Chad Northcutt and Hensley Wall return to win the Jingle Jog

Back in 2022, Chad Northcutt finished second in Valdosta-Lowndes Park and Recreation Authority's December race, the Jingle Jog 5K. Likewise, in 2022 Hensley Wall placed runner-up in the women's standings of the Jingle Jog 5K. In spite of those second-best showings, both Northcutt and Hall were back in Valdosta, Georgia's Freedom Park on Saturday, 9 December 2023, for the eighth annual Jingle Jog 5K. This time Northcutt was second to no one, winning the five-kilometer race by nearly a kilometer, running 18:50. Likewise, eleven-year-old Wall took first in the Jingle Jog women's division, placing fourth overall in 26:45.


Finishing second to Quitman, Georgia's Northcutt, Roper Wheeler ran 23:25. Wheeler is an eighth-grader on the cross-country team at Berrien County Middle School. The top master runner in the 5K was Steve Jones of Valdosta, third overall in 24:28.

Valdosta athlete Ashley Nicole Goerke was the second woman in the race, placing fifth overall in 28:31. Another Valdosta runner, seven-year-old Sophia Kuhlmann, was third in the women's standings and seventh overall in 31:09. A few steps behind Kuhlmann, Heather Kelly of Lake Park, Georgia was the first woman master and fourth female finisher, eighth overall in 31:13.


Hosted by the Valdosta-Lowndes Parks and Recreation Authority annually since 2016, the Jingle Jog 5K was known as the Ugly Sweater 5K from 2016 to 2019. VLPRA adopted the Jingle Jog name in 2020.


28 athletes finished VLPRA's 2023 Jingle Jog 5K. A Course/Line, LLC of Valdosta, Georgia timed the race and provided finish line services.


Top Ten Men, 2023 VLPRA Jingle Jog 5K

1. 18:49.3, Chad Northcutt (M, 39) Quitman, GA
2. 23:24.2, Roper Wheeler (M, 15) Nashville, GA
3. 24:27.3, Steve Jones (M, 53) Valdosta, GA
4. 30:45.7, Jim Hall (M, 73) Valdosta, GA
5. 32:56.5, Jose Contreas (M, 35) Valdosta, GA
6. 33:24.9, William Kuhlmann (M, 10) Valdosta, GA
7. 33:33.2, Raul Diaz (M, 39) Thomasville, GA
8. 33:39.9, Gary Kuhlmann, II (M, 41) Valdosta, GA
9. 36:19.5, Carlos Landaverde (M, 14) Valdosta, GA
10. 40:05.3, Christopher Wall (M, 41) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2023 VLPRA Jingle Jog 5K

1. 26:44.1, Hensley Wall (F, 11) Valdosta, GA
2. 28:30.1, Ashley Nicole Goerke (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
3. 31:08.4, Sophia Kuhlmann (F, 7) Valdosta, GA
4. 31:12.5, Heather Kelly (F, 45) Lake Park, GA
5. 31:17.8, Dawn Wachtel (F, 41) Hahira, GA
6. 33:14.3, Angel Bates (F, 40) Valdosta, GA
7. 33:17.4, Jessica Wheeler (F, 41) Nashville, GA
8. 34:29.6, Whitney Apperson (F, 33) Hahira, GA
9. 34:44.7, Natalie Kuhlmann (F, 36) Valdosta, GA
10. 36:38.5, Leesandra Maria Quinones (F, 28) Valdosta, GA

VLPRA Jingle Jog 5K winners, 2016 - 2023
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
24 December 2016	18:17, Caleb Watson	21:46, Gracie Woods	50
23 December 2017	17:49, Andrew Elam	22:27, Tara McFarland	96
15 December 2018	18:33, David Degon	23:48, Tracey Cole	42
14 December 2019	19:48. Ryan Kelly	23:47, Tracey Cole	37
24 December 2020	18:50, Ryan Kelly	24:44, Jill Clark	45
18 December 2021	17:50, Carson Purvis	25:30, Sara Cherstin Hamblin	47
17 December 2022	17:57, Patrick Wallace	25:10, Sara Cherstin Hamblin	39
9 December 2023	18:50, Chad Northcutt	26:45, Hensley Wall	28

Links

• Complete results of VLPRA's 2023 Jingle Jog 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR_NWwt7p1ZAbIgf_xT0hgWdG5j8YIMDXVgomPQxkYVqAN7aLelH-bVh_UH0pZLoFokcgmxtnoFlxas/pubhtml
  
  
• 2021 story, “Carson Purvis and Sara Hamblin ring victory bells at Freedom Park in the Jingle Jog 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/12/vlpra-ugly-sweater-2021.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Ryan Kelly and Tracey Cole finish the Valdosta running year with Ugly Sweater 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/12/vlpra-ugly-sweater-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “No gnarly knitwear for David Degon and Tracey Cole at the Ugly Sweater 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlpra-ugly-sweater-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Elam and McFarland run pretty races at the Ugly Sweater 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/12/vlpra-ugly-sweater-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Watson and Woods are faster than fashion faux pas at the Ugly Sweater 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/12/vlpra-ugly-sweater-2016.html
  
  
• Find upcoming seasonal events on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#3023

At the Barnes HealthCare 5K, winning was the prescription for Chad Northcutt and Kelly Lunceford

Continuing a tradition of summer downtown racing in Valdosta, Georgia, Chad Northcutt won the thirteenth Barnes HealthCare 5K on Saturday morning, 16 July 2022. The Quitman, Georgia athlete covered the 3.1-mile course in 19:59, finishing with a lead of over 300 meters. Valdosta's Kelly Lunceford was the first woman in the race, placing seventh overall in 23:42. It was the second Barnes 5K win for Lunceford, who also took the women's title in the 2018 race.


Aaron Farris of Hahira, Georgia was runner-up to Northcutt at 21:23. Carter McGhin, an incoming frosh at Valdosta High, edged Samuel Jenning of Cairo, Georgia to take third, 22:14 to 22:15. Thomasville, Georgia's Shane Roberts was the first master runner in the 5K, sixth overall in 23:27.


Jamie Brown of Valdosta was second in the women's standings, placing eleventh overall in 27:11. Tamara Martin of Valdosta was the first woman master and third female finisher, twelfth overall in 27:48.


66 athletes finished the 2022 Barnes Healthcare 5K. A Course/Line, LLC, of Valdosta timed the race and provided finish line services. Look for the fourteenth Barnes 5K in July 2023.


Top Ten Men, 2022 Barnes 100 Years 5K

1. 19:58.9, Chad Northcutt (M, 38) Quitman, GA
2. 21:22.8, Aaron Farris (M, 36) Hahira, GA
3. 22:13.3, Carter McGhin (M, 14) Valdosta, GA
4. 22:14.1, Samuel Jennings (M, 29) Cairo, GA
5. 23:15.3, Rufus Kimble (M, 31) Valdosta, GA
6. 23:26.4, Shane Roberts (M, 51) Thomasville, GA
7. 24:37.9, Erik Mackie (M, 44) Valdosta, GA
8. 25:53.1, David Monds (M, 59) Quitman, GA
9. 26:25.0, Michael Fano-Schultze (M, 33) Valdosta, GA
10. 27:57.0, Kently Bedford (M, 32) Valdosta, GA

Top Ten Women, 2022 Barnes 100 Years 5K

1. 23:41.1, Kelly Lunceford (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
2. 27:10.9, Jamie Brown (F, 38) Valdosta, GA
3. 27:47.6, Tamara Martin (F, 44) Valdosta, GA
4. 28:49.4, Faye Brooks (F, 14) Jacksonville, FL
5. 29:02.0, Nanci Scheetz (F, 74) Madison, FL
6. 29:04.8, Megghan Brooks (F, 42) Jacksonville, FL
7. 31:02.3, Mae Johnson (F, 37) Valdosta, GA
8. 31:17.8, Tiffany Courington (F, 43) Valdosta, GA
9. 31:46.4, Rosalind Jenkins (F, 32) Valdosta, GA
10. 32:32.7, Gabbi Metts (F, 29) Valdosta, GA

Barnes 100 Years 5K Champions, 2009 - 2022
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
18 July 2009	19:05, Masked Avenger	20:18, Angelina Horne	96
17 July 2010	16:45, Daniel Broadhead	20:31, Angelina Horne	119
16 July 2011	18:02, Masked Avenger	20:54, Alice Smoot	67
14 July 2012	18:29, Nathan Norton	23:23, Lauren Tosky	80
13 July 2013	18:13, Ryan Kelly	20:12, Mary Alice Smoot	72
19 July 2014	18:04, Andrew Elam	20:12, Mackenzie Morse	74
18 July 2015	18:12, Dan Butzin	21:54, Alice Smoot	88
16 July 2016	18:29, Ryan Kelly	23:04, Debbie Green	96
15 July 2017	19:44, Courtland Buntin	21:44, Vanessa Spry	65
14 July 2018	18:21, Ryan Kelly	21:30, Kelly Lunceford	115
13 July 2019	18:50, Ryan Kelly	21:19, Allie Brown	118
10 July 2021	20:53, Grant Herring	21:36, Kyleigh Rice	70
16 July 2022	19:59, Chad Northcutt	23:42, Kelly Lunceford	66
Due to COVID-19, there was no Barnes 5K in 2020.

Links

• Complete results of the 2022 Barnes 100 Years 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRNSpkZqOe2pFFBWV1LC7y1A-zDnNYm8yWTqzAm4GFFKyukIsQ_SZ_xPwDnacX3TXONEMdnu_4Hud9B/pubhtml
  
  
• 2021 story, “Grant Herring and Kyleigh Rice beat 'em all at Barnes”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2021/07/barnes-2021.html
  
  
• 2019 story, “Winning is the prescription for Ryan Kelly and Allie Brown at the Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/07/barnes-2019.html
  
  
• 2018 story, “Ryan Kelly and Kelly Lunceford take first in the tenth Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/07/barnes-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “The battle at Barnes goes to Buntin and Spry”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/07/barnes-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “Kelly and Green lead the march through Barnes Healthcare's second century”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/07/barnes-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Butzin and Smoot headline another year of Barnes 5K history”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/07/barnes-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “Elam and Morse warm-up for cross country with Barnes 5K wins”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/07/barnes-2014.html
  
  
• 2013 story, “Kelly leads the way and Smoot sets record at the fifth Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/07/barnes-2013.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Norton and Toskey beat 'em all at Barnes”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/07/barnes-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “No settling for second for Avenger and Smoot at 2011 Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/07/barnes-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Broadhead breaks record and Horne builds streak at Barnes 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/07/barnes-5k-2010.html
  
  
• Find another centennial race in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2865

Daniel Phillips and Mary Thompson raced well at Run For The Ranch

On Saturday morning, 20 April 2019, the Rose City 10K in Thomasville, Georgia was just seven days away. But in Moultrie, Georgia--just a few miles north of Thomasville on US 319--there were athletes who couldn't wait a week to race ten kilometers. They took to the Moultrie streets in the fourth annual Run For The Ranch 10K, and the fastest of them was Moultrie's Daniel Phillips, who won the 6.2-mile race in 46:36. Another Moultrie athlete, Mary Thompson, repeated as first woman in the race, placing fourth overall in 53:12.


Bo Moore of Camilla, Georgia was the fastest master runner in the race, finishing as the overall runner-up in 49:40. Chula, Georgia's Amy Hightower was the top woman master in the 10K, coming in seventh overall in 1:02:31.


Nine athletes finished the 2019 Run For The Ranch 10K.


Top Three Men, 2019 Run For The Ranch 10K

1. 46:36, Daniel Phillips (M, 18-29) Moultrie, GA
2. 49:40, Bo Moore (M, 40-49) Camilla, GA
3. 51:20, Patrick Bius (M, 40-49) Moultrie, GA

Top Three Women, 2019 Run For The Ranch 10K

1. 53:12, Mary Thompson (F, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
2. 62:31, Amy Hightower (F, 40-49) Chula, GA
3. 71:35, Lisa Jan Bailey (F, 50-99) Thomasville, GA

Not everyone in Moultrie was interested in racing a full ten kilometers. For them, the Run For The Ranch included a five-kilometer event. Chad Northcutt of Quitman, Georgia won that 3.1-miler by over 200 meters running 20:54. Doug Yarbrough of Moultrie took second in 21:50. Moultrie's Alfredo Esposito was the first master runner in the 5K, placing third overall in 22:28.


Moultrie master runner April Mathis was the first woman, placing eighth overall in 26:35. Katie Cato of Doerun, Georgia finished second in the women's standings and ninth overall in 27:31. Tampa, Florida athlete Hayley Tolbert edged Shana Murphy of Moultrie for the third women's spot, both runners clocked in 27:48. Tolbert and Murphy were eleventh and twelfth overall.


28 athletes finished the 2019 Run For The Ranch 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2019 Run For The Ranch 5K

1. 20:54, Chad Northcutt (M, 30-39) Quitman, GA
2. 21:50, Doug Yarbrough (M, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
3. 22:28, Alfredo Esposito (M, 50-99) Moultrie, GA
4. 23:13, John Owens (M, 00-17) Albany, GA
5. 25:29, Taylor Abrahamazar (M, 00-17) Moultrie, GA
6. 26:03, Tim Powers (M, 50-99) Moultrie, GA
7. 26:21, Jason Pittman (M, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
8. 27:33, John Norman (M, 50-99) Moultrie, GA
9. 30:02, Rich Gallagher (M, 40-49) Moultrie, GA
10. 46:35, Tyler Dismuke (M, 18-29) Moultrie, GA

Top Ten Women, 2019 Run For The Ranch 5K

1. 26:35, April Mathis (F, 50-99) Moultrie, GA
2. 27:31, Katie Cato (F, 30-39) Doerun, GA
3. 27:48, Hayley Tolbert (F, 30-39) Tampa, FL
4. 27:48, Shana Murphy (F, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
5. 28:51, Whitney Diers (F, 30-39) Norman Park, GA
6. 28:55, Sara Bass (F, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
7. 29:05, Emily Tucker (F, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
8. 30:45, Caroline Owens (F, 18-29) Albany, GA
9. 30:49, Dalene Rickett (F, 30-39) Moultrie, GA
10. 30:52, Julie Posey (F, 30-39) Moultrie, GA

Run For The Ranch winners, 2016 - 2019
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
16 April 2016	5K	20:54, Gregory Case	24:23, Rebecca Toman	42
15 April 2017	10K	40:50, Colin Prinsloo	47:32, Brianna Prinsloo	28
	5K	21:28, Doug Yarbrough	24:42, Rebecca Toman	20
21 April 2018	10K	38:38, Myles Gibson	53:43, Mary Sue Thompson	11
	5K	21:59, Taylor Azar	24:31, Jodi Beth Stuckey	16
20 April 2019	10K	46:36, Daniel Phillips	53:12, Mary Sue Thompson	9
	5K	20:54, Chad Northcutt	26:35, April Mathis	29

Links

• Complete results of the 2019 Run For The Ranch 10K & 5K
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQqiFT0jiOyZnbuDl2RFO3E9zFmG9fZTw9DOhIKch9z1mF12J5f2pcBFLKHqu2q9qzIC8gSkTDWGJlD/pubhtml
  
  
• 2018 story, “Myles Gibson has a record Run For The Ranch in Moultrie”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2018/04/moultrie-ranch-2018.html
  
  
• 2017 story, “Prinsloo and Prinsloo win at Moultrie's Run For The Ranch”
  http://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/moultrie-ranch-2017.html
  
  
• Titus Ranch
  http://www.titusranch.org/
  
  
• Find upcoming races in Moultrie and other cities in the Tallahassee region on the Trouble Afoot! racing calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

#2498