (Southland) 7
4. 11:43.04 ~ Emily Phillips (Lee County) 7
5. 11:50.95 ~ Maddie Harper (Berrien County) 8
6. 11:57.51 ~ Elizabeth Law (Southland) 7
7. 12:02.70 ~ Jolie Green (Valwood) 8
8. 12:04.72 ~ Jordan Green (Valwood) 8
9. 12:07.09 ~ Gracie Jo Hart (Lee County) 8
10. 12:07.36 ~ Ainsley Toews (Tift) 7

Deerfield-Windsor Darton Dash Champions 2013 - 2016
High School Boys 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
21 September 2013	Trinity Christian, 30	15:12, Kaleb McLeod (Trinity Christian)
13 September 2014	Trinity Christian, 53	15:40, Kaleb McLeod (Trinity Christian)
12 September 2015	Thomas County Central, 39	16:55, Jacob McLeod (Trinity Christian)
24 September 2016	Deerfield-Windsor, 65	17:07, Dallas Hunt (Tiftarea)
High School Girls 5K
Date	Team Champ	Individual Champ
12 October 2013	Deerfield-Windsor, 33	19:23, Mary Alice Smoot (Valwood)
27 September 2014	Deerfield-Windsor, 33	20:12, Virginia Moore (Deerfield-Windsor)
12 September 2015	Deerfield-Windsor, 35	21:00, Ivie Nobles (Twiggs)
24 September 2016	Augusta Prep, 46	18:20, Elizabeth Funderburk (Colquitt County)

Links

• Complete results of the 2016 Deerfield Invitational
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sDtopNI5-dJCVJ2E8LaDYrPXkdPHdz1uAqftvIbJOCk/pubhtml
  
  
• 2015 story, “Ivie Nobles and Jacob McLeod win at Deerfield-Windsor's Darton Dash”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/09/darton-dash-2015.html
  
  
• More Albany, Georgia, running news at Trouble Afoot!
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/Albany
  
  
• Find a chance to compete on road, track, or trail using the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#1783